Posts Tagged: Web Resources
Holy Frig! The Session Is Tomorrow Already!!!
Posted by on Thursday, February 3, 2011 in - 1 comment
Life dashes. Then it sprints. Then it tears away from you looking back and giving you a rude gesture. The Session has become a marker for me, telling me about the pace of my life over its last four years of existence, reminding me that I need to fill each month with something worth doing or …
I Blush Yet Brag... I Brag And Yet I Blush...
Posted by on Monday, January 31, 2011 in - 3 comments
Sure, I nominated myself - but I didn't do the judging so it is with some sense of residual self respect that I learned today that I got voted Best Beer Blog for Canada 2010 as part of the Canadian Food Blog Awards. Rather than go on about me, however, I would have you have a good look at the … read more »
Beer News: "It's Not My Country But..." Edition
Posted by on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 in - 5 comments
I am a lazy beer blogger. An intensely lazy one. I have not yet sent out the four prize packages that I am duty bound to mail to winners in Ontario, Norway, Costa Rica and the Czech Republic. Sure there were Christmas parties needing attending and holiday travel and also a cold that won't go away …
Who Is Dogfish Head And What Is "Innovation"?
Posted by on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 in - 16 comments
Stan is running a great discussion over at his place that I will not replicate but to trap my comment of this morning which I think has captured something of what I think about Dogfish Head. The first bit is what Stan wrote in a comment followed by my observations: • “…I tried to write the post …
Ranks, Statistics And Other Things I Doubt
Posted by on Monday, December 6, 2010 in - 2 comments
While the 2010 photo contest results churn on a vast array of reel to reel servers that fill the basement, I have time to think of other things. Like the meaning of that line up there. Apparently, right before Christmas, there is a big bump in interest in beers of the month clubs. Having written a …
Day 22: Only Four Hours Left To Submit Your Photos!
Posted by on Sunday, December 5, 2010 in - 1 comment
It took a twoot from Tom for me to realize that this was the last day. The end times as it were: • You have until 12 noon ET to submit your photos to the 5th annual Christmas Beer Photo Contest. Win beer schwag! • For some reason I thought I had given you until this evening. I know this will …
Session 46: On Contest Day 20 A Rare One Was Opened
Posted by on Friday, December 3, 2010 in - 2 comments
This is crazy. Three beer blogging themes meet on one night. This is the final Friday of the Yule, Christmas, Hogmanay, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa 2010 Good Beer Blog Photo Contest. It is also the weekend that Mark Dredge demanded we Open It! And it is the night of The Session's 46th edition. That is …
A Nation Mourns As Kelly Ryan Leaves The UK
Posted by on Monday, November 8, 2010 in - 2 comments
I have not had a sip of beer or ale or anything from England's Thornbridge Brewery but brewer Kiwi Kelly Ryan's departure for his New Zealand home has gotten British beer bloggers totally Lady Di as they say "cheer-eo!" and dab their damp eyes with hankies. Kelly got verklempt right back at them … read more »
Session 45: What? Wheat Beer?? Session Time Again???
Posted by on Friday, November 5, 2010 in - 4 comments
Why didn't anyone tell me? What the hell is this about? The first Friday of the month? Are you kidding me? Already? What the hell is this about? • [More later... maybe... what the hell do I have in the stash... friggin' first Friday... whose stupid idea is this anyway... and, just to top it off …
Is This The Defining Post About Beer Blogging?
Posted by on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 in - 15 comments
I hate saying someone "nailed it" as, if you have ever swung a hammer at nails for days on end, building something with nails is a task requiring many separate identical actions each of relatively high yet also of similar quality. The concept of a singular exceptional experience does not pop into …
