John Holl asks beer industry peeps for their reaction to the cover of The New Yorker.

When John Holl saw the cover of The New Yorker, he found himself thinking about a reference to "snob."

 ... It wraps up by saying: “It’s an unprecedentedly excellent time to drink beer in Brooklyn, as the cover suggests. Just don’t become a snob about it.”

In my opinion, “Brooklyn” could easily be replaced by “the United States” and this scene could happen in many places (maybe minus the neck tattoo).

Because of the strong reaction and celebration around the cover I (contacted) several folks in the beer industry and asked for their opinion on the cover (click on their names to see their responses).

One of them was me -- thanks, John. You can read all the answers here:

BEER INDUSTRY REACTS TO ‘THE NEW YORKER’ COVER, by John Holl (All About Beer Magazine)

Jared "Collaboration" Williamson is interviewed at Hoosier Beer Geek.

Over at the Hoosier Beer Geek blog, there's a fine recap of our recent collaboration brews in the form of an interview with Jared Williamson, NABC brewmaster.

Struise In Indiana

Two Indiana breweries were recently visited by De Struise Brouwers' Urbain Coutteau. HBG readers may know of Mr. Coutteau from our January 2008 interview, or perhaps by his reputation as part of the brewery that was named RateBeer.com's 2008 best brewery in the world.

Urbain's visit wasn't just a vacation (though he did attend the Kentucky Derby) - his brewery visits lead to collaboration. Both Three Floyds and New Albanian played host, and it's safe to assume that we can expect fantastic beers as a result.

We contacted New Albanian's Jared Williamson to get more details about the New Albanian/Struise efforts.