The words of Fred Eckhardt.
“And it isn’t ever going to be the same . . . I’m glad of that.”
Jay Shevek has posted a new trailer for “Beer Pioneers” at Facebook.
It’s wonderful. Make sure to watch to the end.
To read more about the upcoming documentary:
– The video (same as above) on Facebook.
– The Beer Pioneers fan page on Facebook.
– The Beer Pioneers website (outside of Facebook).
With a rather provocatively headline, “Rate Beer vs. Beer Advocate: The ratings war!,” Top Fermented takes a lengthy look at how the top-rated beers at Rate Beer and Beer Advocate compare.
Is there anything to conclude other than “it’s an interesting look at the tastes of the user base at both sites?” You decide.
If you have the new All About Beer magazine (“Brewing in Wine Country” is the top story”) in hand the story about the super raters at Rate Beer and Beer Advocate makes interesting supplementary reading.
And for perspective check out Ron Pattinson’s post about boring beer (it’s short).
Now I’m back to writing about wheat beer, fortunately not boring to me.
Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken?
Leave your answer as a comment. Also feel free to add a comment simply because the picture inspires you.
With all the signage you surely don’t need a hint for this one.
The assistant managing editor in charge of being cranky at the last newspaper where I worked used to have a note posted on a bulletin board in his office: “All boldface is no boldface.”
For instance, consider just one entry today at beernews.org. Four more rare beers, including one (Brooklyn Sorachi Ace) brewed with now-rare hops. Good breweries all; undoubtedly good beers. And even if we never taste these beers good things may result — when I was at Stone Brewing a few months ago brewmaster Mitch Steele and I talked about how much he learns during one of these collaborative projects.
But I can’t help but remember that quote attributed to Goethe (though I suspect it was made up). At some point being rare ceases to be rare.
Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken?
Leave your answer as a comment. Also feel free to add a comment simply because the picture inspires you.
A hint? This is a spot mentioned in the “Ten beery things to do in Germany without visiting Oktoberfest” written for All About Beer magazine. A second hint? Wheat beers.