tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post2898847837495917555..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Style Ontology and the Everyman RuleJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-44823149150254399482014-03-24T05:08:15.163-07:002014-03-24T05:08:15.163-07:00Mmm . . . . the use of brown malt isn't what d...Mmm . . . . the use of brown malt isn't what distinguished Irish Stout from English Stout. It was the use of "heading".Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-23463171455283069302014-03-22T12:00:21.697-07:002014-03-22T12:00:21.697-07:00"I'd argue that the geek has to...admit s..."I'd argue that the geek has to...admit some humility." And therein lies the problem...Bill Schnellernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-74967164966647781122014-03-21T17:04:20.075-07:002014-03-21T17:04:20.075-07:00The nine styles: pale lagers, dark lagers, hoppy A...The nine styles: pale lagers, dark lagers, hoppy American ales, English cask ale, sour ales, Belgian ale, dark ales, wheat beers, and flavored beers.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-45882842422557941532014-03-21T17:01:03.615-07:002014-03-21T17:01:03.615-07:00Beer Nut, I have made a similar point about just a...Beer Nut, I have made a similar point about just a few styles, but for some reason people remember Pete's observations more than mine (funny, that). On the other hand, to Jim's point...<br /><br />"Similarly chromatography and chemical analysis would be good too. Why just the random chap, why not judges?"<br /><br />My grand European beer tour was incredibly enlightening, and Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-71746058863123933192014-03-21T12:41:59.722-07:002014-03-21T12:41:59.722-07:00I'm not sure that such a debate is "unres...<br />I'm not sure that such a debate is "unresolvable" and I think the appeal to philosophy here (by way reasoning from ontology) is informative. Many "unresolvable" debates in philosophy are more or less resolved in the minds of philosophers. The mind-body split is one such resolved unresolvable debate. ...at least resolvable by our current epistemological/methodologicalJimhttp://drinkingclass.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-23938118185639350082014-03-21T10:50:41.537-07:002014-03-21T10:50:41.537-07:00As the number of "official" beer styles ...As the number of "official" beer styles continues to balloon outwards, it's inevitable that you'll get convergent evolution, and it has ever been thus. Black IPA is a prime example: two of my favourite Irish beers at the moment are Porterhouse Wrasslers XXXX Stout and Kinsale Black IPA. I think their respective style designations owe more to the fact that the former was first The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-10163357813883761432014-03-21T10:34:07.234-07:002014-03-21T10:34:07.234-07:00My Mum divides beer into about four categories: st...My Mum divides beer into about four categories: stoutish, wheat beerish, lager, bitter. Most drinkers couldn't tell the difference between a pint of dark mild or a pint of porter if it wasn't written on the pump clip. In fact, nor could I about 80 per cent of the time.Baileyhttp://boakandbailey.comnoreply@blogger.com