Comments on: Session #29: 5 essential beer destinations

By: Gail Williams

Gail Williams — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:42:17 +0000

This was so much fun to work on. The whole set of Session #29 posts is up now linked from the round-up page at:

http://beerbybart.com/2009/07/04/the-session-will-travel-for-beer-roundup-29/

I was delighted that you cited walking in England as a great beer vacation, since Steve and I had such an amazing time on the Coast-to-Coast trail years ago, and it was one of the things that shifted us to being active students and appreciators of beer, but the people and the land were the main event, of course.

By: Jeff Alworth

Jeff Alworth — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:29:16 +0000

It is gracious of you to cite Pelican. As someone who has traveled extensively–but mostly outside the beer world–I would not expect to see a young Oregon (or American) brewery make the list. Surely we should serve our centuries.

As for homebrewing, I don’t think there’s anything to worry about. I have lately been in contact with some homebrewers in Oregon whose sophistication exceeds all but a handful of pro breweries. One homebrewer has years of sour beer (lambics really, but not spontaneously fermented) he carefully mixes. He’ll never go pro and the only way to try his beer is to be invited over to his house. Amazing to think of all the amazing beer we will never have a chance to taste.

By: The Session: Will Travel For Beer (Roundup #29) « Beer By BART

The Session: Will Travel For Beer (Roundup #29) « Beer By BART — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:18:31 +0000

[...] Hieronymus, founder of The Session (Beer Blogging Fridays), lists five specific great beer destinations you may not have thought about, and also encourages you to travel happily by seeking out national [...]

By: Stan

Stan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:38:30 +0000

Hey Boak – We are thinking of Cotswolds next time.

By: Boak

Boak — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:52:01 +0000

Ah, the Dorset coast. Beautiful for walking, and lots of good pubs, although I don’t like Palmers beer much.

A good walk and a pub lunch is the best experience – although it’s often more difficult to achieve than it should be – I’ve had a couple of days ruined by lousy public transport links and unfriendly pubs serving stale beer.