Interesting times these are, for sure. Great beers are available in abundance, and more to come. Beer aficionados must feel as if they’re in Walhalla and should be happy. Or should they worry? I don’t know for sure. Interesting times, and sometimes we get interesting news. Read the below and make up your own mind ...
Wicked Wednesday – when beer names and freedom of speach collide
The news item remained relatively unnoticed in Europe, but the American beer scene was quite shook up by it. Flying Dog Brewery, founded in 1990, ended its membership of the Brewers Association (BA) this June citing changes to the not-for-profit industry trade organization’s Advertising and Marketing Code that are aimed at addressing “sexually explicit, lewd, ...
OHIM – Is CRAFT trying to be more papist than the Pope?
In the predominantly neatly raked Netherlands, its beer scene seems a bit out of place. Although there is only one consumer organization (Pint) and one club for collectors of brewery attributes (BAV); on the production side we find Dutch Brewers, CRAFT and Non-Organized. Dutch Brewers, in a previous life called Central Brewery Office, represents the interests ...