by Ding | Jun 6, 2022 | Beer Bloggers Conference '12, Beer Blogging
I was toying with the idea of going to the 2022 Beer Bloggers Conference in Asheville in August of this year – that was until I learned that it had been canceled due to a lack of interest. My guess is that the first half of the second decade of the 00s was the... 
by Ding | May 14, 2022 | BA, Beer Blogging, beeradvocate, beeradvocate.com
On 3/31/22 the official Beeradvocate Twitter account manned by Todd Alström, blocked the newly minted dingsbeerblog Twitter account. Yep, it’s true. Quick, to the DeLorean! Todd blocked my other Twitter account years ago, but the latest action was implemented at... 
by Ding | May 26, 2021 | Beer Blogging, Beer Philosophy, Fort Wayne, North East Indiana
Here we all are. It’s been six years since my last blog post on Ding’s Beer Blog, but now I’m back. So where have I been? What happened in the period between January 2015 and today, May 26th 2021? The answer is life. Profound, right? However, nothing... 
by Ding | Dec 6, 2014 | Beer Blogging, Beer Philosophy, Beer Sessions, Beer Thoughts, Get Off My Lawn
As usual with The Session, some posts are more interesting than others. Here’s the round-up for #94 in no particular order. Miguel gives us this post at Amante De La Buena Cerveza. Unfortunately I don’t speak a word of Spanish, so I literally have no idea... by Ding | Dec 4, 2014 | Beer Blogging, Beer Culture, Beer Sessions, Cask Ale, Session Beer
As I said in my announcement for session #94, the question of my role in beer was provoked by a quick tweet exchange where @andrewinski1 suggested that rather than dropping pretty much completely out of the beer scene (as I think that I have), that I have simply moved... by Ding | Nov 13, 2014 | Beer Blogging, Beer Culture, Beer Thoughts, The Sessions
The Session, a.k.a. ‘Beer Blogging Friday’, is an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single topic. Each month, a different beer blogger hosts the Session,...