Morning Metro: Farm to School Symposium, NaanStop Opens on Broad, and a Beer Map
Decatur Metro | August 22, 2012
- First Decatur Farm to School Symposium Aug 25th! [Decatur Minute]
- DeKalb hosting rain barrel workshop on Aug 21st [AJC]
- Construction set to begin on new park in Virginia Highland [Patch]
- NaanStop now open on Broad Street in downtown Atlanta [TNT]
- Map: The 19 million Americans without broadband access [Consumerist]
- Sweetwater expanding further into Florida [ABC]
- Another map!: The Geography of Craft Beer [Atlantic Cities]
Map courtesy of Atlantic Cities
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Link goes to a map about lack of broadband access, not crafts breweries, but that’s interesting too
Just a small note about the state rates of crafts breweries. Being among the four least populated states, one of anything can give Vermont, Wyoming, and Alaska a high rate. On the other hand, they evidently have a higher rate than North Dakota, the other of the four least populated states. Maybe craft breweries aren’t permitted there? And Vermont IS the darkest shade, darker than the other three least populated states, so maybe it is truly Oregon-like in its crafts brewery prevalence.
Your posit makes perfect sense, but I’m still surprised that Montana is one of the darkest states…I just don’t think of craft breweries when I think of Montana.
Montana has a very small population, so, even with a small number of craft breweries, the brewery to people ratio would be high.
Home of Black Dog Ale, Spanish Peaks Brewing Co.
If you read the article, you see they looked at how the distribution of craft breweries correlates (or doesn’t) with various demographic and economic variables. (They are not positing causation, just observing correlation.)
Wonder how this frequency distribution compares with that of regional breweries, back before the conglomerates chug-a-lugged them all. (“When you’re out of Point, you’re out of beer!”)
Vermont: small state, small population, yes. You can now pick up a Vermont Breweries map at Vermont Welcome Centers (there are now 7 of those). The map, published by Vermont Brewers Assoc.) shows 25 breweries. And it seems there are more opening every year. That said, there are also several distilleries and hard apple cider makers (known as a cidery). Of course VT is also famous for maple syrup (as well as dairy farms & cheeses). But ever heard of Vermont Gold Vodka, made from… maple syrup! Apparently Vermont’s come a long way from the days of Quebec Bill’s whiskey smuggling over the Canadian border! (re: the film Disappearances, 2006)
Please let us know when the spare bedroom is available. While I had never heard of this before, I’ll be a happy man if this stuff tastes anywhere near as good as it sounds. http://www.vermontspirits.com/products-vermont-gold.html
correction! (credit to my husband), the Vermont Gold Vodka is made from maple sap, not syrup!
Along the lines of the exhausting Chick Fil A debate, here’s an interesting piece of news:
http://blogs.ajc.com/business-beat/2012/08/22/braves-owner-top-political-donor-among-sports-team-bosses/
Now that we know who the Braves owner monetarily supports, this begs the question: Should we stop supporting the Braves?
Yes, everyone should have a political litmus test for professional sports teams. Politicize everything, I say! Hey, does anyone know who Matt Ryan plans to vote for in November?
Certainly possible, but I’m not seeing it.
Nice that the rain barrel workshop was yesterday!
Ha! Oops.
It’s like one of those highway signs that says “turn back to check out…”