by Ding | Jun 21, 2023 | Beer Culture, Fort Wayne, North East Indiana
A few days ago I made the short drive from Fort Wayne across the Indiana/Ohio state line to meet with Mark Young of Two Bandits Brewing in Hicksville, OH. My mission was to chat with one half of the Bandit team about his story, and the story of beer that he... 
by Ding | Apr 22, 2023 | Beer Culture, Beer Philosophy
… in 2023, as a fifty-six year old beer drinker of 40+ years. 1. Use the term, “West Coast IPA”. Trying to get people to define what they actually mean by this, usually elicits all manner of responses that lack any kind of consensus, or cohesion or... 
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 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 person... 
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...