Considering beer from and of a place
The link. The paragraph: Real Ale having an image problem isn’t exactly headline news. Those of us working in the industry are well aware of this, and if we want reminding we need only look as far as CAMRAs promo material, which often features a stunning array of young well to do white people, holding ... Read more
The link. The paragraph: “When I started judging at the World Beer Cup and European Beer Star, the judges were brewers, plus self-taught judges, so most had an idea of balance and pleasantness,” (Agostino Arioli) says. “Nowadays the judges are all about the BJCP [Beer Judge Certification Program], and some of them don’t even know ... Read more
The link. The paragraph: I got seduced by the rescue narrative. Everyone did, I think, or at least a lot of us did. We inherited the gospel: Prohibition broke American brewing, consolidation made it bland, Fritz Maytag saved Anchor in San Francisco in 1965, Jack McAuliffe opened New Albion in 1976, homebrewers became revolutionaries, Cascade ... Read more
The link. The paragraph: This was the first time when I thought: has science gone too far? Has non-alcoholic Helles been optimised so much in an attempt to make it as clean-tasting as possible, that it has actually lost some of its character as a beer? It still tastes like a beer, don’t get me ... Read more
The link. The paragraph: “If we called it DC Brau Light Lager, it’s not going to sell, because I’ve learned that there’s automatically a bias against craft beer in a large part of the population,” (CEO Brandon) Skall said.