One link, one paragraph, one bonus link

The link.

The paragraph:

However, as I am doing now, I could speculate and take liberties with the advance of time, but all I know is that this pub was now as dead as Jacob Marley and one day no one would ever know that this was a place where those who called it their local felt at home and one last laugh from Ricardo and Howey rent the air like the sound of splitting fabric.

The bonus, a post that has been bouncing around a month now, but is relevant and worth your time (it is not short). Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?

Hop object #3

Hops and barley farm outside of Bamberg, Germany

This is a stereo viewer card, a 19th century invention. Each card held two almost identical images that, when viewed through a stereoscope, created a realistic 3D scene. When viewed through the stereoscope’s lenses, each eye sees a slightly different perspective, and the brain merges these perspectives into a cohesive scene.

In this case, the scene is from a farm near Bamberg, Germany. Those are hop bines in the background.

One link, one paragraph

The link.

“We think the toughest challenge in the beer and art business world like ours in 2025 was going up against the all-consuming digital devices and the media on them that intend on isolating people and alienating them to each other,” (Dave) Bartman said. “We need safe and compassionate gathering spaces and real-life experiences now more than ever as an act of resistance to the alternative.”

From a story in Ashland.news. Credit for pointing it out to the Celebrate Oregon Beer Newsletter.

One link, one paragraph, one footnote

The link.

The paragraph:

I can’t be too critical of these because they’re both jolly nice beers with not a thing wrong. It is evident, however, that they’re for the supermarket, and have a crowd-pleasing, low-common-denominator factor about them: created to the spec of someone who wears a suit rather than overalls. To be expected from Marks & Spencer, I guess.

The footnote:

At the American Hop Convention, brewing panelists were asked by one attendee about new styles or new releases on the horizon. “If it is beer flavored beer it comes from the brewing side. If it is not, it comes from the marketing side. (FW’s) Michelada did not come from the brewing side,” answered Firestone Walker brewmaster Matt Brynildson.

One link, two paragraphs

The link. I hope this link works for you, because it comes from a Bluesky thread. Two paragraphs because they are short.

You’ve got a company that’s expanding wildly and injudiciously across the planet. Expanding just to expand because it is foretold in their business plan that they must expand.

This happens because Craft Beer is a cult. You remember the Craft Beer Jesus? Well, Berlin doesn’t.

Expanding wildly and injudiciously. Sound familiar?