Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
I hate… yet love… the small nuggets of information I come across when scanning the news reports from the 1700s. That’s a report from the New-York Gazette and Weekly Mercury of 24 July 1780 describing a debate in the House of Commons in London on a committee report on the taxation of malt. The regional … Continue reading “Burton Ale: “…They Brewed Not For Home Consumption…””
Early this January just past I posted that image above and told you all that it was my new favorite quote about sulfurous brewing waters from around Burton in Staffordshire, England. It’s from The Natural History of Staffordshire from 1686 by Robert Plot. The beer was brewed as a local health tonic but – now … Continue reading “A Theory: From Brimstone Alehouse To Burton Ale”
A detail from a 17th century map of Hull by Wenceslaus Hollar. “K” to lower left is Brewer Street. Full map here. Dependencies. Things change in large part because other things have changed first. In the mid-1980s, change happens to beer because other things have changed that lay the groundwork first. Cable TV has brought … Continue reading “Does Canal Based Burton Ale Defeat Coastal Ales?”
Time. For the most part beer’s enemy is time, specially for a beer with only 4.5%. But in 2000, as I’ve mentioned a few times, I clearly remember having a Burton Bridge Porter that was overwhelmingly bitter and pleasantly foul due no doubt to its utter mishandling and disregard. Some time ago I resolved to … Continue reading “Porter 2006, Burton Bridge Brewery, Burton-Upon-Trent”
I was thinking about these weekly things I write and whether there are themes are not. Mainly because I thought last week’s was pretty theme-y. Thematic perhaps. All about ones relationship with the ancillaries surrounding beer. Sorta. I tell myself that by writing these summaries I am tracing, following patterns. But I rarely go back … Continue reading “These Be The Reflective Yet Exhuberant And Cardigan Considering First Beery News Notes For Q424”
Jumping right into it, last Friday’s cartoon strip, a snippet of which site above, in Pellicle by Dave Bailey mocking craft brewery culture was something of a milestone, a bookending of sorts finally… finally confirming those inside the bubble understand what the greater world knew in 2014 when that New Yorker cover of the hipster … Continue reading “The Flip Flops Flappin’ Cold Beer Cracking Summ-Summ-Summertimin’ Beery News Notes”
We went to Montreal earlier this week just for the one night. Supposedly to catch the tail end of their Saint Jean Baptiste / Fête nationale celebrations marking the founding of Quebec. It was a bit subdued in the area we were in, though the Old Port was hopping. We walked and snacked, walked and snacked. … Continue reading “Summer’s Here… And Canada Day… And St. Jean Baptiste… And Another Thursday So Here’s The Beery News Notes”
Victoria Day weekend is here. Err… I mean… VICTORIA DAY IS HERE!!! That’s better. It’s gonna get boozy. Break out the two-fours. No, not those ones. We were thinking of a couple of nights in nearby Montreal but the hotels weren’t cheap so now it’s going to be all about what’s within an hour’s drive. … Continue reading “This Week We Celebrate Queen Victoria, The Two-Four And These Beery News Notes”
Hmm… on the one hand international entertainment with, yes, a limited number of perhaps well worn themes played out, yes, over and over and over. On the other… Eurovision! It’s big. This here beer blog? Not so much. There is an overlap, however, as The Beer Ladies Podcast have a primer. They’re a bit into … Continue reading “Only One Thing Overshadows Eurovision… Could It Be These Thursday Beery News Notes?”
Well that was exciting. Trick plays and roller skates. And there was a football game too. I heard the overtime on the radio. Sports on the radio is an excellent way to fall asleep. Far less exciting. Someone had a word with Ms. Swift’s potential Bro-I-L to keep the hairy nudie fat lad stuff to … Continue reading “The Post Superb Owl Mid-February Thursday Beery News Notes That You Demand Are Here”