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...
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,...
by Ding | Jan 25, 2014 | Beer Culture, Beer Philosophy, Cask Ale, Get Off My Lawn
So here I am, on the morning of another Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting (#ACAT), but this time I am not getting ready to head to the event later in the day. The #ACAT of 2014 will be the first one that I have not attended since the inaugural gathering. The reasons for my...
