Discover America,
one beer at a time

Maybe. That’s the whole point. Think of it. We spend 60, 80, 100 years accumulating a vast pile of stuff. Then we die, leaving others to deal with that vast pile. In all likelihood, the adult children. They’re overwhelmed and take the path of least resistance: dumpster. It was stuff. Now it’s junk. And when you’re one of those hapless garbage heirs, you ask yourself questions between trips to the dump, thrift store and liquor store. (Drink is the one thing that will get you through it.) Questions like, is this all there is? You’re born, you accumulate a pile of crap and you die? And you realize, yeah, that’s pretty much it. We chose a different path. We traded in our crap for a life of experience. Because, who knows, we might have brain tumors. Tomorrow is anything but guaranteed. All we have is today and we’re using it to do what the hell we want. Drink beer. (And promote independent craft breweries.)

Yep. It’s got everything we need. Bed, bath, office, kitchen. Of course the office is the kitchen. Or the kitchen is the office. And the dining room. And the living room.

Not yet. We started out on the right foot, so to speak. We’ve been married for 100 years, but we still like each other. That’s huge. Plus, Beth is the most patient person on planet Earth and she is one of the few who can deal with Sal’s BS, 24/7.

Hell, no. And we won’t, unless it’s the last resort. Nothing against campgrounds, but we’re just not campground people. Plus, some are as expensive as hotels. Not for us.

Bleep fits in a regular parking spot and it’s set up for ‘boondocking.’ That means we carry the water we need, we make our own power with solar and we have a European-style commode that we can empty in about 30 seconds in any place that’s legal to put poo. Porto-pots, gas stations, composters, etc. In other words, we never need ‘hookups’ for electricity, water and poo. So we can stay just about anywhere.

It’s a combination of moochdocking – squatting in friends’ driveways, tucking in behind the brewery or Harvest Hosts.

Thought  you might ask that. It’s a club, under $100 per year to join, which grants permission to stay at over 4,000 farms, wineries, museums, amusement parks and … drumroll … breweries. Instead of paying $50 or $100 for campground fees, you’re obligated to buy stuff. Yeah, you read that right. We stay at breweries where we’re expected to drink beer. Score! https://harvesthosts.com/

We’ve been homebrewers since 1994. Sal has written about beer for years, for outlets like Brew Your Own magazine and the Discovery Channel. We’re both BJCP beer judges. It’s been our obsession since we first tasted real beer, in England in the 1980s. So when craft beer happened, we took every possible opportunity to visit breweries in whatever city we found ourselves. Now we’re sharing that experience with the world, via YouTube.

Around 14. Better than most RVs.

We have to. Our house is 140 square feet. The toilet is the size of a frisbee. That’s motivation.

Simple. Drink as much beer as you want and eat no solid food. OK, seriously. Exercise as much as possible. Limit food carbohydrates (we get all the carbs we need from beer). Choose calories wisely. We don’t eat cake, ice cream or candy. We save those calories for beer. Drink as much water as you do beer. Set a weekly calorie limit and don’t eat or drink more than that. For Sal, it’s 14,000. For Beth, around 8,500.

Nope. Sal’s a marketing and advertising writer. Beth is a writer, proofreader and executive producer of the YouTube show. She also moonlights pouring craft beer at festivals and farmers markets and trains both brewery and restaurant people about the intricacies of craft beer. We can kind of work anywhere, so we work when we need to and explore the brewery landscape the rest of the time.

The one we’re sitting in. Well, mostly true. Some of them are just awful. The real answer is it’s impossible to say. Like choosing your favorite child. Or beer. They’re all different and some are great – but they’re great for different reasons. Three reasons, to be exact.

Check out the channel. We made videos about that.

Ya think?