\nA serious bit of reporting. \u201cNo one familiar with Seattle\u2019s beer industry thinks that AB is alone in the kinds of practices uncovered by LCB investigation. With more violations expected to be announced later this year, it\u2019s possible that craft brands could be implicated in similar schemes. But the details revealed by the state, paired with AB\u2019s growing influence over the distribution networks smaller breweries rely on to reach customers, do provide a clear picture of the kind of cutthroat deals that go into delivering a pint to your hands, often at the expense of small, independent producers.\u201d [Via Seattle Weekly]<\/strong><\/p>\n
On Disclosure and Early Reflections of Being a Freelance Beer Writer.<\/a><\/strong> Why Is the Smithsonian Collecting 50 Years\u2019 Worth of Beer Artifacts?<\/a><\/strong> The Great American Beer Brawl 2016.<\/a><\/strong> Frothy Minnesota market might not bear much more craft beer.<\/a><\/strong> Selling Millennials Through Myths & Lies (Part 2 of 3).<\/a><\/strong> Oh, what the heck, most bubble talk. Click on the time\/slash date to read the conversation.<\/p>\n Another "Craft Beer Bubble?" article. I have some thoughts… (con't) https:\/\/t.co\/W8y4NqYltv<\/a><\/p>\n — Scott Metzger (@beermonkey) May 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nI find this statement deeply troubling: \u201cThe notion of integrity in journalism is flawed.\u201d It opens the penultimate paragraph, which includes more disturbing suggestions. I don\u2019t want to get into a pissing match, so I will simply point to the Society of Professional Journalists code of ethics<\/a>. It makes it pretty clear why integrity still matters. [Via Total Ales]<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/a>As the photo I took Saturday at Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History illustrates wine has a head start. But this Q&A with Susan Evans McClure, the Smithsonian\u2019s Director of Food History Programs, indicates how wide sweeping its collaboration with the Brewers Association will be . \u201cSo, we\u2019ll be looking at advertising, agriculture, industry, business history, community and all of these strands that people might not even think are related to brewing. I\u2019m particularly interested in the agriculture stories of brewing. How does the farmer who feeds spent grains to his cows relate to the fact that Americans are drinking more craft beer? That, to me, is a much more complex story of American history.\u201d [Via Punch]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSerious Eats invites \u201cbeer experts and aficionados from around the country to state the case for their favorite beer towns.\u201d The seven featured are New York, San Diego, Denver, Asheville, Portland, Tampa, and Burlington. There\u2019s also a poll in which readers can vote for their favorite. When I last looked \u201cother\u201d was winning. Fun to compare to a list from 2000, when in an interview in Westword magazine the late Michael Jackson listed seven cities. They were (west to east) Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Denver, Austin, Philadelphia, and Boston. [Via Serious Eats]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOn any given Monday I could link to multiple \u201ccraft beer bubble\u201d stories. I promise not to, but this is well reported and on a local (well, state) level. \u201cIt\u2019s not my fault that there are 100 breweries in Minnesota. But brewers get angry when I tell them their beer is not as good as the ones already on our list.\u201d [Via StarTribune]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSince I linked to millennials and beer last week, might as well make it wine this week. [Via SBV Wine]<\/strong><\/p>\nFROM TWITTER<\/h5>\n
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