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Been a bit of an uptick in beer podcasts to listen to, and here is another one…
I have my qualms with some pieces on Good Beer Hunting but laws and beers is a rich topic to cover, so I will be giving Source Material a listen.
P.S. – Listened to episode 1 and boy does history have pockets of wacky stuff hidden away.
If you are like me, you are thinking about any sort of travel and then thinking about beer travel.
A helpful series of guides is coming from SD Beer News starting with a round-up of breweries in Palm Springs.
Now I wouldn’t head out to Palm Springs until December since it do tend to get a tad hot out there but the guide is well written with good info on the breweries as well as standout beers.
I am looking forward to future installments.
Found another beer and history website for all of us that geek out on the longer arc of beer history. Written by Dr. Christina Wade, Braciatrix covers women in beer history and Wade is both a medieval scholar and BJCP judge so she has some serious bona fides.
Definitely start with her BeerHerstories list and then make sure to be on the look out for her book when that comes out.
I think there are three different paths that beer drinkers take when choosing a glass for their beverage. One is the Next Glass Up, where whichever glass is there is taken. Second is the Match Game where you look for the brewery glass from the brewery you are drinking and then lastly is the Style Fitter. Kolsch go in a stange, Wild beer in a Teku leading to….
This ARTICLE about the right glass for Grodziskie a beer from Grodzisk, literally or the simple definition as a smoky pilsner,
Next up in “News from the NAGBW” are my notes from last nights talk on the State of Beer Media with one of my favorite beer writers, Jeff Alworth alongside Canadian beer writer Crystal Luxmore.
Below are my takeaways from the discussion…
We have to remember that craft beer has been written about for 10+ years. It is not the IT beverage
Not to focus as much on the brewmaster. Write about the founder, the marketing person or someone else with an interesting story.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is making more money off beer twitter than beer writers
Sponsorship can be made creative. Go deeper and pitch something less like a traditional ad,
Writing opportunities for money are indeed scarce but it is also a world where you can write without gatekeepers
Look to signal boost the good work being done.
More beer podcasts for y’all to listen to…
Here is the 411, “The Brewing After Hours Podcast is hosted by Homebrewer and Digital Creator Sarah Flora, also known as Flora Brewing on Instagram and YouTube where she dives into the technical aspects of brewing beer at her home in Los Angeles. Brewing After Hours is going to take a different look at the history and stories behind beer as well as feature conversations with industry professionals and homebrewers.”
The Detroit Historical Society has put together a six-part series on beer and brewing in Detroit from the beginning of the city until now and it I shall an interesting slice of history. Each episode covers a time frame and moves along very well with lots of nuggets of info like who was one of the first brewers in the city and why did a certain Mr. Cadillac choose him? Or that Belgians from Flanders we’re a sizeable immigrant group.
Look for it HERE.
Below is the first brewers line-up from the first of a limited series from Firestone Walker and The Brewing Network…..
Darn good start to talk beer with Evan from Green Cheek and Jeremy from Lagunitas. Add this podcast to your rotation and I bet you will learn about beer.
The next evolution of pour it yourself / why bother with a knowledgeable beertender technology. You can read more about it HERE but I suspect that someone has probably already hacked it to get beer to people without ID. It seems similar to coffee vending machines and that leads to the big issue, line cleanliness. My best guess is that this item has one point of exit which means that if more than just bland industrial lager is being poured that there may be some “off” pints.
The NAGBW hosted another illuminating beer discussion this time with Marcus Baskerville from Weathered Souls Brewing the brewer and brewery behind the Black is Beautiful cause.
As with past recaps, here are notes that I found of interest….