09 February 2012

Announcing The Session #61: What makes local beer better?

The Session, a.k.a. Beer Blogging Friday, is an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single topic. Each month, a different beer blogger hosts the Session, chooses a topic and creates a round-up listing all of the participants, along with a short pithy critique of each entry.




We are hosting the March edition of the session.  The topic I've been thinking about is local beer. The term is being used by just about every craft brewer in the country.   What does it really mean though?  Is it more of a marketing term or is there substance behind the moniker? This month I want to think about what makes local beer better?  I'm not just talking about the beer itself, although it's the focal point, but what makes local beer better?  My connection to local beer is far from thinking that my beer is actually "local." Maybe you don't agree with me, and you can write about that. Bonus points for writing about your favorite local beer and the settings around it being local to you.  


I very much look forward to seeing what people write about on March 2nd.  


Cheers! 
Matt 

22 comments:

  1. JesseFebruary 11, 2012 3:08 PM

    Yeah, Matt that's an excellent topic. Local is important to the craft beer culture and I really feel people should look deeper into their own local beer resources. I live in Santa Cruz, Ca and there are both some excellent smaller breweries that have awesome releases and some larger more notable breweries with consistently sub-par beers. I am going to be adding a local brewers finder to my beer coupons site soon and think a bloggers conference on the subject would be cool.

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  2. beersiveknownMarch 02, 2012 6:07 AM

    here's mine http://www.beersiveknown.blogspot.com/2012/03/session-61-lambic-in-uk.html

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  3. GarethMarch 02, 2012 6:35 AM

    Hi, thanks for hosting. Here's my post: http://beeradvice.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-makes-local-beer-better.html

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  4. Reuben Gray - TaleOfAleMarch 02, 2012 6:48 AM

    Here is mine:
    http://www.taleofale.com/2012/03/whats-local.html

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  5. Mr. David JMarch 02, 2012 7:09 AM

    http://mrdavidj.posterous.com/the-session-61-what-makes-local-beer-better

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  6. T.J.March 02, 2012 7:57 AM

    Great topic! Here's my contribution: http://happilyhopped.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/the-session-61-what-makes-local-beer-better/

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  7. Stan HieronymusMarch 02, 2012 9:24 AM

    Because it's local dammit.

    Thanks for provoking a little thought.

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  8. Alistair ReeceMarch 02, 2012 9:24 AM

    Here's my post:

    http://www.fuggled.net/2012/03/local-really.html

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  9. Derrick PetermanMarch 02, 2012 9:36 AM

    Love the topic! Here's my post:

    http://beer-runner.blogspot.com/2012/02/for-this-months-session-robinson.html

    Thanks for hosting!

    -Derrick

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  10. BeerBrarianMarch 02, 2012 9:57 AM

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  11. BeerBrarianMarch 02, 2012 9:58 AM

    My contribution: http://beerbrarian.blogspot.com/2012/03/on-local-beer-and-regulations-part-i.html
    Cheers.

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  12. Matt StokesMarch 02, 2012 10:34 AM

    Great post. here is mine

    http://beerandfoodandstuff.blogspot.com/2012/03/session-61-local-beer.html

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  13. beersiveknownMarch 02, 2012 11:55 AM

    and again! http://beersiveknown.blogspot.com/2012/03/some-thoughts-on-local-beer-thesession.html

    Thanks for hosting by the way, look forward to the roundup

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  14. The Beer NutMarch 02, 2012 12:21 PM

    My post is up. It's a bit sarcastic. Sorry about. Thanks for hosting!

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  15. Chris StatenMarch 02, 2012 1:29 PM

    Here you go. Cheers!

    http://draftmag.com/beereditor/is-it-local

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  16. Beer Search PartyMarch 02, 2012 1:51 PM

    Here is my contribution.

    http://www.beersearchparty.com/?p=12270

    Thanks for hosting!

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  17. UnknownMarch 02, 2012 4:02 PM

    Cheers!

    http://www.reluctantscooper.co.uk/2012/03/session-61-local-schmocal.html

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  18. Ghost DrinkerMarch 02, 2012 5:23 PM

    Here's my thoughts:

    http://ghostdrinker.blogspot.com/2012/03/local-good-or-bad.html

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  19. UnknownMarch 02, 2012 10:38 PM

    here is my reply to the question

    http://10thdaybrewing.blogspot.com/2012/03/session-61-what-makes-local-beer-better.html

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  20. CraigMarch 03, 2012 9:13 AM

    Here's mine! It's both local and yocal.

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  21. UnknownMarch 05, 2012 12:12 AM

    Here's my $0.02
    http://justinsbrewreview.blogspot.com/2012/03/session-61-what-makes-local-beer-better.html

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  22. JMarch 06, 2012 11:06 PM

    Whoops, I forgot to send you my link. Thanks again for hosting:

    http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/session-61-what-makes-local-beer-better/

    J

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