Times like these there are more things to talk about than one post a day can handle. Times like these demand lists of beery bullets to catch up with all the interesting ideas out there:

• Stonch has posted his latest poll. This time he wants you to tell him where to go...or at least where to go next on his global beer crawl. I am voting for Norwich as it is the least exotic and I am ticked that he is putting off his North American tour for 2008. So, if you care for me at all, vote for Norwich as well. I am going to hold my breath until you do.
• Stephen Beaumont, that man about drinks, has posted a rejoinder to our discussions about beer and value which contains an uncomfortable truth:

  The forums, blogs and sites mentioned above are generally frequented by those with a passion for beer, once more including yours truly. And some of us, some of you, will be the ones lining up to pay whatever it costs to drink beers of excellence. However, and this is the important point, to my experience, it will not be any or even all of us who will determine the fate of these beers.

  Stephen blames or, rather, simply explains that it is the buying power of the rich who make the new tier of high priced beers possible. He is, of course, correct yet that also is part of my point. A market where upward mobility meets upward price elasticity is no place to establish excellence - but it is a garden of delight for both the snobbee and the snobbor. Accordingly: remember it is dangerous out there so always ask more when more is asked of you.
• Ron Pattinson has taken his extraordinary range of knowledge about beer brewing history - based on his poring over the brewing logs of the past - and seeks to have it appear before him, made manifest in a glass:

  I want to get a couple of old Whitbread beers professionally brewed. It sounds quite fun to me. And I'll be paying. So is anyone interested?

  That is an interesting idea and he is allowing any brewer in Europe or the UK in on the deal. Why has no one thought of this before?
• Tomorrow is the latest installment of The Session, this month hosted by the Lost Abbey blog of brewer Tomme Arthur. He's picked beer and music as our topic for November.