The 40-Year-Old Beer

A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine walked into the office and asked if I wanted a bottle of beer. I said yes, of course, but reminded him that company policy suggests we refrain from drinking at work if we prefer to not be beaten with sacks of doorknobs. Nonetheless, we went to his car and he showed me the bottle. It was a Burgermeister beer — which hasn’t been sold for nearly 40 years.