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Hideout Chicago

Captain Hops — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:05:07 +0000

eight dollar cover
Live music and three buck beer
Pabst Blue Ribbon cans

Written by scubarex.

References: Hideout
Thing of the Day: Beer: A History of Brewing in Chicago

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She Said Yes

Captain Hops — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:57:48 +0000

The moon peeking in
He opened a nice Belgian
And then he proposed

Written by Captain Hops.

References: Dedicated to a buddy that went and got himself engaged this weekend.
Thing of the Day: Will You Marry Me?: Popping the Question With Romance and Style

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Remember when beer was fun?

Captain Hops — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:58:48 +0000

Wild and carefree.
Remember when beer was fun?
Wasn’t last night great!

Written by Captain Hops.

References: I’ve enjoyed all the recent discussions about the passion and ethics of being a beer writer/blogger. Of course I’m not getting caught up in it. It’s not the end of blogging, the end of writing, or the end of enjoying beer. At the end of the day, beer is fun. It was fun last year, last week, and last night. I am pretty sure it will still be fun next week too. Keep up the discussions – they’re important – but don’t get too bent out of shape. After all, it is only beer. And we love it.
Thing of the Day: Fun Is Good: How to Create Joy and Passion in Your Workplace and Career

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Right Back At You

Captain Hops — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:53:28 +0000

Isn’t that the guy
That sat alone at the bar
Every day this week

Written by Captain Hops.

Thing of the Day: Great Bar Food at Home

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Rate the Haiku!

Captain Hops — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:51:14 +0000

I’ve added a new feature to Beer Haiku Daily.

At the bottom of each post is a “Rate this Haiku” doodad. You rate each haiku on a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 being the best) by simply clicking on the stars. The plugin automagically calculates and displays the average rating.

Why am I doing this? Well I’m kind of a geek and I like to play with new things. In addition, I am curious to see which haiku have the most appeal. Maybe I will put the best one on a t-shirt or something. Finally, I think it might be fun.

Anyway, I hope you will join the fun. Remember, vote early and vote often.

Cheers!

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B1-66er wins the Beer Haiku Contest

Captain Hops — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:35:32 +0000

In a highly scientific random drawing, I added the names of all the poets that contributed beer haiku since June 1, 2006 to a hat and allowed my two-year-old son to pull one out.

The winner is B1-66er the author and low-res photographer over at b1-66er’s archipelago. He also happens to be one of the masterminds behind Choka On It and the reigning English haiku slugfest champion of the world. (That was a blast!)

Congratulations B1-66er! You have won a free beer from the Captain or a mutually agreed upon substitute. I will be contacting you by email to make arrangements.

My deepest thanks and admiration to everyone that contributed Haiku to the contest. If I haven’t published yours already, I will be doing so over the next week or two. Thank you so much for making this contest successful.

PS: Did people like this contest? Do you want to see more contests? I came up with the idea at the last minute but I could have more contests and drawings if you are interested. Perhaps the next one could be a popularity contest and I could set up some kind of polling so that you, the readers, can vote. Let me know your thoughts in the comments section.

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Beer Haiku Daily has Moved!

Captain Hops — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:00:50 +0000

Beer Haiku Daily has grown up and gotten its own domain name. You can now get your daily pint of beer haiku at http://www.beerhaikudaily.com.

If you have been kind enough to link to us in the past from your site, please consider updating your link. If you have been meaning to add a link to Beer Haiku Daily on your site, this is your big chance!

We are now running on WordPress. Please be patient as we and try to squash the little bugs that we uncover. It’s not easy to learn a new platform.

I hope you enjoy the new site. Keep sending your beer haiku submissions! You can use our convenient submission form.

Cheers!

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Tip #2 for writing beer haiku

Captain Hops — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:41:00 +0000

Second in an occasional series. Don’t forget to review Tip #1 for writing beer haiku.

In our first tip we made some suggestions about choosing the topic or theme of your beer haiku. Here are a few different suggestions about style. (It is unlikely you will be able to use more than one per poem.)

Be direct and to the point.
Be cryptic or use riddles.
Use puns or double entendre.
Compare and contrast two beers or a beer and something else.
Use humor. Remember beer and haiku are fun!
Be artistic and use lofty words.
Be blunt and use honest words.
Personify the beer.
Use various points of view. Your’s, your neighbor’s, your bar stool’s, the cop that just pulled you out of the gutter, the gutter…

With Haiku, less is more. Your brief words should serve as a springboard of imagination. The reader may spend seconds reading the 3 lines, but then spend much more time visualizing the scene, figuring out the riddle, guessing what happens next, and then going in a completely different direction with the same material.

Have fun!

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Tip #1 for writing beer haiku

Captain Hops — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:22:49 +0000

Pick a theme. Here are some examples:

Favorite brand or style
Favorite place to drink
Celebration of beer in general
When do you drink it?
How does it make you feel?
What else is going on when you drink beer? Ballgame, bowling, cards, dancing etc…
The way it looks? Tastes? Smells?
Why do you drink it in general?
Why are you drinking it today?
What do you do before, during, after drinking beer?
Did someone do you wrong? Or do you right?
Combination of several of the above

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Send us your Beer Haiku!

Captain Hops — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:06:00 +0000

Contribute your own haiku about beer!

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