Comments on: St. Nicholas: Patron Saint of Brewers

By: Rita Kohn

Rita Kohn — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:40:33 +0000

always a delight to log onto BrookstonBeer Bulletin; thank you for a year of thoughtful, fun, illuminating news and views; best holiday cheer and good journey into 2012. Rita Kohn
True Brew: A Guide to Craft Beer in Indiana, photos by Kris
Arnold

By: beerman49

beerman49 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:53:56 +0000

Biker Aggie is right on. The loudest “do gooders” are extremely arrogant, & suffer from varying degrees of stupidity. Stupidity of the genetically-inherited variety translates to its victims being subject to various forms of “brainwashing” (everything from religion to psychobabble, the latter of which CA holds the dubious distinction of leading the world in). Arrogance & stupidity never mix well & any good history student can find many examples going back forever.

Dubya’s the poster child for the 21st Century so far in the US, but 20 yrs before him we had James Watt & Ed Meese. Watt was Reagan’s 1st Interior Secretary (he got canned < 2 yrs in) who was anti-environment to the max; Meese, Reagan's Atty General who lasted most of the 8 yrs, was a small-time political hack DA in the Bay Area & a legal lightweight akin to current Supreme Court justices Scalia & Thomas.

What I'd like to see on a holiday brew label is an image of Jesus (made cryptic enough to get past the ATF censors). And it's gotta be called "Hallelujah!".

By: BikerAggie

BikerAggie — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:58:47 +0000

“The point is if the church can have a patron saint of brewing, why do religious people object to St. Nicholas being on beer labels? Wouldn’t it make perfect sense for brewers to want to place their patron saint on their beer?”

“Of course it would make perfect sense, but that would be too logical and easy.”

Or you are potentially practicing the same crime of over-generalization and steryotyping that the neo-pro’s do when they equate “drinkers” with “alcoholics.”

First of all, Neo-prohibitionist and Catholics do not tend to be the same people. In fact if you look into Catholic social teaching regarding alcohol you will pretty much find it aligns well with what Jay talks about. The same is not true for many Christian demoninations that have large followings in the US (such as Baptists). In fact off the top of my head I cannot think of any teetoling denominations that venorate the Saints as you described in your linked post.

Secondly, meddling “do gooders” show up in every community, be it religious, cultural or whatever. Its up to the rest of us to tell the nosy neighbors of the world to but out.

By: Jay Brooks

Jay Brooks — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:31:11 +0000

Yup, there are more than a dozen, see here:

http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/beer-saints/

By: ericmsteen

ericmsteen — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:08:55 +0000

There are a lot of patron saints of brewing right? I may be confusing my saints but I’m also pretty sure that Saint Nicholas walked into a bar (haha, hoho) and found out that the bartender was turning his customers into edible delights for other customers. Saint Nicholas brought those people back to life, and then stuck the bartender in a pickling barrel.

By: Velky Al

Velky Al — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:33:01 +0000

Of course it would make perfect sense, but that would be too logical and easy.

By: A Flurry of Seasonal Beers to Warm Up Any Winter Wonderland « Scribbleskiff

A Flurry of Seasonal Beers to Warm Up Any Winter Wonderland « Scribbleskiff — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:53:47 +0000

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