{"id":16738,"date":"2021-12-06T06:34:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/?p=16738"},"modified":"2021-12-06T06:34:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:34:32","slug":"beer-links-repeat-after-me-gingerbread-dive-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/beer-links-repeat-after-me-gingerbread-dive-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer links: Repeat after me, \u2018Gingerbread dive bar\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe gingerbread walls of this dive bar<\/a> are infused with Miller High Life and there’s Vermont maple syrup to pour on the branded bar floor to “recreate that distinct sticky floor feeling.”<\/p>\n

Favorite comment I\u2019ve seen posted: \u201cWow, the detail of the cornhole game will be lost on the target audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

What I don\u2019t understand: The kits are “designed for fun, but not for consumption.”<\/p>\n

NATIVE REPRESENTATION<\/strong>
\nEvan Rail writes about myths, misunderstandings and stereotypes<\/a> related to Native Americans and the culture of beer. \u201cThere\u2019s definitely a relationship between alcohol and Native American tribes, and a longstanding stereotype which was placed on Native Americans by colonialism,\u201d LT Goodluck, a Native American brewer, tells him. \u201cIt\u2019s just hard for Native Americans to shed that stereotype. I believe that once we get more Native Americans in the alcohol industry, maybe we can change the stereotypical view that seems like it dominates our culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong> The first version of Native Land<\/a>, the collaboration beer mentioned in the story, I tasted, in this case from Outer Range Brewing, is really<\/em> good. I\u2019m looking forward to finding more. (Participating breweries and release dates.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

SAFE BARS<\/strong>
\nP.A.C.T in the Safe Bars P.A.C.T. stands for Promise of Awareness, Compassion, and Trust<\/a>. Everything you need to know about the initiative. \u201cSystematic and structural change takes a long time,\u201d says Lady Justice Brewing co-founder Betsy Lay, \u201cIt requires a shift in culture and a lot of patience. We\u2019re going to need large and small organizations to commit to this work: guilds, trade associations, individual breweries, vendors. There has to be buy-in industry wide.\u201d <\/p>\n

ECCENTRIC DAY<\/strong>
\nFriday was Larry Bell\u2019s last Eccentric Day at Bell\u2019s Brewery as the owner of Bell\u2019s. He arrived wearing a Hawaiian shirt, Tommy Bahamas, sandals with socks and carrying a golf club. His name tag read \u201cTiger.\u201d There is a YouTube interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My guess is that few who drink Two Hearted Ale have also had Eccentric Ale or know about Eccentric Day, although the beer and celebration have been around for more than 25 years. Back in the 1990s, Eccentric Ale was released on Eccentric Day one year after it was brewed. The day before, various friends of the brewery would brew the next batch. Randy Mosher once told a story seeing a shoe in the mash tun as it was emptied. It has since become a bigger, but different, party.<\/p>\n

It grew organically into a community event. Will it remain the same under new ownership? The article about Eccentric Day 2021 is behind a paywall, but photos are not and tell a story themselves<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CELEBRATION WATCH<\/strong>
\nThe beat goes on . . . <\/em><\/p>\n

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Honestly, it\u2019s just ok pic.twitter.com\/CIsPZVojGy<\/a><\/p>\n

— Negroni Tenderoni (@DrankyDranks) November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n