Comments on: Scottish & Newcastle learns why where matters http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-50877 Stan Hieronymus Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:42:19 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/#comment-50877 Ropey? Are you aware that is how lambic brewers accurately describe their beer-to-be when it is "sick?" You can literally grab the beer between your thumb and forefinger and create a rope (that, excuse me, looks much like snot). Ropey? Are you aware that is how lambic brewers accurately describe their beer-to-be when it is “sick?”

You can literally grab the beer between your thumb and forefinger and create a rope (that, excuse me, looks much like snot).

]]> By: Stonch http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-50874 Stonch Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:28:28 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/#comment-50874 To be honest mate John Smith's is just ropey whichever way you look at it! To be honest mate John Smith’s is just ropey whichever way you look at it!

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-50804 Stan Hieronymus Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:09:05 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/#comment-50804 Stonch - would that be the Warrington versions or Tradcaster? A rhetorical question. It must mean something that the "whereness" of production matters so much in a beer many people don't like. Stonch – would that be the Warrington versions or Tradcaster? A rhetorical question.

It must mean something that the “whereness” of production matters so much in a beer many people don’t like.

]]> By: Stonch http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-50800 Stonch Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:32:26 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/#comment-50800 Who are these people saying John Smith's is average? They need their taste buds seen to - the stuff is fcking terrible. Who are these people saying John Smith’s is average? They need their taste buds seen to – the stuff is fcking terrible.

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-50735 SteveH Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:22:09 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/scottish-newcastle-learns-why-where-matters/#comment-50735 <i>“For over a hundred years John Smith’s have been telling us the secret of their brewing was the artesian well water beneath Tadcaster, now they’re saying it doesn’t matter. They can’t have it both ways.”</i> Sounds like words all breweries could learn from, including a certain Bavarian dynasty who feels changing time-tested processes means nothing to their drinkers. “For over a hundred years John Smith’s have been telling us the secret of their brewing was the artesian well water beneath Tadcaster, now they’re saying it doesn’t matter. They can’t have it both ways.”

Sounds like words all breweries could learn from, including a certain Bavarian dynasty who feels changing time-tested processes means nothing to their drinkers.

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