{"id":13071,"date":"2015-01-26T04:54:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T10:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/?p=13071"},"modified":"2015-01-26T09:16:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T15:16:46","slug":"a-b-buys-another-craft-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/a-b-buys-another-craft-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"A-B buys another <del>craft<\/del> brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>MONDAY BEER LINKS, MUSING 01.26.15<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/images\/20150126-aabm.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"335\" alt=\"All About Beer Magazine cover\" class=\"alignright\" \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/allaboutbeer.com\/article\/single-word-case-beer\/\">A Single Word: The Case for Beer.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAt the outset of 1997, in his regularly appearing column in <em>All About Beer<\/em> Fred Eckhardt asked the question, &#8220;What is &#8216;craft beer&#8217;?&#8221; It was a topic discussed often by brewers that seldom showed up in print. In fact, in the first of a lengthy two-part interview with Charlie Papazian and Michael Jackson about the past the future of beer included in the same issue as Eckhardt&#8217;s column and the words craft and beer never appeared in tandem.<\/p>\n<p>It was possible then and it is possible now to write about beer without using the term &#8220;craft beer.&#8221; In his column in the 35th anniversary issue of the magazine landing in mailboxes right now, editor John Holl explains why the magazine is now (and has been for about a year) using a single word &#151; beer or brewery &#151; whenever possible. It doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;ll never see the term &#8220;craft beer&#8221; in <em>All About Beer.<\/em> There are times it is useful. When writing here I always ask myself if the adjective &#8220;craft&#8221; is necessary, and sometimes I include it. I wrote an article for the 35th anniversary issue about the etymology of the term. My brain is still recovering from the research. <strong>[Via All About Beer]<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article\/cmo-strategy\/a-b-buy-brand-tagline-corporate-beer-sucks\/296773\/\">A-B To Buy Brand With Tagline: &#8216;Corporate Beer Still Sucks&#8217;.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thepourfool.com\/2015\/01\/24\/elysian-and-abinbev-greed-overweening-ambition-and-the-whoring-out-of-a-culture\/\">Elysian and AB\/InBev: Greed, Overweening Ambition, and the Whoring-Out of a Culture.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/beeronomics.blogspot.com\/2015\/01\/why-ab-is-buying-up-craft-breweriesand.html\">Why AB is Buying Up Craft Breweries &#8230; and Why You Shouldn&#8217;t Be Too Concerned.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWill this continue all year &#151; a <em>big<\/em> story every week that lights up social media, discussion boards? <strong>[Via Ad Age, Beeronomics, and The Pour Fool]<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/potablecurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/01\/the-pc-ripped-straight-from-pages-of.html\">The PC: Ripped straight from the pages of an Onion satire: &#8220;13 white males not really so eager to discuss issues like racism and sexism.&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWhen Roger Baylor speaks his mind it often is not possible to offer a concise summary. Just go read. <strong>[Via the Potable Curmudgeon]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/21\/nyregion\/faith-seidenberg-91-dies-took-onmcsorleys-an-all-male-haven.html\">Faith Seidenberg, 91, Dies; Took On McSorley\u2019s, an All-Male Haven.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;One frigid January night in 1969, Faith Seidenberg vividly recalled a few years later, she and another woman, shivering &#8216;as much from fear as from the cold,&#8217; boldly swung open the double doors of McSorley\u2019s Old Ale House in Manhattan, which &#8216;had withstood for 115 years the entry of female customers.'&#8221; It did that night as well, but not for much longer. <strong>[Via New York Times]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thisiswhyimdrunk.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/24\/why-beer-experts-dont-matter\/\">Why Beer Experts (Don\u2019t) Matter.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nBryan Roth adds some perspective to last week&#8217;s discussion about experts and expertise, in a polite way. &#8220;The impetus for this piece, as I point out early on, is simply to provide another viewpoint that still ends at what I consider the same finish line.&#8221; <strong>[This Is Why I&#8217;m Drunk]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thebrewstorian.tumblr.com\/post\/108839357716\/research-report-hop-picker-wages-in-the-1930s\">Research report: hop picker wages in the 1930s &#038; 1940s.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLabor shortages are <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/localnews\/2024644500_yakimahopsxml.html\">becoming an issue<\/a> for hop farmers in the Northwest. When I visited the Oregon Hops &#038; Brewing Archives last summer, Tiah Edmudson-Morton and I talked about it would be great if somebody did an in depth study of hop picking labor practices. Just a suggestion for those of you dying to write something I want to read. <strong>[Via the Brewstorian]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONDAY BEER LINKS, MUSING 01.26.15 A Single Word: The Case for Beer. At the outset of 1997, in his regularly appearing column in All About Beer Fred Eckhardt asked the question, &#8220;What is &#8216;craft beer&#8217;?&#8221; It was a topic discussed often by brewers that seldom showed up in print. 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