Legacy beer drinkers made sad

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...

Session #94 – The announcement. Friday, Dec. 5th – Your role in the beer ‘scene’. What it is?

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,...

Twisted South – the article that never was

by Ding | Nov 29, 2013 | Beer Culture, Beer Philosophy, Beer Thoughts, Get Off My Lawn

In February of this year I was asked by a person that follows me on Twitter to write a counter-point article for Twisted South magazine. After 0ver 9 months of being told that ‘it will be published soon’, I’ve given up. Here’s what I wrote all...

Why I’ve stopped going to The Brick Store

by Ding | Nov 26, 2013 | Beer Culture, Beer Philosophy, Beer Thoughts, England, Get Off My Lawn

After my decision last January not to attend Atlanta Cask Ale ’14 this coming January, the very event that I thought would be the one that kept me sane in terms of real ale in America, I started to reflect upon my role in the Atlanta beer scene in general. Ten months...