Posts Tagged: Beer and Media
A Romp Around The Internet As The Red Sox Play
Posted by on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in - leave a comment
Now that I have got some key relief for my case of internetum tremens, I can refocus on my other mild case of addiction and think about beer again. There's plenty going on this evening as Bartolo Colon starts his Red Sox career against the Royals. A shining model for all of we who are not wee …
Place Your Photo Captions Here: That Man In The Basement
Posted by on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 in - 11 comments
Some days are just slow for beer news but this photo caught my eye. What dramatic perspective...and a natty choice of slippers. A classic from the school of "nutty old guy in basement" art. Whippersnapper irony? Bah! To me, he's a sort of hero - but what would the caption be? Here are my best …
Harry Potter Star No Wizard When It Comes To Beer
Posted by on Friday, February 29, 2008 in - 3 comments
Via our man in Maine, we learn that Harry Potter movie star Daniel Radcliffe will travel to Belgium to purchase Westvleteren beer. A paper called the Daily Star is reported to have reported: • “"He appreciates fine wine and beer and is fascinated by Westvleteren. He wanted it to be the first …
Good Jounralism About That Joke Of A Beer
Posted by on Thursday, February 7, 2008 in - 2 comments
The (no longer Mancunian) Guardian has a good article on Carlsberg's farce of a beer: • “Vintage No.1 is a Kinder Egg for adults with more money than sense: something delicious and something to play with (much like the £35,000 cocktail, which comes with a diamond ring and two security guards …
One Of A Million Things That A Pub Is Not Like
Posted by on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 in - 5 comments
Apparently, despite the efforts of Stonch, UK pub sales are dipping and people are trying to figure out what to do about it. One of those people is Mark Hastings, Director of Communications at the British Beer and Pub Association, discusses the risks and opportunities associated with grocery sales …
Big Hop Bombs: Extreme Beer And Your Personal Limits
Posted by on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 in - 16 comments
It's always a big day when Eric Asimov writes a beer article for The New York Times. Being Canadian, a culture with a deep seam of neediness running through it¹, you glow when you feel like you are noticed just as when the beer nerd's nerdiness gets the MSM treatment. But in today's article all … read more »
Your Mid-Autumn Beer Magazine Update
Posted by on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 in - 32 comments
...nice flooring... • I have written about beer magazines before but a recent stop at a book store made me realize that there are more magazines out there than ever and that it was maybe time to do some comparing. And, along with that, some consideration of what the deal is as I've always …
Paul Considers Shepherd Neame's Advertising
Posted by on Monday, October 8, 2007 in - 10 comments
George Orwell once said "Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket." This is how I feel about the way that Shepherd Neame advertises. Shepherd Neame brews pretty good beer, but I really do find their advertising very distasteful. Distasteful to the point where, I would recommend …
Stonch's New Campaign: Don't Sell Out Beer Bloggers
Posted by on Sunday, September 23, 2007 in - 18 comments
Stonch has posted a post this morning which reaches across the seas and around the world like some fantasy of an Old Testament minor prophet, like a mad white bearded cloaked (and maybe a little smelly) wannabe Obadiah. Heed ye his warning, oh, beerbloggerati! So sayeth the man: • “...Having …
Has A Glass Tipped Over? There's A Beer Story in Time!
Posted by on Thursday, September 13, 2007 in - 2 comments
If there are two concepts I hate they are tipping point and paradigm shift. Two pretty much overlapping ideas that boil down to over simplification. Real change, even when it appears sudden, develops over time and is based on a lot of factors. Well, I saw something today, while trolling Google for …
