tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00BeervanaJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger14744125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-3529631014543286902017-04-04T06:12:00.261-07:002017-04-04T06:12:00.261-07:00Jeff, if I go to https://www.beervanablog.com/beer...Jeff, if I go to https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/ I get a weird page that has "Blog Posts Test Page" on the top. It seems like it's because your rss feed is https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/?format=rss instead of https://www.beervanablog.com/?format=rssRich Isaacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356872043234492112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-33484254161718374922017-04-03T16:57:08.593-07:002017-04-03T16:57:08.593-07:00You should probably update this post to link to th...You should probably update this post to link to the new domain's RSS feed. Some of us aren't following bookmarks these days.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-25542507730928178442017-03-29T11:42:41.504-07:002017-03-29T11:42:41.504-07:00I really like it, other than the giant Guinness ad...I really like it, other than the giant Guinness advert right at the top.Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-8426001960713330242017-03-29T09:27:06.510-07:002017-03-29T09:27:06.510-07:00It should be at www.beervanablog.com/home?format=R...It should be at www.beervanablog.com/home?format=RSS<br /><br />One step closer to being the last man on Blog*Spot.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-38290155587446055662017-03-29T09:24:38.289-07:002017-03-29T09:24:38.289-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-21081433378489184482017-03-29T08:42:37.066-07:002017-03-29T08:42:37.066-07:00Looks perhaps like there's no RSS feed. Can y...Looks perhaps like there's no RSS feed. Can you confirm if that's the case?RSNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05600381579899191305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-76063609570722631062017-03-24T19:04:09.334-07:002017-03-24T19:04:09.334-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.bobbrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675636819384257566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-65728638789083335752017-03-24T19:03:27.441-07:002017-03-24T19:03:27.441-07:00Thanks Jeff! I always love your craft. It's ...Thanks Jeff! I always love your craft. It's Gold at the GABF in my book. <br /><br />I experienced Noche Buena long before Oregon craft in the early 90s. I've had one since (about 5 years ago) but it was nothing like the original I remember. Any comments on if Noche Buena was actually a good beer in the 70s or was it so different from everything else available that it just seemed so?bobbrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675636819384257566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-5205336125024737502017-03-23T16:44:14.750-07:002017-03-23T16:44:14.750-07:00Sadly, I think the US craft industry is too far go...Sadly, I think the US craft industry is too far gone. Too many of them are raised on the BJCP gospel that brewing is some kind of black box. Water recipe + hop and malt recipe + standard brewing process = beer to style!!!<br /><br />Homebrewers are our only hope, but only if they can find this gem in the litter box full of Gordon Strongs and Ray Daniels and Jamil Zainasheffs.Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-33416475597697717982017-03-23T14:57:55.299-07:002017-03-23T14:57:55.299-07:00Thank you, sir. I would settle for convincing A FE...Thank you, sir. I would settle for convincing A FEW of them to just appreciate them. But I'm a man of modest goals.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-52750997752733695322017-03-22T15:42:31.990-07:002017-03-22T15:42:31.990-07:00Congratulations! Here's hoping this will contr...Congratulations! Here's hoping this will contribute to the US (and Ireland, for that matter) learning how to do cask properly.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-5218463809931810842017-03-17T12:36:02.438-07:002017-03-17T12:36:02.438-07:00In my experience down here in Mexico they prefer &...In my experience down here in Mexico they prefer "artisanal" over craft but both work. On a work trip for a Nano I work with but a little to far to check out that festival, sounds fun. Enjoy!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635348790863756720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-11283944876444359782017-03-15T14:12:44.100-07:002017-03-15T14:12:44.100-07:00"Sometimes that means we do awkward things th..."Sometimes that means we do awkward things that offend people and sometimes--many times--we engage in cultural theft (though this is hardly the sole province of Americans). No apologies for any of that." I guess, as a white American, that I see these tendencies as things that often _do_ require apologies. It may well be a part of (privileged white) American culture, but it can and Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634642987617262810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-39684349073757413512017-03-15T09:29:05.848-07:002017-03-15T09:29:05.848-07:00I think another difference between the USA and Eur...I think another difference between the USA and Europe is that in Europe it's illegal to use a lot of specific terms for food and drink not made in geographically defined areas. Though there are some exceptions over here we're not used to seeing things taken out of their original context so it looks wrong. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-28952182582758015552017-03-14T19:03:40.814-07:002017-03-14T19:03:40.814-07:00Put another way:
Pattinson is primarily concerned...Put another way:<br /><br />Pattinson is primarily concerned with descriptive meanings as they existed in the past: your classic historian.<br /><br />You are primarily concerned with descriptive meanings as they exist in the present: anthropology.<br /><br />I am primarily concerned with descriptive meanings as they have changed over time: philology.<br /><br />BJCPers are concerned with Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-6973143388870706742017-03-14T18:46:26.752-07:002017-03-14T18:46:26.752-07:00Pattinson and Cornell's defense of the word &q...Pattinson and Cornell's defense of the word "ale" has to do with preserving a specific British tradition, and Pattinson in particular is attacking the AHA/BJCP habit of steamrolling everything to fit their prescriptive grammar of beer style. Totally agree. I think it's absolutely worth remembering that "ale" means something different in the UK of 1920, or did, and it&#Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-33898234417647795022017-03-14T18:19:20.038-07:002017-03-14T18:19:20.038-07:00You are confusing beer style with slippery lexical...You are confusing beer style with slippery lexical categories.Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-25345742573209082132017-03-14T15:36:10.485-07:002017-03-14T15:36:10.485-07:00You give me way too much credit. However, the next...You give me way too much credit. However, the next time ...Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-53546832226461236072017-03-14T15:29:52.305-07:002017-03-14T15:29:52.305-07:00It is my believe you staged that whole argument ab...It is my believe you staged that whole argument about Zoigl as a publicity stunt to promote your book.<br /><br />:chemtrails:Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-20115610977946815632017-03-14T15:27:33.738-07:002017-03-14T15:27:33.738-07:00I'm shooting for scores!I'm shooting for scores! Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-80783423925047193052017-03-14T15:26:34.920-07:002017-03-14T15:26:34.920-07:00Well, that's a different question and, as I sa...Well, that's a different question and, as I said above, not one I have a strong opinion about. <br /><br />FWIW, I asked brewers in Cologne and Dusseldorf what they called the beer they brewed, and to a person they all said "ale." I know Ron Pattinson has very strong opinions about that, but it is not uniformly shared by the people actually making these beers. (Also definitely NOT Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-37702730294848591752017-03-14T14:02:39.429-07:002017-03-14T14:02:39.429-07:00I don't see how that would be relevant.
Is it ...<i> I don't see how that would be relevant.</i><br />Is it OK to continue to express your culture the way you want when other people say they have a problem with how you're doing it?<br /><br />If someone says "Zoigl-Kölsch" is a nonsense that could damage the perception of German brewing traditions (as indeed referring to Kölsch as an "ale" or a "hybrid" The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-60336243960731027282017-03-14T13:27:16.200-07:002017-03-14T13:27:16.200-07:00I have a feeling this will be considered a masterp...I have a feeling this will be considered a masterpiece by Europhilic homebrewers everywhere. There are dozens of us. Dozens!Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-69493843425741708262017-03-14T12:11:04.340-07:002017-03-14T12:11:04.340-07:00John, not so interested in rights--I think this is...John, not so interested in rights--I think this is where your view diverges. Is flying the Confederate flag a fixture of American culture? Unquestionably so. It relates to the legacy of slavery and the civil war, less obviously with Europe. Even if it did, I don't see how that would be relevant.<br /><br />Put it another way: no one's asking whether, to go back to the previous example, Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-54686047640555791892017-03-14T04:30:45.488-07:002017-03-14T04:30:45.488-07:00Does the right to claim a piece of your heritage a...Does the right to claim a piece of your heritage as your own, the need to have one's cultural context recognised, extend to flying the Confederate flag? Your rationale seems to be accepting of the oft-stated argument that this is an entirely innocent expression of white southern cultural values which Yankees and people of colour have no business decrying.<br /><br />And if that seems like an The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.com