Posts Tagged: Beer and Media
Handbags Over Taxes Amongst 1830s Beer Nerds
Posted by on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in - leave a comment
It appears snippy technical arguments about the fine points of the taxation of beer is not something that came into being with beer blogs. Consider this in The Spectator from 1830: • A correspondent observes, that this reasoning is inapplicable, inasmuch as the former tax is levied on all malt …
So You Just Had Your Annual Quota In 43 Minutes
Posted by on Monday, June 10, 2013 in - 3 comments
You know I don't buy the "proto-quasi-prohibitionists are out to steal your fun" stuff but I sure do like the nutty headlines. I think this is the best one so far, from the Sunday Express this weekend. I thought there was a typo in that headline but now I am not sure. At another point in the …
Is It Really Pronounced say-ZOHNS?
Posted by on Monday, May 20, 2013 in - 25 comments
See, in these times when people are questioning all manner of stuff that is foisted upon the fan of good beer, one get's a little internally chippy. So, when I read the beginning of this NYT article by Clay Risen just now I stopped and then stopped myself: • For years, the American beer world … read more »
Even The Recent Past Is A Foreign Country
Posted by on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in - 10 comments
It is quite the thing to realize how almost, well, a bit dull this 1995 ad for Guinness is when seen 18 years later. But, it was not shown at the time due to the theme of the gay couple: • In 1995, an ad created by Ogilvy and Mather for the ever popular Guinness beer never made its way to the …
North Country Public Radio On NY State Hops
Posted by on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in - 10 comments
Before there was a beer nerd in me there was a radio nerd. When we moved to these borderlands at the east end of the Great Lakes, I immediately searched the dial for US public radio stations and, finding three, struck a bargain with NCPR that if they continue to make great local radio I will …
Albany Ale: Mainstream Media's Willpower Is Crushed!!!
Posted by on Thursday, April 18, 2013 in - 2 comments
It has been clear from the first inklings that there was a big story on Albany brewing that has yet to be told that there's been a silent force out there keeping us down. Mainstream media. There. I've said it. Whew! What a relief. I've been keeping that in for some long. You have no idea. But now …
"We Do Believe In The Future Of This Format"
Posted by on Monday, March 4, 2013 in - 20 comments
Stan goads me. Sometimes. He goaded me today with a tweet which, if you think about it, is a particularly goadyish way to goad. Stan the Goadster did write as follows this very afternoon: • @agoodbeerblog "Cacao nibs and imported honey are expensive," At last, the reason behind higher beer …
What Is "Upscale" And Why Do I Want It?
Posted by on Thursday, January 17, 2013 in - 9 comments
Surfing around the beer news articles on Google News I came across the odd headline "BEER: Raleigh’s New Yardhouse Is Pricy But Upscale". I would have thought the "but" might have been an "and" and the story was about something unfortunate. As I read, I realized I was wrong: • If you’re looking …
Please Treat Your Beer Only As You Are Told
Posted by on Monday, January 7, 2013 in - 4 comments
It's like a new sort of temperance - making sure you treat good beer with the deference we are told is clearly due... and only the deference we are told it is due - as this article preciously represents in any number of ways: • Brewers spend a great deal of time labeling, even hand-numbering …
Giving It Up For January... Or Tuesdays... Or...
Posted by on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 in - 2 comments
While I am not in the set that sees neo-prohibitionists behind every hedge and, frankly, do believe talk of a good beer break is a way of deferring one or two ills, I never thought it would come to this: • Alcohol Concern, the charity, is encouraging people to abstain from drinking this month in …
