Posts Tagged: Thinking About Beer
Tweets With Win About The Theatre Of The Mouth
Posted by on Sunday, September 23, 2012 in - 29 comments
After a long afternoon's nap fading in and out as the Red Sox held off Baltimore, I had a couple of very good tweet chats with the constantly interesting Win Bassett, triggered by these thoughts, which helpfully framed a few issues I have been pushing around my brain for years. The newest idea is …
Your Vital Wednesday Evening Beery Round Up
Posted by on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in - 1 comment
It has been a busy stretch. Busy with the kids' school starting up again. Busy now that all the co-workers are back from the hodgepodge of summer vacation schedules. Busy with the political news, the garden... Busy with life. Life has rhythms and we are moving to that beat into the next season. As …
Albany Ale: Bringing Together Different Perspectives
Posted by on Sunday, September 2, 2012 in - 3 comments
One of my favorite things about thinking about beer is realizing that it is actually a hugely diversified discussion even if there are significant forces trying to homogenize and standardize and prioritize the discourse. The upcoming beer school at Beau's Oktoberfest is framing this varieties of …
Do You Care That So Few Really Care About Beer?
Posted by on Friday, August 24, 2012 in - 10 comments
This week of the summer head cold has led to questions and grumbling. And it's just not only about how pumpkin beers in 2012 can be made with 2011 pumpkin preserved mash if they are supposed to be some sort of harvest celebration. Maybe it's the dog days of summer but there is much head scratching …
Is All That Made Up Stuff A Problem With The Dialogue?
Posted by on Monday, August 20, 2012 in - 3 comments
It is one thing to co-opt macro crap beer to the cause of good beer when it suits the statistics. But it really is another thing to make claims beyond anything that could be sustained by even the most optimistic spinning of numbers: • Present company excepted, people in the media barely write …
What Are The New Best Beery Hackneyed Ideas?
Posted by on Sunday, August 19, 2012 in - 10 comments
You've seen them before, right? Pairing beer with food? That is so 2009-10. Five years before that, wet hop beers were the innovation that rose up, promised much and settled back down again. Reading this article about a new nearby fest - and one that by all accounts was great - made me wonder if … read more »
Is There Anything About Beer That Is Actually True?
Posted by on Saturday, August 11, 2012 in - 5 comments
Two monkey heads in a row. What is going on? Well, for starters, I was messing around on these internets this week and, as is usually the case with ideas beery, I have come to realize again that the asides are the thing that are most interesting. I wondered whether beer really warranted beer nerds …
Planet Earth Leads Universe In Beer Sales
Posted by on Thursday, August 9, 2012 in - 5 comments
Just as I find it a wee bit boring to praise every statistical interpretation that marks craft beer's march from 5% to 5.87% of the US beer market, so too does this sort of story sound a lot like the story I have read more than a few times before: • It has been a popular tipple for centuries … read more »
The Session #66: The One Beer to Rule Them All
Posted by on Saturday, August 4, 2012 in - 5 comments
Craig asked the question: • What if you were to design the perfect brew—a Tolkien-esque One Beer to Rule Them All. The perfect beer for you, personally. Would it be hoppy and dark or strong and light? Is it augmented with exotic ingredients or traditionally crafted? Would your One Beer be a …
Maryland: A Day With Kids In Baltimore
Posted by on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 in - 1 comment
There is a madness when one travels with kids. The need to keep them entertained and the need to keep yourself entertained. Above is the menus from Phillips on Baltimore's Inner Harbor which was part of the day's happy happy joy joy efforts and I was happy to see a couple of things. Notice the not …
