Posts Tagged: Breweriana
Session 55: My Favorite Beer Label Is From Gdansk
Posted by on Friday, September 2, 2011 in - 1 comment
I still use the wallet I bought in Gdansk back in 1991. Doesn't fit Canadian dollars properly. I used it to carry the notes worth about 0.03 of a dollar, zloty, that I used to buy zapjakanky, The Warsaw Voice and piwo, piva as well as piv. At least I think that was what it was. I better check at …
Kentucky's Hofbrauhaus Wages Criminal War On Crime
Posted by on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 in - 6 comments
OK, this is just weird. I am used to reading reports every day on disorderly bars in one place or another but usually the disorder is caused by drunk patrons, not the staff as the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverages Control Board found this week: • ...most of the disputes were related to searches for …
Must I Ask A Kiwi What A "Rigger" Is?
Posted by on Thursday, June 16, 2011 in - 7 comments
I enjoy the language of beer. Wort. Bung. Mash Tun. But I really like the local words for quantities or container sizes of beer. Like "rigger" which I saw for the first time today in this oddly detailed article: • It took a little adjusting for us to appreciate the plastic soda bottle-type …
Session 52: Breweriana Or Those Things In The Mail
Posted by on Friday, June 3, 2011 in - 2 comments
Collecting? That is what this month's edition of the Session is about: • As host of Session #52, I’ve decided not to focus on the substance of beer, but the material that plays a supporting role. Bottles, coasters, cans, labels, ads, tap handles, church keys, hats, t-shirts, tip trays, glassware …
A Treasure Trove of Tiny Teutonic Glassware
Posted by on Saturday, January 22, 2011 in - 4 comments
I am a lucky man. I was almost into a nap after a failed morning of showshoeing followed by some throwing around of embarrassingly light weights when the family poured back into the house with many purchases - including a collection of tiny German beer glasses bought at a charity second hand shop …
Knut Sent Me The Greatest Beer Thing Ever
Posted by on Thursday, April 22, 2010 in - 2 comments
Other than beer, of course. That is the problem with the whole breweriana thing - compared to beer, it sucks. Compared to everything else in the world, it's really great. • Like this poster. Knut of Norway (aka Norske Knut) sent it in the mail this week. Actually he sent FOUR copies of it - two …
Surely A Bequest More Valued Than Gold...
Posted by on Sunday, April 11, 2010 in - 1 comment
...or the cottage or the house or maybe that savings account: • A beer mat enthusiast who spent a lifetime tracking down some of the world’s rarest mats has left his extraordinary collection to a close friend. Ian Calvert died two weeks ago aged just 48 after battling with Parkinson’s for seven …
It Takes An Empire to Make A Measurement Of Beer
Posted by on Monday, September 28, 2009 in - leave a comment
As I thought back about a year ago, I am happy enough to see that the government in the UK is allowing a new 2/3s pint - if only because more choice is better, right? But it is a little odd that the matter of a reasonable pour of a walloping brew is a matter for government intervention. For …
Swag-a-palooza '09: Pick Your Own Beer Contest Rules!
Posted by on Saturday, May 30, 2009 in - 4 comments
I am too lazy these days. Once, as an aspiring beer blogger, I would think up themes for contests on the slightest whim, pound the gift sources mercilessly and then pass it all on to you, the actual beer drinking public. Now, I wait by the door for cheques and love letters that never come, think …
Beerware And S'hopping Alescessories
Posted by on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 in - 1 comment
Punnery! I can't say that I like punning much but I have been driven to it by this great beerware opportunity that I learned about today from Troy and Stephen. Best of all, it is entirely crap... or rather CRAP: aka "Craftbrewers Recycled Art Project." It is great that George Eagleson, head brewer …
