Luna's Works

Work #3

I needed a Heineken. I don't want Stella Artois. I don't want Budweiser. And I don't want any of those fancy beers that'll cost me a leg to purchase. I just want a friggin' Heineken.

That's what I was thinking before I went to the store, about 7 months ago. As I bought a six pack of Heineken bottles and headed back home, something just felt off. Almost like I felt I've done this same meaningless action many times before, with the same damn beer I've devotedly loved since I was 19.
And then when I took a sip, all of that familiar taste I knew for years was lost. My drink just tasted bland, unprepared, and I just stood there; wondering where the hell did my love for this shit even come from?

I checked the ingredients and the nutritional info, and then that's where my answer revealed itself. At first, of course, I just saw a bunch of chemicals I'd never bother to care about, but when I googled them online, it became pretty obvious what was happening.

Seems they were adding more unrecognizable chemicals into the mix because they were cheaper to use than the original formula. Results in the beer looking all shiny and cold faster, but comes at the cost of making me rethink my bland alcohol preferences.
This obviously wasn't unique to Heineken as I know multiple other food companies do this; trying to cut corners by using cheaper stuff at the cost of quality. But for this gal over here who'd loved Heineken ever since she was legally allowed to drink? Kind of almost broke a heart, not gonna lie.

Since then, I've kind of experimented with brewing my own beer. A tad bit more expensive than buying it from the liquor shops but the stuff pays off of course by being friggin' stellar!
Heh, guess you don't need to worry about putting cheap shit when you're just thinking about making the best beer possible. Been able to recreate that familiar Heineken taste several times over, even perfect upon it to tailor to my lil' niche tastes.
What can I say, it's kind of fun and plus I don't even need to leave the house to talk to annoying people I don't care about to get the stuff.

I can just sit back, relax, and enjoy my makeshift Heineken right now. Not having to worry about shit.

(This is just fiction. Do not take this seriously please.)