tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.comments2023-09-06T23:01:38.630+09:00Beering in MindNevitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243691418949349716noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-54729321344710146892021-11-07T12:37:07.973+09:002021-11-07T12:37:07.973+09:00Appreciate this blog posstAppreciate this blog posstDua Fhttps://www.duafrey.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-4572149563527667202019-11-23T14:39:03.911+09:002019-11-23T14:39:03.911+09:00Nevin, this is Steve, from Chicago, U.S.A. I write...Nevin, this is Steve, from Chicago, U.S.A. I write to challenge you to make a blog post <i>which won't be a YouTube® review</i>, with the topic being <b>Kirin's purchase of the U.S.A.'s New Belgium Brwy.</b> <br />New Belgium is a genuine <i>monument</i> of craft beer, having been founded in 1992, being a "<b>B Corporation</b>", and employee-owned. The news has shook the PudgyMhttp://208.84.112.25/~pudgym29/bookmark4.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-52790445511359123482019-10-22T08:18:56.833+09:002019-10-22T08:18:56.833+09:00Thanks, Steve. I will continue to post notificatio...Thanks, Steve. I will continue to post notifications of the YouTube videos that I make. I will also post content from time to time. Nevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09243691418949349716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-53173143727460607712019-10-22T08:15:41.317+09:002019-10-22T08:15:41.317+09:00You are certainly right. I do need to do that. Tha...You are certainly right. I do need to do that. ThanksNevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09243691418949349716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-6011434822081647772019-10-20T04:57:06.655+09:002019-10-20T04:57:06.655+09:00Neville, it is time for you to trim your blogroll ...Neville, <i>it is time for you to trim your blogroll of the beer bloggers who haven't blogged in at least one year</i>. <br />Will this make you seem authoritive? No. It is more that the janitors of those beer blogs decided <i>something else</i> was more worthy of his / her time.<br />Sweep these bodies out of here.PudgyMhttp://208.84.112.25/~pudgym29/bookmark4.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-34232874656956214322019-10-17T13:23:49.755+09:002019-10-17T13:23:49.755+09:00Neville, this is Steve. If all you will ever post ...Neville, this is Steve. If all you will ever post here from now will be {There would have been a struck line through the characters from here to the Registration mark, but Blogspot does not recognize the "s" tag.} YouTube#147; videos, I will remove you from my bookmark page. <br />I may be out there a bit, but I will not allow YouTube® videos to play on my computers, for security and PudgyMhttp://208.84.112.25/~pudgym29/bookmark4.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-16298098100235031612019-05-17T22:53:51.285+09:002019-05-17T22:53:51.285+09:00No, I haven't been there. Someday. Thanks for ...No, I haven't been there. Someday. Thanks for the photos.<br />Nevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09243691418949349716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-36013444623980614992019-05-15T02:36:51.606+09:002019-05-15T02:36:51.606+09:00Back at the abode; here are some of the photograph...Back at the abode; here are some of the photographs I took that day: <br> https://s18.directupload.net/images/190514/bag72qmb.jpg <br />https://s18.directupload.net/images/190514/5gyeiwio.jpg https://s18.directupload.net/images/190514/rga4n5oh.jpg <br />https://s18.directupload.net/images/190514/khjcjou9.jpg https://s18.directupload.net/images/190514/9onjuuyx.jpg <br> Have you been to The Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-22204946426408987282019-05-14T10:46:21.142+09:002019-05-14T10:46:21.142+09:00The whisky people at Suntory are influencing the b...The whisky people at Suntory are influencing the beer people, which I submit is a <i>good thing</i>. <br> I envision even the <i>bean-counters</i> at Suntory noticing that if the special whiskies can bring in this much Yen (& Dollars), well-brewed beers with keen flavors can increase its market share.Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-3414324061746893362019-05-14T10:22:50.965+09:002019-05-14T10:22:50.965+09:00You scribed: > Asahi The Double > Pale Lag...You scribed: <br> > Asahi The Double <br> > Pale Lager / 5.5% / RateBeer Avg. 2.76 / My Rating 2.5<br />[edit]<br />> Hard to understand why they made this combination pils and ale beer. <br> Because Asahi noticed what <b>Boston Beer Co.</b> (Samuel Adams) was doing in the U.S.A. with its "<i>Sam '76</i>" brew. (I suspect it has been exported to Japan. Give it a taste. It Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-51421033253728126092019-05-14T10:08:54.739+09:002019-05-14T10:08:54.739+09:00I actually have a full 12-oz. (354 mL) bottle of M...I actually have a full 12-oz. (354 mL) bottle of <i>Miller Clear Beer</i> from the mid-1990s on the inside back porch here. <br> <i>heh heh heh</i> <br> Wonder what it would attract on an on-line auction W-WW site...Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-73696957898864056032019-05-14T08:43:22.811+09:002019-05-14T08:43:22.811+09:00What were the visiting beer reps opining about?What were the visiting beer reps opining about?Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-65371931844732272512019-05-14T08:16:41.918+09:002019-05-14T08:16:41.918+09:00I was credentialled into this. I had a few more do...I was credentialled into this. I had a few more dollars of credit on Southwest Airlines {it would expire in June}. <br> A key element to remember is that <i>all the beers are tasted <b>blind</b></i>. No one could harbor a grudge against a beer brewed by a macro brewery, whether in Japan or the U.S.A., and down vote that brew. I was impressed by the number of Japanese beers earning medals.Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-20305876864286018152019-05-14T07:52:26.668+09:002019-05-14T07:52:26.668+09:00I was there! I needed something get my groove back...<b>I was there!</b> I needed something get my groove back after my father's death [14 October 2015]. San Francisco pulled forward its Beer Week to not conflict with the NFL Championship Game (which was in the Bay Area). I had credit remaining on Southwest Airlines, so I flew to SFO. <br> I have some photos from there, but they're on the computer back at the abode. Hopefully, they will Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-81321934514168583592019-05-12T21:38:39.527+09:002019-05-12T21:38:39.527+09:00Steve,
Wow. Lots of comments. It seems we have bee...Steve,<br />Wow. Lots of comments. It seems we have been to a lot of the same places. Yes, Burnside was one of the recent casualties. <br />Nevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09243691418949349716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-81358588717203664072019-05-12T16:02:21.763+09:002019-05-12T16:02:21.763+09:00Embedded in permanent memory is the jaunt I went t...Embedded in permanent memory is the jaunt I went to the day after the 1994 World Cup U.S.A., when my award flight on Southwest Airlines was to <b>San Jose</b>(SJC); the only Bay Area destination it then served. <br> I stayed in a dorm room at San Jose State. But I had a rental car. One day, I drove that to the BART station in Fremont (It was free then.) and rode over to San Francisco. I had a Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-29225561324626133012019-05-12T15:33:43.353+09:002019-05-12T15:33:43.353+09:00{sigh} Astoria, OR. is the western end of US 30, a...{<i>sigh</i>} Astoria, OR. is the <b>western end of US 30</b>, a motor route with which I am quite familiar, especially east of Chicago, IL. (Fort Wayne, IN.; Canton, OH.(!); Pittsburgh, PA.) <br> It does not have the <i>panaché</i> of US 66, but it is a really good road to drive. Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-54333094887056933852019-05-12T15:22:56.424+09:002019-05-12T15:22:56.424+09:00Yes. This was a venue which I got to partly becaus...Yes. This was a venue which I got to partly because <i>I was nearly published in May 2012</i> by a publication from Chicago titled "<b>Mash Tun</b>" (by Ed Marzewski ~ look him up ~ you'll find results from Lumpen, Marz, and 'public media institute'). <br> I thought its beers were OK. But my main reason for coming here was to get a T-Shirt to give to Edmar. I'm sure you Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-84273374683520653002019-05-12T14:47:52.361+09:002019-05-12T14:47:52.361+09:00Whether it is due to Kirin's impetus, Yo-Ho...Whether it is due to Kirin's impetus, Yo-Ho's beers are available in Chicago, U.S.A. From my memory, Tokyo Black Porter is still a succinct, to-style, porter. <br> Amazingly, when I first took pictures with a camera in May 2009, I espied Yo-Ho beers on the refrigerated shelf at <b>Don Quijote</b> (a level away from bottles of <b><i>Zima</i></b>!).Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-40749958113588876942019-05-12T14:38:56.334+09:002019-05-12T14:38:56.334+09:00♫ Can't get there /
♫ You can't get there...♫ Can't get there / <br />♫ You can't get there from here /<br />♫ Can't get there / <br />♫ You can't get there from here /<br />♫ Can't get there from here..Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-66932680617720386322019-05-12T14:32:37.669+09:002019-05-12T14:32:37.669+09:00MADON! (Pardon my French.) This is just across the...<b>MADON!</b> (Pardon my French.) This is <b><i>just across the street from the MAX Blue Line, Goose Hollow/Jefferson stop</i></b>?! <br> And I, on a 7-day MAX pass, <b>did not get here</b>?! <br> Fail <br> If this is still around the next time I get to Portland, it is atop the list.Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-85758325225752164342019-05-12T14:21:38.166+09:002019-05-12T14:21:38.166+09:00When were you here?! I shudder that you and I may ...When were you here?! I shudder that you and I may have been in Portland at the same time, but we never linked? <br> Anyhow, I got here. It was Portland <i>Burger Week</i> and I had two days before my flight back to Chicago. Yes, this venue is now closed. Somebody else could delve into what caused its closure; I thought it was reasonable. I think I did walk to a nearby dive bar after I left here. Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-55442590150160226792019-05-12T09:37:35.443+09:002019-05-12T09:37:35.443+09:00A. Schell's Firebrick is a craft beer I have b...A. Schell's <b>Firebrick</b> is a craft beer I have bootlegged across the Wisconsin - Illinois border on a few occasions {It distributes to Illinois, <i>but not to anywhere near Chicago</i>.}. <br> I am pleased to see that the committee was tolerant enough to let <b>Leinenkugel's</b>, a beer from <b>Eau Claire, WI.</b> be part of the competition. Leinie's brews a lot of solid craft Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-753599162407806572019-05-12T09:28:43.540+09:002019-05-12T09:28:43.540+09:00Luscious, statuesque cat! mrrrowwwwLuscious, statuesque cat! <i>mrrrowwww</i>Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804691692376999103.post-30762221348105509702019-05-12T09:16:01.673+09:002019-05-12T09:16:01.673+09:00Full Sail Session Black Lager is really one of the...Full Sail Session <b>Black</b> Lager is really one of the most outstanding examples of a dark beer I have had. <br> I am surprised it <i>does not export</i> it to Japan.Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.com