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Beer of the Week: Oggi's Barrel-Aged McGarvey's Scottish Ale
Draft-only for this one. Cheers.
— September 6, 2013 1:57 p.m.
What's new with New English
Agree 100%. An exceptional beer!
— August 29, 2013 10:50 a.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
I work at Stone Brewing Co. Aside from that, my freelancing for breweries consists solely of writing beer label text and web text for one brewing company. I've never written a single thing about a brewery because I was paid by one. Additionally, I've never written an article of any type for a brewery PERIOD. What you are suggesting is flat-out false.
— August 15, 2013 12:20 p.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
Thank you for taking the time to share your comments. You are exactly right. I'm simply trying to encourage people to be honest in reporting. Nothing more, nothing less. No finger pointing at individuals, just a hope that writers put out reliable information that consumers can count on, good or bad. Cheers.
— August 15, 2013 11:24 a.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
First, thank you for not rehashing the "how can you attack these peoples' babies" question you presented me with at Beer-Con. Second, I bring industry experts whose knowledge surpasses mine because it is invaluable whether I'm critiquing a business or merely writing about it. The opinions they provide enrich everything I write and provide perspectives that allow me to do more than rifle off my opinions ad nauseum. It's about going the extra mile to give readers something better and also affording the businesses I'm covering the respect they deserve. I don't take reporting on these businesses lightly and taking steps to ensure they are evaluated fairly by people qualified to do so is essential.
— August 14, 2013 12:03 p.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
I am glad it's become a public discussion too, and I think there's a lot to be taken from it. I appreciate your comment, but if you're familiar with my entire body of work, you'll see that, in addition to being the local writer making the most concerted effort to report on new breweries, giving them their shot straight out of the gate because I feel every business deserves the chance to get their name out there and do what they will with the attention an article about them garners, I also have said plenty of good things about plenty of new businesses. Societe, Rip Current, Latitude 33, Monkey Paw, Offbeat, Iron Fist, Benchmark, Amplified, Culture, Mother Earth and more. Rather than get into the details of that, I'll allow readers to look back on what I've written, but suffice it to say, you'd have a hard time getting breweries that have opened in the past several years or are planning to open at present to get on the Brandon Hernández has it out for new breweries wagon. Often, I'm the only voice talking about them at all, which is unfortunate.
— August 14, 2013 11:58 a.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
I absolutely appreciate the sentiment of your comment and, frankly, love the spirit and tone in which it was written. The craft beer industry is mostly very positive. It's a huge part of what inspired me to become a part of it. But I will say that brewers are very concerned about the amount of bad beer out there. I need to also explain what I mean by bad beer. I'm not referring to stuff that doesn't fit my palate. I'm talking aboit infected, DMS ridden, low attenuated, flat, disgusting beer that's not fit for consumption. No consumer should not be made aware of beer like that. It would be wrong for me not to alert the public to beer of this low level of quality. I hope this further clarifies my stance. Cheers to you for the thoughtful feedback.
— August 13, 2013 11:15 p.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
I agree about beer reviews, which is why I don't write them either. Recommend a beer, yes. Review, no. There are sites for those already.
— August 13, 2013 4:32 p.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
As someone who does sales for an app that sells premium packages to brewery owners, I can see where you would take issue with a part of my article. To be clear, I’m not saying that completely compromises one’s ability to report truthfully on the quality of a brewing company’s beers. However, as proven by the majority of the prose composed by those types of businesses pertaining to brewing companies, it often does create a situation where the business does not find it in their best interests to be critical. It simply doesn’t fit the business model. If they are able to, and I’m sure there are such businesses, more power to them! As for your comment about my fully and often disclosed employment at Stone Brewing Co., that is independent of my writing career, yet it is something I disclose on this site, all of my social media sites and with great regularity in my articles. I mention I changed career paths to be a part of the craft beer industry in this very piece. Generally, I don’t write about Stone, since I can’t really be viewed as objective. I can tell you an event is going to happen at Stone or a beer is going to be released by the company because that’s purely informational. Even so, rather than report news on Stone developments, I let the rest of the writers out there handle it. It’s best that they do instead of me, and I realize that. I have been writing about craft beer for many years, never changing course along the way. I have a body of work that spans over 20 publications which is out there for the world to see which I can and do stand by.
— August 13, 2013 11:10 a.m.
Beer of the Week: The Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze
You are absolutely correct, and it hit me yesterday, upon seeing the Hout Series releases at Ballast Point's anniversary event, that I realized this myself. Good call!
— August 12, 2013 4:19 p.m.
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Beer of the Week: Oggi's Barrel-Aged McGarvey's Scottish Ale
Draft-only for this one. Cheers.— September 6, 2013 1:57 p.m.
What's new with New English
Agree 100%. An exceptional beer!— August 29, 2013 10:50 a.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
I work at Stone Brewing Co. Aside from that, my freelancing for breweries consists solely of writing beer label text and web text for one brewing company. I've never written a single thing about a brewery because I was paid by one. Additionally, I've never written an article of any type for a brewery PERIOD. What you are suggesting is flat-out false.— August 15, 2013 12:20 p.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
Thank you for taking the time to share your comments. You are exactly right. I'm simply trying to encourage people to be honest in reporting. Nothing more, nothing less. No finger pointing at individuals, just a hope that writers put out reliable information that consumers can count on, good or bad. Cheers.— August 15, 2013 11:24 a.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
First, thank you for not rehashing the "how can you attack these peoples' babies" question you presented me with at Beer-Con. Second, I bring industry experts whose knowledge surpasses mine because it is invaluable whether I'm critiquing a business or merely writing about it. The opinions they provide enrich everything I write and provide perspectives that allow me to do more than rifle off my opinions ad nauseum. It's about going the extra mile to give readers something better and also affording the businesses I'm covering the respect they deserve. I don't take reporting on these businesses lightly and taking steps to ensure they are evaluated fairly by people qualified to do so is essential.— August 14, 2013 12:03 p.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
I am glad it's become a public discussion too, and I think there's a lot to be taken from it. I appreciate your comment, but if you're familiar with my entire body of work, you'll see that, in addition to being the local writer making the most concerted effort to report on new breweries, giving them their shot straight out of the gate because I feel every business deserves the chance to get their name out there and do what they will with the attention an article about them garners, I also have said plenty of good things about plenty of new businesses. Societe, Rip Current, Latitude 33, Monkey Paw, Offbeat, Iron Fist, Benchmark, Amplified, Culture, Mother Earth and more. Rather than get into the details of that, I'll allow readers to look back on what I've written, but suffice it to say, you'd have a hard time getting breweries that have opened in the past several years or are planning to open at present to get on the Brandon Hernández has it out for new breweries wagon. Often, I'm the only voice talking about them at all, which is unfortunate.— August 14, 2013 11:58 a.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
I absolutely appreciate the sentiment of your comment and, frankly, love the spirit and tone in which it was written. The craft beer industry is mostly very positive. It's a huge part of what inspired me to become a part of it. But I will say that brewers are very concerned about the amount of bad beer out there. I need to also explain what I mean by bad beer. I'm not referring to stuff that doesn't fit my palate. I'm talking aboit infected, DMS ridden, low attenuated, flat, disgusting beer that's not fit for consumption. No consumer should not be made aware of beer like that. It would be wrong for me not to alert the public to beer of this low level of quality. I hope this further clarifies my stance. Cheers to you for the thoughtful feedback.— August 13, 2013 11:15 p.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
I agree about beer reviews, which is why I don't write them either. Recommend a beer, yes. Review, no. There are sites for those already.— August 13, 2013 4:32 p.m.
Truth in beer reporting and other novel concepts
As someone who does sales for an app that sells premium packages to brewery owners, I can see where you would take issue with a part of my article. To be clear, I’m not saying that completely compromises one’s ability to report truthfully on the quality of a brewing company’s beers. However, as proven by the majority of the prose composed by those types of businesses pertaining to brewing companies, it often does create a situation where the business does not find it in their best interests to be critical. It simply doesn’t fit the business model. If they are able to, and I’m sure there are such businesses, more power to them! As for your comment about my fully and often disclosed employment at Stone Brewing Co., that is independent of my writing career, yet it is something I disclose on this site, all of my social media sites and with great regularity in my articles. I mention I changed career paths to be a part of the craft beer industry in this very piece. Generally, I don’t write about Stone, since I can’t really be viewed as objective. I can tell you an event is going to happen at Stone or a beer is going to be released by the company because that’s purely informational. Even so, rather than report news on Stone developments, I let the rest of the writers out there handle it. It’s best that they do instead of me, and I realize that. I have been writing about craft beer for many years, never changing course along the way. I have a body of work that spans over 20 publications which is out there for the world to see which I can and do stand by.— August 13, 2013 11:10 a.m.
Beer of the Week: The Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze
You are absolutely correct, and it hit me yesterday, upon seeing the Hout Series releases at Ballast Point's anniversary event, that I realized this myself. Good call!— August 12, 2013 4:19 p.m.