I was thumbing through the TiVo last night to see if there was anything worth watching in its bowels. I came across the episode of The Thirsty Traveler that focused on Belgian Beers.
My first thought was, "A 30 minute show about belgian beers, and at least 15 minutes of it will be taken up by commercials and some cuisine/cooking stuff?! He must be focusing on only one type of beer, perhaps Lambic."
I was wrong. He raced through all of Belgium, covering Trappist ales, Lambics, Wits, etc, etc. It was all a blur, and nothing of great substance really said about any one kind of beer.
In keeping with the theme of scantly mentioning something, but not discussing it at all, they went to a commercial break near the end of the show with the following cliff-hanger line:
"When we come back, I'll be competing in the World Draught Master competition with bartenders from all over the world."
When they came back from the commercial, only said "The World Draught Master title is a respected award for bartenders from all over the world and draws huge crowds every year."
Then they showed camera shots of people in a big room and lots of beer related stuff.
Then they cut away wrapped the show up. They didn't even say what the competition WAS! WTF?
I was initially intrigued by this show and have watched several episodes, but I'm finding it now to be a steaming pile of dung.
-walker
My first thought was, "A 30 minute show about belgian beers, and at least 15 minutes of it will be taken up by commercials and some cuisine/cooking stuff?! He must be focusing on only one type of beer, perhaps Lambic."
I was wrong. He raced through all of Belgium, covering Trappist ales, Lambics, Wits, etc, etc. It was all a blur, and nothing of great substance really said about any one kind of beer.
In keeping with the theme of scantly mentioning something, but not discussing it at all, they went to a commercial break near the end of the show with the following cliff-hanger line:
"When we come back, I'll be competing in the World Draught Master competition with bartenders from all over the world."
When they came back from the commercial, only said "The World Draught Master title is a respected award for bartenders from all over the world and draws huge crowds every year."
Then they showed camera shots of people in a big room and lots of beer related stuff.
Then they cut away wrapped the show up. They didn't even say what the competition WAS! WTF?
I was initially intrigued by this show and have watched several episodes, but I'm finding it now to be a steaming pile of dung.
-walker