American Beer: Second only to Germany

Here is the proof. The beer in Austria is quality beer. It's massed produced but has a lot of flavor, unlike oh, I don't know, Bud Light. But American beer is making a come back, with just the state of California winning more awards than any other country except for Germany. Now, if only the good beer in the US and the cheap beer in the US were one in the same.

In other news, I met my tandem partner today. He's 23 and works in the Austrian army. He's spent time in Syria in a working capacity. The coolest thing he told me was that... well, there needs to be some background. There was an awards ceremony for women who've achieved various feats - don't ask me what - in Vienna within the past couple of weeks. He said his job was to drive around a big ass Mercedes and to ferry people from the awards ceremony around. He told me he had a lengthy, and apparently very good, conversation with Kelly Clarkson. He also met Monica Belluci, who he said is hot. And he was paid for it, too. Damn. That's a good job.

Also, my second attempt to make chili turned out very similar to my first. I used tomato paste this time and it made the chili too firm. It wasn't runny enough. So I will keep that in mind for my next attempt.