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The headlines Feedly delivered were more than enough<\/em><\/p>\n – We Drank And Ranked 23 Beers From Elysian Brewing To Find The Best One Jeff Alworth did<\/em> read the last post on my list, which becomes part of his own. And one takeaway for me personally from \u201cMaybe We Don\u2019t Need to Shout at Jim Koch\u2019s Latest Cloud\u201d<\/a> is that not caring<\/em> about Truly, robot waiters and beers from a brewery I don\u2019t patronize is perfectly OK. Climate change is something to pay attention to. Hard seltzer is not a threat to the world our grandchildren will live in.<\/p>\n Another takeaway is that what Alworth calls \u201cgood\u201d beer and others would call \u201ccraft\u201d is niche. (For context, read this Twitter thread.<\/a>) <\/p>\n With that in mind, consider something from Pete Brown\u2019s book, \u201cCraft: An Argument,\u201d first accepting the fact that whether you call it craft beer, good beer, or better beer (a Jim Koch term, since we\u2019ve already introduced him as a witness) we are talking about more expensive beer.<\/p>\n Brown writes, \u201cCraft is elitist. It\u2019s a luxury. It always was.\u201d<\/p>\n Alworth writes, \u201cAnd unlike the acronym segment, good beer is a sophisticated, sticky product that keeps its fans. Cultures arise around it. Indeed, I\u2019m so excited by the various reckonings happening with race, sexuality, and gender in beer because they mark the moment these underrepresented groups are demanding to define the culture for themselves. There\u2019s a lot of growth potential because new populations have an interest in participating in good beer culture.\u201d<\/p>\n Indeed. And the members of these new populations can afford<\/em> to participate in this culture. It\u2019s a right and a privilege. <\/p>\n Colfax is the longest commercial street in the United States. This stretch includes many more small eateries than chain restaurants and several old-fashioned motor lodges with appropriate neon. There are three pawn shops near Lady Justice, a head shop across the street that offers glass blowing classes, and around the corner early Saturday afternoon people of color were waiting for day work. Nearby, one youth group after another took a stage outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Library and belted out rocking gospel music.<\/p>\n Alworth talked with Betsy Lay, one of the Lady Justice founders, a few weeks ago when he wrote about how women enrich beer. Give it a read.<\/a> Lady Justice directs its profits to nonprofits. \u201cWe live in Denver and we drink beer and we saw how much people were willing to spend on beer,<\/em> and the idea was how do we funnel beer money into making our communities better?\u201d Lay told Alworth. (I added the italics.)<\/p>\n But it\u2019s not just money that Frontline Farming or Soul to Soul Sisters receive from Lady Justice. People who are able and willing to spend money on beer become aware of, and often end up engaging with, various nonprofits. \u201cIt (beer) is the secret sauce,\u201d the head of a community foundation in Georgia told me not long ago.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t imagine her saying the same about hard seltzer.<\/p>\n (I should mention that there\u2019s a hard seltzer on the Lady Justice menu. Now I have.)<\/p>\n A pied piper becomes a middle-aged dad<\/strong> \u201cIt becomes just like any other ecosystem, and some species die off and new species are created and evolution happens. And we\u2019ve evolved into some sort of gingery butterfly. We were kicking it over there with the caterpillars for a while, and now we\u2019re ginger ale butterflies.\u201d<\/p>\n Science<\/strong> Always for pleasure<\/strong> \u201cThree men watched football on an iPad propped against the wall at the end of their table. An elderly regular was greeted with low-key delight as he made his return after months away. A student tried to order a pint of Leffe and was firmly told it comes by the half. 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\n– The Difference Between White Claw and Truly, Explained
\n– This Is the Worst Cheap Beer in America
\n– White Zinfandel, the Acid-Washed Jeans of Wine
\n– Robot Waiters Have Descended on Silicon Valley
\n– 8 Things You Should Know About Twisted Tea
\n– Much Adew About . . . Something – Boston Beer, Pepsico HRD MTN DEW Deal Portends Fuzzing Categories at All Tiers<\/p>\n![\"Lady](\"https:\/\/kfi.jpm.mybluehost.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210816-ladyjustice1-rotated.jpg\")
I took the photos at the top and right Saturday at Lady Justice Brewing on Colgate Avenue in Aurora (Colorado). The brewery is tiny \u2014 they produced 161 barrels in 2020 and seating capacity in the taproom is 45 \u2014 occupying a small storefront (look for the red umbrellas) that fits in easily with other non-homogenized storefronts in a working class neighborhood.<\/p>\n
\nFrom brewing beer to making ginger ale. Look for a hard seltzer connection if you want, but much has changed since Unknown Brewing opened in 2013, \u201cwhen people in Charlotte celebrated every brewery opening like a moon landing.\u201d Start it and you won\u2019t be able to put down this story<\/a> about \u201cthe bearded, music-loving, bro-having, corporate-shunning, all-local, can\u2019t-believe-they-get-to-make-beer-for-a-living generation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nHeirloom barley varieties appeal to brewers for several reasons. Problem is they were replaced long ago for good reason. They are agronomically inferior. So can \u201cupdated heirlooms\u201d<\/a> with old flavors and new agronomic qualities be produced?<\/p>\n
\nBoak & Bailey visited a pub:<\/a><\/p>\n