tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post1657779839167080975..comments2024-03-28T07:02:44.451+00:00Comments on The Beer Nut: Villa of the DamnedThe Beer Nuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-28985376403311352792008-04-16T13:09:00.000+01:002008-04-16T13:09:00.000+01:00Yes, yours is a much harder path to follow, especi...Yes, yours is a much harder path to follow, especially if you're aiming to be writing something more-or-less every day.<BR/><BR/>Whereas drinking a beer and then writing about it is a piece of piss.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-10534266060788382492008-04-16T12:39:00.000+01:002008-04-16T12:39:00.000+01:00I suppose I take exactly the opposite approach. I ...I suppose I take exactly the opposite approach. I don't comment on individual beers unless it helps to illustrate the opinion I'm expressing or - more often - the story I want to write. Sometimes shoehorning beer in simply becomes too much and I just write off topic.Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-65968510353868749892008-04-15T08:48:00.000+01:002008-04-15T08:48:00.000+01:00Ahh. No worries. Except, I don't do comment on bee...Ahh. No worries. Except, I don't do comment on beer generally except where it illustrates commentary on a specific beer or beers.<BR/><BR/>Think of this not so much as a blog as a particularly long-winded ticker's notebook.<BR/><BR/>And thank you for scribbling in my margins.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-53614735707426780222008-04-14T23:24:00.000+01:002008-04-14T23:24:00.000+01:00Au contraire, I've written about crap holiday lage...Au contraire, I've written about crap holiday lager before too - <A HREF="http://stonch.blogspot.com/2007/11/casablanca-from-brasseries-du-maroc.html" REL="nofollow">voila</A>.<BR/><BR/>I think I misunderstood you. I thought you meant that one couldn't comment on beer generally if one sometimes chose not to drink beer from time to time. In other words, I thought you were implying that one needed to be a ticker of some sort - who doesn't pass up the chance to try new beers - in order to write a beer blog - which would rule me out. Your response however suggests that's not what you meant at all, so sorry!Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-88240042647409397052008-04-14T20:48:00.000+01:002008-04-14T20:48:00.000+01:00I'm not sure where you're seeing the single-minded...I'm not sure where you're seeing the single-mindedness, but I do think one has to have direct experience of something (Keo, for instance) in order to comment on it.<BR/><BR/>It sounds to me like you're objecting more to my writing about crap beer than my actual drinking of the wretched stuff.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-91798514787336332952008-04-14T12:20:00.000+01:002008-04-14T12:20:00.000+01:00"Fundamentally, I wouldn't really be in a position...<I>"Fundamentally, I wouldn't really be in a position to comment on beer if I deliberately went around the place not drinking it."</I><BR/><BR/>I couldn't disagree with that more - you don't need to be absolutely single minded about something to comment on it!Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-31230259903489907382008-04-11T12:37:00.000+01:002008-04-11T12:37:00.000+01:00Leon could have been the greatest beer the world h...Leon could have been the greatest beer the world has ever seen, but I wouldn't have known until I cracked open a bottle.<BR/><BR/>With Keo I just wanted to see if it was as bad as I remember. It is, but they could have changed the recipe.<BR/><BR/>Fundamentally, I wouldn't really be in a position to comment on beer if I deliberately went around the place not drinking it.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-58563860878039784452008-04-11T10:58:00.000+01:002008-04-11T10:58:00.000+01:00Rather than indulge in what you admit is "pointles...Rather than indulge in what you admit is "pointless tickerism", why not have a glass of wine or something? Or just give your liver a rest for a week!Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-71818472985256255682008-04-10T20:13:00.000+01:002008-04-10T20:13:00.000+01:00some poor beer loving bastard window shopping for ...<I>some poor beer loving bastard window shopping for decent beer</I><BR/>Yep, that's me.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-44895569215972010352008-04-10T18:55:00.000+01:002008-04-10T18:55:00.000+01:00And by Cypress I mean Cyprus, not someone living i...And by Cypress I mean Cyprus, not someone living in an evergreen coniferous tree.....Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09734969599278020673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-28942719314067029822008-04-10T18:52:00.000+01:002008-04-10T18:52:00.000+01:00This explains the hit from Cypress on my blog. It ...This explains the hit from Cypress on my blog. It baffled me until I read your post. I thought it might be some poor beer loving bastard window shopping for decent beer.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09734969599278020673noreply@blogger.com