While I often get the package delivered to a pickup point, many carriers now offer a predetermined safe dropoff point on your property, and I utilize that as much as I can. Even if I didn’t, I’ve always hated the ones that need a signature, as they used to have to come back multiple times because they tried to deliver during work hours when people were (surprise) at work. Luckily most don’t require a signature these days (and yes, this is in Europe).

I hope we’ll see that soon as well. I’ve been mostly into malty, full-bodied varieties, and recently also sour beers and gose. Those have started to appear in stores, but not reliably. It feels like they’re testing the waters, and are cycling through brands quickly, so once you find a favorite, it’s already gone. Hopefully it’ll stabilize with a decent selection of all types.

I don’t know if it’s like this where you are, but in Scandinavia if you like beer but don’t like IPAs, you’re shit out of luck for like the last five years at least. It has completely taken over the beer aisles at like 70 % of the offering. As someone who hates that bitter taste with a passion, the fact that it makes the selection of beers that I enjoy so much smaller, means it’s akin to how I imagine pumpkin spice taking over in the US during fall, except it isn’t just seasonal.

I will say, there’s eight that I haven’t heard of either.

This is the reason. It’s all just so commercial now and it never ends!

If just one person does it, it doesn’t. But there are always more.

Six out of nineteen ain’t bad.

You had me until the too early decorations. The other things don’t take away my joy. That does.