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Don’t have much time. Must go out in sun before storm comes.*Links below!

→ Lynn Pearson on churches with links to beer, for English Heritage. The first picture, of a stained glass window, is especially wonderful. (Via Tim Holt.)
→ Tandleman had a chance encounter with the head brewer at Paulaner’s ‘craft’ offshoot in Munich: ‘“We could maybe taste some of the products?”*he suggested.’
→ The ever-provocative ‘Hardknott’ Dave Bailey has concluded that*‘handpulls suck’ as a method of serving beer.
→ Saved to Pocket for reading later: a long piece (5000 words) by Phil on the benefits, or not, of abstinence from alcohol.
→ Also saved to Pocket, this 1940 portrait of the legendary ale house McSorley’s*from the*New Yorker archive. (Via*someone called BB, via*Jeff Alworth, who adds*commentary.)
Blogging about blogging

→ Session #91 has been announced by the hosts, Belgian Smaak. The pleasingly*wide-open topic is ‘Your first Belgian’.
→ Chris Hall has reminded us all about his Golden Posts project:
Each tired sigh from the crypt of “is beer blogging dead?” (accompanied by the rattling of chains, creaking of doors and so on) suggests to me a suffocating, numbing ignorance of just how many great beer blogs are out there, so I hope The Golden Posts could help people find new, great blogs.
→ And speaking of mass-blogging circle-jerking love-ins, don’t forget that we’re*‘going long’ on 30 August — we’d love you to join in!
News, Nuggets & Longreads 09/08/2014


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