Posts Tagged: Regional Scenes
Thirteen Feet Of Sin And Heinous Crime
Posted by on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 in - 1 comment
Google news is a Godsend, providing glimpses into local news from far away that makes you glad that you are, in fact, far away. Consider this news on a hearing recently held before the Benton County Beer Board in Tennessee and be glad you are not there: • “Approximately 75 community members …
Travis Visits The New Belgium Brewing Company In Colorado
Posted by on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 in - 1 comment
This past weekend I was in Colorado on a ski trip with a friend from college. I got in Thursday night to Denver and early Friday morning we found out that all the passes into the mountains were closed because of severe winds. Lost about what to do next, we decided to take a drive out to Fort …
Thoughts On A Magic Hat Spring Mix 12 2008
Posted by on Saturday, February 9, 2008 in - 28 comments
Knut morphed our discussion here about charity and local breweries into the general question of what is local anyway. I am going to suggest something that should not seem so radical but might be taken as such: local in the NE United States includes diacetyl as much as the NW United States is …
Japan: Where Faith And Beer Come Together
Posted by on Sunday, January 27, 2008 in - 2 comments
Jay has been lamenting the divide between Southern Baptists and their beer. You know, it was darn pesky of the Lord to hang around in taverns and make wine when you think of it. In addition to the work, however, of Rev. Taffy Davis in Macclesfield, England, Jay found one US pastor who has followed …
Paul Considers The State Of Stella Artois
Posted by on Thursday, January 24, 2008 in - leave a comment
According to The Publican, that venerable journal of the UK licensed trade, InBev are crying into their beer over the Young’s Pub Company delisting of Stella Artois from their 200+ strong pub chain. I'm not a lager drinker, but I welcome this one small victory against the brewing giant of the …
More Vital Information On Third-Category Beer
Posted by on Monday, January 21, 2008 in - leave a comment
I suppose if I ever tried it or if it had a name that did not sound like something out of Blade Runner, I would have less of a facination with that fluid in Japan that is called "third category beer." This article in the The The Daily Yomiuri, however, is full of tidbits that make me wonder what …
Fact: Beer, Australians And Tennis Do Not Mix
Posted by on Sunday, January 20, 2008 in - 1 comment
Just when I was learning to deal with the mad combination of beer, elephants and electricity it seems that history has repeated itself with Aussies playing the part of the pachyderms and tennis replacing volts: • “Full-strength beer could go the way of the now- eliminated public betting shop by …
It Is Hard To Keep Track Of Who Is Who In Maryland
Posted by on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 in - 5 comments
...in terms of who is running and setting the rules for which bit of the beer and booze market, that is. I had to read this article a few times before I got any sense of who had authority over whom: • “Wicomico County Council Vice President Stevie Prettyman stood up during the public meeting …
Finally - Some Mongolian Beer News
Posted by on Saturday, January 12, 2008 in - 2 comments
I have had this feeling for some time that I was a bit of a fraud, that I was not really covering the beer news scene as I should, as you expected. Now I know that I have filled in at least a part of the gap with this news from Mongolia: • “...the police are the men to see if you need a beer …
Travis Suffers Growler Tragedy Followed By Ubu Uber-Triumph
Posted by on Saturday, January 5, 2008 in - leave a comment
So, calling the loss of two brown glass growlers is hardly tragedy, it's still cool to come out on top! It all started after a raucous party a month ago, where I brought two growlers of Old Balls Ale that I had brewed. After the party I forgot the growlers at Tom's house and promptly told him to …
