{"id":13560,"date":"2015-09-21T03:43:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T09:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/?p=13560"},"modified":"2015-09-21T03:43:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T09:43:16","slug":"this-week-gabf-tips-they-may-apply-in-real-life-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/this-week-gabf-tips-they-may-apply-in-real-life-too\/","title":{"rendered":"This week: GABF tips (they may apply in real life, too)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>MONDAY BEER LINKS, MUSING 09.21.15<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AB-InBev bidding for SAB Miller is like Darth Vader adopting Jaws.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Watt (@BrewDogJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrewDogJames\/status\/644098091621195776\">September 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>OK, that&#8217;s enough about last week&#8217;s big beer business deal. But one more post about the meganews from the week before:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/potablecurmudgeon.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/what-you-couldnt-find-actual-beer.html\">What, you couldn&#8217;t find an actual beer writer to fetishize multinational beer companies?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;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.&#8221; <strong>[Via The Potable Curmudgeon]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.porchdrinking.com\/articles\/2015\/09\/16\/gabf-2015-fantasy-brewery-draft-picks\/\">GABF | 2015 Fantasy Brewery Draft Picks.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/a-few-things-i-learned-at-gabf\/\">gone down this geek road before<\/a>, so I know there is no sure thing. But how the heck does Bagby Beer Company not get taken until the 10th round? <strong>[Via PorchDrinking.com]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.denverpost.com\/beer\/2015\/09\/20\/gabf-2015-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-the-festival-and-stay-standing\/15448\/\">GABF 2015: Tips to get the most out of the festival (and stay standing)<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/>\nEssential reading for anybody heading to the Great American Beer Festival. If you scroll to the bottom you&#8217;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). <strong>[Via The Denver Post]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brewersdaughter.com\/?p=2726\">Finding Jack\u20135th Bloggaversary.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nRen\u00e9e M. DeLuca retells the story about finding her father, New Albion Brewing founder Jack McAuliffe. <strong>[Via The Brewer&#8217;s Daughter]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/whenmyfeetgothroughthedoor.blogspot.nl\/2015\/09\/the-english-pub.html\/\">The English Pub.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;As L.P. Hartley famously wrote in the opening sentence of The Go-Between, &#8216;The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.&#8217; So what has, and hasn&#8217;t, changed in the English pub as it was described almost eight decades ago?&#8221; <strong>[Via When My Feet Go Through the Door]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoffinewine.com\/news\/seeing-the-wood-for-the-trees-4667526\/\">Seeing the wood for the trees.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;We don&#8217;t consume barrels they way we do food and wine, but it&#8217;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.&#8221; Or as the ingredients in beer must be guided through several stages &#8230; <strong>[Via The World of Fine Wine]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eater.com\/2015\/9\/14\/9325951\/scientists-predict-future-of-food\">Scientists Predict the Future of Food.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;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?&#8221; <strong>[Via Eater]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONDAY BEER LINKS, MUSING 09.21.15 AB-InBev bidding for SAB Miller is like Darth Vader adopting Jaws. &mdash; James Watt (@BrewDogJames) September 16, 2015 OK, that&#8217;s enough about last week&#8217;s big beer business deal. 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