by Ding | Jan 20, 2023 | Beer Culture
A very quick observation, and a couple of questions. This afternoon I was in a local tap-room. I don’t care much for most of the beer that this particular brewery puts out, but I can usually find 1 or 2 out of the 10 or 12 that they have on-tap at any one time...
by Ding | Dec 15, 2022 | Beer Culture, Beer Philosophy, Fort Wayne, Get Off My Lawn
I recently had a quite brief conversation with a person who is intimately acquainted with a local brewery here in Fort Wayne, IN, and whose livelihood is dependent upon selling the beer that said brewery produces. That’s a bit of an awkward way to describe this...
by Ding | Nov 1, 2022 | Beer Culture, Get Off My Lawn
I *think* that I coined the term legacy drinker. I never remember hearing it anywhere else. If that’s not true, apologies. So, what does ‘legacy drinker’ mean? My definition varies from day to day but the general meaning is that of a drinker who...
by Ding | May 24, 2022 | Beer Bars, Beer Culture
‘Never meet your heroes’ is a phrase that is probably best used by kids. They are the group that is perhaps most susceptible to thinking that people, places and things are without flaws, and that they will always meet the expectations that may have been built up in...
by Ding | Dec 31, 2021 | Beer Culture
I want to support new(ish) and local breweries. I really, really do. But as a legacy beer drinker, it’s becoming more and more difficult to do so. I suppose I should attempt to qualify what I mean by a ‘legacy beer drinker’. I’m talking about...
by Ding | Jan 3, 2015 | Beer Culture, Beer Philosophy, Dogfish Head, Get Off My Lawn, Stone
Before you read this please know that I’m not really sure what I am trying to convey here, so I think this post is more likely to turn out to be a stream of consciousness rather than anything particularly coherent – apologies in advance. Yesterday I was at...
