Call to Arms decked out for holidays in 2022 (was just as dressed up for its final days)

The link.

The paragraph:

“You just have to say to Chris (Bell), ‘It wasn’t you, man,’” (Bill) Eye said. “‘You’re one of the smartest people in the industry. You make great beer. You picked a good neighborhood. I don’t know what else to tell you. You had a 10-year run. You did as well as people can do, and still, you ended up against it.’ That’s hard. It’s really hard to know that maybe it’s just not possible.”

If you walked to the Call to Arms taproom in Denver this month, you probably would have thought, “Wow, what a place.” But it closing tomorrow.

The link.

The paragraph:

“It’s the paradox of a terroir that never really existed,” Sandrine (Goeyvaerts) adds. “You see all these images glorifying the terroir, saying that we need to return to peasant-style consumption, to eat like people used to… And then you’ve got guys stuffing themselves with foie gras, bone marrow, endless slabs of meat, and drinking Saint-Joseph. But we know that’s not how people in the countryside actually eat. Anyone who’s lived in rural areas knows that’s not everyday food.”

One point of order. I understand the role of headlines, but “Tradition is a Lie — French Wine’s Place in France’s Far-Right Gastronationalism” should not be taken to mean that tradition does not exist, or that a lie is automatically involved.

The link, to a Facebook post from Mitch Steele.

The paragraph (not certain how much of the rest of the post is generally available):

After 9+ years at New Realm, I have moved to an advisory role with them, and so I’m now looking for other opportunities. This happened a couple of months ago, and I’ve kept it fairly quiet, while I was traveling for beer industry things, dealing with some family projects, and trying to sort out in my mind what I wanted to do.

As one person wrote in the comments: If there’s ever been a bellwether to the state of the crafts beer industry, it’s Mitch freaking Steele job hunting.