Posts Tagged: Thinking About Beer
Is There An Event Horizon Of Beer Blog Comments
Posted by on Monday, June 17, 2013 in - 4 comments
For all the talk of beer blogging, it strikes me after over a year of writing on these my blogs is how many of the best bits I've plunked down are at the blogs of others. This obviously implies that there is a insular nature to the reciprocal nature of bloggers but it also illustrates how there is …
Beer Shopping: Oliver's Beverage, Albany, New York
Posted by on Sunday, June 9, 2013 in - 3 comments
So, did you know I went to Albany, New York last week? It was a five hour drive down last Tuesday and another five back the next day. I enjoy the drive inordinately as it is a drive back in time south through lands settled in the early 1800s, along following the Erie Canal finished in the 1820 …
Book Review: Craft Beer World, Mark Dredge
Posted by on Sunday, June 2, 2013 in - 4 comments
I have had this book for a few weeks kicking around. Things have been busy outside of this blog's range of duties. So I have been dipping into the book rather than reading it. Which is fine, isn't it. The point of a "number book" - for lack of a better name - or its sibling the style guide is that …
Why Can't Everyman's Drink Stand A Public Vote?
Posted by on Thursday, May 30, 2013 in - leave a comment
Beer is often called a social lubricant by those promoting it. Not a drink for problem drinkers, right? And it's supposed to be the drink of the masses. The affordable luxury that levels the playing field. So, it is with some surprise that when Jeff proposed the broader adoption of a means …
Very Good News, Briefly And Really Poorly Put
Posted by on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in - leave a comment
It's no secret that I like beer stories from obscure places but this hatchet job on the English language today is one of my favorites. I quote in its messy fullness: • For Myanmar Immigrant-workers in Thailand, ThaiBev Brewery Company, Thailand has prepared to plant Myanmar Beer Factiry in …
Is It Really Pronounced say-ZOHNS?
Posted by on Monday, May 20, 2013 in - 25 comments
See, in these times when people are questioning all manner of stuff that is foisted upon the fan of good beer, one get's a little internally chippy. So, when I read the beginning of this NYT article by Clay Risen just now I stopped and then stopped myself: • For years, the American beer world … read more »
Selective Readings From Some Article In Slate
Posted by on Friday, May 17, 2013 in - 5 comments
In ten years of writing about beer, I have to admit the reaction to the article "Against Hoppy Beer" in Slate yesterday by author Adrienne So is one of the oddest over reactions to something written about beer that I think I have ever seen. As others have done to make each of their own cases for a …
Do They Know Their Hops From Their Cassava?
Posted by on Sunday, May 12, 2013 in - 4 comments
Some interesting statements from the Jamaican Agriculture Minister at the end of last week: • ...Roger Clarke on Thursday said a window of opportunity seems to be opening up for cassava farmers. While unwilling to disclose the issue of price, Clarke said Diageo, the parent company for Red Stripe …
Generally, I Don't Need Any Rewards For Having Beer
Posted by on Sunday, April 28, 2013 in - 4 comments
This is an interesting opinion piece in the Baltimore Post-Examiner about the role of the mobile app Untapped with the beer nerd author: • My experiences with this app continued to evolve. I know that I have had at least 829 unique beers since November 2010. So when I look at a draft board, and …
Where Are The Alternative Beer Classification Systems?
Posted by on Friday, April 19, 2013 in - 14 comments
I saw this article by Crystal Luxmore the other day and it got me thinking. It starts this way: • Grapes are the inspiration behind a trendy beer style that is bringing the worlds of wine and beer together: new hybrids that are seducing hopheads and oenophiles alike. Beer-wine hybrids – or …
