True to her word, Naphtha’s magic began to permeate the pub. This made preparations for the upcoming Halloween party that much easier. The courtyard for instance began to look more Halloween all the time as parts of it became a grave yard and other parts became a haunted forest. Oddly enough though there were still parts that were quiet and restful places to meditate and read as well. These actually were secluded by vines and other flora that literally grew over night to conceal and separate them. Inside the pub the place began to look and feel more like the haunted pub than anything else. Floorboard creaked, cobwebs appeared, a musty smell was in the air and the place just felt creepy in neat sort of way. To add color, fairies floated by, a ghostly apparition would appear form time to time and other odd things would happen. This created an atmosphere that for the season people seemed to like. It still was restful to most but the season did evoke reflection about death but in a positive sort of way.
My chief concern was the Halloween Party coming up in honor of my 800th post. My part was to make sure there was plenty of theology and philosophy on tap for people to enjoy. I was doing my normal work but the magic of the season was making thing look strange when it came out of the tap.
My Life of Christ brews always have that nice bitter flavor coupled with the sweetness of honey that is the wonder and suffering of Jesus but now they brew took on a golden glow with a perfect head every time. I began to think this might be good to be permanent and spoke to Naphtha about it. Her response was that her magic was probably going to have a constant effect because all my brews involved organic growing things. It meant everything I brewed wasn’t just going to have certain flavors they were going to have certain looks, smells and even sounds to them They even might develop a difference in feel as they go down your throat. Cool, I thought but then again she also mentioned when I did something new, she couldn’t predict the effects. My drinks were going to be like magic potions and there could be some variance in effect and it could change the person who drinks it in unpredictable ways.
That explained a few things I already had noticed. The whole Naked Before God Series has been on tap for quite some time. I noticed that the nudists and naturalists enjoy it much more than people who are clothed. In fact, I have noticed that it tastes better when I am naked myself. Also it can have a strange effect though on others who drink it. They suddenly complain about how hot it is and start shucking clothes till their naked themselves. No, I didn’t use jalapeños in the brew and it isn’t a hot drink either. Others dislike it and don’t drink anymore and try something else. But even these have the desire to take off their clothes and often dismiss themselves early to go home. I am not going to go into some of the effects my posts on sex have had, but they have been interesting.
Another one of these is my opinion posts which I already warn people who this is my opinion. The brews come out of the tap looking the same. Fairly plain and ordinary beer looking stuff to me. But I can have people drink the same run from the same tap and you know what? They have a completely opposite reaction. One will tell me that it tastes great and they want to know how I got the great color and another will tell me it is the worst thing they have ever tasted and the I should give up brewing. I look at the glasses and they both look the same and taste the same to me.
What this means for the future here at the pub I am not sure but I am sure that it is going to be interesting watching people’s reaction to what comes out the tap. There is of course the normal effects theology and philosophy has on people. Theology acts like alcohol and philosophy like caffeine. Now however there were going to be other effects that quite frankly I couldn’t predict completely. This was definitely going to make things fun for the Halloween party in ten more posts.
I just hope the pub survives it. 😉
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