Today’s beer video is the short version of the pilot for Lew Bryson’s American Beer Blogger, which had its television debut on this day two years ago. The Green Leaf Productions show won an a regional Emmy in 2012 in the Mid-Atlantic Emmys’ Entertainment Program/Special category.
Beer In Film #66: Beer The Musical
Today’s beer video is the trailer for Beer: The Musical, which is apparently a 30-minute animated musical that was created by Marshall Slayton in 2008. Here’s the description from YouTube. “Two friends locked in an epic struggle to fight the evil powers that seek to over tax their sole source of solace…beer. Oh yeah… there are songs too…” ANother sourcs says it’s “about two friends who are fighting against a corporate slum-bag’s attempt to overtax alcohol and bring their favorite pastime (drinking) to an end.” Ever heard of it? Me neither.
Thirst Emporiums Of Yesteryear
Brian Stechschulte, who by day is the executive director of the San Francisco Brewers Guild, by night wears many hats: photographer, blogger and more recently, historian. In addition to his All Over Beer website, he’s launched Bygone Beer, a beautiful look at beer history and breweriana.
In a blog post yesterday, Steam vs. Lager, he unearthed an interesting newspaper article from 1910 about the tensions between steam beer brewers and lager brewers in local bars in San Francisco. But toward the end of the old clipping, in the last paragraph, was a delicious old term for a bar or tavern that’s fallen out of favor in modern times: a “thirst emporium.” Now that’s a great term I’d love to see revived.
A quick search for the phrase reveals that it pretty much only shows up in old newspaper articles, and not that many of them, so that even in its heyday it was probably never too popular. I did turn up one print ad for a soft drink, or soda, further suggesting that it could also be applied to non-alcoholic establishments. Still, let’s start working that into conversations and writing. Bring back the “thirst emporium!”
Beer In Film #65: The Big Lebowski — Lookin’ Out My Back Door
In case you didn’t know, today is “The Day of the Dude,” a holiday in Dudeism, in honor of the cult classic, The Big Lebowski, so today’s beer video is a scene from the film. It’s one of the few in the movie in which Lebowski (played by Jeff Bridges) is drinking a beer, in this case the fictional Meichtry Draft Beer while driving and smoking a joint. The soundtrack to the scene is Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Lookin’ Out My Back Door.” Abide.
Beer In Film #64: The History of Beer in 3 Minutes
Today’s beer video is fairly ambitious, telling the History of Beer in 3 Minutes using only an Etch-a-Sketch. Naturally, he hits mostly the high points.
The New Belgian Flag
The Association of Belgium Brewers recently launched a campaign to celebrate Belgian beer … in Belgium. The marketing push, called “Fiers de nos bières” or “Proud of our Beers,” is trying to persuade the people of Belgium what beer lovers all over the world already know: that Belgian brewers make great beer that they should be proud of.
There’s also a website, proudofbelgianbeers.com, and a Facebook page (in Dutch). I’m something of an amateur vexillologist, so by far my favorite part of the campaign is the new Belgian flag that the ad agency DDB Brussels created. Such a simple idea, slightly modifying the existing flag to add some angles and a put a creamy head on the middle of the flag. Genius. You can even buy your own Belgian beer flag for €20.
Beer In Film #63: American Eats’ History of Beer, Pt. 5 Of 5
Today’s beer video is part 5 of 5, from a episode of the History Channel show American Eats, which aired for one season in 2006. The episode entitled “Beer” was number eleven of fifteen shows.
Beer In Film #62: American Eats’ History of Beer, Pt. 4 Of 5
Today’s beer video is part 4 of 5, from a episode of the History Channel show American Eats, which aired for one season in 2006. The episode entitled “Beer” was number eleven of fifteen shows.
Beer In Film #61: American Eats’ History of Beer, Pt. 3 Of 5
Today’s beer video is part 3 of 5, from a episode of the History Channel show American Eats, which aired for one season in 2006. The episode entitled “Beer” was number eleven of fifteen shows.
Beer In Film #60: American Eats’ History of Beer, Pt. 2 Of 5
Today’s beer video is part 2 of 5, from a episode of the History Channel show American Eats, which aired for one season in 2006. The episode entitled “Beer” was number eleven of fifteen shows.