Comments on: Free beer at the Wall Street Journal http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/ Tue, 22 May 2012 16:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Loren http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-42567 Loren Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:59:15 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-42567 I think this is yet another decent spotlight on the artistic waves that are continuing to be made by Vinnie, Tomme, Rob and co. and not just "more barrel aged extremism"... If you REALLY want to poo-poo on faux barrel aged specialties...what about those JW Lees Harvest Ale offerings? Authentic Lagavulin my arse! I think this is yet another decent spotlight on the artistic waves that are continuing to be made by Vinnie, Tomme, Rob and co. and not just “more barrel aged extremism”…

If you REALLY want to poo-poo on faux barrel aged specialties…what about those JW Lees Harvest Ale offerings? Authentic Lagavulin my arse!

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-42534 Stan Hieronymus Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:29:47 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-42534 Stonch, the fuss about barrel aged beers - and I'm guilty of being one of the major fussers - is way out of proportion to the amount consumed (or available for consumption). So it's surprising to see this article in the WSJ. Good luck to those guys on Wall Street heading into stores today and looking for Angel's Share. My point would be that I agree that it is totally stupid for somebody to invest the labor and time to create something that has small-batch/specialty written all over it and then remove some of that flavor before selling it. Stonch, the fuss about barrel aged beers – and I’m guilty of being one of the major fussers – is way out of proportion to the amount consumed (or available for consumption).

So it’s surprising to see this article in the WSJ. Good luck to those guys on Wall Street heading into stores today and looking for Angel’s Share.

My point would be that I agree that it is totally stupid for somebody to invest the labor and time to create something that has small-batch/specialty written all over it and then remove some of that flavor before selling it.

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-42519 SteveH Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:22:51 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-42519 I guess that beats pasteurization <i>before</i> being dropped into the barrels, but it wouldn't surprise me if that didn't happen too! I guess that beats pasteurization before being dropped into the barrels, but it wouldn’t surprise me if that didn’t happen too!

]]> By: Stonch http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-42515 Stonch Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:41:32 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-42515 There's such a lot of fuss about barrel aged beers, and yet some of them are pasteurised and filtered before sale. Seems an arse about face business to me. There’s such a lot of fuss about barrel aged beers, and yet some of them are pasteurised and filtered before sale. Seems an arse about face business to me.

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-42514 SteveH Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:33:29 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/free-beer-at-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-42514 <i>"...add extra layers of complexity to a beverage that many people think of as plain and even watery.</i> Hmm. And it takes aging in wine casks to do that? Talk about one extreme to the other. “…add extra layers of complexity to a beverage that many people think of as plain and even watery.

Hmm. And it takes aging in wine casks to do that? Talk about one extreme to the other.

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