Don't Ruin It With Soap

Ale-X

Name: Ale-X

Age: 28

Residence: Montreal, Quebec

Profession: I work in customer service for a finance company.



Why do I shower with a beer? A shower beer is a perfect blend of two great things. It's as if they found a way to mix chocolate and garlic successfully. The principle is that you bring a cold beer into the shower with you and leave your troubles on the bathroom floor with the rest of the wrinkled fabric that's been clinging to you all day.



But what's the deal? In a hot shower, a cold beer is even more refreshing than it usually is. Personally, I look for beers that taste better cold, so heavier dark beers like stouts are not ideal.



Do you have a go-to shower beer? I like to drink local microbrews. As cliche as it sounds, we are truly blessed in North America in this regard. The recent explosion of microbreweries has allowed for a wealth of variety and creativity in our beer. Some of my personal favourite breweries are Flying Monkeys, Pit Caribou, Brasseurs du Monde and Le Castor.



The best piece of shower beer advice I can give: Is to really explore different kinds of beer that are available to you in your area. If you are drinking from a glass, be sure to keep it above the water as you don't want your beer getting diluted. Even worse, if you're shampooing your beard do NOT take a sip until you have rinsed well! An artist worked hard on that beer, don't ruin it with soap!