Running and beer – as familiar to the tongue as “Jack and Jill” – and sometimes there are hills involved…

From time to time I review a beer over here in my little corner of the inter-tubes and nothing is more telling about a particular beer than how far one would run to drink that beer (Race Director’s please take note).

In order to faciliate a better understanding of just how good, or bad, a particluar beer is I have developed a “scientific” scale based on distance. Follow me if you dare.

The Couch – I am not going to move from the Couch for this beer. In fact, while you are at it, don’t bother bringing me one either.

The Corner – The Corner is somewhat subjective bsaed on your distance to the corner. But rest assured, in most cases I will not run further than the corner for this beer.

The 5K – Now we are starting to see some distance. A beer rated a 5K is not necessarily a bad beer, but it is important to know that I rarely run in 5K races.

The 10K – Now we are getting into some decent beers. A 10K race can be some work and one should be rewarded justly. This beer would qualify as the reward.

The Half Marathon – When you start talking about the good stuff, you are starting to talk about Half Marathon beers.

The Marathon – That’s right, the beer is so good, I would sign up to run a marathon in order to drink it. And I would sign up without hesitation.

The Ultra Marathon – Suffice to say, I have yet to run an Ultra Marathon. However, if this beer were were offered at the finish line, I would be running my first ultra!