Posts Tagged: Beer Art, Language and Writing
The Hieronymi Were Here...As Were Steve and John!
Posted by on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in - 1 comment
So beer writers Stan and Daria and family were here getting a break from the camper on their world beer tour 2008. As it turned out, so were Steve from Beau's and John o' Church-key. Between them the lads drove 500 km to get here and as much to get home - nothing compared, however, to the … read more »
Book Review: Table Talk by A.A. Gill
Posted by on Saturday, May 17, 2008 in - 2 comments
You should know from the outset that this book is not about beer. And don't expect there to be much discussion of beer as the author explains how he was, as he puts it, a drunk: "...I would assiduously get up every morning and go to a pub, the way my grandfather went to the bank." So why do I …
More On That Beer Writing Code Of Conduct Idea
Posted by on Friday, April 25, 2008 in - 6 comments
Andy has another good post up this week about the sorts of ethical standards of journalism as (what I would argue) befits that particular corner (but not the other corners) of what I consider collectively to be "beer writing." I won't copy his bit (as you can follow the link above) but I did want …
Rock Stars? Enough With The Analogies Already!
Posted by on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 in - 5 comments
So...you guys got any good beer in there? Some Saison Dupont maybe? • Earlier today, Stonch pointed out the somewhat strained tone of this press release floating around for a beer event half a day's drive to my south in which one is promised that we may "[m]eet the luminaries of the craft beer …
The Post With My Howard The Duck References
Posted by on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in - 2 comments
Howard the Duck. I have some of the original mid-70s comics that I bought when I was around 13. A masterful idea I thought. The universe we know being one of many parallel ones that float in a meta-reality side by side bumping once in a while allowing figures from one to cross to another …
Another Interesting Set Of Obserservations From Andy Crouch
Posted by on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 in - 4 comments
Beer writing. Again with the critical beer writing. Look, I am not interested in being unpleasant or just an oath bolster in relation to calling out so you needn't worry about that. But this comment over at Stan's blog about the state of critical beer writing - the 66th in the thread - posted this …
Beer Fan Terminology Update
Posted by on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 in - leave a comment
What with all the April's Fools joke posts as well as at least one seemingly authentic blog funeral announcement, it was good to see an true advance in the thinking about being a beer nerd/fan/geek and, as usual, the news comes out of Scandenavia as Knut describes: • “I don’t care much what I’m …
Lew Wants A New Word For Beer Geer...Is It Nerd?
Posted by on Friday, March 28, 2008 in - 14 comments
Beer Nerd. That is what I sort of think of myself as. Why? Because of the whole "Revenge of the Nerds" thing, of course. If it weren't for the nerds we would not have information technology, statistics-based sports fanaticism and male teens who entirely avoid ending up with child support orders …
Stan Poses A Question On Criticism And Gets Critical Attention
Posted by on Saturday, March 22, 2008 in - leave a comment
I am enjoying a conversation over at Stan's about beer writing and criticism which turns on this quotation from English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan: • “A critic’s job, nine-tenths of it, is to make way for the good by demolishing the bad.” • Go have a read and add your thoughts, here or there …
How Does One Get One's Hands On A Poem About Beer?
Posted by on Sunday, March 2, 2008 in - 2 comments
Interesting to note that poetry - or at least poetry about beer - remains a difficult medium to get one's hands on through the miracle and conundrum that is the internets. The promise of 2004 was that by now all copyrighted works would be as easily ripped off as Napster allowed Gen Y to undermine …
