by Ding | Feb 19, 2022 | Session Beer
If you know, you know. I’ve got close to twenty years of online history relating to a single mantra about session beer, which is; beer can only be correctly labeled as session beer if it is 4% ABV or under. If you would like to read the longer version of my... 
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 | May 10, 2013 | Beer Reviews, Beer Styles, Beer Thoughts, Cask Ale, English Bitter, Get Off My Lawn, Real Ale, Session Beer
Ding Points: 70.00 Pour: 70.00, Nose: 70.00, Palate: 70.00, Mouth: 70.00, Global: 70.00 Tasting Notes: I have not spoken to Bob Sandage about ‘Ding’, so I cannot comment on its origin with any degree of certainty, but here is what appears to have happened.... by Ding | Apr 8, 2013 | Beer Philosophy, Beer Thoughts, Get Off My Lawn, Session Beer
Well that was fun. Actually it was surprisingly uneventful, but four interesting things came out of it. Firstly I was surprised that I didn’t lose any Twitter followers, at least I didn’t lose any when considering the net numbers. In fact, actually there... 
by Ding | Apr 5, 2013 | Beer Thoughts, Get Off My Lawn, Session Beer
So, it’s here again, #sessionbeerday, this time on Sunday, April 7th, 2013. Mmmm, well it wouldn’t be right for me to let the 2013 ‘event’* pass without comment (here’s 2012’s session beer day post), so here we go with the 2013... by Ding | Apr 4, 2012 | Beer Culture, Beer Philosophy, Get Off My Lawn, Session Beer
OK, this post is not a rant about session beer (at least not a FULL rant about session beer), but rather some reflections about Lew’s quest and the subsequent creation of ‘session day’ on April 7th of this year. I want to say the right off the top I...