{"id":6079,"date":"2013-10-26T16:34:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T03:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=6079"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:50:27","slug":"beer-diary-podcast-s03e05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2013\/10\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e05\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Diary Podcast s03e05: Licensing wrangles and Beervana afterthoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Requiring more We Do Not Here Represent Our Day Jobs than usual, George and I recently had a little ramble about a few potentially-controversial topics in the Beer Business: the ongoing shitfight-with-a-side-order-of-handwringing that is the Licensing Laws Debate, and the continuing evolution of the nation&#8217;s most-senior beer festival, <a href=\"http:\/\/beervana.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beervana<\/a>. My apologies \u2014 again!; you are an understanding lot \u2014 for the delay in posting, though there is something appropriate about getting my Afterthoughts out on the eve of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hashigozake.co.nz\/pacificbeerexpo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the next (much littler) festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: medium;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/2518730\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/no\/custom-color\/24890d\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" width=\"100%\" height=\"128\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of contentious little angles in both topics, and I find myself taking unusually-middle-ground-ish positions on each to which I might have to return in fuller detail some day, but here \u2014 off the cuff, in good company, and over a few beers \u2014 are some initial thoughts, at least&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As always,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beerdiary\/s03e05_-_Law_and_Beervana.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a\u00a0direct download\u00a0is available<\/a>, there\u2019s a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/beerdiary.libsyn.com\/rss\">podcast-specific RSS feed<\/a>, and you should be able to get us\u00a0<a title=\"The Beer Diary Podcast, on iTunes\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/nz\/podcast\/the-beer-diary-podcast\/id438440794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on iTunes<\/a>.\u00a0<a title=\"@GeorgeLanglands\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/GeorgeLanglands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"@Phil_Cook\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Phil_Cook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myself<\/a>\u00a0can also both be reached on the Twitterthing, or you can leave comments here or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebeerdiary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the Bookface<\/a>; feedback is absolutely always welcome \u2014 I&#8217;m also about to start working on providing a few more subscription and download options so any input on such mechanical details is extra-welcome. Cheers!<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_6089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6089\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-Isle-Rosetta-Stone.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6079]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6089\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2013\/10\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e05\/black-isle-rosetta-stone\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-Isle-Rosetta-Stone.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"768,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Black Isle&amp;#8217;s Rosetta Stone label (George&amp;#8217;s house, 14 September 2013)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Black Isle&amp;#8217;s Rosetta Stone label&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Black Isle&amp;#8217;s Rosetta Stone label&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-Isle-Rosetta-Stone-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-Isle-Rosetta-Stone.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6089\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-Isle-Rosetta-Stone-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Black Isle's Rosetta Stone label\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Isle&#8217;s Rosetta Stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_6092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6092\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mor-Braz-La-Biere-Cidree.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6079]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2013\/10\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e05\/mor-braz-la-biere-cidree\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mor-Braz-La-Biere-Cidree.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"768,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mor Braz &amp;#8216;La Biere Cidree&amp;#8217; (Emma&amp;#8217;s house, 23 September 2013)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mor Braz &amp;#8216;La Biere Cidree&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mor Braz &amp;#8216;La Biere Cidree&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mor-Braz-La-Biere-Cidree-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mor-Braz-La-Biere-Cidree.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6092\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mor-Braz-La-Biere-Cidree-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mor Braz 'La Biere Cidree'\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mor Braz &#8216;La Biere Cidree&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_6090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6090\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-Isle-white-label.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6079]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2013\/10\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e05\/black-isle-white-label\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-Isle-white-label.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Black Isle&amp;#8217;s white label (George&amp;#8217;s house, 14 September 2013)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Black Isle&amp;#8217;s white label&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Black Isle&amp;#8217;s white label&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-Isle-white-label-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-Isle-white-label.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6090\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Black-Isle-white-label-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Black Isle's white label\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Isle&#8217;s white label<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>\u2014 Show notes:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>(1.10) We&#8217;ve had a roaming dog before, <a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when we visited Kieran&#8217;s wonderful little in-house pub<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeLanglands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George&#8217;s #momentsofzola really are worth it<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(2.00)\u00a0<strong>Beer of the Week #1: Speakeasy &#8216;Prohibition Ale&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>(4.00) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q-R1i6WOfI4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Repeal of the Licensing Laws<\/strong><\/a>, from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_principle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first principles<\/a> rather than down in the weeds of the details.\u00a0This might be my best-ever excuse for not doing my homework, but it really is my main point here.<\/li>\n<li>(6.30)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/about\/about-the-author\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The usual disclaimers<\/em><\/a>, and all that.<\/li>\n<li>(10.00) Don&#8217;t get me started on the soft discrimination against nocturnal people unless you&#8217;re ready for a long grumpy rant. It&#8217;s a sore point, for obvious reasons.<\/li>\n<li>(14.50) And yes, I did mean <a href=\"http:\/\/johnmorrisonformayor.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Morrison<\/a>. Wellington really dodged a bullet, there.<\/li>\n<li>(17.30) Just when I was feeling depressed and anxious, &#8216;Prohibition&#8217; saved me.<\/li>\n<li>(18.30) <a href=\"http:\/\/theliquorladder.blogspot.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominic&#8217;s blog<\/a> is always worth a look, and his <a href=\"http:\/\/theliquorladder.blogspot.co.nz\/2013\/06\/liquor-laws-rant-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/theliquorladder.blogspot.co.nz\/2013\/06\/liquor-laws-rant-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rants<\/a> were right on point.<\/li>\n<li>(19.20)\u00a0<strong>Beervana happened<\/strong>, but mostly to Other People, because I&#8217;m clumsy. And it&#8217;s changed a\u00a0<em>lot<\/em>, about which I&#8217;m about to get even-handedly philosophical&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>(22.06)\u00a0<em>That<\/em> was Zola, not some spooky re-enactment of me flinching at curing glue.<\/li>\n<li>(27.05) It was &#8216;Taylor Grabs the Goose&#8217;, a kind-of-collaboration between Taylor&#8217;s on Jackson (a Petone restaurant) and the Goose Shack (a food truck).<\/li>\n<li>(34.30) <strong>[SPOILER ALERT]: It&#8217;s time for Beervana to open its books<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>(37.20)\u00a0<strong>Beer of the Week #2: Black Isle &#8216;Hibernator&#8217; Oatmeal Stout<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>(47.20) Rye,\u00a0<em>en Fran\u00e7ais<\/em>, is apparently &#8220;seigle&#8221;. But George never gave me the photo.<\/li>\n<li>(47.40)\u00a0<strong>Beervana, as a visitor<\/strong>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.williamswarn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WilliamsWarn<\/a> <em>is<\/em> a pretty cool piece of kit, and now there&#8217;s a second generation of nerdier, often-Kickstarter&#8217;ed, successors coming. And the Beervana &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/beervana.co.nz\/sites\/default\/files\/Beervana%202013%20Event%20Guide%20Web%20Res.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tasting notes<\/a>&#8221; are\u00a0<em>truly<\/em> useless \u2014 except when the breweries take the time fuck with them.<\/li>\n<li>(1.04.00) I mean <a href=\"http:\/\/banksbrewing.blogspot.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bank&#8217;s Brewing Hardware<\/a>. Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonogaluszka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more Jono<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Doughmomma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eat more baking<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(1.08.40)\u00a0<strong>Beer of the Week #3: Black Isle &#8216;Black Run&#8217;<\/strong>, which <em>is<\/em> evidently an Imperial Stout, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomatin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomatin<\/a> (which should rhyme with &#8220;satin&#8221;) is a nearby distillery.<\/li>\n<li>(1.12.50)\u00a0<strong>Recommendations:\u00a0<\/strong>The resurrected Limburg beers \/ recipes \/ notions, in their <strong>&#8220;Bach Brewing&#8221;<\/strong> guise are proving very tasty. They really were the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VUb450Alpps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Temple Of The Dog<\/a> of their day, I very vaguely recall. And drink a\u00a0<em>bunch<\/em> of <strong>Yeastie Boys<\/strong> stuff. <strong>Golding&#8217;s Free Dive<\/strong> needs to be added to my Usual Disclosures, since I&#8217;ve now done them a few cameo shifts, but the praise pre-dates that and is sincere. And <strong>Blacklight<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>(1.20.30) Speaking of cans, I just had a Hot Water Brewing one today and it was rad.<\/li>\n<li>(1.22.00) <strong>Three minutes of Moa News<\/strong>, which meanwhile wound up mentioned in a <a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2013\/09\/15\/sunday-reading-130915\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday Reading<\/a> \u2014 and besides, <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110244513421803206746\/posts\/QmkbwQDGYD4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they were being silly in the paper again just today<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(1.25.30)\u00a0<strong>Neil Cross<\/strong> <strong>deserves a beer<\/strong>, for (among other things),\u00a0<em>Luther<\/em>. George gave the nomination, and is chasing up the beer-delivery \u2014 since my luck&#8217;s been so bad.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(1.30.45) Cue the\u00a0music:\u00a0<a title=\"'SPLIT!' EP by The Coconut Monkeyrocket &amp; Martinibomb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comfortstand.com\/catalog\/016\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Shopping for Explosives\u2019<\/a>, by\u00a0<a title=\"coconutmonkeyrocket.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coconutmonkeyrocket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Coconut Monkeyrocket<\/a>. Audio editing done in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacity<\/a>. Habitual thanks to both.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6093\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Garage-Project-Lil-Red-Rye-in-France.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6079]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6093\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2013\/10\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e05\/garage-project-lil-red-rye-in-france\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Garage-Project-Lil-Red-Rye-in-France.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,372\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Garage Project &amp;#8216;L&amp;#8217;il Red Rye&amp;#8217; in France (Somewhere in France, mid-2013; photo by George)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Garage Project &amp;#8216;L&amp;#8217;il Red Rye&amp;#8217; in France&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Garage Project &amp;#8216;L&amp;#8217;il Red Rye&amp;#8217; in France&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Garage-Project-Lil-Red-Rye-in-France-300x139.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Garage-Project-Lil-Red-Rye-in-France.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6093\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Garage-Project-Lil-Red-Rye-in-France.jpg\" alt=\"Garage Project 'L'il Red Rye' in France\" width=\"800\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Garage-Project-Lil-Red-Rye-in-France.jpg 800w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Garage-Project-Lil-Red-Rye-in-France-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proof of George&#8217;s bottle of Garage Project &#8216;L&#8217;il Red Rye&#8217;, somewhere in France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requiring more We Do Not Here Represent Our Day Jobs than usual, George and I recently had a little ramble about a few potentially-controversial topics in the Beer Business: the ongoing shitfight-with-a-side-order-of-handwringing that is the Licensing Laws Debate, and the continuing evolution of the nation&#8217;s most-senior beer festival, Beervana. My apologies \u2014 again!; you are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2013\/10\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e05\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beer Diary Podcast s03e05: Licensing wrangles and Beervana afterthoughts<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast-episodes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17254,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2015\/08\/14\/beervana-2014-podcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":6079,"position":0},"title":"Beervana 2014 \u2015 the lost live podcasts","author":"Phil","date":"August 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Just in time for those missing out on\u00a0this year's Beervana, a blast from the past. During the 2014 festival, George and I \u2015 plus an excellent suite of special guests \u2015 recorded two episodes in the seminar room, and brought sufficient quantities for the Beer(s) Of The Week to share\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Podcast episodes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Podcast episodes","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/category\/podcast-episodes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17268,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2015\/08\/19\/beervana-2015-litany\/","url_meta":{"origin":6079,"position":1},"title":"Beervana 2015 \u2014 a litany of gratitude","author":"Phil","date":"August 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I am a very happy beerperson.\u00a0That was a huge festival season \u2014 the run-up to Beervana last weekend was filled with plenty of other more-or-less-related Things To Do\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and now it's over but for the mopping up and the inevitable retrospectives. 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