We’re the best! No, we’re the best!
I think this and this are related. Bravado is seldom becoming.
If you prefer to know more before you click the second is a brilliant post from Ron Pattinson about brewing innovation. (For the record, I don’t think innovation necessarily trumps tradition.)
Meanwhile . . . please, please don’t feel the need to go vote for the Best Beer City.
Posted: March 24th, 2009 under Beer culture.
March 25th, 2009 at 6:34 am
[...] filled with a lot of different beers, so let’s not get bogged down by petty regionalism. As Stan notes so succinctly, bravado is seldom [...]
March 25th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Ron’s post makes a good point, but the whole thing was a thread hijack gone awry.
http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/1913226
(Just whimpering to myself.) Such are fora.
March 25th, 2009 at 7:38 am
No need to vote for the Best Beer City. Regardless of Ashville’s ability to click buttons on webpages, we all know Santa Rosa is the best. WE’RE THE BEST!
March 25th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Mario, that is EXACTLY the right response. Every town with good beer is the best, right? Fred Eckhardt, when asked what his favorite beer was, famously responded (paraphrasing here), “the one I’m drinking.” All beer is local, and if you’re sitting in a nice pub with a tasty beer, you’re good to go.
Cheers!
March 25th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
No Jeff, Santa Rosa is the BEST! Way better than those others. Fred must have been sitting in Santa Rosa drinking at Russian River or having a Moonlight, because Santa Rosa beer is THE BEST.
WE’RE THE BEST!
March 26th, 2009 at 9:10 am
With Russian River in the house, you’re definitely in the conversation!