Archive for June, 2009

‘I paid $95 to get in, but I don’t care about beer’

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

People who are predisposed to spend $95 to attend a beer and food festival say “high quality” is their main priority when purchasing beer, as opposed to low price or brand recognition. Is this news? Here are excerpts from the Brewers Association press release: On Saturday, May 30, over 1,900 attendees enjoyed craft beer and [...]

Session #28 roundup posted

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Brian Yaeger has posted the roundup for The Session #28. Since Brian asked for it he got a nice collection of beers from far away, far away being subjective, of course. Several first time Session participant — go make them feel welcome by leaving a comment — while some “regulars” turned up missing. I think, [...]

Session #28: Handpumps and hops around the world

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

This is my contribution to The Session #28, hosted by Brian Yaeger. I’m posting early because we’ll be amongst tall trees on Friday, a canopy the Internet cannot penetrate. Visit Brian’s blog on Friday for links to more posts. For The Session this month Brian asks us to write about the brewery whose beer we’ve [...]

#38 – Where in the beer world?

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Please leave your answer as a comment. You don’t need a hint if you can read.