MONDAY BEER LINKS, MUSING 09.21.15
AB-InBev bidding for SAB Miller is like Darth Vader adopting Jaws.
— James Watt (@BrewDogJames) September 16, 2015
OK, that’s enough about last week’s big beer business deal. But one more post about the meganews from the week before:
What, you couldn’t find an actual beer writer to fetishize multinational beer companies?
“Now more than ever, what matters to me is supporting brewers who function as independent local business persons. I know from a quarter-century of experience that these are the folks keeping the ethos real, and the money local, where it recirculates and helps other local businesses.” [Via The Potable Curmudgeon]
Elsewhere:
GABF | 2015 Fantasy Brewery Draft Picks.
I’ve gone down this geek road before, so I know there is no sure thing. But how the heck does Bagby Beer Company not get taken until the 10th round? [Via PorchDrinking.com]
GABF 2015: Tips to get the most out of the festival (and stay standing).
Essential reading for anybody heading to the Great American Beer Festival. If you scroll to the bottom you’ll find a link to a preview that features only Pacific region beers. Follow that for more regional previews (suggested with the disclaimer I wrote about the Midwest). [Via The Denver Post]
Finding Jack–5th Bloggaversary.
Renée M. DeLuca retells the story about finding her father, New Albion Brewing founder Jack McAuliffe. [Via The Brewer’s Daughter]
The English Pub.
“As L.P. Hartley famously wrote in the opening sentence of The Go-Between, ‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.’ So what has, and hasn’t, changed in the English pub as it was described almost eight decades ago?” [Via When My Feet Go Through the Door]
Seeing the wood for the trees.
“We don’t consume barrels they way we do food and wine, but it’s still an agricultural product, and one that requires transformation for it to become useful, much as grapes must be guided through several stages before they become a finished and enjoyable wine.” Or as the ingredients in beer must be guided through several stages … [Via The World of Fine Wine]
Scientists Predict the Future of Food.
“We want local, fresh, hand-crafted, minimally processed foods and beverages like people had in previous generations. But how do we do that safely for eight or 10 billion people, all while using less resources?” [Via Eater]
Great article on barrel woods. Species and the difference matters, hybrids happen as life finds a way, and common names can send one down the wrong path– lumpers and splitters love this stuff! Thanks for sharing!