{"id":931,"date":"2023-09-07T02:21:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/?page_id=931"},"modified":"2023-10-30T14:40:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:40:42","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123_1_06-498x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-956\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.4879518072289157;width:150px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123_1_06-498x1024.jpeg 498w, https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123_1_06-600x1235.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123_1_06-146x300.jpeg 146w, https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123_1_06-768x1580.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123_1_06-746x1536.jpeg 746w, https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123_1_06-995x2048.jpeg 995w, https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123_1_06-1140x2346.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123_1_06.jpeg 1244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:90%\">\n<p><strong>BEER<\/strong>\u2026. My first memory was drinking Bud or Coors out of plastic pitchers in 3.2 bars in Colorado at age 18, it sucked and I swore it off forever! Now I don\u2019t go anywhere that I don\u2019t search for local (or distant) breweries to visit, I plan my vacations around them, I meet friends at breweries instead of restaurants, and as a single female, they are my \u201cgo to\u201d for first dates because you can comfortably sit at a brewery and have a conversation AND because there is a wonderful world of amazing craft beer out there. What changed my mind about beer you ask? I tried FAT TIRE, a fantastic amber ale that began in a home brewers\u2019 garage in Ft Collins, Colorado and grew into New Belgium Brewery, one of the largest breweries in the world. This is one of many great stories about beer, breweries and people. I travel ALOT and visit breweries across America in search of great craft beer so come with me and Let\u2019s GET GROGGY WITH IT!! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a good day to be anywhere drinkin\u2019 beer\u201d   &#8211; <\/em><\/strong>Drinking Beer, by Ray Scott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEER\u2026. My first memory was drinking Bud or Coors out of plastic pitchers in 3.2 bars in Colorado at age 18, it sucked and I swore it off forever! Now I don\u2019t go anywhere that I don\u2019t search for local (or distant) breweries to visit, I plan my vacations around them, I meet friends at breweries instead of restaurants, and as a single female, they are my \u201cgo to\u201d for first dates because you can comfortably sit at a brewery and have a conversation AND because there is a wonderful world of amazing craft beer out there. What changed my mind about beer you ask? I tried FAT TIRE, a fantastic amber ale that began in a home brewers\u2019 garage in Ft Collins, Colorado and grew into New Belgium Brewery, one of the largest breweries in the world. This is one of many great stories about beer, breweries and people. I travel ALOT and visit breweries across America in search of great craft beer so come with me and Let\u2019s GET GROGGY WITH IT!! \u201cIt\u2019s a good day to be anywhere drinkin\u2019 beer\u201d &#8211; Drinking Beer, by Ray Scott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-931","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1993,"href":"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/931\/revisions\/1993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melsgrogblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}