tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444372010882241548.post4487463979946581603..comments2023-07-07T12:51:31.417+01:00Comments on Beers I've Known: Session #55: Beer Artbeersiveknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293913182389157112noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444372010882241548.post-74531946486693277712011-09-03T11:36:44.571+01:002011-09-03T11:36:44.571+01:00Oh the branding is great. I do love the cute brand...Oh the branding is great. I do love the cute branding. I just have a bugbear about all flash websites in general and believe that they are a mistake for breweries to use and I know I am certainly not alone in that opinion.<br /><br />That said, at least they have a functional website which is more than I can say for some breweries.Reuben Gray - TaleOfAlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948722985150698273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444372010882241548.post-68656269644554580862011-09-03T11:33:20.686+01:002011-09-03T11:33:20.686+01:00Reuben- I think its good that they have a good bra...Reuben- I think its good that they have a good brand presence and a website that people will remember. A lot of the talk about hitachino nest before the great britishbeer festival was due to its cute branding. It was also a great way to get poeple to shell out fo rthe more expensive beers "it comes with a free owl bottlecap"! For reviews then the parent company website http://www.kodawari.cc/?en_home/products/hitachino-nest-beer.html gives the beer on individual pages.beersiveknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293913182389157112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444372010882241548.post-3980518874811800482011-09-03T11:19:19.795+01:002011-09-03T11:19:19.795+01:00Nick, I disagree about flash being a good thing. I...Nick, I disagree about flash being a good thing. I think it has it's place in a presentation website but it has no place on a brewery website. Not unless you can integrate the flash in such a way that it only makes up the structure and not the content. I should be able to link to each page individually (not possible with flash). I should be able to select text which is often not possibly on flash sites, though it is allowable during the design.<br />If I can't link directly to a specific part of a brewery website, I can't direct traffic directly to one of their beers that I write about, and the ability for me to do that is important when it comes to them tracking what page is the most popular, what beer page gets the most traffic and where that traffic comes from.<br /><br />Full flash websites look cool for a few moments but very quickly become bothersome. And that Hitachino Nest website become very annoying, very quickly for me.Reuben Gray - TaleOfAlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948722985150698273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444372010882241548.post-49280461833813142992011-09-03T11:12:36.318+01:002011-09-03T11:12:36.318+01:00thanks for the link to the Hitachino Nest website....thanks for the link to the Hitachino Nest website... actually there are not that many brewery websites with a full featured Flash website, but if done with flash they are mostly looking awesome.nickhttp://lautering.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444372010882241548.post-20723633647760120412011-09-02T19:48:42.502+01:002011-09-02T19:48:42.502+01:00Post updated to credit design agency and idea behi...Post updated to credit design agency and idea behind an owl on a pilsner!beersiveknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293913182389157112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444372010882241548.post-19587256383297633282011-09-02T19:11:49.437+01:002011-09-02T19:11:49.437+01:00Forgot to mention that one, but yes did know it wa...Forgot to mention that one, but yes did know it was there! Not sure about how owls are connected to pilsner though!beersiveknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293913182389157112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444372010882241548.post-25911965782137422622011-09-02T19:08:27.540+01:002011-09-02T19:08:27.540+01:00So how many owls are actually in that? I count thr...So how many owls are actually in that? I count three. The big owl face, the hidden one at the bottom but also another hidden one taking up the top half of the face.Reuben Gray - TaleOfAlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948722985150698273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444372010882241548.post-37496292096016911932011-09-02T18:29:57.725+01:002011-09-02T18:29:57.725+01:00Thanks for the comment ct, I'll read yours pro...Thanks for the comment ct, I'll read yours properly as soon as I've eaten my dinner! <br />I worked on the bottle beer bar at GBBF this year and there's a guy who comes round every year to ask for all of the bottle caps. He says that hecan trade them with others. We had a long conversation about possible reasons why UK brewers don't generally have decorated caps and decided it was because bottles over here don't generally come in multipack carriers so the lids aren't often looked at. There are some great bottle cap designs out there though.<br /><br />Thanks for hosting!beersiveknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293913182389157112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444372010882241548.post-32314352279855131472011-09-02T18:25:31.659+01:002011-09-02T18:25:31.659+01:00I enjoyed your post. I love hidden pictures and I...I enjoyed your post. I love hidden pictures and I hadn't spotted the hidden owl before. Good eyes there, my friend. I am also glad you picked a couple caps to include. I think it is an overlooked art canvas.<br /><br />Thanks for participating! <br />ct.ct.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03368392405758215425noreply@blogger.com