tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post2649130534485586528..comments2024-01-29T10:16:00.995+00:00Comments on CALLED TO THE BAR : Imbibe LagerAdrian Tierney-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-7684602957602602042014-07-04T03:00:53.838+01:002014-07-04T03:00:53.838+01:00Nice journalistic trick: set up a stereotype as th...Nice journalistic trick: set up a stereotype as though it represents the norm in order to enhance the apparent reasonableness of your own view.<br /><br />I've seen a similar approach when the mainstream media try to write about a young thruster in the folk scene (I regularly go to folk events): "Forget Arran sweaters, fingers in the ear and real ale - X is about taking the best from the past and reinventing it for a new audience ..." and so on and on, repetitively over decades. I'm sure country fans get similarly sick of references to stetsons, check shirts, and "Yeehaw!"<br /><br />Getting back to lager, it must be a very small legion of people because I'm not sure I've heard the phrase such as "yellow fizz" for decades. In fact, I can't remember the last time I heard someone say something like that seriously, so I'm beginning to wonder whether I ever have.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-79540001087372967542014-06-30T21:08:36.927+01:002014-06-30T21:08:36.927+01:00Amen!
Always great to hear lagers getting the lov...Amen!<br /><br />Always great to hear lagers getting the love they deserve.Alistair Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.com