A couple of days ago, a story in Inside Hook asked, “Is the beer dinner dead?”
You’ll have to touch the link to see what the answer might be. My comment would be that anybody who has been to a beer dinner at Good Word Brewing and Public House in Georgia would answer, “Hell, no!”
And I’ll use the story for an excuse to link to a series of posts from almost 17 years ago, in which I asked, “If you could invite four people dead or alive to a beer dinner who would they be? What four beers would you serve?” The first to answer was Neal Stewart, then marketing director at Flying Dog Brewery. A few months before, the brewery launched a website called BeerDinners.com. I’m not sure how long after they let the domain name go, but it is now for sale for $2,695. (Sighs deeply).
And the rest . . .
– Steve Hales
– Sean Paxton
– Andrew Mason
– Lisa Morrison
– Rick Sellers
– Stonch
– Alan McLeod
– Tomme Arthur
– Eric Delia
– Martyn Cornell
I highly recommend Professor Smil’s 2023 book “Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure” to assist contextualizing these things. It’s actually a great read.
I don’t need more books to read, but this looks to interesting to pass on.