Posts Tagged: Thinking About Beer
Sour Beer Studies: Why Did Sour Arise In The First Place?
Posted by on Sunday, September 9, 2007 in - 14 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 …
Kids And The Pub
Posted by on Friday, July 27, 2007 in - 7 comments
Just a question while the entries to the The Good Beer Blog Flying Dog Summer Gonzo-thon contest come in. What do you think of kids being in bars with their family? When I moved to Ontario from Atlantic Canada in the early 1990s, it was quite the thing to see kids in central Canadian bars at …
Session 5: Atmosphere
Posted by on Friday, July 6, 2007 in - leave a comment
Today is the day of The Session, the international beer blogging chatfest that is held the first Friday of every month. This always takes some thinking. We have had stouts, dubbels, milds and your local brew and today we have atmosphere, as chosen and hosted by Al and Ron at Hop Talk: • “Beer is …
Stonch's Keg And Other Signs of Spring
Posted by on Sunday, May 6, 2007 in - leave a comment
There are a fewer greater things in life than witnessing the pure joy of others. And that is one of the things that makes this beer blogging stuff so fun. Look at that picture above of Stonch and his pals. My immediate reaction was to whip myself into motion and start the process of bottling the …
Being Elsewhere
Posted by on Saturday, April 21, 2007 in - 12 comments
This weekend seems to be quiet on the North American beer blogging scene, perhaps with good reason - and a reason beyond the change in weather that saw a blizzard move though a week ago and the low 20's C here at the east end of Lake Ontario that might drive any sensible person away from the …
Why Do You Drink at a Pub?
Posted by on Thursday, April 5, 2007 in - 9 comments
“ • "You can get just so much out of bars and they won't go down anymore. They come up. People in bars were like people in 5 and dime stores: they were killing time and everything else." • -- Charles Bukowski in "Would You Suggest Writing as a Career?" • ” • Last year I heard a story on …
Read More Stan, Wouldja?
Posted by on Monday, April 2, 2007 in - leave a comment
One of the surprising things about beer blogging has been the development of comradeship between the other writers, whether it is the bunch who contribute here or the other bloggers that you can keep up with at an aggregator like the RSBS. One of my favorite reads these days is sometimes comment …
Bartalk and Other Games at Callahan's
Posted by on Friday, March 30, 2007 in - leave a comment
I'd have to agree that proximity to one's house is very important for "a local." I'm at the age where I don't fit in at the college hang-outs (which in general do have a better beer selection) and at Callahan's I'm ten to fifteen years younger than the rest of the pub-goers (well, most of them …
Drinking in One Place - Blue Point
Posted by on Friday, March 23, 2007 in - leave a comment
Last year I spent my time driving (sometimes vast distances) in order to drink microbrewed beer. I spent a lot of time at brewpubs. Basically, I did a lot of beer chasing, and dare I say, beer hunting? This year I'm trying something different; I'm drinking in one place, a place I'm calling …
Night of the Barrels in Boston
Posted by on Saturday, March 17, 2007 in - 2 comments
On February ninth six guys loaded into two cars and sped to Boston for the BeerAdvocate.com's Night of the Barrels, the "VIP" session the evening before the Exteme Beer Fest. Long Island to Boston can be done in about four hours, including the ferry ride from Orient Point to New London. We were …
