Life as an Unemployed College Graduate

Life is all sorts of slow right now. Ever since I finished my college degree I’ve been reveling in the glow of unemployment and pet-projects. It’s a glow that doesn’t waver, however it was never all too bright to begin with.

Just a week after I clocked my final hour of undergraduate learning I took a vacation up to Boston to visit my brother and friends. It was a great trip, one that I remember more fondly as time passes. The most memorable event of the three nights I spent there was undoubtedly the unbearable heat. Every night there I would wake up at least once in a full-bodied sweat. Upon reflection it was one of the most cost-efficient saunas I have ever purchased. Save on air conditioning, embrace the heat, clear your pores.

Coming back from Boston I hit a bit of culture-shock. I didn’t realize how fully I had re-embraced Boston life. It easily took me a full day to readjust to the dull-hum of suburban life. It’s horribly dull, this suburban life.

Yet it was short lived for three short days later I was traveling again, this time to Toronto. This was my first time in Toronto, and my second in Canada. The experience driving up was tame fun, punctuated by a ten-minute period of torrential rains. Aside from those moments of acute terror nothing horribly eventful occurred.
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BBC’s Steel Rail – Delicious Ale

Earlier this weekend, from Monday till Thursday, I gave myself a mini-vacation and visited my brother in Boston. I had a great time while there: I was reminded how much fun city life is and how amazing public transportation is.

While there I also got a chance to hang with a friend from high school. We met at a bar and shared drinks and stories. It was fun, and what made it even better was what beer they had available.

Almost a year-ago I tasted what is now my favorite ale. I’ve been searching high and low to find it but it seems to only be a regional brew. The beer is called Steel Rail and is made by the Berkshire Brewing Company. It’s a beautiful ale that’s not too heavy, not too soft, and is as sweet as honey while retaining the ale taste.

As written on BBC’s Steel Rail page:

BBC ’s flagship brew, a light colored, medium bodied ale, signature hop flavor and aroma. In the words of renowned beer writer Lew Bryson, Steel Rail EPA is “what the water in heaven oughta taste like”.