Posts Tagged: Beer and Media
Make Mine A Micro-Beer, Wouldja!?!
Posted by on Friday, July 9, 2010 in - 3 comments
The recent past is a funny thing. We never think to go find out what we were like 20 or 30 years ago and when we do it's oddly not just like, you know, us. Stan got me on this trail when he asked the simple question "Who first used the words craft beer?" Craft beer is actually a late comer to the …
Sometimes The News Is Quite Acceptably Untrue
Posted by on Monday, May 31, 2010 in - 3 comments
You would think that the headline "Alcoholic ginger beer set to be most popular summer drink in England" might mean that someone is claiming that alcoholic ginger beer set to be most popular summer drink in England. But it isn't. There is no way in Hell that beer or tea or even fruit juice will be …
More Thoughts On That Pesky Albany Ale Question
Posted by on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 in - 80 comments
I have been thinking more about this pre-1850 invention called "Albany ale" and I am a bit surprised to find so many references to it of one sort and so few references of another. The stuff was made in volume, transported and traded over great distances but now seemingly forgotten to memory. As we …
What The Heck Was "Albany Ale" In 1847... Or 1807?
Posted by on Monday, April 26, 2010 in - 8 comments
So I am nosing around looking for India pale ale references on Google news archives when I spot this one in a newspaper from 1847's Newfoundland to something called Albany ale. In hogsheads no less. • What the heck is it? It is listed in the The Public Ledger of 12 Oct 1847 amongst other … read more »
Jolly Pumpkin's Oro de Calabaza Discussed On NPR
Posted by on Sunday, April 18, 2010 in - 1 comment
National Public Radio aired a good piece on Jolly Pumpkin and its brew Oro de Calabaza today. I think I have one left in the stash as well as a couple other of their beers. I may have to make a run to Michigan if I run out. I may have to. After all, a stash has to be worth calling a stash, right?
One Of The More Interesting Bars In the World Today
Posted by on Saturday, April 17, 2010 in - 1 comment
And it is in Zimbabwe. This account in The Times of London today by the son of the owners of the resort where the bar can be found is hilarious. Imagine coming home for a visit to run into this at the other end of the property: • ...from my left, a tall, beautiful girl, graceful as a gazelle in …
Best Beer Blog Post Of 2010... So Far
Posted by on Friday, April 16, 2010 in - 2 comments
I don't subscribe to any beer journals but do pick them up from time to time. Even so, I have to back Jay over at Hedonist Beer Jive 100% on his post "The 5 Most Boring Topic in Beer Journalism." I love the line in #3 "Beer Advocate wastes four or more of their thin, scant pages every issue on …
Singing About Beer In 1936 At The Movies In Oslo
Posted by on Saturday, March 27, 2010 in - 1 comment
Knut posted this 1936 short film praising Norwegian beer this morning. It's pretty amazing. Notice at the end that the lyrics are put up on the screen so everyone in the cinema can sing along. Notice that singing along in Norway in 1936 includes a lot of "tim-tim-tim"-ing. It amazes me that some … read more »
This Monday's Bullet Points Of Beery Interest
Posted by on Monday, March 8, 2010 in - 2 comments
Ah, bullet points. When you haven't got enough for a post there's always enough for bullet points. They are the putting green to a round of 18. The hot dog to the BBQ. But enough of my lazy blogger admissions and let's see what is going on out there: • •Craft beer in the US had another good year …
Beer Described As Both Salvation And Pointless Luxury
Posted by on Sunday, January 24, 2010 in - leave a comment
Two news stories caught my eye in the British press today and both were about events in Haiti. In The Independent one we are told "Beer and Biscuits Saved Man Trapped in Rubble for 11 Days" while in the Daily Mail we learn "Aid Piling Up at UN's 'Cold Beer' Compound". The role of beer in the …
