Posts Tagged: Thinking About Beer
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 …
Beer Drinker's Rights: Better Graphs Describing The Experience
Posted by on Thursday, December 6, 2007 in - 2 comments
When I jotted down my proposal for a Beer Drinker's Bill of Rights the other day, my intention was that it would be elaborated, that commentary needed to be provided on each section to see if the thing was valid. One of the key point for me is that beer is understandable or as section 4 states …
The Beer Drinkers' Bill Of Rights
Posted by on Sunday, December 2, 2007 in - 16 comments
A depiction of the first debates on the rights • of beer drinkers, Greece 4th century BC. • I've been thinking about this beer stuff for a while now and have decided that it is right and proper that a Beer Drinkers' Bill of Rights for us all be established. Any bill of rights, after all, is …
A Brewery, A Literary Tour And Another World All In One
Posted by on Monday, October 15, 2007 in - 10 comments
Her: I sure hope no one mentions this ever again. • Him: Me, too. How unlike us. Best to bottle it up. Pass me another. • An interesting combination of two of my interests may well come together in Nymburk, some 30 kilometers east of Prague, where a brewery, Postřižinský Pivovar, helps … read more »
Stonch, Ron, Garrett And A Question Of Evidence
Posted by on Saturday, October 6, 2007 in - 5 comments
I have a confession. I have little or no interest in beer styles whatsoever. All I care about is that a particular beer tastes good, has interestingly depths, that the layers of depth contain clues to both its ingredients and history, that it is consistently made, is tweekable - and can be … read more »
Sour Beer Studies: Why Did Sour Arise In The First Place?
Posted by on Sunday, September 9, 2007 in - 15 comments
Writing about what is on other people's beer blogs is a quick way to fill a day's obligation to fill up one's own sheet. But seeing as I have been trying to lead Ron Pattinson and his excellent library of brewing records into figuring out stuff that has piqued my idle sort of curiosity, I think it …
