“Hi, my name’s Randy, and I just really love beer.”

My name is not actually Randy, but I do in fact really love beer.  So much so that my wife surprised me with a variety pack for my birthday, which happened to include an organic amber ale courtesy of the Clipper City Brewing Company out of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Now, I’ll admit, I’m no beer connoisseur; however, I know what I like and I know what I don’t.  When I drink a beer, I’m looking for full flavor, texture, and a certain “this is new, unique” that you don’t find just anywhere.  This is perhaps how I could best describe my first swig of Oxford Organic Ales – Amber Ale.  Hold the artificial sweeteners, flavors, and additives–give me an all-natural, 4-ingredient organic beer and I’m a happy man.

That’s right 4 ingredients: water, organic barley malt, hops, and yeast.  The way I see it, this is the way God meant beer to be: straight from the earth, simple, and delicious.   The beer is certified organic by the Maryland Department of Agriculture and by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

What does the USDA Organic certification mean?  Getting an organic certification (according to Wikipedia) typically means that a product follows the following standards:

• avoidance of most synthetic chemical inputs (e.g. fertilizer, pesticides, antibiotics, food additives, etc), genetically modified organisms, irradiation, and the use of sewage sludge;
• use of farmland that has been free from chemicals for a number of years (often, three or more);
• keeping detailed written production and sales records (audit trail);
• maintaining strict physical separation of organic products from non-certified products;
• undergoing periodic on-site inspections.

So if you get a chance to get your hands on one of these killer brewskis, don’t pass it up!  Not to mention you might enjoy it that much more knowing that you’re drinking it the way God intended, all natural Organic!

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