Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Just an FYI in case you didn't know. Sam Adams main brewery is in Cincinnati.
Beer Review: Sam Adams Chocolate Bock
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Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
I did ok in college algebra from binomials to polynomials and quadratics but when we hit functions I was thrown for a loop.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
I think the advent of microbreweries is having a trickle up affect on the mass market breweries.Meh. Call me a beer snob, but I'm not a fan of domestic mass-produced beer. I live in the Northwest.
The mass market breweries went through a period of mergers and acquisitions and consolidations in the 70's and 80's and with pressure from the street to perform economically they diluted the quality of their product using cheap fillers and extenders in their formulations to cut costs. Product quality did indeed suffer badly to where American style beers became an international joke.
The advent of microbreweries, beginning in the 80's, has educated an entire generation of American beer drinkers as to what a good quality beer/ale is all about and the American pallet for beer, as a result, has become more discerning. The end result is that the mass brewers have been purchasing craft breweries and producing higher quality craft products themselves.
Still and all, on the mass scale side, I do admire their ability to produce vast quantities of product of known consistency and quality, from one side of the nation to the other, year after year. This is no small thing. What I mean is that a can of Bud tastes the same in 2011 as it did in 1992 and it tastes the same in Hobokin, NJ as it does in San Diego or Anchorage.
From a production and logistics stand point and considering beer is a fermented product, that's no mean feat.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
I've been published in the "technical sense" in that I've had several peer reviewed journal articles published in professional trade journals (the topics were related to recycling hazardous waste). I've also spent 20 years of getting paid for my technical writing skills in writing reports, project plans, laboratory and bench studies, testing and analysis plans, permits, training modules, contingency plans, SOP's, etc, etc.
My point being Yurt, I must know something about writing or people wouldn't pay me to do it.
Now there are some obvious differences that technical writing has with literary writing but something they both share in common is that you had better write with your target audience sharply in mind cause if you don't, no one will bother to read it.
Well, when you come to Alaska, we will tour the breweries! I will take you to Moose's Tooth, it will blow your mind! The jewel of the North!
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
I am so fucking sensitive about sucking at math I am starting to study videos on Youtube. I will hopefully work my way up from algebra to calc. I just discovered a really cool dude named Derek Owens on the tube. You might consider checking his videos. Just type in "derek owens real numbers" because that's like the first lesson.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
Sounds awesome!! I looks like everyone is going to drag everyone off to their best local breweries. In your case, you can sit down at the Alaskan Brewery sipping on a delicious Amber, smiling while all of the proles race around the Deschutes, Sam Adams, and Dogfishhead breweries.
It now makes sense that the HT Goddess would have to live in Alaska.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
I'm not to talented at math either. I got through calc and stats by hard work.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
Well, according to some people on this board, Mott, you can't get anywhere on hard work. You must have had a shitload of good luck!! 
My hubby always says, I would rather be lucky than good!