Brews News

Two cool beer things I've discovered:

First off--the drama about the beer "Hop Obama" from the NYTimes. Love it when they catch on to beer!

Second, a fabulous flickr group called "52 1/2 weeks in beer." This is an awesome weekly post on flickr by a guy who I don't know who loves photography and beer. He agrees to photograph and try one beer each week (the 52 1/2 group all photographs different things, but all around one theme). It is so creative!

For instance, see below. The theme was "self portrait" and he was drinking the Rogue Double Dead Guy (a goodie!). Do you see the "double dead guy?" (who is him)
By the way, I agree with him that Beer Advocate hasn't done justice to this beer by giving it a B+. It's an A- in my book, too.

For the theme on lyrically inspired, he did Thomas Hardy's ale, and photographed it with a whole bunch of books. For the theme on motion/movement, he is caught in motion drinking a "loose cannon" Clipper City beer. The V-Day theme on "love" is funny. My favorite is the theme of "everyday life," for which he inserts a remote control into the 6 pack, plops it on a totally dull background, and shoots. Note, too, the Smuttynote Finest Kind IPA, to which BeerAdvocate 'Bros gives an A+! Personally, I love the 6 pack art too: two dudes just chillin on the lawn!
In other news, we just had a beer club last night. So fun! Ben to report soon.