Hey all, I’ve been posting and enjoying the BA forums and its many perks, along with some more real life stuffs like trades, meet ups for nearly seven years now. Good place to be, no matter how you use the site. I’m of the opinion that it’s worth posting, trading, reviewing beers, meeting other advocates or more quietly post in the daily bar in the BeerTalk part of the forum. About me? I am from France, the northern part of it and love literally any beer styles, at the exception of barleywine and lambics. That’s one of my many oddity. Cheers!
We were always told we were of German ancestry, so I sent off for a DNA test. The results were England and NW Europe (79%), Wales-Scotland-Ireland (20%). (The other 1% is Nigeria, which I find mildly intriguing.) The region termed NW Europe includes most of Belgium and a large portion of northern France, an area I hope to visit one day. I love lambics and Trappist ales, and Cantillon and Westvleteren are on my bucket list. Also cask ales in London and Scotch and Irish whiskies at their respective sources. I enjoy your artwork and your postings on WBAYDN. Cheers, sir!
It’s indeed more an American thing to look for ancestors and where do you think they were from, I didn’t really need to do it, personally because I can track mine back to 1600s in my own town, at least on my mother side while my father and his parents were originally from Angers (western France) and Amiens (north of France too, bit close to Lille to be generic). Thanks! I’ve steadily shown progress about drawing and sketches but it took many, many months to do so. Ha! No way I can start it every day because I’d become overly tiresome but I like a good beer buzz early in the morning and curiously don’t really drink much if at all in the evening now. Odd schedules for sure.
Yes, it is very American because most of our ancestors come from other countries. I have been into genealogy for a few years and have many ancestors from France, Belgium, Great Britain and Germany. I have traced many back to the 1700s and a few to the 1600s. So . . . to try to connect with these cultures, I drink their beer, wine and spirits. I also attempt to cook their dishes too and have great fun doing it! I also include my wife, who is of German and Italian heritage, with the latter heavy on Sicily. Shanex, I really appreciate your posts!
