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Purity, skin in the game, and when Capitalism spits on you

Purity, skin in the game, and when Capitalism spits on you

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...
Legacy drinkers and the assault on Belgium, England and Germany

Legacy drinkers and the assault on
Belgium, England and Germany

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...
Session #94 – The Round-up

Session #94 – The Round-up

by Ding | Dec 6, 2014 | Beer Blogging, Beer Philosophy, Beer Sessions, Beer Thoughts, Get Off My Lawn

As usual with The Session, some posts are more interesting than others. Here’s the round-up for #94 in no particular order. Miguel gives us this post at Amante De La Buena Cerveza. Unfortunately I don’t speak a word of Spanish, so I literally have no idea...

Atlanta Cask Ale (#ACAT) 2014

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...
Pant-wetting fanboys and the US beer scene

Pant-wetting fanboys and the US beer scene

by Ding | Jan 21, 2014 | Beer Culture, Beer Philosophy, Beer Thoughts, Get Off My Lawn

Last night I got into a bit of a clumsy discussion on Twitter that ended very unsatisfactorily for me. Frankly it was my own fault, and I wanted to clear up my thoughts a little. In a nutshell, I responded to this article in the NYT by sending the Tweet below to...
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