Who among us has not fantasized about a life of world travel, meeting new people in exotic locales, living life as a writer while getting into adventures? Well, Ed Valenta is trying to live the dream.

Five months ago, I got up early one Sunday morning to go into the woods and fight off bugs and brambles that shred my legs to ribbons, all so that I could say I played a part in developing a commercial beer. I’ve just tasted the result.

We hear a lot about homebrewers who’ve taken their passions to “the next level” by jumping into the business and starting a brewery. Josh Hoehl is in the process of doing just that.

Somewhere, there is a list of actions — sometimes brave, sometimes stupid, often criminal, but always industrious — that people have performed for free beer.