The wonderfull world of Natural Light & PBR

Ladies and gentleman please forgive me for going off my normal restaurant rants and discuss something that is very interesting to me.  I come from Montgomery County, one of the more wealthy counties in the country.  Although I am not rich or anywhere near it, I know there are many people out there much less fortunate  than myself.  Living here and doing the majority of my drinking at local bars I have noticed a huge influx in craft beers.  I think that is great, if you love beer the way I love wine and enjoy all the different subtleties that make each beer different.  I am not much of a beer man, although I can appreciate and love a good beer every so often, I usually drink it when I am trying to stay soberish.  See, beer fills me up fast, and I can only drink a few, so I use this to my advantage on a night of craziness.  Again any body that knows me, knows that is the best I can do, I can’t stay completely out of alcohol when everybody else is indulging, that would be just not right.  All that being said, let me get back to my original thought, with all these nice craft brews out there a man or woman is looked down upon for drinking the good old cheap shit.  I went to a bar recently ordered two beers and my tab was $25, now admittedly the beer was good, but $25 for two beers is way out of my ball field and my beer intelligence level.  Now to something great, I was in Ocean City, Md over the weekend, say what you want about that place, it can produce good fun.  Any body that has visited this fine city knows that drinking is one of the cities greatest past times whether it is beer, wine, or good old booze that is you weapon of choice, OC has it in abundance.  I lived there for a couple of years and loved it!  I watched a city become loyal to a beer for the low income to the rich and famous alike.  I lived there when Ocean City began it’s love affair with Natural Light Beer.  Go there today and witness a cheap beer that has found love from 21 year old college kids, to captains of million dollar fishing boats, to bankers, lawyers and to the average vacationer.  It amazes me that a city of such vast personalities all drink Natural Light.  Test me, go to any restaurant in OC and order a Natty Right and they will have it.  Pizza shop, beach bar and fine dining establishments all carry it.  They have to, if some one orders it and you don’t have it you risk being a outcast of OC.  I love it!  I was there this weekend and there is a new (old) beer making a comeback and joining the love affair for good old fashioned cheap beer.  PBR, yes thats the one, good ole Pabst Blue Ribbon is making a strong comeback.  I was sitting on the deck of Fagers Island for lunch enjoying a Natural light when a group of 2 men and their wives sat behind me.  Well groomed, all wearing Tommy Bahama type clothing, when asked what they would like to drink the first one replied a glass of cab the second asked for a beer list.  Fager’s Island has what must be close to 200 beers on their list.  This gentleman looked up and said I would love a PBR.  The server walked away and the guy turned to his buddy and said how awesome is that, they have PBR in this fancy place.  He then immediately started telling stories about when he was young all the things he had done while drinking PBR.  It was great.  Any body that has been to Nest Cafe may have notice Natural light on my beer list and thought to yourself  “why the hell do they have Natural light on their menu”.  Well, the answer is, my buddies and I can sit back and tell the same kind of stories about things we did while drinking a Natty Right!  So next time you come and notice PBR on the list as well, you will know why.  Cheers!  drink a Natty Right with me anytime at Nest Cafe!  Nest will feature an assortment of cheap beer in it’s story telling beer category.  Thanks for reading and I will return with more industry rants soon.