THE REASON I DRANK BUDWEISER AS A CHILD

All the great words like hops rice and best barley

and Beechwood and trademark and aging and

drinkability and those beautiful acorns. I think

they’re hops. And all those stars and mountain

tops and that belt or cinch reminds me of a 

horse. The blue white and red and it looks 

like a dollar bill from a hundred years ago.

The cold feel of a thick can and all those

circles and The King of Beers. And all those 

lines that look like the gay nineties a hundred 

years ago and thirty years. How could you drink 

Budweiser and not be happy How could you

not be happy. Why

I didn’t become an alcoholic: 

I was just too happy.