. Favourite Beer of the Week

In the olden days of Germany (which were before the 15th century) the Germans used rye to make their bread and their beer. Then one day there wasn't enough rye to go around, so they passed a law banning rye in beer, and the Germans started drinking Pilsner instead. The law was repealed in 1987.

In the olden days of America (some time in 2001) the Americans started sticking rye in their I.P.A's, and they called it rye P.A.

Bear Republic's Hot Rod Rye (the first rye P.A ever) was recommended to me by our good friend Erik Marr, who runs a small maggot ranch in Austin, Texas:



To be honest, I can't tell the difference between rye P.A and IPA.

I can tell you it goes very well with chocolate cake and several games of Bananagrams.

Nif tried not to win every game of Bananagrams, but she couldn't help herself, except for the very last game which was a draw. This was me -


For some reason I forgot to photograph Nif's tiles.