Critique Welcomed Betty,...a Public Service Announcement

[Brian Moore]

@Glenn Clabo and @Chris Dodkin you guys should try this stuff. It's new from Hangar 24 Brewery.

Chris I'm sure you can get it in SD. (TJ's even has it up this way.) Glenn, not so sure about availability in Boston area, but worth looking for.

Canon 7D and Mamiya/Sekor 55/1.4.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Drool...I'll be searchin'

 

[Aldous Lau]

I hate beer very much because those bloody gas will stay inside my stomach and make me feel sick. I prefer red wine or vodka in person. How much is the bottle of beer cost you in your place Brian?

 

[Pete Askew]

Looks tasty Brian. I'm down to the last few bottles in the apartment. Mind a few days off would do the old waistline some good after a week drinking a variety of Czech beers.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Looks tasty Brian. I'm down to the last few bottles in the apartment. Mind a few days off would do the old waistline some good after a week drinking a variety of Czech beers.

Damn the waistline I say!

 

[Pete Askew]

I did!

 

[Brian Moore]

I hate beer very much because those bloody gas will stay inside my stomach and make me feel sick. I prefer red wine or vodka in person. How much is the bottle of beer cost you in your place Brian?

Don't be a hater Aldous!

Aldous there is a growing community of micro-breweries in the US right now, particularly here in California. The selection is quite enormous and is getting larger every day. Some of the micro-breweries are making quite expensive beer. However, the one I pictured above is probably about $1.25 per bottle in a shop (much higher pricing prevails in restaurants and bars).

I used to drink European beers almost exclusively because the big American Breweries (Anheuser Busch, Coors, Miller, etc.,) make shite. Now, however, with the growth of the American micro-breweries, I don't even consider buying anything other than locally-made beer. Some of it is great stuff.

 

[Brian Moore]

Very tasty, Pete!

 

[Pete Askew]

This seems to be a trend. The UK has long had micro-breweries but it seems they are even appearing on the European mainland. Someone told me last week that about 12 have started around Prague in the last couple of years. One of the restaurants we frequented had a fine semi-dark beer made in such a brewery. Damned fine it was and only about 40 CZK for 500 ml!

http://www.restauracenarozhrani.cz
http://www.pivovary.info/index.php

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Mmmmm tasty looking - is it hoppy Brian?

 

[Brian Moore]

Mmmmm tasty looking - is it hoppy Brian?

Yes, Chris. Hoppy and citrusy. And delightful.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Look inviting Brian. As Pete says there are a lot of Micro Breweries here in the UK, Cornwall has many, other than regulation it does not appear to difficult to set one up. A long time ago I remember India Pale Ale as being the favourite among many. A shame any alcohol just gives me a belly ache now, but sorely miss that cold bottle after a hot hard day.

 

[Tom Dunne]

A nice portrait tribute to your beer Brian.
Boys listen! I won't take the piss out of any of these beers because if I do there will be nothing left in them. So, the only alternative is the real black stuff (there's eating and drinking in it) but ye will have to repair to the land of green grass, ghost housing estates, mass unemployment and the great saint if ye want a decent pint of it and beware of the numerous copy cats.

 

[Brian Moore]

This seems to be a trend. The UK has long had micro-breweries but it seems they are even appearing on the European mainland. Someone told me last week that about 12 have started around Prague in the last couple of years. One of the restaurants we frequented had a fine semi-dark beer made in such a brewery. Damned fine it was and only about 40 CZK for 500 ml!

http://www.restauracenarozhrani.cz
http://www.pivovary.info/index.php

Thanks, for commenting, Pete. Well, I suppose the trend toward the microbrews is merely the beer world coming full circle, since the big companies have done their best to gobble up the locals, and now they so often find themselves on the wrong end of the beer drinking public's opinion. It's very cool!

 

[Brian Moore]

Look inviting Brian. As Pete says there are a lot of Micro Breweries here in the UK, Cornwall has many, other than regulation it does not appear to difficult to set one up. A long time ago I remember India Pale Ale as being the favourite among many. A shame any alcohol just gives me a belly ache now, but sorely miss that cold bottle after a hot hard day.

IPA seems to be a huge trend here. (Glad I don't have your tummy problem, Julian!)

 

[Brian Moore]

A nice portrait tribute to your beer Brian.
Boys listen! I won't take the piss out of any of these beers because if I do there will be nothing left in them. So, the only alternative is the real black stuff (there's eating and drinking in it) but ye will have to repair to the land of green grass, ghost housing estates, mass unemployment and the great saint if ye want a decent pint of it and beware of the numerous copy cats.

Ye cannae beat the real black stuff, Tom. And there's nae point in trying. And that is why nae micro-brewed stout ever crosses these pipes.

 

[Pete Askew]

I agree, Murphy's is a fine drink!

 

[Brian Moore]

I agree, Murphy's is a fine drink!

You are asking for trouble sir!

 

[Pete Askew]

I do actually prefer it to the other stuff and, having a customer in Cork, I do get to partake of the original every now and then. It is not as bitter as the other stuff.

 

[Brian Moore]

I do actually prefer it to the other stuff and, having a customer in Cork, I do get to partake of the original every now and then. It is not as bitter as the other stuff.

Well,...I suppose if I were in Cork I might do as the Corkers do. But only out of politeness.