Ads not shown when logged in
-
Automated Tracker
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Native or Local?
Visit the Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog site
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007
Reading around the blogoshire today, there seems to be a connection to be made between two interesting posts.
First, Matt ‘Total Ales’*Curtis reports on the Hop & Berry, a pub in Islington, North London, which sets out to act a showcase for the booming London brewing scene. (See Beer Guide London for the list we always refer to.) Our first thought was:*“Beer geeks visiting London from overseas will find a one-stop-shop very handy.”
But then there’s Joe*‘Thirsty Pilgrim’ Stange writing of a recent trip to London:
As a Traveler with Thirst I don’t really care about British ‘craft beer.’ It’s OK as a curiosity. As a journalist it’s interesting. But these days you can get aromatic, bitter IPA nearly anywhere in the world. Even Costa Rica. Even Germany. Why would I drink that in the UK, which has its own, special, underappreciated thing? Yes, I can see how folks who have drunk brown bitter all their lives might be bored with it. I’m not.
It seems that native style, then,*might be a more important idea than local manufacture.
Thought experiment: if*you were to visit Berlin, would you feel*you’d had a more authentic experience drinking American-brewed Berliner Weisse, or locally made Cascade-hopped IPA?
Native or Local?
More...
Similar Threads
-
By Blog Tracker in forum Blog Tracker
Replies: 0
Last Post: 10-07-2014, 13:47
-
By Blog Tracker in forum Blog Tracker
Replies: 0
Last Post: 30-06-2014, 08:55
-
By Blog Tracker in forum Blog Tracker
Replies: 0
Last Post: 17-02-2014, 09:33
-
By Blog Tracker in forum Blog Tracker
Replies: 0
Last Post: 30-01-2014, 17:40
-
By Blog Tracker in forum Blog Tracker
Replies: 0
Last Post: 19-07-2011, 19:29
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules