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By: Old recipes, etiquette and wallop | Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog

Old recipes, etiquette and wallop | Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:00:06 +0000

[...] The Boak and Bailey edutainment roadshow was at the Eden Project again last weekend. There was no Oakham Green Devil IPA to demonstrate with this time, though, as it all got pilfered from a store cupboard. They left behind the St Austell HSD and Franziskaner. [...]

By: Tandleman

Tandleman — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:58:58 +0000

Phil. In your case? God knows. Only kidding. Serious point even though you miss mine, yours is one if my favourite blogs. Top stuff.

Alan. As you were!

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:29:10 +0000

Gee… what are we blogging for… thanks for pointing that out.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:48:43 +0000

nor to extrapolate what ” I like” into “that’s great beer.”

What are we blogging for, then?

By: Tandleman

Tandleman — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:38:53 +0000

Guezel

What a great point. You can’t expect people to leap straight into challenging flavours with 100% success, nor to extrapolate what ” I like” into “that’s great beer.”

By: erlangernick

erlangernick — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:49:19 +0000

“How come there are hundreds of new breweries but fewer and fewer pubs?”

All the new breweries have been started up by the thrown-out smokers, duh!

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:44:22 +0000

Good post. I am trying another variant as Ron P is being brought over to do presentations with me and others for three days at a fest. It is all for charity so I am not getting paid in cash myself but the people sitting and watching us will have paid to get through the door. Then, we will be circulated through the event, too, the results of which I expect will be a huge beery thought tidal wave that will overwhelm me.

By: Velky Al

Velky Al — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:05:18 +0000

“How come there are hundreds of new breweries but fewer and fewer pubs?”

That is a question which should vex us all!

By: Gueuzel

Gueuzel — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:50:48 +0000

Really glad to hear it went well. Agree that explaining to a non-beery audience can be a challenge, but a really rewarding one.

I still know comparatively next-to-nothing about beer and brewing but 99% of what I do know, I’ve picked up as a result of mugging up in the process of organising beer tasting evenings for family and friends.

The most valuable lesson I’ve learned though is about how challenging some flavours can be to people who don’t normally stretch beyond a half of Carling. I had naively assumed that the quality would show through, and people with normally discerning tastes honed on wine or fine food would appreciate anything I put in front of them. The sight of a lot of retired solicitors from Surrey pouring glass after glass of Cantillon Kriek down the sink was enough to change my mind.

By: Tandleman

Tandleman — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:17:14 +0000

Giving a talk to a paying audience is far more fulfilling than to those who have it paid for them. Helps if they are sober too!