{"id":14306,"date":"2016-11-21T05:06:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T11:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/?p=14306"},"modified":"2016-11-21T05:06:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T11:06:04","slug":"monday-beer-links-spotted-cow-grand-cru-making-fun-of-homebrewers-craft-reality-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/monday-beer-links-spotted-cow-grand-cru-making-fun-of-homebrewers-craft-reality-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday beer links: Spotted Cow Grand Cru, making fun of homebrewers & ‘craft’ reality check"},"content":{"rendered":"
MONDAY BEER & WINE LINKS, 11.21.2016<\/h5>\n

Spotted Cow Grand Cru<\/a><\/strong>
\nIn case you missed this, Alan McLeod.<\/a> [Via Wisconsin State Journal]<\/strong><\/p>\n

20 Ways to Talk to Me About Your Home-Brewing Hobby.<\/a><\/strong>
\nIn case you had forgotten An Open Letter to Beer Nerds.<\/a> [Via McSwenney’s]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Things to Consider: People Don\u2019t Know that Craft Beer Exists.<\/a><\/strong>
\nA lot of boldface, I know, but: “People don\u2019t know about craft beer. Let me say this again in case I wasn\u2019t clear, people do not know about craft beer.”<\/strong> Call it the other<\/em> craft beer bubble. The one fans live inside. [Via Stouts and Stilettos]<\/strong><\/p>\n

What the Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer taught us.<\/a><\/strong>
\n“In an era of big beer snapping up small beer, I\u2019m as convinced as ever that what\u2019s in the glass is not<\/em> the only thing that matters. Craft beer has been built on an intimate connection between brewery and consumer, and that continues to be the case.” Swap the word local<\/em> in for craft<\/em> and you have one of the reason I wrote “Brewing Local.” [Via Chicago Tribune]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tasting\u2014and reconsidering\u2014America\u2019s most popular beers.<\/a><\/strong>
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\nI’d say Budweiser got jobbed. [Via A.V. Club]<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new rustic.<\/a><\/strong>
\nFarmhouse beers? What does that mean? For further reading I suggest Understanding farmhouse ale.<\/a> [Via DRAFT]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Resin. Pine. If a lion could speak.<\/a><\/strong>
\nMost curious, and I guess an indication of life experience. There are plenty of descriptions that got tossed about and I end up thinking, WTF? But resin and pine make perfect sense to me. Maybe it is because we just cut our Christmas tree this weekend. [Via Called to the Bar]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pub room names.<\/a><\/strong>
\nBecause otherwise how would we know the story behind a Four-Ale-Bar? [Via Shut Up About Barclay Perkins]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is it morally wrong to drink an 89p bottle of good beer?<\/a><\/strong>
\n“Dear reader, how do I match the exceeding, and exceedingly cheap, pleasure I get from this beer with the guilt I wrestle to suppress, fearing that every bottle I buy pushes a Heriot-Watt graduate working for a small brewer utterly unable to compete on price with an 89p cracker closer to redundancy?” Why does it bother the “I only care about the quality of what’s in the glass” consumers when others take such things into account when they buy beer. [Via Zythophile]<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Importance of Genre in Music Illustrated as an Artist\u2019s Palette.<\/a><\/strong>
\nHow might this be relevant to beer styles? [Via Saving Country Music.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

AGRICULTURE<\/h5>\n
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Winter oat cover crop loving this mild weather #FARM<\/a>>>beer>>FARM>>beer pic.twitter.com\/PH2SLzWesU<\/a><\/p>\n

— Indy High Bines (@IndyHighBines) November 17, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n