Talk:Pearl Brewing Company/Archive 2

Page archived (1 April 2007)
The first year of Pearl Brewery discussions has been archived. The page was getting a little long, so I figured what better way to start the article's second year than a clean slate. --Brownings 12:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Beer reviews
I'm going to remove the beer review section. After thinking about it for awhile, I can't really see how it's adding any value to the article, and removing it would at least help a tad on the overall article length. There are really three reasons why I'm doing this. First, if you follow the links, the reviews aren't that great. Sure, it comes out and screams that the Pearl beers where never that great, but I think I've alluded to that fact well enough in the article. Second, I don't think any visitor we get on Wikipedia will really be that interested in the actual taste of the beer. Chances are they've had it and know what Pearl's beers taste like or the person has surfed to the article really only interested in the history. Finally, the on-going battle over at WikiProject Beer concerning these links (not Pearl's specifically, just review links in general) really isn't something I want Pearl involved in. I see good points from both sides, but overall both review sites do tend to be a little commercialized. --Brownings 12:13, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday Pearl
That's right, Happy Birthday to Wikipedia's article on the Pearl Brewery. One year ago the article went on-line and instantly became my obsession. As you can see from the article's first version here, it's come a long way and had a ton of improvement. I'd say overall, the article is over half done. Of course there are still many sections to be filled in, but as with everything in my life, they're a work in progress. While I won't be toasting the occasion with a glass of Pearl this evening, I will drink a few pints for the celebration. --Brownings 15:47, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

TXTC
You may find it interesting to know that the tracks are still buried in the streets that TXTC used to run on and there are still rails coming out of the street where it conected to the UP main line.John 20:26, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Pearl's rail car operations
I'm getting ready to zap this section. After thinking about it, including the section in the overall article just doesn't make sense. The rail cars weren't notable, and it 's not like the article needs the extra fluff. With Pearl growing larger and larger, we need to look at what is necessary for the story and what is a nicety, and maybe cut off some of the "nice to have" sections. Maybe one day Pearl's rail car story will be told, but not here, and not by me. Of course I'm always open to suggestions and comments. --Brownings 16:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

First Image
Does the company name have to be so huge? :/


 * No, it doesn't. I'll go and reduce the size right now.  Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to comment, feedback is ALWAYS appreciated.  --Brownings 23:26, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Mulling a future split
Well, things have been insane around the house, but Pearl hasn't been completely out of my mind. I have no idea if any of you have checked out the new PearlBrewery.com website, which just recently went fully on-line, but it's pretty cool. It's got the usual promotional banter, but it also has a ton of info on the brewery's future. Silver Venture's plans for the place are insanely clever and very massive. After seeing the amount of change coming to the complex, there is no way present and future will be able to exist on this article. It'd just push it past the reasonable length that any Wiki admin will let me get away with, which it's kinda bordering on that area already. I've been thinking of making a split at the point when Pabst closes the brewery in 2001. Pearl Brewing Company would contain all the history and current info on the beers, while an article on Pearl Brewery would focus on the purchase by Silver Ventures and their planned changes. Anyone, anyone at all, have any suggestions or comments? --Brownings 03:37, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

New photos added
I uploaded and added over 40 photos to the article last night. All of them are historic photos that were given to me by Silver Ventures for use on Wikipedia. Outside of more photos from the 1970s - 2000 section, I don't seem the photo/gallery section getting much bigger. If the weather ever really clears up here, I want to get down to the brewery to take a new batch of current photos and replace the ones we have right now. There is a ton of work going on down there, and some of the changes are pretty drastic from what's show in the current section and what's current at the brewery. I hope everyone enjoys the new photos, and as always, feedback is welcome. Prost! --Brownings 23:25, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I've taken a new batch of current photos, and I've got all 27 of them uploaded to Wikipedia. I should get time this weekend to actually put them into the article, arrange them, and then label them all this weekend.  The best part of the new photos is that a few show the new work being done to the Can Recycle, Silver Venture's official name for the old building known as the Aluminum Can Recycling.  Look for the new photos soon!  --Brownings 18:05, 4 August 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, photos are all up and tagged. --Brownings 11:13, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Royal Crown Cola
After thinking about it for a bit, I've decided to kill of the future section on RC Cola. The story just wasn't that big in the overall scheme of things. The fact that Pearl bought into the bottling and distribution of RC in an attempt to diversify is important, but just not enough to warrant it's own section. Even though the Judson & RC sections are similar, the fact that Judson has a back history to the purchase is why Judson got its own section and RC won't. I do plan on using the RC information in the overall article though, probably in the section on Southdown, where Pearl was trying to avoid being bought, a situation that happened anyway. --Brownings 04:37, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Fire Damage to San Antonio site
There's no mention in the article of the damage to the San Antonio Pearl brewery site in 2003 (ref: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22fire%22+%2B+%22pearl+brewery) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ageekgal (talk • contribs) 03:50, August 27, 2007 (UTC)


 * Holy cow, how did I miss your comment. Anyway, sorry about not responding till now.  I've left the fire story out so far, just because I thought it was extra information.  You're right though, it does deserve a spot since the fire destroyed the Bottle Shop, the building originally intended for Center for Foods of the Americas (CFA).  Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment.  --Brownings 12:41, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Updates finally
OK, sorry about the lack of updates, work has been a total nightmare. However, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel finally. So, that means it'll be back to work on Pearl and maybe even some work over at Shiner! I've just finished catching up to date on the brewery section for Pearl today. I added more Refs, plus added in some resent developments such as CFA becoming Culinary Institute of America San Antonio. The scaffolding is down around the brew house. While I've had a picture on Wikipedia of it, I finally got around to writing about it as well. Looks like SV is staying pretty tight lipped on the brew house plans though and with good merit. I'm really hoping they can wrangle Pearl Beer from Pabst, but we'll see. --Brownings (talk) 03:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)