Posts Tagged: Beer Art, Language and Writing
Book Review: <i>Travels With Barley</i>
Posted by on Thursday, March 2, 2006 in - 5 comments
I have not yet gotten on to the great reviewing list out there even if I am on the great beer news PR consultant list. That's OK as I pretty much like most beer books that are put before me including this one. • Travels With Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture In America, published in 2004 …
Read More Lew
Posted by on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 in - 1 comment
I know I have mentioned it before but you all really should be reading more Lew Bryson. You can subscribe to Lew's email service called the Occasional Pint by emailing him here and you can also read his monthly column "The Buzz" at his web site. Here is his column for February 2006. • Lew leads …
Letter To The Editor
Posted by on Tuesday, December 6, 2005 in - 1 comment
Joshua Day of Old Snowmass in Colorado wrote a letter to the editor of the Aspen Daily News about his personal relationship with and love of beer: • “I recently read a story written by Mark Twain in 1917 wherein he states the similar situation cigar smokers face: "Each man's own preference is … read more »
Err...The Beer Car?
Posted by on Sunday, October 2, 2005 in - leave a comment
Apparently those zany Japanese inventors of useful things failed to check with the foreign language dictionaries: • “At the Toyo Motor Show, Nissan is showing the Pivo, a vehicle that can turn on the drop of a hat - literally. Instead of having to resort to 3-point-turns, the actual cabin in the …
A Good Beer Symposium?
Posted by on Sunday, September 25, 2005 in - 9 comments
Ever since I picked up a couple annual editions of the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, I have been wondering why such a thing does not exist for beer. We know that beer is a massive economic phenomena and that it is a pervasive habit. Yet, as far as I can tell, there is …
Why Beer Is Better Than Wine
Posted by on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 in - 11 comments
#5 is my favorite: • “Beer never has a "bad year."”
Last of the Speakeasies?
Posted by on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 in - 4 comments
Big news from a little place. One of the last vestiges of the prohibition-era speakeasies of the first half of the last century has left the scene in Canada's smallest province. CBC PEI reports: • “In 1900 Prince Edward Island became the first province to ban alcohol. It was the last to end …
Le Poulpe
Posted by on Saturday, December 4, 2004 in - 1 comment
He was born in 1993 and he drinks beer. No, he's not too young... He turned 40 on the year 2000, on march 22nd, more precisely. His name is Gabriel Lecouvreur, he lives in Paris, in the 11th "arrondissement" (district). His favorite bar is on Ledru-Rollin avenue, "Le Pied de Porc à la …
Arrow and Loon, Bank St., Ottawa, Canada
Posted by on Monday, November 29, 2004 in - 8 comments
We also stopped by the Arrow and Loon where I did break with the club soda and lemon habit to have one Wellington County Ale. The difference with the decor of the Arrow and Loon compared to Irenes is a bit off-putting. It is like having a pint in a Roots shop, a bit yuppie gone wild. The …
Historic Ales of Scotland
Posted by on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 in - 20 comments
Alba Pine, Fraoch Heather, Ebulum Elderberry, Grozet Gooseberry • I buy this four 330 ml bottle boxed set every Christmas at the LCBO for no doubt an exorbident price given all the fancy packaging. What I do not understand is why the beers in this promotional package are not otherwise available …
