Drinking beer

When I was growing up beer was not that good. We had Schlitz, Budweiser and Miller for the national brands and every regions had there local brands. In general everything tasted similar as everyone copied Budweiser. Pilsner was the basic style of almost every American beer. There were a few exceptions but overall everything tasted the same. The first big break through I remember is the German beers Lowenbrau, Becks and Heineken become more readily and America's beer tastes started changing. Of course we then had the Microbrew revolution which led to the beer culture we have today. I am not a beer snob I will and have drank any and all beer. :Last year I started a chart trying to track all the beer I have tried. I am up to 282 known beers but I have tried and forgotten hundreds if not a thousand other beers. With the encouragement of my friend Eric the Amazing Dog Training Man(yes he knows I stole his title in fact he encouraged me to use it while we were drinking beer) I am documenting my beer adventures. A few other facts I have been drinking beer since I was 2 which means I have been drinking beer for over 50 years. If I am drinking it will be beer 99% of the time. Like I say Beer is good so lets light the drinking lamp.