The next Session: Beer feminists

The next Session is coming up this Friday, and the topic was announced just today: Women in craft beer culture. It’s being hosted by Tasting Nitch and she provides a series of good starting points: As the saintly Mr. M. Jackson created ‘beer culture’ by focusing on the people behind brewing, … Continue reading

The Session #80: Is Craft Beer a Bubble?

The Session #80: Is Craft Beer a Bubble?

It’s the first Friday of the month and that means it’s time to kick off another round of The Session! This month Derek Harrison of It’s Not Just the Alcohol Talking is our host, and he’s asking a provocative question: Is craft beer a bubble? It’s a good time to be in the … Continue reading

The next Session: Bubbly

No, no champagne or other sparkly carbonation: Derek Harrison of It’s Not Just the Alcohol Talking is hosting the next Session for October, and he’s asking, Is Craft Beer a bubble? It’s a good time to be in the craft beer industry. The big brewers are watching their market share get … Continue reading

The Session #79: What the hell has America done to beer?

The Session #79: What the hell has America done to beer?

Today being the first Friday of September means it’s time for another round of The Session, that monthly group blogging exercise that unites beer bloggers from around the web to write about a shared theme or topic. This time around The Session is hosted by Ding of dingsbeerblog, and he asks, What … Continue reading

The next Session: What’s with the USA?

The next edition of The Session is coming up in a week, on Friday, September 6th, and this time around it’s being hosted by Ding of dingsbeerblog, and he asks, What the hell has America done to beer? Anyone with any inkling of my online, in-person and blogging presence in the … Continue reading

The Session #78: Your Elevator Pitch for Beer

The Session #78: Your Elevator Pitch for Beer

It’s the first Friday of August so it’s time for another round of The Session! The Session is a monthly group blogging project that anyone can participate in (you don’t even need to be a beer blogger! Though you should probably love beer…) where a given “host” for the month … Continue reading

The next Session: What’s your elevator pitch?

Next Friday, August 2nd, is the next iteration of The Session, and it’s being hosted by James Davidson of beer bar band. He has a most interesting idea for a topic: the beer elevator pitch. You walk into an elevator and hit the button for your destination level. Already in the … Continue reading

The Session #77: IPA: What’s the Big Deal?

The Session #77: IPA: What’s the Big Deal?

With everything else that’s been going on these past few weeks I forgot to post about this month’s Session, which is taking place today! It’s sure to be a hot topic, too, with Justin Mann over at Justin’s Brew Review posing the question: IPA: What’s the big deal? For quite … Continue reading

The Session #76: Compulsion

The Session #76: Compulsion

It’s the first Friday of the month, so among beer bloggers that means it’s time for The Session: a blogging collaboration, for which we all write on a common theme or topic suggested by the current month’s “host” who will then compile and link to all of the participating posts. … Continue reading

The next Session: What compels you?

The next Session is coming up next week, on June 7, and we’re joining Beer is Your Friend to discuss something many of us bloggers might experience: compulsion. Like most beer fans, I tend to buy way more beer than I can drink. I can have a fridge full, plus … Continue reading