Good Beer + Good Food. Please.

Charles Bamforth’s predictions are coming true; but in the opposite direction. Good restaurants are adding good beer. Beer bars aren’t exactly venturing towards good food. Eric Asimovin the New York Times >>

Japanese Embassy visiting Burton brewery in 1872

The diary entry of the a pre-industrial Japanese Embassy visiting a British brewery in 1872 shows a keen interest in getting into the fermented beverage market. After all, he reasons, the Japanese are excellent brewers.

Riedel down on beer

Georg J. Riedel, owner of the fancy wine-glass giant, is down on beer in a recent Baltimore Sun article: “Beer is a very common drink, something served in stadiums in paper cups.” Someone needs to send him a copy of Grape vs. Grain and buy him a train ticket to Bruges for a week. Should [...]

More Than Coke and Pretzels

So we have finally reached the time when we can celebrate that spring is here. The weather is nice (or nicer than previous months), people are spending more time outside, and the frequency of cookouts and picnics will surely increase soon. This got me thinking about food within the rep world.

Charles Bamforth on Authors@Google

Grape vs. Grain author Charles Bamforth recently spoke at an Authors@Google event. See the video below! Truly entertaining stuff.

He even manages a jab at the Amazon comment comparing his views to promoting genocide. I know.