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Economy of Means

January 19, 2019January 20, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

Craft has an economics, and therefore it has an ethics, and those ethics are grounded in the economy of means. So what to make of a craft beer that feels like a triumph of rigmarole over substance?

Strength in Numbers: at the Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2018

May 15, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 3 Comments

Showcasing almost 800 beers from 100 breweries, the MBCC invites us to mash, sparge, boil and ferment its wealth of statistics to see what flavour comes out the other side.

Sais Who?

April 30, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

An encounter with Mark Tranter, founder of the Saison-specialist Burning Sky Brewery, coincides with a homebrewed Grisette, inspiring some reflections on these rough-and-ready, Belgian workers’ ales.

Go! A Chronicle of Christmas in Beers

January 8, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

Board games, beers, Blimp, and a Bavarian tale make for a nostalgic chronicle of Christmas.

The Price of Everything

November 28, 2017November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 3 Comments

How much art can 113 million bottles of Orval buy? Why is Achel Bruin so undervalued? And why should Brasserie Cantillon read Richard Cantillon's "Essai"?

The Fruits of Our Labour

August 7, 2017November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 6 Comments

The focus on a single ingredient - American hops - is the top of a slippery slope. It encourages an ever-narrowing focus on certain elements of that ingredient, which sends us sliding towards a place where fizzy, alcoholic fruit juice can be mistaken for beer.

Brew Day!… “Pacific Northwest”

July 17, 2017November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 4 Comments

With a couple of friends to lend a helping hand, brew day can be a hospitable time of aimless conversation, mutual admiration of shiny brewing equipment, and shameless indulgence in good beer, cheese and ham.

Time: the Secret Ingredient

July 17, 2017November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 9 Comments

With Vintage Beer, Patrick Dawson has given us a handy, easy-to-use book on a topic that is attracting more and more attention from beer drinkers.

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