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Here’s our weekly round-up of links from around the Blogoshire and beyond.
→ This post from Pete Drinks is thought-provoking: when he found beers from a brewery underwhelming, they contacted him to explain that it was a result of over-optimistic ‘best before’ dates — a commercial necessity, it seems. But, as Pete observes, “not every punter that drinks one of their beers after it’s past its best will write a blog about it and get to understand what went wrong“.
→ Craig Gravina at DrinkDrank gave*a blunt state of the nation address with regard to ‘craft beer‘:
First, I think a change is coming. Is it a bubble? Maybe, maybe not, and whatever is going to happen, isn’t going to happen over night. But I think we’re moving into the breaking zone—kinda like when the phrase “fo shizzle my nizzle” became common in upper class, white suburban neighborhoods.
→ Carla Jean Lauter (aka Beer Babe) has written a chunky piece for Medium.com about the unstoppable march of India Pale Ale (IPA) across the US, arguing that the best examples are now being brewed on the*East Coast. She backs this assertion up with the best data at hand, from beer rating sites. Interesting stuff, even for those of us who’ve never crossed the Atlantic.
→ While we’re considering the geography and culture of a country we’ve never visited, here’s Jeff Alworth on why Idaho isn’t a great beer state, while*Washington and California are.
→ As yet unread, but saved to Pocket, archaeologists*Billy Quinn and Declan Moore explore whether a particular type of Irish field monument might not actually be the worlds earliest breweries. (Via @craigheap)
→ Clive Martin of Vice writes explores*the gentrification of London through a crawl of its pubs and bars. The blokey, less-gentrified-than-thou tone wears a bit thin, but he makes some good points. (Via @roryelsome)
→ It’s not often beer plays a part in international affairs, but this Russian lager commercial starring David Duchovny has arrived at an inopportune moment.
→ Isn’t this pretty?
Bleeding Wolf, Scholar Green, Cheshire http://t.co/3jfuzS9u0m pic.twitter.com/hCuj5odzaT
— natalie ainscough (@natainscough) August 1, 2014
→ And, finally, a couple of Brew Britannia reviews, from The Barley Blog and Glen Humphries.
News, Nuggets & Longreads 02/08/2014


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