Posts Tagged: Beer Art, Language and Writing
Photo Review: Ontario's Beer Store's Queue
Posted by on Sunday, December 23, 2012 in - 11 comments
What is there not to be learned about the oligopolistic institution that sells macrogak, literally and utterly unimaginatively The Beer Store, that governs most beer sales here in Ontario from this gorgeous photo published in yesterday's Toronto Star. It was taken by Lucas Olenuik and is posted …
Day 19: The "Surviving The Entry Onslaught" Post
Posted by on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 in - 7 comments
It happens every year. You think the contest is trickling along, the last weeks comes alone and - WHAMMO - entries flood into the inbox. I have to get these in to the ether fast so enough with the quips and waggery and let's get right into the photos. First, to the right Dave Staples sent in a …
Day 18: Oh My. Where Does The Contest Time Go?
Posted by on Monday, December 3, 2012 in - 1 comment
[A note from the managing staff. My badness. Please send entries (and prize pledges) to: beerblog@gmail.com... the very email address of which the great Garrett Oliver himself once wrote "A friend just sent me a link to your site, which you must have started rather a long time ago to snag the name …
Who Supports Knowledge About Good Beer?
Posted by on Friday, November 23, 2012 in - 3 comments
I read this year someone arguing that brewers needed to support good beer writers. I agreed. Then I found out that what that translated to was buying more ads in established periodicals. I didn't agree. Point missed. One of the great things related to beer I have experienced not only this year but …
An Apology And Thoughts About My Lawn
Posted by on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 in - 1 comment
It was with relief and pleasure that I was able to share emails with Jason Fisher of Indie Alehouse in Toronto today after our strong disagreement over the weekend. Others have suggested that, on one hand, I was well out of line and, conversely, entirely in the right but it still was not a good …
But Which Spenser Would Not Be The Fool?
Posted by on Sunday, November 4, 2012 in - 8 comments
Jordan posted an excellent taking up of the exploration of ideas around junkets last evening. Earlier in the day he and I had a very good exchange on the topic and I assured him that the point was that this was very much that - an exploration. It interests me because in my other areas of life …
Maybe A Junket, Payment, Sample, Freebie, Pal Registry?
Posted by on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 in - 13 comments
Having the odd combination today of a chorus of the "I Can't Quite Follow You" Blues contrasted with being offered an actual beer junket itinerary, it popped into my head that an independent registry of potential conflicts for good beer opinion makers might be in order. Sort of a confessional … read more »
Dutch Beer, Breastplate And Growler Circa 1660
Posted by on Thursday, October 25, 2012 in - 12 comments
Just a couple of observations on this painting that I used Tuesday to illustrate the post. It's called "A Dutch Courtyard" and was painted by Pieter de Hooch in 1658 to 1660, nearing the end of the Dutch hold upon the Hudson Valley of New York as part of their North American empire. I like the way …
Tweets With Win About The Theatre Of The Mouth
Posted by on Sunday, September 23, 2012 in - 29 comments
After a long afternoon's nap fading in and out as the Red Sox held off Baltimore, I had a couple of very good tweet chats with the constantly interesting Win Bassett, triggered by these thoughts, which helpfully framed a few issues I have been pushing around my brain for years. The newest idea is …
What's On The Drinks Menu In 1378 Or So
Posted by on Saturday, September 8, 2012 in - 2 comments
It is not often that I get to write that I was flipping the pages of Piers The Poughman the other day but in fact I was flipping the pages of Piers The Poughman the other day and noticed a lot of references to drinking in Book 6. I pulled it from the back corner of the bookshelf after watching the …
