tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post7448751934976043989..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Craft Beer and ClassJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-59136020044090814212008-10-30T15:18:00.000-07:002008-10-30T15:18:00.000-07:00I realise you're a long way from the UK and lack o...I realise you're a long way from the UK and lack of familiarity is excusable but I'd just like to correct one point.<BR/><BR/>You say "the working class don't want anything to do with expensive cask ale."<BR/><BR/>The counter-intuitive truth is that in the pub trade cask ale is generally priced lower than mass produced alternatives. Even with a lower price many working-class Brits are not Jeff Pickthallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06343140031285101096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-60769880033493518482008-10-21T15:42:00.000-07:002008-10-21T15:42:00.000-07:00Jeremy, I was definitely kidding. And it should b...Jeremy, I was definitely kidding. And it should be noted, for posterity, that you are the first commenter ever to quote Baudelaire.<BR/><BR/>I have however <A HREF="http://beervana.blogspot.com/2007/05/ode-to-blue-dot.html" REL="nofollow">composed odes</A> to certain beers on this site.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-24919381591540065152008-10-21T15:39:00.000-07:002008-10-21T15:39:00.000-07:00Jeff said:"I hope Jeremy isn't comparing IPA with ...Jeff said:<BR/><BR/>"I hope Jeremy isn't comparing IPA with shite!"<BR/><BR/>My heavens no. Other way around. Craft beer is the expensive perfume; mega beer is the bag of excrement.<BR/><BR/>I realize how lucky I am. I moved to Portland for the beer. So in a way it's not luck... :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-82062705515395390952008-10-21T13:19:00.000-07:002008-10-21T13:19:00.000-07:00I have some interesting thoughts... of course... ...I have some interesting thoughts... of course... ;-}<BR/><BR/>In general, I think our American working class is not too much different from the Brits Working Class, when it comes to drinking beer. Most working class here in America drink the Mega-Lagers. Commercial mass produced beer... They take what they can get and/or can pay for, just like the working class Brits.<BR/><BR/>At one time in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-80342637366176608552008-10-21T13:18:00.000-07:002008-10-21T13:18:00.000-07:00I've definitely turned my nose up at many a bar/pu...I've definitely turned my nose up at many a bar/pub or market, and decided to drink water instead!<BR/><BR/>And when you talk about the truly good not being popular, music and cheese also come to mind!!Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582649588876114700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-43636359149237444842008-10-21T12:51:00.000-07:002008-10-21T12:51:00.000-07:00I hope Jeremy isn't comparing IPA with shite!I hope Jeremy isn't comparing IPA with shite!Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-2358820166582412102008-10-21T12:22:00.000-07:002008-10-21T12:22:00.000-07:00Woo Hoo! I like that Jeremy!Woo Hoo! I like that Jeremy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-79176585311316494882008-10-21T12:15:00.000-07:002008-10-21T12:15:00.000-07:00It's pretty uncommon that anything truly good is a...It's pretty uncommon that anything truly good is also popular. Why should beer be any different? Does this bother anyone? Is there anything wrong with being a niche market?<BR/><BR/>I'm reminded of a prose poem by Charles Baudelaire:<BR/><BR/>***<BR/>VII: “The Dog and the Scent-bottle.”<BR/><BR/>Come here, my dear, good, beautiful doggie, and smell this excellent perfume which comes from the bestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-46001507338453660442008-10-21T10:58:00.000-07:002008-10-21T10:58:00.000-07:00Cask has actually always been cheaper than keg bee...Cask has actually always been cheaper than keg beer in the UK.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615292711428211060noreply@blogger.com