OPINION: Sometimes, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

Examples abound. Just google the phrase (if only to torture yourself with the live rendition of this song).

A tweet from a friend a while back got me thinking about all these great beer bars that have sprung up in Wellington.

Now I don't know if the old Cadillac Diner is turning into a beer-focused bar, but I do wonder how many more the city can take.

I'm playing devil's advocate here. Wellington is so beer obsessed that I doubt we will reach this plateau for a while. But it's interesting to think about the threshold, and what will happen when we get there.

In the past few years the capital has grown from a place with only one or two beery establishments, The Malthouse being the elder statesman.

But the beer gods have liberally sprinkled seeds across our fair city, with it's winds sowing bars all around and they have been popping up at a frantic pace.

For those interested in beer and those keen to explore different tastes this has been a great thing and has been generally welcomed by our bohemian (hipster) occupants.

It is, however, sometimes easy to forget that not everyone is a beer nerd.

Eventually, if new bars continue at the same rate, the scene will reach a tipping point.

You can't keep going up and up for ever right? At some point something has to give, whether it's the popularity of beer or the sheer number of bars.

If it does start to dip, I don't think it will be for a while. Every beer-themed bar that opens seems to do pretty well at the moment, with those that live/work close-by keen to adopt a new local.

Their explosion is also leading more mainstream bars to improve their beer list, with several restaurants also bolstering their offerings and that's a great thing.

When the day of reckoning arrives, I think beer has come far enough that there won't be an apocalyptic fall back to the dark ages of bland lager being an acceptable option.

We have been enlightened and have lived through the Renaissance (like what I did there?) so with any luck, good beer will always be within easy reach.

What do you think? Can't wait for the next craft beer bar to open or sick-to-death of the things?

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