Credit to occasional commenter Dave Lavery for this first bit of fun reading: An Interaction with Scotland’s Most Inane Bar and Restaurant Manager, and its Aftereffects.
I have no words, other than the thought in the headline.
Labor Day
Dave Infante has done the heavy lifting with a wall-to-wall worker special in honor of Labor Day 2023. It’s a free edition Substack newsletter, and he would appreciate it if you consider buying subscription.
If it can happen in Denver it can happen anywhere . . .
– Brewery Closings Are on the Rise — Is the Local Craft Beer Scene in Trouble?
– Last call: Two Pittsburgh-area breweries are closing their doors.
– As national craft beer market contracts, Grand Forks brewers feel the squeeze.
More breweries will open in 2023 than will close, but this is also a fact: “In Grand Forks, the microbrewery scene — known for being tight-knit and community-oriented — is often making ends meet by the skin of its teeth.”
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– Soil To The Sun — Long Man Brewery’s Regenerative Agriculture. Interested in trying a beer made with grain grown using regenerative farming techniques on this side of the Atlantic? That’s how Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery in Virginia grows the grains on its property. The brewery also cooperates with Virginia Tech to breed barley better suited for the region (that’s a test plot in the photo at the top). The farm brewery is located not far north of Dulles International Airport, but their beer also shows up at places elsewhere on the East Coast, such at Tørst in Brooklyn.
– Brewing Craft Beer for an Underserved Audience. This is one of several posts from SevenFiftyDaily focusing on “innovators,” many of confronting equity issues.
– Breweries, College Athletics Try to Cash In With Co-Branded Beers. “The same university that sued a Georgia beer company is now seeking out sponsorship deals with alcohol companies. It shows you how far this has come.”
– Nostradouglas’ Fall Predictions. Passed along to give me an opportunity to write I don’t care about Black IPAs.
– Where Are All the Celebrity Beer Brands? Once again, I don’t care.