Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
That new Brixton Buzz beer looks disgusting - doesn't it have guarana in it? So it will taste shite, give you the shits and make you stay up all nights. Might as well do some proper drugs.
Brixton news, rumours and general chat - Sept 2013
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They are the main contractor for highways work for TFL for one half I'd London. Nobody thinks even pedestrianised areas get built without using large vehicles, do they?interdasting choice of sposnor...
Gramsci
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Stout would be good idea.
I like the labels.
It is worthy cause with the profits going to the soup kitchen. I hope it goes well.
Just to let everyone know ... Cressingham Gardens is doing Open House this weekend. There will be an exhibition in the Rotunda plus tours around the estate. Also children's activities on Saturday: 10am-1pm Face Painting and Origami, 2-4pm Fun Creative Art
https://www.facebook.com/SaveCressinghamGardens
https://www.facebook.com/SaveCressinghamGardens
happyshopper
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Not "vibrant" then?
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editor
hiraethified
Thanks for the support. Really appreciated.
Naturally, there's no need to try the stuff first or to have any faith in the brewery or any of the people involved. Just get right out there and publicly slag it off before it's even been released.
Nice one!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Of course, that's what you do, silly! Sit and judge. This is the Internet.
Why are you defending a yuppie beer trading on the goodly name of Brixton all of a sudden?
Weird change of tack
Why are you defending a yuppie beer trading on the goodly name of Brixton all of a sudden?
Weird change of tack
editor
hiraethified
WTF are you on about?
If you had resized that image just a bit smaller i would have liked it.
snowy_again
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That most change reported on this place, and often by you editor, is perceived and judged as suspicious, exploitative and bad, inherently because for some reason unless its -proper old school brixton- its outsiders marketing the outdated perception of brixton being nothing but the frontline and an opportunity to flirt with -vibrancy- and a risk managed sense of danger perhaps (insert question mark).
For example why use riot photos as the beer label background - it wont be drunk by many people who participated in the 80s or the 90s riots I bet - nor summarise their reasons for resorting to violent action, so why use their protest against institutionalised oppression - for the sake of an emotive statement - to sell a vanity item - an expensive sedative. If its solely to raise funds for the food project then great, and correct me.
(sorry - my keyboards broken, so no ability to add question marks or apostrophes)
For example why use riot photos as the beer label background - it wont be drunk by many people who participated in the 80s or the 90s riots I bet - nor summarise their reasons for resorting to violent action, so why use their protest against institutionalised oppression - for the sake of an emotive statement - to sell a vanity item - an expensive sedative. If its solely to raise funds for the food project then great, and correct me.
(sorry - my keyboards broken, so no ability to add question marks or apostrophes)
editor
hiraethified
I thought that this had been made very clear.
ALL profits from this venture are going to the Brixton Soup Kitchen, and if it proves to be a success, then future brews will also go to fund other local worthy causes. With luck, it may prove to be a novel and sustainable way to help Brixton causes.
No one is making any money from this apart from the Soup Kitchen.
The brewery is paying for the ingredients themselves. The artist did the labels for free at short notice. Kaff is taking no money from sales and I'm certainly not getting a penny out of this.
snowy_again
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So that was a bit of a rant... and having searched, its evident that a proportion of the profits go to the kitchen.
Im still non plussed by the riot references and confused as to how you manage to hold contradictory and subjective views on whats going on in brixton and who is allowed, or permitted to develop and who is not. E.g. i rode past the archetypal set of middle class, young female professional blow ins on Kellett Road tonight - lured to the emerging new railton road end of brixton night life - their comments about what the effra was like almost made me stop and ask why on earth they were here. Marketing the beer that way would to me, confirm their perceptions of the area,.
Yours, ever perplexed in monothought clique
Im still non plussed by the riot references and confused as to how you manage to hold contradictory and subjective views on whats going on in brixton and who is allowed, or permitted to develop and who is not. E.g. i rode past the archetypal set of middle class, young female professional blow ins on Kellett Road tonight - lured to the emerging new railton road end of brixton night life - their comments about what the effra was like almost made me stop and ask why on earth they were here. Marketing the beer that way would to me, confirm their perceptions of the area,.
Yours, ever perplexed in monothought clique
snowy_again
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Posting overlap, so thanks for pointing out my lack of knowledge on the reasons. I will go and buy some in Kaff.
editor
hiraethified
Not a proportion. Every single penny of profit is going to the Soup Kitchen.
editor
hiraethified
We're not some hotshot brewery who has teamed up with a major PR agency to develop a clever Brixton brand and marketing strategy for the beer. There was no design meetings about the label artwork either, nor did we have any time or inclination for one. Truth is, we're making this up as we go along and trying to make the best job we can of it with very limited resources.
All I want to do is to shift as much beer as possible and raise as much money as we can for a cause I feel passionate about. I don't care much who drinks the stuff so long as we're raising money.
And that's it really.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
You seem to be promoting some yuppy beer that sounds disgusting, whilst exploiting the name of Brixton. Something that we normally rail against on here.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
WE? WTF? I see!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Whoah there's a lot to catch up on here!
editor
hiraethified
If you tried the beer and honestly thought it was 'disgusting' I'd be interested in discussing it, but instead you're just being wilfully rude and obnoxious.
And you'll have to help me out with what attributes supposedly make up a 'yuppy beer.'
editor
hiraethified
Yes. 'We'''. Quite a few people have put their time and energy into trying to make this happen.
snowy_again
Slush
Good for you Ed. Good intentions and all that. Just remember that views that dont match yours doesnt mean that people dont support the cause - perhaps just the method.
In other proper 70s brixton news - the BHC offices are being used as a cafe and art space again in Sept
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joes-Café/205121239654334?ref=stream&hc_location=stream
Which links to the Faieries thread too.
In other proper 70s brixton news - the BHC offices are being used as a cafe and art space again in Sept
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joes-Café/205121239654334?ref=stream&hc_location=stream
Which links to the Faieries thread too.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I'm poohpoohing your crappy yuppy beer without tasting it.
It's 1.30 in the morning.
Beer is shit.
Make a cider!
leanderman
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It's a laudable project. Beer and soup kitchen funds. What's not to like? Much annoyed that I'm working on launch night.
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