18 Defining Moments in the History of Craft Beer.<\/a><\/strong> When it’s time for you to board the train I don’t intend to do this again, but after that when I picked the links to post here this week I kept thinking of lyrics that seemed appropriate. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Confession Time \u2014 Which Beers Are You Embarrassed to Like?<\/a><\/strong> When you don’t understand me For some pioneering craft brewers, it\u2019s closing time.<\/a><\/strong> Too bad love ain’t a local parade U.S. hops supply catches up to demand.<\/a><\/strong> one man’s praying for sunshine ‘Friends You Haven’t Met Yet’<\/a><\/strong> And these are the best days ‘Cork Dork’ Sniffs, Swills and Spits Through the World of Wine Experts<\/a><\/strong> All the salad bars were empty, all the Quiche Lorraine was gone Condos for sale, condos to buy, yuppies in the sky Behold: The drip-free wine bottle!<\/a><\/strong> Still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe I use hops as foundation stones, not as mere perfume and prettiness that blows away with the first spring breeze.<\/p>\n — Pierre van Klomp (@brouwervanklomp) March 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n[Via VinePair]<\/strong>
\nI pass this along simply to show you how grown up I’ve become. There was a time I might have written 714 words about how friggin’ stupid many of these choices are. Instead I read it, hummed quietly and listened to the accompanying lyrics in my head. <\/p>\n
\nThere are two ways you can go
\nYou can ride the wheels into the sun
\nFeel the wind upon your face
\nOr you can laugh into a loaded gun
\nand you’ll likely lose your place
\nSo I shot ’em down
\nOne by one
\nThen I left ’em ‘long the rails
\n– Robert Earl Keen<\/strong<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n[Via Boak & Bailey’s Beer Blog]<\/strong>
\nAre sours the new alco-pops?<\/a><\/strong>
\n[Via Called to the Bar]<\/strong>
\nIs ‘Belgian’ a Flavour?<\/a><\/strong>
\n[Via Boak & Bailey’s Beer Blog]<\/strong>
\nCervezas Artesanal, Part 1.<\/a><\/strong>
\n[Via Beervana]<\/strong>
\nFour conversations starters. Read the posts, answer their questions, comment, agree, disagree, ask them what the heck they are talking about.<\/p>\n
\nyou need help for to see what you can’t see
\nin these times we have
\ntranslate slowly
\n– The Reivers (formerly Zeitgeist)<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nBUSINESS<\/h5>\n
\nVia MarketWatch<\/strong>
\nOver the Hill? Legacy Craft Brewers Weather the Industry\u2019s Slowdown.<\/a><\/strong>
\n[Via Brewbound]<\/strong>
\nLearning From Openings & Closings.<\/a><\/strong>
\n“Maybe we’re seeing craft beer functioning as a typical industry, where a natural churn of openings and closings indicates nothing beyond the reality that some businesses fail.”[Via October]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIn your uncle’s Corvette on a Saturday
\nWith all the little girls waiting on you to wave
\nWhen you’re seventeen
\nYou don’t know
\nYou won’t always be
\nYou don’t know
\nYou won’t always be
\nHomecoming queen
\n– Brandy Clark<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nAgriculture. [Via Capital Press]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\none man’s praying for rain
\nthat man’s trying to keep her love
\nthis man needs her back again
\n– Kevin Welch<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nThis is content sponsored (a paid post) by Guinness within something The New York Times calls Brand Studio. I’m first of all curious who should want to read this. then what they think of it. [Via The New York Times]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThese are the best days
\nY’all put your money away
\nI’ve got the round
\n– James McMurtry<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWINE<\/h5>\n
\n[Via New York Times]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nI heard the yuppies crying as they vanished in the dawn
\nCalling brand names to each other, as they faded from my view
\nThey’ll be networking forever down Columbus Avenue<\/p>\n
\n-Tom Paxton<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n[Via BrandeisNOW]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n– Bruce Springsteen<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nFROM TWITTER<\/h5>\n
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