Posts Tagged: Thinking About Beer
Beer And Ethics: Charges Not In The Public Interest
Posted by on Saturday, October 16, 2010 in - 2 comments
Remember that odd case last June when firefighters saved and then drained a keg they liberated from the scene of the fire? Well, the case is now closed: • Oliver city council urged the RCMP to look into the matter and Mounties alleged the kegs were removed as firefighters responded to the flames …
Five Really Great New Rules For Drinking Good Beer
Posted by on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 in - 13 comments
So, somone with some funny new beer words behind their name has set out five rules for beer drinking in Esquire. I love these rules for obvious functions... and the guides, too, especially the ones that hover between being patronizing and passively hostile. These things are always fun as there is … read more »
What Price Principle When Talking Beer Styles?
Posted by on Sunday, September 5, 2010 in - 3 comments
This is almost the opposite side of the coin compared to the minor Black Bitter dispute in the US. In the case of Black IPA or whatever it will end up being called, people have plenty of pet names and hope they might even have a style to match them up with. Conversely, beer fans in New Zealand are …
Question: What Is Your Best Beer Giveaway?
Posted by on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in - 2 comments
I am curious about something. I don't know that I am personally all that evangelical about beer. When I have the beer I like and the people I like together it is as much about exploring or, rather, explaining my good beer obsession as it is about recruiting new members. Nope, the day I actually …
How To Improve The View Of Craft Beer #3741
Posted by on Monday, August 16, 2010 in - leave a comment
Apparently, if there is a "we" acting on some sort of grand plan, the plan needs to address the workplace and workplace ethics: • It doesn’t even matter is the boss or manager has chosen a glass of Merlot or beer, then offered it to the job-seeker or that the job-seeker shows no effect of …
Joe Asks Us To Consider What Makes For Success
Posted by on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 in - leave a comment
Update: Troy makes a very good point in reminding me to link to "Free Our Beer", Cass Enright's blog that delves into the backwardness of Ontario's system in far more detail than I would ever have the patience to present. • Joe makes a very good point in his latest post "Twelve-Ounce Measures of …
It's Not Macro Beer - It's Imitation Beer!
Posted by on Thursday, July 8, 2010 in - 10 comments
In response to Mr. B's comment the other day, I bought a number of books about taste, smell and food including In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan which I brought with me to read at the squirt softball game this evening. One can only watch so many walks, you know. • Anyway …
Supertasting, Gender and Better Beer
Posted by on Monday, July 5, 2010 in - 5 comments
An idea has been floating around that has me scratching my head a bit but also wondering what we mean by "better" sometimes. Today, Jeff Alworth wrote "Do Women Taste Better Than Men?" after reading Melissa Cole's link to an article in The Sun included in her post entitled "Women Better Beer …
Will We Know It When Beer Jumps The Shark?
Posted by on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in - 10 comments
I love the "jump the shark" idea but only because I was a pre-teen when Happy Days and the Fonze was on TV. It combines my love of taking a adolescent view of things with my habit of taking a adolescent view of things. So it was with interest that I read this from Joe Stange this morning: • It's …
Beer And Ethics: Does One Tap The Saved Keg?
Posted by on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 in - 5 comments
This moment in the lives of a couple of small town Canadian firefighters has got me thinking: • As the smouldering site was being demolished, some firefighters noticed the six kegs of beer and decided to save the valuable merchandise, Oliver Mayor Pat Hampson told The Province Monday night. But …
