Posts Tagged: Beer and Culture
Why Don't They Study Slam Dancing And Health Anymore?
Posted by on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 in - 3 comments
Another day, another bunch of odd academic studies from labcoated laboratorians or policy documents from lobbyist trying to tell us all what beer does with you or what you do when you are with your beer: • From France we learn that "when the music gets loud, we tend to drain our mug of brew …
Session 18: No Anniversary For Me - Just New Beginnings
Posted by on Saturday, August 2, 2008 in - 1 comment
I didn't pop a beer with tenth or 14th on the label last night as other beer bloggers did. "The Session" happens on the first Friday of every month and this month was hosted over at The Barley Blog. A great topic was picked - the best in a while - but I just had other things on my mind with the …
Clearly, Beer Pong Must Die!
Posted by on Thursday, July 31, 2008 in - 15 comments
Here is another thing I do not understand. Maybe this is just "I don't understand things" week but - like my strange attraction to Ron at the beach - what is the whoop with beer pong? My only problem with it is it appears to be a modest expenditure to achieve much the same beer game experience … read more »
An Update On The State Of Beer In Ireland
Posted by on Saturday, July 12, 2008 in - 3 comments
The LA Times has an interesting article today on the changing state of Guinness in the beer drinking life of Ireland: • Ireland is still the second-biggest beer-drinking market in the world, after the Czech Republic. But beer consumption has declined 15% since 2001. Rural pubs were closing last …
Do You Belong To The Cult Of Beer?
Posted by on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 in - 1 comment
Classes of beer. Not beer styles but classes: macro, craft, premium, discount, import. There seems to be another one - cult: • "I love the stuff," he said, comparing it to Molson Canadian. "It's got a lot of flavor and a bit of hoppiness. It's not too heavy or malty." Being unavailable is often … read more »
Why No North American Beer Consumer Group?
Posted by on Thursday, June 19, 2008 in - 7 comments
The Morning Advertiser gives the news today of a European Beer Consumers Union constitution which will be signed on 24 June. It sounds rather official: • “The over-riding aim of the organisation is to ensure there will still be a wide choice of craft brewed beers available for future generations …
Group Question: Can You Walk To A Bar You Like?
Posted by on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 in - 27 comments
I was thumbing through Google News today (I print it off first on newsprint to get that good old pre-digital experience) and I came across this final comment in an column about a local beer issue in New Jersey: • “It's thanks to the current system that there are so few bars near neighborhoods … read more »
Reuters On North Korea's Secret Beer Making Capacity
Posted by on Monday, March 10, 2008 in - 7 comments
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 …
Japan: Where Faith And Beer Come Together
Posted by on Sunday, January 27, 2008 in - 2 comments
Jay has been lamenting the divide between Southern Baptists and their beer. You know, it was darn pesky of the Lord to hang around in taverns and make wine when you think of it. In addition to the work, however, of Rev. Taffy Davis in Macclesfield, England, Jay found one US pastor who has followed …
Christmas In Oz: Mixing Too Much Beer With Texting
Posted by on Sunday, December 23, 2007 in - leave a comment
I had no idea that out antipodean cousins of the British Commonwealth, now looking forward to Christmas on the sunny beach rather than in a snowdrift as the Good Lord intended, were facing a holiday time pitfall beyond the North American tests of the office party or that least liked cousin …
