Earlier this month I was in Seattle, Washington. The occasion was the 4th Beeronomics Conference. This biennial event brings together academics and industry insiders to present research and exchange ideas on various aspects of the beer industry. It was a Continue reading The Yakima Valley
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Beeronomics 2015
Earlier this month I was in Seattle, Washington. I was there for the 2015 Beeronomics Conference. This is an event organized by The Beeronomics Society, an international non-profit association of scholars and professionals who conduct research on the economics of the beer industry. The conference is a biennial event. The first was held in Leuven, Belgium in 2009, the headquarters of the Beeronomics Continue reading Beeronomics 2015
The Humble Beer Mat
On a recent trip to Dublin, Ireland I visited a goodly number of pubs; I was there for ten days after all. Go into any pub in Ireland and you will find the ubiquitous beer mat (or beer coasters as we call them in the United States) upon which you can rest your beer. Today’s beer mat Continue reading The Humble Beer Mat
Lisbon’s Museu da Cerveja
I was in Lisbon, Portugal last week. I was attending the 55th Congress of the European Regional Science Association where I was making a presentation of the factors behind the emergence and growth of the American craft beer industry. As always, before Continue reading Lisbon’s Museu da Cerveja