: About Me

I'm a soon to be twenty-six year old graduate student in environmental education with a passion for beer reviewing, nature, science, geekiness, technology, music and the environment. I'm currently going to grad school full time, so I write to write about what I want to write - not just what's assigned.

My passion is ...

anything that's outdoors all the time. We have lost our fundamental connection to nature!

I know too much about ...

biology, environmental education, marine invertebrates, evolution...

My parents always told me ...

that I was good at writing, but I had no idea I could do it as a career!

My childhood ambition ...

to be a veterinarian. Too bad I'm allergict to cats!

My favorite memory ...

the first snow of the winter.

Why I write ...

I think I have a gift for explaining complicated subject matter to regular people.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Probably not watching TV

My first job ...

was at a supermarket.

My best moment ...

Scoring a personal best at the National Archery Competition and being ranked 22nd in the country.

My inspiration ...

nature.

Food & Drink > Beer (Other) Ale versus Lager: Discussing differences

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A few years ago, if I were a game show contestant and asked the difference between an ale and a lager, I couldn't have told you, not even for a million dollars. I simply didn't know and didn't know that I needed to care. But as my drinking palate expanded and my vocabulary grew, I knew I should probably get to the bottom of this very fundamental question. Almost all beer (with the exception of a few crazy ones) falls under the category of being an ale or a lager. Like most of the organisms on the planet can be divided into Animal or Vegetable, lagers and ales are super-categories for beer....

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