Today’s infographic is a wonderful Hop Chart, created by Zeke Shore. You can get a large size poster for $30 at the Hop Chart website. I’ve posted about it before. I have one hanging in my office, it’s pretty cool.
Click here to see the chart full size, or here.
Yesterday, searching for some information about the phrase “Eat, Drink and be Merry” — it’s from the Bible BTW, Luke 12:19 — when I discovered this historial gem, a booklet put out by the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. in 1890. It was published in their hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, by The Henderson-Achert-Krebbs Lithographic Company. The advertising booklet for Moerlein’s Beer is part of the John and Jane Adams Trade Card Collection, which is in the San Diego State University Library’s digital collection. A few of the poems are from children’s literature, which would undoubtedly drive the anti-alcohol winguts even nuttier if it was published today. I’m not sure who this advertising piece was targeting, but it sure looks like it was for children.
The cover.
Page 1:
No wonder Rip would go away,
And in the mountains roam,
For without Moerlein’s Lager Beer
There is no joy at home.
Page 2:
Mary had a little lamb,
It’s fleece was white as snow,
And every where that Mary went
Why Moerlein’s Beer did flow.
Page 3:
This is a happy little crowd,
As they drink, and laugh, and eat
‘Tis Moerlein’s Beer they praise aloud,
For they know it can’t be beat.
Page 4:
On and on we go, over hill and dale,
Bless me, ’tis pleasant riding on the rail,
Moerlein’s Lager Beer, always kept on ice,
Oh, it’s quite refreshing, and it’s awful nice.
Page 5:
Who steals my purse, steals trash,
But he who robs me of my bottle of Moerlein’s,
Robs of that which not only enriches him,
But makes me poor indeed.
Page 6:
Now to every story some moral you’ll find
And the moral to these is the very best kind
“If long would you live and ill health never fear
Drink plenty of
Pure Moerlein’s Lager Beer”
Back cover.
Moerlein’s was originally founded in 1853, and was reintroduced in 1981, and then again in 2004 as Moerlein Lagers & Ales.
Today’s infographic is a third Periodic Table of Beer Styles, this one apparently by a Reddit user known as Delirium Tremens.
Today’s infographic is a Home Brewing Calendar listing the best months to brew certain types of beer. It was created and may be purchased or downloaded at HomeBrewing.com.
Click here to see the calendar full size.
Each year, videographer Steve Atkinson has done a video of the opening celebration for SF Beer Week. There’s a lot of fun interviews, though I confess I’m slurring my words a bit in my short ramble about the beer scene 25 years ago. Enjoy.
Today’s infographic is from Weyermann Specialty Malt, which is located in Bamberg, Germany. If you get a chance to visit them, jump at the chance. This poster shows the production steps for malting and the spectrum of colors in malted grains.
Click here to see the poster full size.
Today’s infographic is a Home Brewer’s Formulary, showing many of the calculations and formulas used in homebrewing. It was apparently created by a homebrewer, but was unabale for a time. It now appears to be back and can be purchased at the Home Brewer’s Formulary website.
Here you can get a very large version of the poster, of this even larger huge version.
Today’s infographic shows the Very, Very Many Varieties of Beer, created by Pop Chart Lab. For $32, you can buy yourself a copy of this infographic.
It’s hard to believe this is our fifth SF Beer Week. Things seemed to go off without a hitch last night at the Concourse Exhibition Center and it was another great kick-off to over 500 events that will follow this week. I spent most of my time drinking and talking to old friends and meeting new ones, but did snap a few photos along the way.
The calm before the storm, about an hour before the SF Beer Week Opening Celebration began last night.
Alex from Uncommon Brewers.
Natalie Cilurzo (from Russian River) and Dave Keene (from the Toronado).
Jay and the crew from Pine Street Brewery.
Angelo Roselle with Geno Acevedo from El Toro Brewing. Angelo’s on a mission to drink every beer in the book I contributed to, 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die, and Geno’s Oatmeal Stout was one of the beers that I wrote up for the book.
The Concourse Exhibition Hall with the celebration in full swing.
John Martin, me and Peter Hoey.
Rodger Davis (now from Faction Brewing) with Gabbi mugging for the camera in the background.
I finally had a chance to try the beer we made at Beer Camp in December. Our Celebrator 25th Anniversary Double Pale Ale is tasting better than I ever could have hoped. It should be appearing at bars and festivals throughout the week, so keep an eye out for it.
Tom Dalldorf (from the Celebrator) and Dave Keene (from the Toronado).
Today’s infographic is the Top Beers of Asia, showing a beer — the most popular? — from each of eleven Asian countries. It was created for Travel Indochina, an Australian travel agency specializing in travel to those nations.
