In the beginning...

In the beginning there was an ordinary woman who did not really care for beer. No, wine and cocktails were more to her liking. She considered beer as a drink filled with carbonated bubbles - often too bitter and too filling for her small stature. Like many before her, the path to great beer came gradually.

There was Beer Guide that aided her tasting experiences; introducing libations of which she'd never seen before. With an open mind and an adventureous spirit, she began to find a world of beer beyond the big, generic, commerical breweries. "Start at home and with what is close by" is good advice. So she started with beers from her area - Creemore Springs, Mill Street, Durham County and others.

Over time she started to discover a world of beer so vast and plentiful in variety and flavors that she began to think that it may even be bigger than the wine world. She discovered creamy ales & stouts, doubles, triples, Trappist biers, wheat beers and crisp lagers. Her palate started to change. Before she knew it, she was thinking, "What foods would compliment this fine beverage?" Thus, she started experimenting with food pairings. She found that she learned just as much from the bad pairings as from the ones that worked. She started throwing parties for friends sharing her beer experiences with those who were interested. She began to seek out pubs & restaurants that specialized in great beers. And in these establishments she made beer friends. Some were experts & brewers and others were just like her, a fellow traveller on their own beer journeys.

And so it came to pass that Bier Goddess began to emerge.