Fun with Art IV: Meat Sections

I've continued to enjoy Alyson's Meat Section blog.  While the content of her blog focuses mostly on non-beer related, every so often a 'beer' sectioned diagram pops up.  I've highlighted a few of them in prior blog posts, and this one is no different.  The topic: Lost Abbey's Cable Car - a blended american wild ale.

What I particularly love about this piece is how Alyson breaks the beer up by it's three blended components, Red Barn, Avante Garde, and Amigo Lager.  Some of the ingredients are a little hard to read (click on the image to get a larger version), but listing out the hops, grains, and spices included in this super complex beer struck me as just plain slick.  As always, excellent job Alyson!

For the homebrewers out there and up to the challenge, Mike over at the Mad Fermentationist took a crack at cloning this sour beer.  Take a look at his notes and recipe to see how it turned out.

If you've got a moment, take a detour over to Meat Sections, check out some of its content and try subscribing to it's feed.

Slainte!

-JW


"The sum of the matter is, the people drink because they wish to drink."
-Rudolph Brand 

Tomme Arthur vs. The World

While I was surfing through the forums at Beer Advocate, I came across something humorous worth sharing.  A user with some artistic talent (alfranzell) sketched up a few satirical comic strips with Tomme Arthur, Director of Brewing Operations at The Lost Abbey in San Diego, as the central figure.  While I would not call these flattering to Tomme, I'm sure he would get a kick out of them all the same.

Below are a few of my favorites (click on the image to get a larger image) ...

The entire collection can be found on Flickr using this link.

Got a link to some other good beer realted comics or art?  Let us know!!

Slainte!

-JW


"I don't have a drinking problem, except when I can't find a drink."
-Tom Waits