Posted in USA, beer, beer blogs on May 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I received an e-mail from a woman named Maria in Arizona just before the weekend, which was very flattering:
I’m looking for WordPress-hosted blogs to show as examples in a training video I’ll be recording next week……..
I’m going to show off 4 to 6 blogs that have a nice look and interesting content as a way [...]
Posted in Ireland, beer, beer blogs, craft beer, pubs, travel on April 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
It had to happen sooner or later. I travel a lot, and while I do not actively seek out the seedy parts of town, I sometimes stumble across them. I booked a Brussels hotel on the web focusing on the rate and proximity to the centre. It was only when I returned there in the [...]
Posted in Ireland, beer, beer blogs, brewing, craft beer, pubs, travel on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I was told I had a business meeting in Dublin, I was not hard to convince. There are direct flights, the taxi drivers are friendly, there are good beers to be had if you know where to find them.
Since my last visit two years ago, it seems the micro movement has evolved further, and [...]
Posted in Scotland, beer, beer blogs, beer marketing, brewing, craft beer on April 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Some brewers, often anonymous, grumble about the beer rating sites like ratebeer and Beer Advocate, nicknaming them hatebeer. They feel that they are put down by a small number of geeks who make hasty judgements and don’t appreciate the high quality some of the craft brewers are offering.
Some take the other approach - they embrace [...]
Posted in Scotland, beer, beer blogs on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
No, it’s not the blogging fatigue whimper, just that I have a fairly busy period on all fronts. When I was uploading photos from brief, but interesting in a beery way, visits to three countries in five days, my photo storage provider photobucket told me I had reached the limit of 1000 photos. It is [...]
Posted in Norway, beer, beer blogs on March 31, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Lew has raised an issue at his Seen Though a Glass blog, which has been followed up by Alan, who in turn has challenged me to come up with my thoughts. The issue at hand is how we should label ourselves. Lew feels it is time to retire the term beer geek - but what should we [...]
Posted in Prague, beer, beer blogs, food, travel on February 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Another new beer blog: Pivni Filosof - The Beer Philosopher is an Argentinian living in Prague, and he blogs about beer in both English and Spanish. Lots of photos, restaurant and bar reviews etc - highly recommended.
Slowly, but surely, the beer bloggers are taking over the world.
Posted in Norway, beer, beer blogs, beer history, beer marketing, brewing, craft beer, food, pubs, travel on February 8, 2008 | 8 Comments »
We have had a rather confusing debate over at the Good Beer Blog over the question of whether Scottish & Newcastle can be perceived as a local brewer in Scotland. I will not repeat the arguments here, but it lead me to thinking about how beer drinkers perceive beers as local and how loyalty is used [...]
Posted in Norway, beer, beer blogs, beer marketing, brewing, craft beer, food, travel on February 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
There is a debate over at Pete’s blog , followed up by Alan, about beer bloggers being approached by a company that pays for editorial coverage of products. I haven’t received this e-mail, but I generally don’t bother to explore the requests I get for ads, either. I won’t waste my time exploring possible revenue if I [...]
Posted in Austria, Germany, Sweden, UK, beer, beer blogs, brewing, craft beer, pubs, travel on January 30, 2008 | 8 Comments »
There is a discussion that has been going on for some time on various beer blogs and in forums like ratebeer about extreme beers vs session beers. Some beer writers and enthusiasts are tired of the imperial stouts and super hoppy IPAs and want to promote the more modest, traditional styles.
I have, especially when reporting [...]
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