Erica Campbell is cofounder and co-operator of the Toronto-based Society of Beer Drinking Ladies, which hosts its second “Bevy” in Ottawa Dec. 15. (All-Saints Event Space, click here for info and tickets on Facebook, or here on Eventbrite.)

We asked Erica to complete our Proust Beer Questionnaire, and here are her answers . . .

1. The first beer I ever drank was . . .

Brick Brewery Red Cap (from my Kitchener-Waterloo upbringing!)

2. The last beer I drank was . . .

A pint of Henderson BEST Amber this afternoon at the Gladstone Hotel.

3. The best beer I’ve ever had was . . .

Heady Topper IIPA. On a patio up on a mountain at the Stowehof Inn, five minutes from the brewery in Stowe, Vermont. Bliss.

4. My fondest memory that includes beer is . . .

All 42 of our last SOBDL bevies?! 😉

5. My perfect place to drink a beer is . . .

In the shower or at a concert.

6. If I could invite three people from history over for a beer they would be . . .

My Great-Oma (who was tough as nails, lived in East Germany her entire life and I know loved her German lagers), my Papa (who died at 96 in 2012, I didn’t appreciate beer and wasn’t in the industry yet when he was alive) and my Opa (who immigrated from Germany to Toronto and I’m sure could throw down a couple cold ones).

7. A food that should never be eaten without beer is . . .

Cheese! All the cheese!

8. That time I was drinking beer and it didn’t go so well was . . .

There have been multiple. (Sorry, mom).

9. A style of beer I do not like is . . .

Milkshake IPA. It’s too much. I’m done with the craze!

10. If I were a beer, I would be . . .

Gruit — complex, weird, wide-ranging, adaptable. All those herb and fruit additions speak to my hippieness … and it’s not bitter at all. 😉

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