tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post7148179204931921466..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Is There a High Culture of Beer?Jeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-77288226561381529782014-04-16T13:11:37.031-07:002014-04-16T13:11:37.031-07:00There is no haute in beer akin, say, to the charme...There is no haute in beer akin, say, to the charmed status "Chardonnay" held for a long time, or "Pinot Grigio", etc. The reason is not so much decentralization - e.g. you could argue IPA is a contender for the palm - but rather that beer's status endures as a downscale product. Those who love beer will take pride in this, in reverse snobism so to speak - but the larger Gary Gillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-7766268911790518572014-04-16T09:46:59.212-07:002014-04-16T09:46:59.212-07:00Stan, I see your article and raise you an article....Stan, I see your article and <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/04/07/140407fa_fact_marantz" rel="nofollow">raise you an article</a>.<br /><br />Bill, your comment sparks a thought: there's a difference between critical consensus and snobbery. To get to the status of "great artist" (or writer or filmmaker or musician), there has to be something approaching agreement.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-72869033279074377862014-04-15T21:40:15.870-07:002014-04-15T21:40:15.870-07:00There's a problem when you want to make this s...There's a problem when you want to make this sort of analogy between beer an art. Art is appreciated primarily with the intellect. Beer, on the other hand, is appreciated primarily through the senses, no matter how much I read about sour beers, I still don't like them too much. I understand why some people rave about them, but I'd rather drink something else. That situation, I believePivnĂ Filosofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883511608403454943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-39283920883448913102014-04-15T21:22:54.879-07:002014-04-15T21:22:54.879-07:00Thanks Jeff, gonna start working on my Fellini Pop...Thanks Jeff, gonna start working on my Fellini Poptimism Pale StoutAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15837181243828919704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-38423411278591574402014-04-15T20:23:43.905-07:002014-04-15T20:23:43.905-07:00" Everyone sees the Avengers and we all judg..." Everyone sees the Avengers and we all judge it like it's sui generis, or possibly in comparison with a set of very similar movies. No one thinks to mention Fellini."<br /><br />Tom would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-71833640398681612662014-04-15T16:44:59.571-07:002014-04-15T16:44:59.571-07:00Beer is quite similar to Twitter in the way that i...Beer is quite similar to Twitter in the way that it's completely decentralized around the world. In Belgium people drink lambics; in Egypt protesters use Twitter to organize rebellions. In the States, we drink a lot of IPAs and pay attention to Kim Kardashian. <br /><br />Your point on the death of orthodoxy is very astute. There is no one truth anymore; we all have to agree to disagree at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-57166708761314312722014-04-15T13:45:27.002-07:002014-04-15T13:45:27.002-07:00I largely agree but there is still the endemic &qu...I largely agree but there is still the endemic "big is bad, small is best" thing in the mind of a lot of craft beer drinkers. It's not quite the same, but it is a way to dismiss some larger more established breweries in favor of smaller ones as if size is an important indication of quality. Since most of the larger breweries are also older you see a little bit of the idea that Bill Schnellernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-2337075729720471342014-04-15T13:35:20.635-07:002014-04-15T13:35:20.635-07:00Can we throw this into the mix?
Please, Critics, ...Can we throw this into the mix?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/please-critics-write-about-the-filmmaking" rel="nofollow">Please, Critics, Write About The Filmmaking</a>Stan Hieronymushttp://www.appellationbeer.comnoreply@blogger.com