The Power of Hops
Readers will no doubt be aware of our fairly recent appreciation of craft beer. Not only do we drink the stuff, we brew it. As part of this process, we have come into close proximity of all sorts of hops. Not having ever smoked marijuana first-hand, I always took my assertion that a big whiff of hops was pretty much like pot as an ill-formed thought. The more I drink craft beer, the more I wonder about this association. I will use tonight as a case in point. Spurs hosted Southampton in a must-win fixture and watching at the gym, our performance flip-flopped between pain and comedy. After being 2-1 up, we deservedly lost 3-2. I do wonder if, instead of 5 pints of Neck Oil followed by a double IPA and a session West Coast IPA at home, I had had the equivalent in Stella, whether I would be in the same state of mind as I am now. There isn't much to suggest a direct association - see here - but my own anecdotal evidence suggests that drinking lots of craft beer is good for you, even i...