Entering A New Personal Beer Phase

Drinking & Thinking - Issue 22

Isn’t that just the prettiest ol’ grain silo ya ever did see? It sure stands out.

I don’t THINK I have ever had a Funkwerks beer but I am sure I like their design work.

I believe its nickname is Cylo Green. Its certainly a color that pops:

Add another to my list of beer places to visit someday. Funkwerks is in Fort Collins, Colorado.

I’m Thinking Of Starting My German Beer Phase

Jonny Bright @JonnyBright84

Totally obsessed with German beer at the moment. Got most of the glassware too. You can’t travel abroad, but you can come to Hereford! 🇩🇪 🍺

I might finally be ready to enter my German/European style beers stage of beer geek life. I pretty much have no idea where to start.

I just know I want to focus on Kolschs.

Well, a good one to start with looks like Fruh’s. My Untappd friends seem to like it okay and I can get it at my local Total Wine:

If you have a favorite Kolsch or favorite German beer, feel free to:

WAP Beer

Of all the Beer Twitter takes this week on this mistake of a beer, Bracey’s is probably the best one, and it has a good thread:

db @BraceyDuJour

Are they Black? The artist who designed the label? Is Cardi getting a check? Did Meg donate the yeast? What color is their tap room manager? Did the hops come from Black farmers? Trying to understand how this isn't white folks making money off of Black culture w/o reciprocation..

It’s A Bit Peachy, Isn’t It?

I love it when beer geeks have civilians try craft beer [watch video]:

Cloudwater Brew Co @cloudwaterbrew

🥳 Yay! 🥳 Thank you @TVMarv for sharing our DDH Pale on #loveyourweekend with @DrSarahParish, @PhilSpencerTV. 🥰🥰🥰 It’s truly a pleasure to see folks light up when trying modern hazy beer for the first time.

Extra points to @BeerBeauty (aka @TVmarv) for having them try a hazy. Also, I really wish we could get some Cloudwater on this side of the pond.

A Fosters Free Pub

A recent @totalcirtis post about having a beer in a pub caught my jealous eye.

That is The Marble Arch in Manchester, England. It looks delightful.

Its the flagship pub of Marble Brewing.

I love the board above the bar. And I love their slogan: “Not serving Fosters since 1888.”

I don’t have any particular hate for Fosters, I just think it’s funny.

Take A Bow, Eli

Many thanks for the newsletter read. Thank you for sharing last week’s D&T issue too!

If you’re looking for music to listen to while drinking this week, please check out a couple of my friend’s (drummer Eli Reye’s) bands, The Fay Wrays and Rademacher.

Eli unexpectedly passed away last week.

Fresno’s music community has been rattled by this.

This is not a downer ending. I know Eli would fucking love you listening to his music, so thank you in advance.

Take care of yourself out there and have a great week!

-Mikey