Posts Tagged: Thinking About Beer
Session 17: Anti-Seasonal Drinking or...I Like Macros!
Posted by on Friday, July 4, 2008 in - 1 comment
This month's version of the session is, a bit confusingly to me, about "anti-seasonal drinking." As I like everything all the time what can this mean to me? There is no season of beer to me. I am a beerophile and a freewheeling omnibibe without any book of days telling what goes in the glass. But …
In Praise Of Older Beer
Posted by on Saturday, May 31, 2008 in - 2 comments
Recently I have beer drinking through the stash, getting rid of some older stock. Working on the adage that the stash is not a vault, it is important once in a while to get to the bottom of things or at least shelves and dust off the dusty to see how things are going on their way to going off …
Meta-Beer-Blogging...Or Watching Troy Watch Phin And Paul
Posted by on Sunday, April 27, 2008 in - 6 comments
BeerBistro! after all the people go to bed. • I had a great time Friday night. It was fun to meet the Southern Tier guys as well as the very dapper Liliana and Vlado, those great folk behind hosts Roland + Russell (who, by the way, I am starting to think were either two dusty Victorian-era … read more »
Session 14: Where Are My Beer Peeps? Who Is My Beer Pal?
Posted by on Friday, April 4, 2008 in - leave a comment
I was chatting on the IM with Stonch about this subject when he was thinking about it and I had to admit that it would be a hard one for me. Like the other bloggers for this edition of The Session, a lot of people go one about beer being a social lubricant and all but that's just not the way it is …
The Post With My Howard The Duck References
Posted by on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in - 2 comments
Howard the Duck. I have some of the original mid-70s comics that I bought when I was around 13. A masterful idea I thought. The universe we know being one of many parallel ones that float in a meta-reality side by side bumping once in a while allowing figures from one to cross to another …
Another Interesting Set Of Obserservations From Andy Crouch
Posted by on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 in - 4 comments
Beer writing. Again with the critical beer writing. Look, I am not interested in being unpleasant or just an oath bolster in relation to calling out so you needn't worry about that. But this comment over at Stan's blog about the state of critical beer writing - the 66th in the thread - posted this …
What Does Tasting Mean To Each Of Us?
Posted by on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 in - leave a comment
Taste and memory...clam fritters and plain ice tea. • I shouldn't be so lazy. The house is mine for a few days what with a March break trip. I have projects like a tub to caulk. I have beer to brew and to bottle. Heck if I wanted to I could get into those four krieks I have laid in for a … read more »
Speaking Of Helpful And Useful Beer Bloggers
Posted by on Monday, February 18, 2008 in - 6 comments
I think my wants and needs converge in that mug • Speaking of good positive beer blogging, Evan Rail has been on something of a tear over in Prague since the New Year began. I don't think that it is just his access to a pub culture and beers that I lack that makes it such good reading - it's …
Ethical Writing And A Brysonian Discourse On Attitude
Posted by on Saturday, February 2, 2008 in - leave a comment
One of the cheatiest cheats a lazy beer blogger can foist is the copying of comments made elsewhere. But, and this is #7 on the list of the failings of the internet, you put out all that information our there, all those clever turns of phrase and they are lost to eternity as certain as a clever …
The Natives Are Getting Restless...Or - Why Are We Unhappy?
Posted by on Saturday, January 26, 2008 in - 23 comments
The emotional connection of people to "their beer" can be very strong. As a result anything that bumps into the notion of what their beer is can be taken as invitation for everything from snark, insult or all out mobilization of forces. This winter, there has been a bit of an increase in this …
