The Beer Retard

Starved for content, I turn to photos stored on my soul-sucking iPhone. I like how the photo library tells the story of my year. This one is from February’s trip to SF Beer Week, where I spent three full days punishing my liver and kidneys. It was a great time except for the two-day hangover that started when I stopped drinking.

The gentleman in the photo is Ken Pajak, proprietor of Café Amsterdam in Anchorage, Alaska. I first met Ken during 2008′s SF Beer Week, thanks to Chris and Merideth of thebeergeek.com. It may look like he’s practicing to be a server at Oktoberfest, but that pitcher of Anchor Steam was all his. My memory of SF is foggy, but I think he drank out of all three glasses at the same time. Ken’s a good guy who loves to put down some beers and can grow a hell of a mustache. I hope to make it to his place in Alaska one day….