Why Did They Do That?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Leave well enough alone. Don't mess with success.

All these sayings came to mind while I was relaxing after an enjoyable meal prepared by C. They were prompted by the label on a bottle of beer sitting on the counter between the kitchen and the dining room. Let me explain.

After pickleball this morning I made my customary stop at the Food Co-op to see if the lunch special was worth taking home to share with C. (There's been a bit too much tofu lately). I made my usual diversion past the beer shelves and saw what I thought was a new offering by New Belgium -- one of my favorite breweries. Seeing a new label ( the one on the left), I naturally picked up a couple of bottles to sample. When I got home and showed them to C, she said she thought it was a beer I'd had before. I rummaged through the stock on the pantry floor and saw that she was right.

I don't think the new label is an improvement, and that's putting it mildly, but the beer's still good.