THE SESSIONS #138 BEER BLOGGING FRIDAY The Session, a.k.a. Beer Blogging Friday, is an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single topic. Each month, a different beer blogger hosts the Session, chooses a topic and creates a round-up listing all of the participants, along with a short pithy critique of each entry. 

The founders of the event, Jay Brooks and Stan Hieronymous, state that it is “an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single topic.”

Deep Beer hosted The Session #138 Beer Blogging Friday for August 2018.

This Session's Topic

Wood has been used for millennia to store, transport and flavor beer, wine and spirits. Today, the relationship between wood and beer has regained its popularity with brewers and drinkers as observed in the prevalence of bourbon-barrel-aged beer and sours. This topic is deep and wide and meandering, romantic and historic, personal and professional.

The Round Up

I want to thank all of this month's contributors. I always enjoy reading posts to the monthly Session, for one, I expand my knowledge about beer and two, I am exposed to differing perspectives and writing style and thus, become a better writer because of that.

Gary Gillman writes at Beer et seq. Gary's post on this month's theme was entitled The Good in Wood. Gary is a Toronto-based "amateur de biere" with a passion for the social, scientific, economic, cultural, legal and historical aspects of beer, other drinks and food. 

Jay Brooks writes Brookston Beer Bulletin. Jay's post was How Much Wood. Jay is a beer writer living in Sonoma County in Northern California. I often make my way to Jay's BBB to take the historical perspective he adds to beer culture. I enjoyed his use of vintage images. Thanks, Jay for your piece.

Derrick Peterman writes Ramblings of a Beer Runner. Derrick's entry was The Personality of Wooden Barrels. Derrick is a Silicon Valley tech geek. To him, "Beer is a subject rich with culture, economics, science and history in addition to being mighty tasty. Sometimes I dive into those subjects. Other times, I just ramble on about beers or breweries I like."  

Boaks & Bailey wrote Return of the Wood Part II: Woody’s Revenge. Self stated, "We’re geeks in general, but especially about beer and pubs. We write under the names Jessica Boak and Ray Bailey. We live in Bristol in the UK. We’ve been blogging about beer since 2007."

I'm Jack Perdue and write Deep Beer. My contribution to this months theme was Bourbon Barrel Genius. In my journal post, I share some personal experiences around Goose Island's Bourbon County Stout and open up some questions about the first bourbon barrel aged beer.