Posts Tagged: Beer and Media
Review: TAPS Magazine, Winter 2008/09 Issue
Posted by on Saturday, January 3, 2009 in - 3 comments
I picked up a copy of the latest issue of TAPS magazine, a photo contest prize giver, this morning while we were out at Chapters. Well worth the $6.95 I paid and, frankly, so well worth it I thought I would write a post setting out why. This may seem an obvious motivation for a blogger on a …
Silly Headline: "Beer Adds New Excitement..."
Posted by on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 in - leave a comment
"...to the Traditional Thanksgiving Feast"?? Silly headlines. I know about these things. I am related to a silly headline writer. And I actually went to a school with a branch dedicated to silly headline writing and the other journalistic arts. You have to be on your toes about these things … read more »
Day 9: A Few Updates On A Crazy Beer Filled Monday
Posted by on Monday, November 24, 2008 in - 5 comments
The contest is on! The contest is on! Entries are pouring on but there has been a bunch of other stuff keeping me from posting a semi-gallery so far. It is really a hemi-semi-demi-gallery so far but you get the point. Here is some stuff I have notice over the last few days: • I brewed yesterday …
Evan And Stan On The State Of Italian Craft Beer
Posted by on Saturday, November 1, 2008 in - leave a comment
There is a great article on Italian craft beer in The New York Times today by our friend and co-author around here by times, Evan Rail in which Stan makes an appearance as part of the Hieronymi's global search for great beer. The accompanying photo by Dave Yoder, copied above, is a study of how to …
"Man Arrested In Santa Cruz With Beer Keg, Harmonica, Wet Suit..."
Posted by on Thursday, October 30, 2008 in - 2 comments
"...and hallucinogenic mushrooms." • That's a headline in The Mercury News of San Jose today. When I go hunting Goggle, once in every while, for beer news to comment upon there are always masses of these sad stories about beer and violence to get through about, say, man beats man with beer or …
Charleston Business Journal - Beer News Horn O'Plenty
Posted by on Monday, October 6, 2008 in - 2 comments
In amongst all the daily beer news items about this guy beating up that guy over a case of beer...or these guys passing a law that will never work to stop this guy beating up that guy over a case of beer...you find a gem like an article in the Charleston (Regional) Business Journal by Molly Parker …
Getting Your Beer On The Cheap In NYC
Posted by on Thursday, September 25, 2008 in - 1 comment
This photo essay on hunting for ten buck-a-beer beers through the bars and stores of New York is just fun.
Review: A Year With BeerAdvocate Magazine
Posted by on Thursday, July 17, 2008 in - 9 comments
I got my July issue of BeerAdvocate magazine in the mail today. It marks the conclusion of my first year of subscription and serves as a good reminder to think about what the magazine has accomplished and what it represents from my wee northern perspective. And it gives me something to type about …
Do You Belong To The Cult Of Beer?
Posted by on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 in - 1 comment
Classes of beer. Not beer styles but classes: macro, craft, premium, discount, import. There seems to be another one - cult: • "I love the stuff," he said, comparing it to Molson Canadian. "It's got a lot of flavor and a bit of hoppiness. It's not too heavy or malty." Being unavailable is often … read more »
New TV Show On Beer In The Works
Posted by on Monday, July 7, 2008 in - 3 comments
Evan Rail may have spilled a few beans over the weekend in a post updating the Prague beer scene: • I’ll be working with a crew shooting a Discovery Channel television special on beer, which, back home, will include brewing stars like Sam Calagione from the offensively good Dogfish Head and …
