tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post1698828025393548395..comments2023-09-20T12:50:40.208+01:00Comments on Pete Brown: I remember when it were all fields round hereAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03011702209832734676noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-24900328519471231832010-02-21T10:16:43.106+00:002010-02-21T10:16:43.106+00:00Eddie, I get your point about there being so many ...Eddie, I get your point about there being so many bodies but I think that backs up my argument that we should have one that represents all. we need to speak with a united voice.DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03289287301524705994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-45954610227547374782010-02-20T00:02:02.875+00:002010-02-20T00:02:02.875+00:00>Heck, we're rattling enough boats
at some...>Heck, we're rattling enough boats <br />at some levels.<br /><br />Boats!! That's too much Storm Brewing beer for you. Cages is obviously what I meant to say...<br /><br />Cheers, Rob.Rob Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14871887147718814739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-22464610560774506112010-02-20T00:01:06.387+00:002010-02-20T00:01:06.387+00:00>Rob - when I was first published, no one else ...>Rob - when I was first published, no one else slagged off CAMRA in print now - my, how that's changed! I started off <br /><br />Thanks for that. As a pretty active member of CAMRA, I hope I'm also open to *constructive* criticism. Heck, we're rattling enough boats at some levels.<br /><br />One should never rest on ones laurels for too long.<br /><br />I think CAMRA still has the vestiges of that image and has a way to go to make it a modern organisation IMO. Then again, somebody once said to me that real ale is something that comes to people in middle age, like receeding hair. Bit of truth in there...<br /><br />Cheers, Rob.Rob Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14871887147718814739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-11343424111159455042010-02-19T19:33:29.309+00:002010-02-19T19:33:29.309+00:00DJ - I've been wondering that myself regarding...DJ - I've been wondering that myself regarding another industry body, led by someone like Pete with good knowledge, presence and diction. But I'm concerned that we already have so many trade bodies, none of which seem to actually represent me, and what I consider the biggest threat (the neos). 1 more may just be ignored by those that feel deserted by the BII/IPC/ALMR/LVA/CamRA/BBPA.....Eddie86https://www.blogger.com/profile/03552007546467495543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-58875503178170972922010-02-19T10:52:14.907+00:002010-02-19T10:52:14.907+00:00I have read all of your books within the last eigh...I have read all of your books within the last eight months and only recently discovered your blog. I have seen eight years of your writing career condensed into eight months. The craft beer scene has changed alot in that time but so have you Pete. At the beginning you were a well researched and talented writer but a bit of a lagerboy and slightly blinkered by your association with Stella. You are now one of the most informed and knowledgable voices on the scene and have a much more balanced view of the whole industry. Were do we go next? you ask. I think a united front against the neo's, the government and the big industry is what is needed. As others have said before I really think you could be at the forefront of another movement but you need others on board from different segments of the industry. Any offers?DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03289287301524705994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-81569232733049056222010-02-18T09:51:00.545+00:002010-02-18T09:51:00.545+00:00Pete, meet me at the Rake at 17:20 on Friday. In t...Pete, meet me at the Rake at 17:20 on Friday. In the evening there will be a chance to sample this IPA. I will be chatting to Glyn again by the side of the bar. I'm the guy whom bought you Goose Island IPA which we shared just before Christmas at the Rake.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383343727650548268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-26655602733316249102010-02-18T07:55:46.034+00:002010-02-18T07:55:46.034+00:00Greig, I know you're only joshing but just to...Greig, I know you're only joshing but just to reassure you before you part with more hard-earned cash, MWIAP covers the history of beer from the dawn of civilisation to around mid-2002. An awful lot has happened since then and the book feels way out of date as it stands. New additions cover the craft beer revolution and the rise of neoprohibitionism, and there are some great snippets here and there throughout the text that I've embellished, added or tidied up - I've got the history of both porter and IPA written far more comprehensively and accurately than they were before, and some new stuff on the origins of beer that I haven't seen in too many places before now. I've also got rid of the REALLY cringeworthy footnotes and replaced them with some random off-beam rants. And quietly cleared up a few complete inaccuracies. Your completist ire will be much more riled by Three Sheets - brand new cover, no changes inside!<br /><br />Rob - when I was first published, no one else slagged off CAMRA in print now - my, how that's changed! I started off by saying that by rejecting the notion that image has anything to do with beer choice, CAMRA actively gives real ale a nerdy, geeky image that puts off the very people it should be attracting. Then I attacked the GBBF at some length as the clearest manifestation of this. I was quite scathing. The thing is, CAMRA, GBBF, the image of cask ale and me have all changed in the last 8 years, so without compromising my initial attack - because that's how it was at the time - I need to bring it up to date now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011702209832734676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-77316382858517617752010-02-18T01:35:57.719+00:002010-02-18T01:35:57.719+00:00>In the short term - back to revising chapter t...>In the short term - back to revising chapter ten - the one that slagged off CAMRA...<br /><br />Okay, so I haven't read it... what was the executive summary of this slagging off?<br /><br />Cheers, Rob.Rob Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14871887147718814739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-49932149253331429732010-02-17T19:55:35.709+00:002010-02-17T19:55:35.709+00:00I find it difficult to look at everyone's blog...I find it difficult to look at everyone's blog too; there are so many.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-23171386418751526462010-02-17T19:09:42.746+00:002010-02-17T19:09:42.746+00:00rewrites for the new edition of Man Walks into a P...<i>rewrites for the new edition of Man Walks into a Pub</i><br /><br />Oi! You're as bad as those bands who re-master albums, forcing those sad sacks among us with completionist tendencies to buy the re-released stuff. I'm on to you mister! :)Greig McGillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159929906208157846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-11630588199055734312010-02-17T17:06:06.205+00:002010-02-17T17:06:06.205+00:00Where do we go next? I like the beer nuts idea of ...Where do we go next? I like the beer nuts idea of fashion blogging. It's the future.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-4049276887091280802010-02-17T16:56:42.432+00:002010-02-17T16:56:42.432+00:00Can't we stay here? I haven't been served ...Can't we stay here? I haven't been served yet.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.com