The latest brewing lassie imagery snuck out of North Korea, circa 2004.
An interesting article from Reuters today on one beer from North Korea, Taedonggang:
After a hard day of contributing to the cult of personality around Asia's only communist dynasty and vexing the world with a nuclear arms programme, there is no better way for a North Korean cadre to relax than with a cold beer. The impoverished state best known for its communist propaganda and saber rattling has quietly been brewing one of the highest-quality beers on the peninsula for several years. But due to the North's poor infrastructure, limited trading links and minimal skills in the capitalist world, its Taedonggang beer will likely remain a little known product.What a great photo. Grainy, four years old and shot with a lens that makes you wonder if they used a Reuter's hidden camera up someone's left nostril. But there are bigger questions at hand: does this beer now become the holy grail for the beer ticking fanatic? Is the pure-hearted dedicated ale spotter now called to pack in freedom to get that one last checkmark in the spiral-bound notebook? Otherwise one would not be honouring the unwavering creed of the Juche aspect of the beer ticker which is based upon the universal principle that the most important work of beer ticker is molding people ideologically as beer tickers and mobilizing them to beer ticking.
On a related note, is there a most glorious and beloved leader of beer tickery?
Comments
The Beer Nut - March 10, 2008 7:01 PM
Well, if it's anything like the lagers from down in the Republic of Korea, Mr Kim may be doing us a favour by keeping this one to himself, humanitarian and all that he is.
Oh, and the appearance of a double rainbow and a new star in the heavens heralded my divine appointment as the glorious beloved leader of beer tickery. I trust you will have the thousands of dancing children performing the settling of a pint of O'Hara's in time for the big show next week.
Alan - March 10, 2008 7:10 PM
Oh dear. You shouldn't have done that. My instructions now are to tell you to report to the re-education camp.
The Beer Nut - March 10, 2008 7:30 PM
Oh no! Is it run by the BJCP?
Alan - March 10, 2008 7:34 PM
To even ask such a thing is to invite disaster!
Stonch - March 11, 2008 5:41 PM
<i>On a related note, is there a most glorious and beloved leader of beer tickery?</i>
I think there's a ticker royalty here in Britain. There are a handful of punters who have scored over 10,000 beers. I believe Gazza Prescott is most prominent among them.
Knut Albert - March 13, 2008 11:42 AM
I think you must go to Scandinavia to find the miost dedicated tickers. The Brits tend to tick cask ale only, but the die hard Swedes and Danes do not stop at that.Try this one: http://genericbrewery.blogspot.com/2008/03/celebrating-10000-reviews-on-ratebeer.html
Alan - March 13, 2008 11:48 AM
First Santa, now the King Ticker. What else won't ultimately be found to have a Norwegian home.