library beers seem popular in Colorado...

I have recently seen a lovely blog post from Denver Library about their library beer, and you can read about it here.

Today is the day! Tapping our collaboration beer with @denverlibrary @KevinHearne @5:30! #DenverBrew #FictionBeer pic.twitter.com/pX7ApRD6Hr

— Fiction Beer Company (@FictionBeer) September 4, 2015

The collaboration beer is on our menu. @KevinHearne wrote this for us! #denverbrew #FictionBeer @denverlibrary pic.twitter.com/g8F35cgkTq

— Fiction Beer Company (@FictionBeer) September 4, 2015

You guys. This is the bestest beer joint for book lovers. @FictionBeer pic.twitter.com/82ocSKlDTf

— Kevin Hearne (@KevinHearne) September 5, 2015

In June I read about Anythink Library and their library inspired beer, which you can read about here.

It's a library brew! Show your Anythink card at @beerbydesign for $1 off a pint of the Anythink Pale Ale. #craftbeer pic.twitter.com/o5lU7RiwW1

— Anythink Libraries (@ilovemyanythink) July 16, 2015

A NSW council partnered with a brewery to produce Winged Victory ale (kind of a local studies beer).

I am wondering if other libraries or councils are considering a library linked beer.  I would be very interested to hear of any others.

There is also the work of the NSW Readers' Advisory Working group, which linked beer and reading.

Winged Victory, story telling and local studies

This was in a flier which was distributed by the council

as was this
 
This article appeared in the local paper

You can read more about the Winged Victory ale here, here, and here, and more about the Winged Victory here, and the Marrickville ANZAC march here.

It struck me, that what I find most interesting in this is the story telling.  It is local history, connected to an international event, but through the new storytelling, interesting people in the past in a way they can connect to.

There is a lot of the commemoration of the centenary of the First World War which is not good, but this, because it is connecting to the local war memorial seems to work.  It is a very different depiction to that given in this very impressive and moving, then and now photograph series in the Guardian

Brilliant Gallipoli Then & Now from @GuardianAus http://t.co/zbTfUxMmZZ
— Paul Hagon (@paulhagon) April 23, 2015

but it still works.

You can see a Storify here showing how Winged Victory was depicted as part of Marrickville remembers.

The beermat
 
and the growler