Posts Tagged: Beer and Culture
There Is No Good Beer Blogging During Game Seven
Posted by on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 in - 1 comment
I shouldn't be posting. It's game seven in the Stanley Cup. This means nothing to Knut. Nothing to The Beer Nut. But driving back from the kid's after supper softball game the empty streets were eerie. These guys in fifth century B.C. France? Probably Habs fans. Habs are the last Canadian team to …
What Is The Etiquette of Beer Blog Photography?
Posted by on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 in - 19 comments
Ron has explained that he has had a run in with this man above due to the use of a camera. In his post from last Sunday, he describes the salient facts: • ...the boss came and told me I had to show him all the photos I'd taken and erase them, even the ones that were just of my beer. He … read more »
Pittsburg Pirates Demand Loser Pride From Fans
Posted by on Monday, May 16, 2011 in - 7 comments
Apparently, the Pittsburgh Pirates have some heaping pile of loser pride - enough to take on someone who believes in the civic good and consoles their long-suffering fans: • "I've never heard of anything so ridiculous," said Estelle Aversa, who owns the Stroll Inn. A sign in front of the bar on …
Where There Is Beer There Is Peace Revisited
Posted by on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 in - 12 comments
When I was growing up, Ethiopia was one of those nations with the hallmark of being incessantly near collapse. Civil war unending. The famine. Now there is beer: • The Beemnet bar is one of those places in Addis Ababa which attracts Ethiopians of all ages. Increasingly locals are going here for …
Wicked Beer Fan Related Finger Pointy Gossip Action!
Posted by on Sunday, April 24, 2011 in - 3 comments
I have to say I have no idea these sorts of things went on but, even though it is Easter and I should be nicer especially having attended an excellent morning service, I just can't stop reading the comments after the post that contains this: • ...I have had to explain, and apologize, for certain …
Lew On Beer, Good Friday And Being A Lamp
Posted by on Friday, April 22, 2011 in - 3 comments
Being born of dour Scots Presbyterians and marrying into a clan of the same with the tartan set at a particularly dull tone of grey, Lew's post today rocks the very fibers of the traditions of faith as me and mine know it. And does so wonderfully well: • ...it's a fast day, and while I'm not …
Again, In Canada No Politician Refuses The Beer Vote
Posted by on Thursday, March 31, 2011 in - 4 comments
Even though we are freakish in our cultural fear of untamed beer and booze flowing through the land, beer is big in Canada. So big, as noted before, that no Canadian politician in his right mind would fail to support it. Up there, that's Prime Minister Harper in the middle of this Federal election …
Super Size Me + Lent = 46 Days of Beer
Posted by on Monday, March 14, 2011 in - 5 comments
Oh, dear God. We gave up these things for a reason: • An Iowa man who is subsisting solely on beer for the duration of Lent says he is trying to combat the “teetotalling, neo-prohibitionist tendencies” of some elements of Christianity while also paying homage to the beer-making Bavarian monks of …
Thing #2597 To Not Give Rat's Ass About? Wine Fans.
Posted by on Saturday, March 5, 2011 in - 9 comments
It is gratifying to see all the hype about beer and fine dining dying away. "Pairing" is so 2009. Sadly, there is one vestige of the neediness of good beer lovers still lingering on: making wine fans love what we love. Yawn. Pete recently told the tale of seeking legitimacy though a wine v. beer …
