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07-12-2011, 20:40
Visit the Are You Tasting The Pith? site (http://thebeerboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/hi-my-names-zak-and-im-hypocrite.html)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VVWNX1sWkVo/Tt_cya6ecuI/AAAAAAAAACc/hlfkPK6aA7A/s320/03122011878.jpg (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VVWNX1sWkVo/Tt_cya6ecuI/AAAAAAAAACc/hlfkPK6aA7A/s1600/03122011878.jpg)"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It's been 1716 weeks since my last confession, and in that time I've been guilty of the sins of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, acedia, lust, envy, vanity and pride"
"You said lust twice, my child"
"I'm sorry father, I like lust"
I like to think that I'm as even handed with "ordinary" beer as I am "craft" beer. A nervous glance back through my recent posts (did I only post once in October? That's sloth and acedia for you) suggests that although I do post about rare and hard-to-find stuff, I also post about easy-to-find stuff too.
Coupled to that, a recent theme in my posts has been to support independent retailers - no particular reason, other than it's what I do for a living, and I think that independent retailers have a very clearly defined role in the beer market. Having said that, I'd be interested to hear what you think that role is.
However, I have to admit to having strayed from the path recently. I live a 3 minute walk fro a Morrisons supermarket, and the other evening, having just driven home from a warehouse with around £100k of great beer in it, I discovered that I didn't have any beer that was appropriate to my mood. I didn't want any homebrew, any Fuller's Gales Prize Old Ale, any Stone Old Guardian, any Birra Del Borgo KeTo Reporter, any Hair Of The Dog Adam, any Hardknott Granite (Batch 1), any Williams Bros Fraoch 20, any Thomas Hardy Ale. What I wanted was a couple of bottles of BrewDog Punk IPA. And Mozzers sells it.
I confess, I went to a supermarket and bought some "craft" beer. I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand, I'm delighted that it's available to me (and other shoppers) so readily. On the other hand, I'm saddened that it's available to me (and other shoppers) so readily.
What do you think? Is the chase part of the fun? How hard should you have to look for "craft" beer? Is it any less "craft" for being in a supermarket?https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/72277889156220824-7208919562325474989?l=thebeerboy.blogspot.com
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VVWNX1sWkVo/Tt_cya6ecuI/AAAAAAAAACc/hlfkPK6aA7A/s320/03122011878.jpg (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VVWNX1sWkVo/Tt_cya6ecuI/AAAAAAAAACc/hlfkPK6aA7A/s1600/03122011878.jpg)"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It's been 1716 weeks since my last confession, and in that time I've been guilty of the sins of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, acedia, lust, envy, vanity and pride"
"You said lust twice, my child"
"I'm sorry father, I like lust"
I like to think that I'm as even handed with "ordinary" beer as I am "craft" beer. A nervous glance back through my recent posts (did I only post once in October? That's sloth and acedia for you) suggests that although I do post about rare and hard-to-find stuff, I also post about easy-to-find stuff too.
Coupled to that, a recent theme in my posts has been to support independent retailers - no particular reason, other than it's what I do for a living, and I think that independent retailers have a very clearly defined role in the beer market. Having said that, I'd be interested to hear what you think that role is.
However, I have to admit to having strayed from the path recently. I live a 3 minute walk fro a Morrisons supermarket, and the other evening, having just driven home from a warehouse with around £100k of great beer in it, I discovered that I didn't have any beer that was appropriate to my mood. I didn't want any homebrew, any Fuller's Gales Prize Old Ale, any Stone Old Guardian, any Birra Del Borgo KeTo Reporter, any Hair Of The Dog Adam, any Hardknott Granite (Batch 1), any Williams Bros Fraoch 20, any Thomas Hardy Ale. What I wanted was a couple of bottles of BrewDog Punk IPA. And Mozzers sells it.
I confess, I went to a supermarket and bought some "craft" beer. I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand, I'm delighted that it's available to me (and other shoppers) so readily. On the other hand, I'm saddened that it's available to me (and other shoppers) so readily.
What do you think? Is the chase part of the fun? How hard should you have to look for "craft" beer? Is it any less "craft" for being in a supermarket?https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/72277889156220824-7208919562325474989?l=thebeerboy.blogspot.com
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