Posts Tagged: Beer and Media
Blogging About Blogging As Boak and Bailey Disclose
Posted by on Monday, September 10, 2012 in - 15 comments
Books, beer and awkward branded clothing. And those products that supposedly make you experience of beer more convenient but do not. Emails offering come to me a number of times a week and, unless it is a really unappealing concept from the get go, I writing in reply that wee treat in the mail …
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 …
Science Proves Curved Glassware Odd Study Subject
Posted by on Friday, August 31, 2012 in - leave a comment
Unlike scientists apparently, I think that when three out of four things share similarities, the fourth one is actually different. But see what you think of this BBC report: • There was no difference in the drinking time for soft drinks. People drinking from both straight and curved glasses …
Ottawa Brew Pub Reviewed... But Not Its Beer
Posted by on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 in - 2 comments
A rather odd review of a brew pub in the Ottawa Citizen whose only value from a brew point of view is the brief introductory comments on the state of the competition in town: • How to tell apart the national capital region’s numerous and newish beer-themed eateries? Lord knows I’ve struggled …
New Brunswickers Had Too Much Beer In 2011
Posted by on Friday, August 3, 2012 in - leave a comment
I love the press releases of the smaller booze monopolies in smaller jurisdictions. Like this one from New Brunswick dutifully cut and pasted without comment or even apparent thought by the local branch of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: • ... president and chief executive officer Daniel …
Your Excellent 1930 Decoction Brewery Video Moment
Posted by on Monday, June 18, 2012 in - 4 comments
A very interesting visual explanation of decoction mashing from a 1930 German film with a bracing soundtrack. It's actually a pretty good instructional piece on basic brewing principles just as the arse was starting to go out of the whole Weimar Republic thing. Hans Neuberger made other films but …
Listen To "The New Beer Frontier" On BBC 4 Online
Posted by on Sunday, April 22, 2012 in - 3 comments
Not sure how long this program will remain available to worldwide listeners so you might want to listen in now: • From barrel ageing beer to sourcing intensely bitter hops, Dan Saladino reports on the latest trends in American brewing that are starting to influence British beer styles. The US …
Oh No! Good Beer Can't... No... Errr... Ok... Maybe
Posted by on Thursday, March 29, 2012 in - 8 comments
QUICK! Somebody do something. YOU!!! NOW!!!!!!! Pink slime is making beer prices go up... oh... really... never mind.
Maybe Beer Will Never Work On Broadcast TV
Posted by on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 in - 14 comments
An interesting if rather rough tough article on beer and TV in the paper today: • "It was maybe too scripted and wasn't a beer show," said Lew Bryson, a beer writer and blogger from Pennsylvania whose own television show "American Beer Blogger" recently was broadcast on the Bethlehem/Lehigh …
What If I Posted A Series Of Posts For A Fee?
Posted by on Saturday, January 28, 2012 in - 48 comments
I have been quite impressed with the idea Evan had to post an essay on Amazon and ask a very modest fee for payment. I have also loved and supported Lew's idea for the TV series American Beer Blogger funded through Kickstarter. They've got me thinking. The price point and revenue streams for …
