Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
I have to say that imagining holidaying in any sense is a bit of a stretch for me and no doubt many others these days. Which tends to mean it is a good reason not to seek out strong drink but rather look elsewhere for meaning – like my choice this last few weeks: engaging … Continue reading “The “If This Is December Do These Be Holidays?” Edition Of Beery New Notes”
What are we going to do now? It appears the summer has ended with a thump. The clampdown. The BBC reports that social gatherings above six are banned in England from 14 September. The nightclubs of British Columbia are now shut. Greece has shut down. Kinda makes reading about beer a side show… kinda. Jeff, … Continue reading “Thursday’s Beery News Notes For The Clampdown”
After last week’s mess of unified theory of a something or other, it would be nice to find some chat that is (i) about beer and (ii) not about other things. You know, those bits of the trivial dribble that attracted me to scribbling about beer in the first place. It’s not just that good … Continue reading “Your Thursday Newsy Notes For The End Of July In Beerland”
I am not sure why it has gone so quiet. Am I reading the wrong websites? Was the fact that I know far more about knitting a clue? The coolest thing I saw this week was this image of a 20 pint cask with an handle posted on Twitter by Geoff Latham, English brewer and history … Continue reading “A Thursday Beery News Update For A Quiet Mid-June”
Two evenings of work this weeks seriously imposed on my idle key tapping time. I know you share my pain. Anyway, it’s just as well as it’s been a quiet week from my point of view. The Ponderosa Tavern is shutting its doors in my old hometown of Bible Hill, Nova Scotia after a five … Continue reading “The Q2-May Slightly Shorter Version Of Thursday Beery Newsy Notes”
Well, here we are. March. -15C this morning with the wind chill but at least it’s March. Things could be worse, I suppose. I could find myself at what the British call a hen party like we see in the photo of the week captured by temporarily angry Katie apparently practicing her mind control in … Continue reading “Now That It’s March It Must Be Thursday So Here’s The News”
That passage above is from the The Voyage Made by M. John Hawkins Esquire, 1565. According to the wisdom of Wikipedia, Hawkins was the chief architect of the Elizabethan navy, the first English trader to profit from the Triangle Trade, proudly inhuman slaver and Treasurer of the Navy from 1577 to 1595. Its from a part of his journal … Continue reading “Beer And Trans-Atlantic English Explorations Of The Later 1400s”
That’s the photo of the week. The storage room at Fuller’s as tweeted by Brewers Journal magazine… or journal, I suppose. There is plenty of beauty to go around in good beer if you remember to have a look. Jordan found a slice of it when jet lagged in an London pub: “How the hell … Continue reading “Even On A Thursday In Mid-August You Need Your Beer News”
June. The middle of June. Or, as we called it as children, the miggle. I am in the middle of a “very important thing” in my “real job” so my attention has been solidly on the hobby news. Jordan said the nicest thing the other day when I mentioned I bought a pair of p’raps … Continue reading “The Mid-June Edition Of Thursday Beer News”
Time. March 2018 is almost gone and I barely noticed it was slipping away. Q2 looms. Which is great as I hate winter but which is not so great as I turn 55 next month. Did I mention that thing about time? Still frigging cold outside, too. That in itself should help you put the … Continue reading “The End Of March Is Already Here And I Do I Have Some Beer News For You!”