Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
Ah, the Hanseatic League. Remember the Championship game of 1922? That was great. Gordie won the Cup. That chart above is from Britain and Poland-Lithuania: Contact and Comparison from the Middle Ages to 1795 published in 2008 and co-edited by every beer history nerd’s favorite professor, Dr. Richard W. Unger. Before I knew anything about … Continue reading “Was Hanseatic League Beer The First in England?”
Before the curse that is social media was thrust upon us, one key promise of beer blogging was collective research. With the most welcome news that Lew is back into the beer blog game, he reminds us of the point of doing this day after day: A bit over two years ago, I stopped writing … Continue reading “So What Was Northdown Ale In The Later 1600s?”
Lispenards. For a few days I have had Lispenards on the mind. We’ve seen them before. I’ve actually had them on the mind for years. In Upper Hudson Valley Beer, Craig and I wrote this: After the war was won and New France conquered in 1760, William Johnson continued to import beer into his western … Continue reading “The Brewing Lispenards Of New York City”
I heard this yesterday on BBC 6 at about 3:30 in the afternoon. On Iggy Pop‘s show. Afternoon off. Snoozing on a summer day. Or was it folding laundry. Catching up with chores or closed eyelids. David Shrigley is a Glaswegian, five years younger than me. He works in various media including short animated movies. … Continue reading “David Shrigley’s “My Beer””
A couple nights in Montreal leads to a lot of good things. A number of forced marches for the family through an alarmingly frigid city to this meal or that shop. Buying beer in a grocery store. Five new pairs of Converse sneakers for distribution across the clan. And a stop at the Montreal Museum … Continue reading “Beer And Art: Bruegel’s “Return From The Inn””
Being in the Big Smoke for proper reasons, I took the chance to let Jordan pick someplace that I hadn’t been to before. He chose Bar Hop. Over a couple of hours we talked about writing books, the neat and younger crowd, the beers and other gossipy things like who has the unpaid social media … Continue reading “Ontario: Bar Hop, 391 King St W, Toronto”
I wrote this quickly over at Stan’s this morning. Govern yourselves accordingly. ++++++++++I have to say I find this a very unsatisfying approach. I want to preface this by saying I do not believe I am being contrarian or a prick. I am also not talking about any one person. At least I have no … Continue reading “But The Problem Is My Own Unified Theory…”
Brewed since 1990, this wheat beer is one of the best arguments against worrying at all about tenancy forms of brewing in principle. While one might unkindly point out the web 1.0 nature of the brewer’s web presence, it does give you what you need to know and, more to the point, sets the tone. … Continue reading “Ontario: Weissbier, Denison’s Brewing, Toronto”
That is Alcohol and its Role in the Evolution of Human Society by Ian S. Hornsey. I had no idea. In a work of beer writing that is still trying to find its way, seeking to evolve from fanboy gushing or trade focused boosterism or underdeveloped efforts at business journalism, Hornsey’s 2004 book A History … Continue reading “Book Review: Alcohol and its Role in…, Ian Hornsey”
This is another book from Brewers Publications that bridges the worlds of brewers and drinkers. As with Stan’s excellent For The Love of Hops, the book provides context, history, categorizations, practical application of the topic in brewing and plenty of evidence of sheer enthusiasm. That being said, a few initial quibbles: ⇒ The advent of … Continue reading “Book Review: IPA, Brewing Techniques, Etc., Mitch Steele”