{"id":18884,"date":"2025-02-03T05:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T11:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/?p=18884"},"modified":"2025-02-03T05:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T11:12:35","slug":"monday-beer-links-including-the-real-the-cat-ate-my-stash-pissed-on-the-christmas-tree-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/monday-beer-links-including-the-real-the-cat-ate-my-stash-pissed-on-the-christmas-tree-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday beer links: Including the real ‘The Cat Ate My Stash & Pissed On the Christmas Tree’ beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much of the best reading last week was on Friday, when The Session revival was pretty dang successful. Cheers to Alan McLeod for escorting the gathering into 2025. McLeod has gathered the links<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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LEDE OF THE WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n

The signs, both literal and metaphorical, were not great.<\/p>\n

The former Sackville Lounge, which had a reputation as a mix of Old Man Pub and dive-y spot to meet somewhat strange and unusual people, had been closed since Covid. But rather than re-opening under that name, with its delightful neon sign (still there, at present), it gained a new identity \u2013 and much opprobrium.<\/p>\n

The new signage now proclaims the pub to be Biddy Mulligan\u2019s Old Ale and Stout House (\u2018since 1914\u2019), in the kind of font you\u2019d normally find in plastic letters on a strip-mall Oirish Pub in, say, Arkansas.<\/p>\n

From Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Biddy Mulligan\u2019s<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBeer culture in France was drinking 250ml of a yellow liquid with bubbles in it. And then there\u2019s Jean-Fran\u00e7ois and Christian, coming with a warm flat beer, brown like manure.\u201d <\/p>\n

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                    — Matthieu Breton
\nFrom L\u00e8ve ton Verre \u2014 What\u2019s Left of Coreff, France\u2019s First Real Ale<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bell'sGetting catty.<\/strong><\/a> A story last week about “the 10 weirdest beer names” included The Cat Ate My Stash & Pissed On the Christmas Tree from Gigantic Brewing. I would argue that Hopslam Ale from Bell’s Brewery is the original “Cat ate etc.” beer. At the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego, John Mallett, then director of brewing at Bell’s, and other members of the newly formed Hop Quality Group emphasized the need for better communication with American hop growers. Mallett quite obviously was referring to a Bell\u2019s own highly hopped Hopslam when he explained the importance of telling farmers the sort of flavors and aromas brewers want. <\/p>\n

\u201c(Imagine) if you\u2019d gone to the hop growers association twenty years ago and said, I\u2019m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of one time a year,\u201d he said. \u201cIt flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate you weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘Barley is easier to acquire than Lithium, and so we have homebrewers.’<\/strong><\/a> That line made me laugh out loud. From Rule #2: Beer Does Not Respect Expertise.<\/a> <\/p>\n

For the love of Toronado<\/strong>.<\/a> Doug Veliky writes about why the San Francisco bar is a magic place, but is not crying because it is for sale. “With brewery closures being more common these days, it\u2019s easy to see this headline and consider the news another blow to the industry and sign of the times. That\u2019s not what\u2019s happening here at all, thankfully. Instead, a craft beer legend that has more than earned the opportunity to retire, is ready to hand the keys over to the next steward of his iconic beer bar. Here\u2019s to a passionate new owner(s) stepping up to lead the next 38 years of discovery at Toronado SF.”<\/p>\n

F\u00fcchschen, the \u201cLittle Fox\u201d of D\u00fcsseldorf.<\/strong><\/a> “Though the building itself is a product of postwar rebuilding (D\u00fcsseldorf received its share of ordinance courtesy of Allied bombers), the tavern\u2019s interior has the feel of 1848, the year of the F\u00fcchschen\u2019s founding. Paintings depicting Old D\u00fcsseldorf line the walls beneath the stucco ceiling supported by wooden beams, and the field of ceramic tiles above the benches adds a certain flair. Wooden chandeliers cast a soft light that, when combined with the dark brown wood, makes the place feel older than it is.”<\/p>\n

A case study.<\/strong><\/a> Jeff Alworth writes Culmination Brewing closing “isn\u2019t the story of an insignificant brewery passing from the margins.” Additional reading.<\/a><\/p>\n

What comes after 90, 60, 120 & 75? 30, of course.<\/strong><\/a> An interview with Sam Calagione about 30 Minute IPA, which is being launched as Dogfish Head prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n

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FROM BLUESKY<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Two weeks from today, the American Craft Beer Hall of Fame will be announcing its inaugural inductees. Craft beer fans can celebrate with us at these five breweries across the country:<\/p>\n

New Realm, Dogfish Head, Dovetail, Bierstadt, Deschutes<\/p>\n

www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DPR7…<\/p>\n

#craftbeerhalloffame<\/p>\n

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— American Craft Beer Hall of Fame (@acbhof.bsky.social<\/a>) February 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n