TextCentric Part III.

Jeffo's Beer Blog

"I've always loved pubs. When I started writing this blog in January 2007, I was a private equity lawyer. Now, I'm the landlord of The Gunmakers Arms in Clerkenwell, a wonderful little pub in my favourite part of London."

Intriguing. This London-based bar owner writes a dreamy blog...

He uses pictures sparingly, but effectively--look up. The blog is more of a diary, but it's entertaining, informative and well done. The more you read the more you want to see what he's up to. 

TextCentric Part II.

Appellation Beer. 

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OK. Then you saw the rules. Yes, beer rules. The problem with textcentric blogs is, well, all the damn reading. Not that I'm opposed to reading, just that a few pictures wouldn't hurt. Also, rule #3 and #8 conflict. If there should be less conflict, why should I have to drink twice before judgement? What's wrong with analysis? In fact, this blog goes on to review several books about beer. Did he read them twice? 

TextCentric Part I.

A Good Beer Blog.

This is a serious, text-based, comprehensive beer blog that includes news, beer and economics, and dozens of other tags. Consider it the Drudge Report of beer blogs. Beer industry--with a Vermont concentration--news. It's a geek site. A site to read then flex with the info. Hell, they have writers all over the place. It's a magazine in the form of a blog. Which I hear is the new magazine. In any regard, you can take a look through the back pages or follow daily.

Personally, I read the news of my nation and world. Nothing personal to those who find beer to be more important. I happen to enjoy the discussion of recent brewery releases, you know, the actual liquid called beer, not the recent litigation concerning the name of one. 

My Cup Runneth Over

Let's have at it. Anyone can make a blog. Anyone can spout. Not everyone can make us drink. Today there are enough breweries to make your room spin. Dean Martin once said, "If you're not drunk you can lie on the floor without holding on." Fair enough. The days of martinis and filter-less cigarettes are gone. The Rat-Pack a capsule of misogyny. The tangent is over...

I'm sure you're wondering who the lamb-chop sideburn fellow is. What's the deal with the ring? Who takes a picture mid-sip with a rheumy-eyed gaze? 

Michael Jackson. Yes, that is his real name and folks, he is the greatest drinks journalist of all time. His 1978 book The World Guide To Beer influenced the front end generation of what would become the craft brewing boom. 

He also started--at the time controversial--process of rating beer and whiskey. A catalyst. We're all building from it. 

Here are three Beer Blogs that would never exist had Michael Jackson not.