Comments on: Looking for a What’s On Tap blogger

By: Brewnot

Brewnot — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:56:43 +0000

How about guest bloggers? Different readers can contribute. I do not have time in my schedule to do a blog full time, but I can present blog entries a couple/few times a month.

I am in Silicon Valley, I could do stories on the great hunt for beer down here.

brewnot

By: Hugh Carpenter

Hugh Carpenter — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:30:56 +0000

I miss Bill Brand like he was a personal friend. Please continue this blog in his honor. I am hoping someday there will be a Bill Brand Beerfest to honor his passing as well as his journalistic achievements. Cheers Bill, I shall miss you.

By: Deano

Deano — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:52:11 +0000

This is awesome it is great to keep this blog alive. Great for the beer world and the bay area

By: Alan Moen

Alan Moen — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:07:39 +0000

As the editor of Northwest Brewing News, for which Bill wrote a regular column about Bay Area Brews, I’d love to see his legacy continue on this blog.

Bill was not only a great writer, but also a great friend, one of those truly special people I’ve met in the craft beer industry. To say I’ll miss him is an understatement; one of the best ways to honor him is to keep his blog going.

By: The Duke Of Dunkel

The Duke Of Dunkel — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:55:53 +0000

I echo Tim’s comments, and would add to that Bill’s reverence for the Bay Area. But for me the biggest hole is left not the blogosphere, but in my wednesday morning paper.

By: tim eatherton

tim eatherton — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:37:23 +0000

Who could ever truly follow in the master’s footsteps?

Bill’s knowledge and expertise spans over a lifetime of ales. For those who love beer, it was a great loss indeed and we are indebted to the master of the Beer blog.

cheers

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:20:22 +0000

As someone who unfortunately missed the memorial yesterday, I’ll have to follow the above requests for a reprint of Shaun’s tribute, just for us losers who weren’t in attendance…

And wow, what huge, huge shoes to fill. As someone who loves blogging about beer, I’d be happy to help, but I feel similarly reluctant to Mario. It would be an admittedly tiny slice of the breadth and depth that Bill provided through his writing.

By: Jen McDaniel

Jen McDaniel — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:51:56 +0000

I third the Shaun O’Sullivan tribute.

By: Jim Smith

Jim Smith — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:55:25 +0000

“I say the first post should be Shaun’s piece for Bill from the Trappist Memorial.” X2

By: Gail Williams

Gail Williams — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:11:58 +0000

Mario, you know you’d be excellent.

Thanks for this announcement, Ari. It’s important for the beer community that somebody who cares about reporting and beer step up and continue What’s On Tap. I’m very glad that’s what you’re planning to do, and a try-out of various writers will be a lot of fun to read.