Women of the beerosphere: Carrie Miller
Carrie Miller
What is your name?
Carrie Miller
What is your location?
New York City, but born and raised in Downingtown, Pennsylvania (there’s something in the water there that makes a good beer-lover)
What is your blog?
The Beer Pirate
http://www.thebeerpirate.com
Do you have a favorite style of beer? What is it?
At one time it was the IPA, but I find that my tastes are constantly changing and evolving. Now I just enjoy flavor! I’ve discovered how hops and malts and other flavors can be friends, and I’m loving it!
How did you come to write a blog about beer?
My boss is a partner in an Internet/multimedia video company called Next New Networks. I came to him and told him that I wanted to start a show where I drove around the country tasting beer at different microbreweries. He told me he wasn’t about to send me frolicking across the country on his dime, but he would sponsor a beer blog. He said - start there and come back to me later. Looking back on it, I realize it was a kind of off the wall request that he took quite well.
What prejudices have you had to overcome?
I don’t know that I’ve really had to overcome prejudices, per se. I mean, people always assume that if you’re a chick you’re into light beer or none at all. I find that doing a blog actually makes for a great conversation piece. People are always impressed and surprised to find that someone like me is into beer. I love surprising people and being just what they expect I’m not.
Any other passions?
I love bevvies! I’m not just passionate about beer, but I also love wine, cocktails, tea, sake, all kinds of stuff. I especially love when drinks or food are surrounded by culture. The way that beer brings people together at the pub, or the prohibition history of a cocktail, or the ritual of japanese sake and tea is all fascinating to me. I also love to cook (and eat). I’m this weird kind of Pirate-Martha-Stewart. I’ll craft a 2-layered boston cream filled cake with meringue buttercream icing and a coordinating paper-mache hand-made dish after having a pint of beer and 2 martinis (it’s way easier to pipe icing after a drink or two).
Any parting thoughts?
People often cut me up because, out of the year or so that I’ve been reviewing and blogging about beer, I’ve only given maybe two or three bad reviews. I think long and hard before I say anything bad about a beer. I work hard at the things I do and when someone tells me they don’t dig it, it hurts. In my opinion, there is no bad micro brew or craft brew as long as someone put some love into it. You can taste the love (really, I know that sounds crazy) in a well-crafted beer. Granted, some beers are stronger and more outstanding than others, but that doesn’t make them bad. When you start to take it too seriously it becomes something different. Heck, I don’t know what I’m doing here and this whole thing has been a learning process. That’s what I want my blog to be. A place where I can taste a beer and we can all learn about it, and maybe some commenters (please comment) can share their input and help me better appreciate and enjoy this magical beverage called beer.
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