Comments on: WAT? #7 - Josh Pepper Interview - Part 1 http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/ Education, information and inspiration about... what else... beer! Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:53:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Brad Heinrich http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/#comment-114 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:38:27 +0000 http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/#comment-114 <p>Can't wait until I find time to listen to part 2. Thats what I love about this...I am getting so much more information than I could ever hope to find on my own. And I buy a different 6 pack everyother Sunday after I get off of work just to see what I like. So what I'm really getting at is, Keep it Up! This is great.</p> Can’t wait until I find time to listen to part 2. Thats what I love about this…I am getting so much more information than I could ever hope to find on my own. And I buy a different 6 pack everyother Sunday after I get off of work just to see what I like. So what I’m really getting at is, Keep it Up! This is great.

]]> by: Drew http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/#comment-111 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:21:51 +0000 http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/#comment-111 <p>...and back in the day, that brewer would tend to brew the same thing that everyone else used to brew. With due respect to our brewing forefathers, the reason that we got fizzy yellow stuff is that people liked it. The golden age of brewing was not pre-Prohibition; it is right now as we speak, type, and drink. </p> <p>I don't mean to a total ass here, but I was given the same history that Andy was given in regard to the good ol' days when I began homebrewing, and that story has been essentially retired by a historian in the past year who actually did the research, read about in <i>Ambitious Brew</i> by Maureen Ogle or listen to the tremendous two-hour interview with Basic Brewing Radio </p> <p>http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr11-30-06.mp3</p> <ul> <li>and (part two) -</li> </ul> <p>http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr12-07-06.mp3</p> <p>There is a tremendous book</p> …and back in the day, that brewer would tend to brew the same thing that everyone else used to brew. With due respect to our brewing forefathers, the reason that we got fizzy yellow stuff is that people liked it. The golden age of brewing was not pre-Prohibition; it is right now as we speak, type, and drink.

I don’t mean to a total ass here, but I was given the same history that Andy was given in regard to the good ol’ days when I began homebrewing, and that story has been essentially retired by a historian in the past year who actually did the research, read about in Ambitious Brew by Maureen Ogle or listen to the tremendous two-hour interview with Basic Brewing Radio

http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr11-30-06.mp3

  • and (part two) -

http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr12-07-06.mp3

There is a tremendous book

]]> by: andy http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/#comment-57 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:35:42 +0000 http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/#comment-57 <p>What really struck me in this 'cast was the vignette about the guy in the liquor store who pores over the micros and imports but ultimately picks up the suitcase of Bud (or whatever). I've seen that and been there myself. The thing is, I feel that we in the US had a beer culture that was starting to evolve, but was strangled in the crib by prohibition. Back in the day, there was a brewery in just about every town. With prohibition, the little guys got wiped out while your bigger brewers eaked out a living until we came back to our senses. But after that, it was just big regional brands that eventually became national brands, and as their market share increased, individuality decreased. So in the end there was just a few brands bland enough to appeal to a very wide audience. Now, of course, starting with homebrewing, is the rise of microbrewers offering beers that, while not for everybody, have an individual appeal.</p> <p>Like back in the day, when there was a brewer in every town.</p> What really struck me in this ‘cast was the vignette about the guy in the liquor store who pores over the micros and imports but ultimately picks up the suitcase of Bud (or whatever). I’ve seen that and been there myself. The thing is, I feel that we in the US had a beer culture that was starting to evolve, but was strangled in the crib by prohibition. Back in the day, there was a brewery in just about every town. With prohibition, the little guys got wiped out while your bigger brewers eaked out a living until we came back to our senses. But after that, it was just big regional brands that eventually became national brands, and as their market share increased, individuality decreased. So in the end there was just a few brands bland enough to appeal to a very wide audience. Now, of course, starting with homebrewing, is the rise of microbrewers offering beers that, while not for everybody, have an individual appeal.

Like back in the day, when there was a brewer in every town.

]]> by: Alvey http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/#comment-55 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:27:51 +0000 http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/#comment-55 <p>There is a lot more from that night which will be edited soon and posted sometime in the next week or so. The best stuff is yet to come...</p> There is a lot more from that night which will be edited soon and posted sometime in the next week or so. The best stuff is yet to come…

]]> by: Drew http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/#comment-54 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:08:36 +0000 http://whatalesthee.com/2007/03/21/wat-7/#comment-54 <p>From what I'm given to understand from Josh, there's another two hours of y'all talking. We gonna get the remainder later?</p> From what I’m given to understand from Josh, there’s another two hours of y’all talking. We gonna get the remainder later?

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