This blog is a hobby of mine. I’m not in it to make any money, nor do I really expect to. I am not a “ProBlogger”. What few ads I do have on here are simply to help defray the costs of hosting. (We’ve been very happy with BlueHost, by the way. I recommend them.)

Recently, however, I got my first blogging “perk”. Someone at work mentioned this little blog to Alex, another co-worker. Alex checked it out, prompting a discussion between us about beer (of course) and imports. It turns out Alex’s cousin owns a beverage import business. While the cousin’s business specializes primarily in Georgian wines (he and Alex are originally from the Republic of Georgia) he also imports liquor and beer from all over Eastern Europe.

(Slight tangent: Half of Russian adults are regular beer drinkers.)

So, Alex asked me if I would be interested in trying some beer from that region. Of course, I said. I’m always willing to try new stuff. I then promptly forgot about it. (Lots of deadlines to meet, you know.)

Then, a couple of days ago, he shows up with seven different beers from Russia and the Ukraine. Needless to say I hadn’t even heard of most of them. Heck, the names are in Cyrillic characters, so I don’t even know what it says. (Except, of course, for the U.S. Government-mandated health warnings and the bottle deposit values.) Even the one (three, actually) from Baltika I only think I know because I probably saw it in a store.

I’ll be sampling them over the next little while and letting you know what I think.

I love blogging about beer.