Posts Tagged: Regional Scenes
Northwest North Country Beer Update
Posted by on Saturday, October 21, 2006 in - 8 comments
I headed over to Canton New York yesterday and popped in a few shops to make sure I have Baby Ruth Halloween bars and I was quite pleased to note an advance in beer availability in the North Country. • First, at the Alex Bay Mart on highway 12 near the main cross roads there were Ithaca and … read more »
Book Review: <i>The Football and Real Ale Guides</i>
Posted by on Thursday, October 19, 2006 in - 2 comments
The other week I got an interesting email: • “My name is Glyn Watkins and I am the Cultural Editor, and the bloke doing the press stuff, for a set of books called the Stedders Football and Real Ale Guides 2006-07. these are published by a friend called Richard Stedman, who gave up teaching to …
An Evening Of Beer Tasting
Posted by on Sunday, October 15, 2006 in - leave a comment
Scanning the news these days for something to note about beer culture there are the inevitable beerfest (slash) Octoberfest (slash) tailgater tales as well as crime notes on a guy called Clevus busting into the house or the head of another guy called Clevus so as to acquire the case of beer …
Beer From Romania
Posted by on Thursday, October 5, 2006 in - 9 comments
As you know, we love piggybacking on the travels of others to find more about beer and this planet of our. Recently I have been working with Steven Hales of the Department of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania on his collection of essays Beer and Philosophy which is to be … read more »
Middle Ages Brewing By Shoe Cam
Posted by on Sunday, October 1, 2006 in - 3 comments
Gary on the shoe cam • We had a bit of a beer blog break through as Gary and I met at Middle Ages Brewing in Syracuse NY as part of his day of two tailgates and my introduction to NCAA football. It was a perfect place to meet to start the day. Gary filled in when my camera's memory card let it … read more »
Pete Brown: The Interview
Posted by on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 in - 7 comments
I like my non-job here at A Good Beer Blog. One thing I get to do - other than never have a second beer of the same type - is meet interesting people involved with beer over the internet. Consider this exchange about beer and language between me and beer book author Pete Brown: • “Pete: Hi Alan …
Knut Goes To Gothenburg
Posted by on Thursday, September 14, 2006 in - leave a comment
A few weeks ago, I took the express bus to Gothenburg, a city about four hour's drive from Oslo. The event was a gathering of fellow beer drinkers who usually congregate at RateBeer, but on occasion meet to have a few beers and swap tall tales. I missed the main event - the grand tasting, but I …
<i>Beers Of The World</i> Magazine
Posted by on Sunday, September 10, 2006 in - leave a comment
I picked up issue #7 of Beers of the World magazine the other day. It is a UK journal pretty much geared for the English market. This places the North American reader at a disadvantage from the get-go with the subject matter centered elsehere. The magazine has a website which has yet to update to …
Joe's Rules For Freshmen
Posted by on Saturday, September 2, 2006 in - 4 comments
I read the Joe Sixpack columns that are published in the Philadelphia Daily News fairly frequently and I quite liked this one on Joe's drinking rules for freshmen entering university, including: • Don't drink light beer. It is not real beer, and the calories you save are negligible.Don't drink …
"A Glass Of Handmade"
Posted by on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 in - 2 comments
There are a few moments I can point to in my memory that represent elemental changes that helped frame my interest in beer. The first time I was allowed to dip a finger in a Labatt Blue; the Olands Ex I had at my pal's house in high school; the visit I made to the Pitfield Beer Shop in 1986 from …
