Posts Tagged: Festivals and Gatherings
Lazy Summary Of Tuesday Posts By Other People
Posted by on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 in - 4 comments
OK, I got up at five. Give me a break. Tired. Too tired for this? No. No, it's not that Twitter is more interesting than blogging. It isn't! No. I'll pay more attention to you real soon, blog. Sure, I haven't posted since Sunday and the last post over there was about carrots but you are the focus …
Your Vital Wednesday Evening Beery Round Up
Posted by on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in - 1 comment
It has been a busy stretch. Busy with the kids' school starting up again. Busy now that all the co-workers are back from the hodgepodge of summer vacation schedules. Busy with the political news, the garden... Busy with life. Life has rhythms and we are moving to that beat into the next season. As …
Albany Ale: Bringing Together Different Perspectives
Posted by on Sunday, September 2, 2012 in - 3 comments
One of my favorite things about thinking about beer is realizing that it is actually a hugely diversified discussion even if there are significant forces trying to homogenize and standardize and prioritize the discourse. The upcoming beer school at Beau's Oktoberfest is framing this varieties of …
Appearing One Weekend Only - Ron Pattinson
Posted by on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 in - 6 comments
Remember I mentioned there was a super surprise awaiting you all or at least the all you all who are going to Beau's Oktoberfest 2012? Well, it's Ron. He's being flown in from the lands of the Euro to sit in an eastern Ontario county fairground for three days in early autumn as sort of a …
Ontario: Festivale Altbier, Beau's All Natural, VKH
Posted by on Thursday, August 16, 2012 in - 3 comments
I like this stuff. This take on altbier pours a light chestnut under a cream foam and frothy rim. Very nutty aroma. In the mouth, steely green hops hover well above a mouthful of sweet nut and caramel apple butter malt. Meaty even. Black tea dry finish. Seeing as it is a summer seasonal, I have to …
What Have These Olympics Meant For Me... And Beer?
Posted by on Sunday, August 12, 2012 in - 2 comments
As the London 2012 Olympics start to fade, I am buoyed by the fact that the Canadian broadcaster which has presented these games has lost the future rights to them - perhaps for insisting that "we" have improved even as results don't match previous efforts. Now, I can return to thinking about … read more »
American Brewing And The Pre-Lager Question
Posted by on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 in - 16 comments
One of the odder things about the history of American brewing is the failure to get a handle on the extent to which pre-lager brewing existed before roughly 1840. Earlier this fourth of July, Jeff, who is pretty good with this stuff, described it in negative terms this way: • For centuries, it …
Are You Going To The Upcoming Beer Blogger Conference?
Posted by on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in - 21 comments
When I started blogging almost a decade ago, a pal of mine of long standing would give me unending grief about how needy I was, how it was all a failed ego trip, a desperate cry for help. I was livid. I thought it was entirely unfair, lacked all understanding, missed the point, didn't get social …
As I Consider 2012 World Beer Cup Awards I Wonder...
Posted by on Sunday, May 6, 2012 in - 18 comments
I have to admit that I have not given two seconds thought to the World Beer Cup in all the years since I began writing about beer. Not that I have anything against the idea of a mass sipping and note taking exercise - but a long time ago, I came across a brewery that claimed it had won certain …
