Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
A fun way to spend the evening. Beau’s had their quarterly business meetings in town and they all came over for a few hours of opening bottles – including the father, son and a sizable host. We nine started well with two saisons and biere de garde: Hennepin, Jack D’or and 3 Monts. Batch 10 … Continue reading “Beau’s Thursday Night Tasting In the Backyard”
Back. I made it back. I hit four beer stores over around 500 km and nine and a half hours. Now, whereas Pretty Things was just a one time bottle that I passed in the night, now I have seven bottles representing three of their brews and any number of batches. Those canny little cap … Continue reading “CNY Roadtrip To Stock The Stash”
What a boring heading. “Couldn’t you come up with anything clever?” I hear you. Nope. All my wit, such as it is, has drained away with the recent tide of events* and I am still waiting for a top up. Retired Martin, as he often does, gave us some relief this week with a lovely … Continue reading “Your Weekly Beery News Updates For This Mid-November Of 2024”
Wow. I am going to leave it at that. Because there ain’t much of the big issue sorta news I want to be reading, I suppose. Not now, not this week. Nope. I am definitely having 9/12 waves myself. Not good. But 150 years ago? Well, Jennifer Jordan on BlueSky has been discussing the 1874 … Continue reading “The “It’s Not Funny At All Out There” Edition Of The Beery News Notes…”
Today is the second scariest day in the next week or so. Number two. Today, the undead walk the earth! But by next Wednesday, Americans may have elected the Nazis. I sure hope some of that polling data is wrong. Anyway, there is a time and place for everything and this day and this week’s … Continue reading “Your Bootastic Hell’s Gates Open Up Today Halloweeny Edition Of The Beery News Notes”
Did you know that the entire meal is American. That’s the dirty secret of Canadian Thanksgiving. It’s not even ours. Roast Turkey. Mashed Potatoes. Stuffing and cranberry sauce. Pumpkin pie. Food as seen on cable TV. At least I will have my own damn carrots like those up there. And my own beets. Hmm… if … Continue reading “The “Happy Canadian Thanksgiving To You!” “Err… What????” Edition Of These Beery News Notes”
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”
Happy autumn! Did you find any September Ale yet? Nope, me neither. But as I probably say this time every year – it was a thing! Whatever it was. Defo. A certain thing for a certain time: Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load … Continue reading “Your Beery News Notes For Turning The Calendar Page From Zeptember to Rocktober”
It’s hard being a fan. One of the reasons I am not a big booster for this or that drinks category is I have already invested heavily in terms of emotes in other areas of life. The Pellicle-run Fantasy Premier League surprised me with its grip last season. Plus, as you know, there’s all that … Continue reading “The Beery News Notes For – What – Another “Red Sox Suck” Season?”
September. The grapes are ripening. And evenings are cooler. And those nightmares about having to go back to grade 11 math class even though that was 45 years ago are back. The rest of the day, you daydream about college days when you were two months away from having to pass in any classwork. And … Continue reading “Your Beery News Notes For The Return Of Sweater Weather For 2024”