My son Travis and I went out Saturday to purchase some good beer from Total Wine. As I put the Red Hook Longhammer IPA and the high-gravity Rogue India Pale Ale on the cashier’s counter, I was surprised to be asked for my identification! I guess a three year old in tow doesn’t sway some people, eh?
To be fair, the cashier was African-American and I’m not. I know from my experience as an Applebee’s server that its not always easy to judge the age of someone of a different race. Once I carded a balding African American man who was pushing forty. For the rest of his lunch his buddies gave him all kinds of grief for that! Sorry, man, wherever you are!
I probably got carded not so much because of my looks. I’m guessing most 38-year-olds don’t walk around with a backhoe sticker stuck to their shirt (did I mention Travis was with me?)!
I reviewed the Long Hammer IPA this weekend on the beer blog at http://beersgoneby.com. It’s not a bad beer, however it is not a particularly good IPA.
Word. But I was buying it as a gift and it filled the rest of my $20 limit nicely. 🙂
I’m pretty sure that I could put a Barney sticker on my forehead and not get carded…