After mostly correctly answering 200 randomly questions on all aspects of brewing, beer styles, and running BJCP competitions, I’m now a Provisional BJCP Judge. Woot. Now to study for the tasting exam.
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
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“Life lasts a long time. You can disappear or be useless for weeks. If you are coming off several years of hard work, you can disappear and be useless for months… and the only impact that it will have on your success is that it will make you more successful.” – Bryan Goldberg
Not Amused
“My life is filled with all kinds of entertainment, I never have a chance to see it all. – Dave Winer” Over the past few months, I’ve been more conscious of entertainment – which I’m broadly classifying as stuff that’s not directly or indirectly related to building the tomorrow I want. There’s much more of …
Someday, Sucker
“Figure out what the last possible moment is. Delay your action until the last possible moment.” – Frank Partnoy, author of Wait: The useful art of procrastination
Over my Shorts
Open Loop #6 – Loppet 2013
A conversation with Eric Goplin (Director of Minnesota Kubb and Team Captain for Tad Kubbler) about the 2013 Loppet Kubb Tournament (register now).
Towards a New Beer City
“I think it’s very real, it’s here to stay. We’re on the cusp of a movement here and I think we’ll probably replicate what Portland or Denver have in terms of 80 or 90 craft breweries.” – Peter Remes, president First & First. Last week Tom Elko and I went to Stouts Pub for beers. …
371t3 Journalism
Want to see the future of investigative journalism in a decentralized, global, marketplace? Here it is: “But just like hacking websites, exposing Chinese frauds has become cliché, if not outright boring. Accordingly, we have turned our attention to several Western companies that may be surprised to find themselves in our crosshairs. We expect to release …
Nothing Ventured
“Along the way, [venture capital] has ceased to be the funder of the future, and instead has become a funder of features, widgets, irrelevances. In large part, it also ceased making money, as the bottom half of venture produced flat to negative return for the past decade.” – Bruce Gibney
The Road to Beer Judging Certification: Light Hybrid, Amber Hybrid, German Wheat & Rye
This week we worked our way through Light Hybrid (6A. Cream Ale, 6B. Blonde Ale, 6C. Kölsch, 6D. American Wheat or Rye), Amber Hybrid (7A. Norther German Alt, 7B. California Common, 7C. Düsseldorf Alt) and German Wheat and Rye (15A. Weizen, 5B. Dunkelweizen, 5C. Weizenbock, 5D. Roggenbier). The hybrid categories are that blurry line between …