Early Photo of Charlie Papazian

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Earlier today, I posted part one of what will become a multi-part series about the early years of the American Homebrewers Association. (I'll be posting the rest of it over the course of the next few days.)

Charlie Papazian has kindly offered up a nice bit of primary documentation of that moment in beer history: a photo of him, keg in hand, at one of the Beer & Steer events waaaaaaaaaay in the 1970s. I wrote about Beer & Steer in my book and as part of an earlier blog series about the event that led up to the creation of the American Homebrewers Association. (You can find links to that entire series here.)

Enjoy! (Sort of related: earlier today I finally got around to placing links to all of  my multi-part blog series on the Other Projects page of my site.)

Update On Jack McAuliffe

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Jack's sister Cathy posted an update as a comment to a previous post, but I'm bumping it up here to a new post for greater visibility. Good news on a snowy Sunday morning! From Cathy:

OK! Here’s an update. Jack is still in the trauma ICU. He’s much more alert, so he can communicate by nodding or shaking his head. He’s still on the ventilator, so he can’t talk…warning to all of you smokers! Smokers have to spend more time on a ventilator in a situation like this than non-smokers!!! His friends in Sandy Valley are ready, willing, and able to care for him when he leaves the hospital…he’ll stay with a friend in her extra bedroom. She works during the day, but another friend (right across the street) will be there during the day.

Just Enjoy the Beer, Goddamnit; Or, the Silence of the Mustard

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Okay, this is the best thing I've read all day. (No surprise that it came from Alan McLeod.) (Besides, what's not to like about the word "twee"?) (Plus, I love mustard and am falling out of my chair over the notion of contemplating its silence, to say nothing of pain.) And I had exactly the same reaction to the "money quote":

“Be analytical,” she says. “We don’t care if you like it or not.”

Huh? I'm with Alan: Don't taste your beer near me. (And, no, I'm not gonna bother to be as polite as he and say "please.") Silent mustard, indeed. Ptooey.

Speaking of Microbrewing Pioneers . . .

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Which I did yesterday when I reported Jack's accident. (*1) Jay Sheveck, mastermind behind Beer Guppy Multimedia, is creating a video documentary about early craft brewing. You can learn more about the project at  his site and at his Facebook page. (*2) And here's a direct link to the film trailer: Microbrewing Pioneers (trailer) NOTE: the trailer opens with about 15 seconds of black screen.

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*1: No news as of this writing. His sister is keeping me posted.

*2: And speaking of Facebook, yesterday I took the plunge. (Frankly have already had it with technical crap this week, so the rss issue will have to wait.)