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Beer Commandments at MNBeer.com Anniversary Party

The first five of Josh Pepper’s Beer Commandments, as read by MNBeer’s Eric Haugee.

Category April 20, 2009, 08:10pm :: Posted by ryan in mnbeer.com

13 Responses to “Beer Commandments at MNBeer.com Anniversary Party”

  1. Apr. 21 Morning Roundup « The Heavy Table wrote on April 21st, 2009 at 3:40 am:

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  2. IPA Hound wrote on April 21st, 2009 at 12:00 pm:

    Beer commandments? So Josh is Moses?

    Lamers.

  3. ryan wrote on April 21st, 2009 at 12:07 pm:

    I believe Josh has been referred to as a beer apostle…

  4. Jonny wrote on April 21st, 2009 at 4:30 pm:

    First “The Beer Amendments” and now the “Beer Commandments”, I love it!

  5. Mag wrote on April 21st, 2009 at 5:36 pm:

    The first five only? What, did Eric break the other tablet. I knew you shouldn’t have let him handle them.

  6. Scott McGerik wrote on April 21st, 2009 at 6:49 pm:

    Thanks for posting this. I was too far back to hear Eric.

  7. IPA Hound wrote on April 22nd, 2009 at 9:34 am:

    Apostle isn’t the word for psuedo intellectual BS like story and symphony.

    It’s beer. Get over it. You don’t need to tart it up like a high class whore or try to lend it more gravitas than it needs and make it seem all important and deep.

  8. Jonny wrote on April 22nd, 2009 at 10:33 am:

    @ IPA Hound

    We’re all here for the same reason, right? So how is what you just wrote commensurate with the goal of advocating quality beer?

    There’s no reason to disparage someone because they approach their hobby with a different degree of understanding than you do.

  9. Scott McGerik wrote on April 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm:

    Ditto what Jonny just said.

  10. ryan wrote on April 22nd, 2009 at 7:28 pm:

    @IPA Hound – I can’t speak for him, but I know that Josh has presented his “beer commandments” as a way to to get people to talk about beer and the experience of enjoying it with one another. The events he’s done related to these “commandments” have drawn people that range from beer novices to BJCP judges. I don’t think his intention has ever been to be high class or hoity-toity and the events have been nothing but a good, relaxed time.

  11. IPA Hound wrote on April 27th, 2009 at 9:20 am:

    Commandments is a poor choice of words with connotations of absolutism, as is apostle.

    Do we need someone to tell us how to drink and appreciate beer? Why can’t I appreciate beer without knowing it’s story? What kind of bizzare rule is that? Di I need to know the story of an apple or steak when I eat those?

    And symphony? How about balance? You got water, grain, hops, yeast. A string quartet perhaps, but you don’t need some silly metaphor to talk about flavor, balance, drinkability, etc….

  12. chad wrote on April 27th, 2009 at 10:06 pm:

    “but you don’t need some silly metaphor to talk about flavor, balance, drinkability, etc…”

    And yet you used the word “absolutism” in a freaking MnBeer comment. Sheesh.

  13. chad wrote on April 27th, 2009 at 10:08 pm:

    Oh yeah, and hi RS! [waves]

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