Posts Tagged: Beer Art, Language and Writing
Oh, To Be In Moscow...
Posted by on Thursday, August 5, 2010 in - 1 comment
...now that the heat wave's in full bloom: • I walked outside this morning to find a gang of bare-chested fellows, with shaved heads, sweaty snouts, and stretchmarked potbellies, sitting on the guardrail near our doorway, guzzling beer and smoking, and for good measure, belching and swearing …
That Oddly Named Canadian Holiday May Two-Four
Posted by on Saturday, May 22, 2010 in - 1 comment
The 24th of May does not need to fall on the May two-four weekend for it to be a holiday even if this year Monday will really be the 24th. As this food feature in the National Post implies, this holiday has become something of a celebration of beer for Canada. "Two-four" is our slang for a 24 …
Are Fingers Crossed Behind Beer Writers' Backs?
Posted by on Friday, May 21, 2010 in - 3 comments
Writing about beer writing is both boring and interesting. Mark Dredge, a young lad in London, poses the occasional enjoyable question of this sort and I have to admit they draw me in. Here is his latest post about the propriety of describing having had too much to drink and this was my response …
When You Can't Say "Good" Just Say "World Class"
Posted by on Monday, December 21, 2009 in - 2 comments
Stan has asked questions at his blog that have me quite puzzled. It's about some weird idea that a beer could be "world class" as if that is the apex of some sort of sliding scale of swellness.There are a lot of words or phrases like "world class" that are equally meaningless even if not synonyms" …
Pete's The Man - More Later With Video
Posted by on Thursday, December 3, 2009 in - leave a comment
If I could do an ABC Wide World of Sports 1970s video retrospective on the man's career to date I would. Brown wins! Pete Brown wins!!!
How Better To Celebrate A Church's 750th Anniversary?
Posted by on Friday, November 27, 2009 in - leave a comment
The heart cheers at the appropriateness of this news: • The service, which begins at 7.30pm, will reflect on the church's past, celebrate its present role and look to the next 750 years. The church choir will be joined by choirs from other local churches at this communion service. After the …
Only One Thing Is Worse Than "Pairing" Beer And Food...
Posted by on Monday, November 16, 2009 in - 16 comments
... and that is people writing about "pairing" beer and food. Normal folk eat food and drink beer along with it - but few who do that would recognize themselves in this description: • "...beer is also great as a cleanser in the middle of a meal." A meeting with the makers of his cleanser of …
The "Former" Pete Brown Defines UK's Lager's Fall
Posted by on Sunday, November 8, 2009 in - 2 comments
Two possessives in a headline? Pete wouldn't allow that sort of thing for sure - even if I am a bit puzzled at him having the title of "former beer marketing guru" given that it hovers over his article on UK lager marketing printed in this weekend's Daily Mail. I've jokingly portrayed him as the …
What Is Actually The Enemy Of Good Beer?
Posted by on Sunday, November 1, 2009 in - 12 comments
"Enemy"? That's a strong word. Eric Asimov used it in the NYT last week and it got me thinking about me and good beer: • What unites this team is the striving for real wine, real beer, and real food, as opposed to cynical product. That is the problem, and I think most people realize this no …
Is One Bar With 23 Good Taps Better Than 23 With One?
Posted by on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 in - 9 comments
This is one of those elemental questions that in the end may well lead to not that much. It may be a personality test. It may speak to your experience or innate preferences. It arose from the article in today's New York Times that started with the very attractive photo taken by Piotr Redlinski at …
