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By: A Good Beer Blog: What Was My Best Beer Thing Of 2009? - Beverage News and Reviews

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:43:34 +0000

[...] which made me get all verklempt… seriously… but which saw George drowning in his attempts to explain while sorta still insulting people. Then, we had Roger Protz, one of at least the top 20 beer [...]

By: erik

erik — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:10:59 +0000

I wish there was a better way of rebutting George than polluting the blog here, but:

George,

I don’t think people are misrepresenting what you wrote any more than you’re misrepresenting what they’re responding. You said, “Keep Writing” in two words at the end of the column, but the rest of the column had an entirely different message.

Just in case you don’t understand where the vitriol is coming from, when you say things like “SOME people should take better care of writing [blogs]” without providing examples, then it feels like a broad attack on everybody that might possibly fit your description, rather than a targeted attack on whoever it was you might have been thinking about. It’s the kind of thing that raises hackles across the board.

You might say that you didn’t mean to attack blogs, but in that case I’m not sure who the audience of your column was supposed to be. It certainly wasn’t the neophyte beer-drinker of Western MA. If you weren’t trying to criticize amateur writers (which, at this point, are largely bloggers), what exactly were you trying to do?

You know what I’d like to see? I’d like to see your next column talk about the beer blogs that you enjoy, think are well-written, and think your readers would benefit from reading – all in positive terms.

–Erik, http://www.topfermented.com/

By: What we tweeted about beer the week of 2009-08-23 | HereForTheBeer.com

What we tweeted about beer the week of 2009-08-23 | HereForTheBeer.com — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:13:53 +0000

[...] of triticus from last year – holy crap is this good – perfect after all the drama http://hereforthebeer.com/why-we-suck [...]

By: Tim Brady

Tim Brady — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:36:24 +0000

Talk about beer blogs – someone just sent me this link which has a HUGE list of beer blogs:

http://beermerchants.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/beer-bloggin

By: Derrek

Derrek — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:30:50 +0000

no worries!

By: George

George — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:28:41 +0000

I agree Derek and thanks.
But again, i NEVER said there shouldn’t be blogs etc. I said SOME people should take better care writing them. it amazes me that someone can misrepresent what i write and everyone accepts it. My last paragraph said KEEP WRITING. KEEP THINKING and KEEP DRINKING GOO BEER.

I think saying “keep writing” kinda makes the point I’m not against anyone doing so.

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By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:48:36 +0000

I’ve been called worse than a loser on my own site!

Its just my opinion about beer. I try to keep it simple, honest, and have fun with it. Methinks people in beer world need to chill. Perhaps a beer summit is in order.

BTW. Lots of Exit 4 in my area! :-)

By: ShawnBGP (Shawn from BGP)

ShawnBGP (Shawn from BGP) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:20:39 +0000

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Great post about enjoying beer blogging versus "professional" bloggers [link to post] (via @HereForTheBeer)

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By: Derrek

Derrek — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:53:41 +0000

George, I’ve just been through all those posts and having spent some formative years working for my town newspaper in Winnemucca while in high school, I can understand the desire to have real reporting. But, I don’t see this limited to things like our beloved beer. I watch certain mainstream “news” channels and see the exact practices you mention. … Read MoreI do like the emergence of people looking at beer from all different points of view and like anything else on the interwebs, there is always going to be the flammable bits. Anyway, the columns are fun to read.

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By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:06:13 +0000

"...The irony is priceless..." Gold. FTW!!! Especially given the principle subjectivity is truth.