Posts Tagged: Beer History, Lore and Traditions
New World Pre-historic Beer
Posted by on Saturday, February 17, 2007 in - 5 comments
The lack of universal beeriness - outside of Europe, the Middle East and Africa - has sometimes got me wondering about whether it has more to do with the lack of universal anthropolgical awareness of New World beer than its historic presence. Interesting, then, to note this reference to the habits …
197 Out Of Hundreds Of Thousands Can't Be Wrong
Posted by on Friday, February 9, 2007 in - 9 comments
Being a good Scots minister's kid, this sort of stuff drive me nuts - especially when it is not only against the obvious bits written down in the text but it also makes no sense as mathematics: • “ChristiaNet.com (http://www.christianet.com), the world's largest Christian portal with twelve …
Book Review: Arcadia's Books About Brewing
Posted by on Monday, January 22, 2007 in - leave a comment
A few weeks ago I noticed that Arcadia Publishing had some titles relating to beer. I like these books which are essentially collections of old photos, press clippings and diagrams of very specific topics. In upstate New York, for example, you can pretty much find a collection of your town or …
Knut Goes To Gothenburg
Posted by on Thursday, September 14, 2006 in - leave a comment
A few weeks ago, I took the express bus to Gothenburg, a city about four hour's drive from Oslo. The event was a gathering of fellow beer drinkers who usually congregate at RateBeer, but on occasion meet to have a few beers and swap tall tales. I missed the main event - the grand tasting, but I …
Joe's Rules For Freshmen
Posted by on Saturday, September 2, 2006 in - 4 comments
I read the Joe Sixpack columns that are published in the Philadelphia Daily News fairly frequently and I quite liked this one on Joe's drinking rules for freshmen entering university, including: • Don't drink light beer. It is not real beer, and the calories you save are negligible.Don't drink …
"A Glass Of Handmade"
Posted by on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 in - 2 comments
There are a few moments I can point to in my memory that represent elemental changes that helped frame my interest in beer. The first time I was allowed to dip a finger in a Labatt Blue; the Olands Ex I had at my pal's house in high school; the visit I made to the Pitfield Beer Shop in 1986 from …
Book Review: <i>Great American Beer</i>
Posted by on Sunday, August 20, 2006 in - 5 comments
This is a handy neat smaller format hardcover that the publisher was kind enough to FedEx me this week. And I am glad they did as this is a dandy guide to its exact topic: post WWII, pre-micro revolution pre-branding US beer. The author gladly admits this in the introduction: • “The antithesis … read more »
Spitting?
Posted by on Sunday, April 16, 2006 in - 7 comments
I've wondered about this, facing too many Belgians on the odd occasion but others are more definite: • “"We're beer drinkers. We don't spit," said Skypeck, co-founder of Boscos brewpubs, based in Memphis, Tennessee. I think especially with beer, you're not going to experience the full flavours …
Big News From Ithaca Beer Co.
Posted by on Thursday, April 13, 2006 in - 2 comments
I like press releases. They give me a strange sense that someone somewhere out there has thought about this blog for the seven seconds it takes to add me to their email circulation list. It's the little things that give joy, you know. • Well, this news has made me think that I may try to make a …
Book Review: <i>Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance</i>
Posted by on Monday, April 10, 2006 in - 7 comments
Finding this, for the beer nerd who also likes book with footnotes, is something of a moment, a wee glimpse of nirvana. The author, Richard W. Unger, is a professor of the history of the medieval period from the University of British Columbia who has also written texts about shipping and brewing …
