Session Beer Backlash
The Session Beer Project has some recent posts that include Notch and other Session Beer related topics. The Notch stuff includes some thoughts on our two recent beers, Summer Session and Hop Session, as well as a disclaimer that there is no financial link between Notch and the SBP. I love the latter (although the tasting [...]
Rating beer, or rating buzz.
Great post by Andy Crouch on the impact of price, scarcity, label, style and ABV when “rating” beers. What is “best” is often determined by attributes unrelated to the beer itself. In my mind, what’s “best” is what’s right for the occasion.
Update: BAC & craft beer experiment
Update (August 11, 2010)
Many questions have been coming in regarding my BAC / Breathalyzer experiment (see the original post below). Findings? There were “findings” to be sure. None of which are bullet proof enough to be shared (not yet anyway), but there are more than a few anecdotal results for the blog. And I most certainly had a great deal of [...]
Slow Fest Press
Slow Fest press! An interview with Weekly Dig and Slow Fest founder Jeff Lawrence from this past Spring, brought to us from our friends of HereForTheBeer. Also in the mix is Willow Blish from Slow Food Boston.
Check out the video at HereForTheBeer.
Back to the blog
More brewing than blogging in the past week, as would be expected of a brewer. Casking and kegging finishes later this week on the next two Notch Session Ales, and more details soon on draft locations, first tappings, and a cask here or there.
I’ve also been fielding quite a few calls for interviews related to [...]
Chow gives some love to Session
Good piece from Chow.com on Session Beer. Lew Bryson gives the expert opinion, and Notch gets a nod. I love the overview of what constitutes a Session beer, and what simply doesn’ t, based on ABV%. Great to see this type of conversation growing, and I think we are starting to take back the the [...]
It’s Time for Session Beer
I wrote the following article for the Beer Advocate Magazine, which appeared in last month’s issue (#39). I have posted it on the Notch Blog to participate in Beer Blogging Friday, as this month’s topic is, of course, Session Beer. Be sure to check out all of the unique perspectives that will be posted on Session Beer today, [...]
Session Beer Aware?
A few month’s ago, Todd Alstrom from the Beer Advocate asked me to write an article on any topic for their Beer Advocate Magazine. I chose the topic Session Beer, of course. I’ll post the article in a few weeks (it’s still on the “stands” if you want to read it now), but my article [...]
Brewers Association Drops the Ball
The Brewers Association (BA) released the 2010 style guidelines yesterday, and I almost choked on my morning coffee when I read the Session Beer category. The alcohol content guidelines for a Session beer per the BA – Alcohol by Volume: 4.0 – 5.1%.
I’m not sure which is more ridiculous, the upper limit of 5.1% [...]
Bigger… Stronger… Louder… Better?
An excellent piece by Mark Dredge on the trend in craft beer ABV. It hits many of the themes critical to Session beer resurgence in the US, including the fight for Session beer to get back in to the conversation of what makes “great” beer.
Check this quote:
“The thing with stronger beers is that they evoke a bigger reaction, [...]