Welcome to the Microbrew Times!

Beer, one of life's great pleasures. Whether it is having a cold bottle of lager on a hot summer or hunkering down on a pint of stout in a pub to keep you warm in the winter there is a brew for every occasion and every taste. Nowadays we are spoiled for choice as new microbreweries pop up seemingly every week, very slowly eroding the market share of the generic swill producing big boys. At the end of 2012 there were 2,347 craft breweries in the United States, the highest number since they started recording this number in 1887 according to this article: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-delicious-winners-of-the-american-beer-war-2013-3?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer%3A%2B%40BeerBrewin%2Bon%2Btwitter&buffer_share=a0069. Despite the record number of breweries, these 2347 breweries accounted for 6.5% of the market share, up from 5.7% in 2011, which is a very encouraging sign. Up here in Canada the market share is closer to 2% for the microbreweries, but this number is growing all the time. It shows that people are more and more willing to try new beers and give the little guys a chance, bringing many new types of beer to the market that the big boys don't make and elevating beer from being a working class or college kid beverage to something more of an art form. I have started this blog to discuss the beers I try, I don't pretend to know all the official beer lingo, but I do know what is good and in what situations so I hope people enjoy what I have to say and give the beers a try.