August’s other Beer Blog
You may have noticed that my video beer reviews are few and far between. Usually topping out at four a month. And you don’t see me in any of them. That is because I am not a big fan of the “white guy in front of a camera with a beer” video.
But, I recently stumbled upon Beer Geek Nation on iTunes and I was impressed. Chris has a great personality and his videos follow three rules that I think are essential to creating a good video.
1. Interesting beers. He is reviewing a wide swath of beers from across the country. He must have some serious beer hook-ups. Six-Point in New York to 21st Amendment in San Francisco and judging by the bottles in the background of some shots there are some excellent beers in the wings.
2. The videos are short. All in the five minute range. You can watch a couple at a time without looking at the watch because the pacing is done well too.
3. He breaks it up with graphics. This is something on my to-do list as well. It really helps fighting that static one shot that can lull viewers to sleep.
So check out his reviews. I think you will learn something
July’s Other Beer blog
Being born and raised in Oregon means I like to hear about what is going on in Oregon beers from down south in LA. And one of the better stops to get my Portland Beer Info fix is Jeff Alworth’s Blog Beervana.
He has also in the process of writing a book plus he has a book of his best beer musings out too.
Check out the Beervana. It’s almost as good as going to the actual place.
June’s other Beer Blog – The Full Pint
I have seen the Full Pint guys at many an LA beer event and since I was talking California breweries this month, I figured I should give a “Tip of the Hat” as Stephen Colbert says to these California beer writers.
They have a full but not busy site with beer reviews, beer news and most importantly, events that you can attend.
So stop by and check out their site today!
News and Brews blog
New angles onto the craft beer world are hard to come by in this blogging world but this is a novel twist. Matching the news of the world with the great beer of the world.
News and Brews is a nice site that you can learn about something in addition to beer!
So check it out and let me know what you think!
Beer Menus
Beer Blogger – A Beer in the Hand
A Beer in the Hand is my featured blogger of the month.
This is what first caught my eye on the site:
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Limited edition beers are like catnip to me but then I started reading the posts too and they are really good and have some home brew information that I sorely lack.
So take a read.
Untappd
What do you get if you cross FourSquare with beer?
You get Untappd.
Take a look…..
It allows you to check on what others are drinking (right now) as you input what you are drinking.
The only downside other than being pretty addictive to watch the beers scroll by is when an industrial water lager pops up. So sad that people would waste time and money on that and then proclaim it. It’s like tweeting that I aerosoled some Cheese Whiz into my mouth. (I would never, ever do that)
Beer Blog of the Month
Every month I like to point other beer bloggers out that people should check out to get a different perspective on beer than mine or your own.
This month we get Lost in the Beer Aisle.
JD has loads of reviews on his site but he also hosts events, does creative beer Facebook posts and has guest reviewers contribute to his site. (Like me) He also does group beer reviews. Lots of good stuff to scroll through here.
Craft Beer Education
The wine world has sommeliers and us craft beer geeks have ciccerone’s. And if you want to learn about craft beer from a certified ciccerone and really funny guy then head to the Craft Beer Class.
And when you are done watching the video, head to the main Drink Eat Travel site for food and beverage tidbits from the LA area. All good stuff.