THE B.L.A.S.T. Museum Vessel Cultural Exchange

The B.L.A.S.T. Museum Vessel Cultural Exchange is a vibrant e-useum that explores the age-old passion shared by millions of enjoying a drink. From the evening glass intended to relax, to having a pitcher during the game, or maybe a weekend pint at the pub.

The acronym B.L.A.S.T. is derived from the words Beer, Liquor, Alcohol, Spirits, and Tea, with a mission to give educational expansion to peoples’ understanding of alcohol consumption and its importance and influence among and within civilizations, dynasties, and cultures. Our educational mission explores geography, culture, and history through the use of art and various art forms, while incorporating other aspects of social function such as food, sport, literature,and music to reinforce the impact of beer, alcohol,and wine in politics, religion, and economics. Diligently engaging and examining all regions of the world in an attempt to enlighten tradition, celebration,and ritual that culminate unique taste, flavor, texture, and design. The B.L.A.S.T.Museum attempts to encompass the intentions of being revered as a superior cultural institution, museum, and experience through the delivery of the seriousness of proper etiquette to humor in binging.

The goal of the B.L.A.S.T.Museum is to educate the general public about the significance and importance of beer, wine, and alcohol to the world. Grounded in fact, the displays, exhibits, and exhibitions seek to promote a better understanding of ‘ not so bad alcohol con

sumption  reasons. While attempting to dispel premature notion and myth with giving the visitor a wonderful experience, seminars and demonstrations focus and highlight tasting,food pairing,the microbrew process,wine creation,ingredients,and a host of other related areas on the subject.

Being the subject of drinking can become complicated and often frustrating, the awareness and education of physical and mental health risk,alcoholism,and law is of great priority and is addressed in such manner. The B.L.A.S.T.Museum does not seek to promote,influence or entice individual habit,attitude,and or behavior considered unsatisfactory to others and upholds that everyone should always think respectfully,be accountable,and act responsibly. In grace we understand that not so joyful situations do occur as a result of drinking,ranging from drinking and driving to child abuse,causing grief and often trauma. The B.L.A.S.T.Museum deeply expresses empathy and sympathy for all who have suffered oe experienced tragedy due to alcohol. The B.L.A.S.T.Museum also supports the community in the form of workshops and literacy programs that focus on the disease of alcohol dependency and alcohol law and urge drinkers to do so responsibly. The B.L.A.S.T.Museum attempts to collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of quality while in service of the public in accordance with the highest of professional standards,ethics,and the law.

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Green Beer … Who Does That

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Is the tradition of dyeing and consuming green beer on St.Patrick’s Day a true Irish one or an Irish-American sensation? To begin, St.Patrick was not Irish. A boy born to wealthy parents was kidnapped from Britain and taken to Ireland, and the day celebrated as St.Patrick’s Day is actually the day of his death. Some Irish individuals believe the drinking of green beer on St.Patrick’s Day goes back to the legend of the leprechaun, but as Irish immigrants began to settle in Boston and became scrutinized and discriminated against, they chose to show pride by using the color green to distinguish all things Irish.

The leprechaun, a fairy of ancient Irish mythology, was adopted by St.Patrick as a religious teaching tool in his converting of druids and pagans into Christians. Using a comparison of, To the great rewards of God to those who seek in Him, with seeking and finding the leprechaun’s pot of gold, St.Patrick states,”like the leprechaun, God remains hidden from human view, is to be feared, and so holds great rewards for those who seek and find him”. Common belief of the Irish was, the leprechaun used the green Irish countryside to hide himself so the color green became closely associated with it and St.Patrick.

Irish-Americans celebrate Green Beer Day, which began in 1952 at Miami University in Oxford,Ohio. This celebration does not coincide with St.Patrick’s Day but does allow another day of celebratory green merriment. There is no complicated recipe to making green beer, a green food coloring is simply added to a light pilsner or an ale. A green brew can also be made by combining powdered wheat grass juice or Spirulina(blue-green algae) and beer. Both of these mixtures are packed with antioxidants, minerals, and B-vitamins and are said to ease hangovers because of these properties.

Tankards And Steins

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Tankards are cylindrical shaped drinking cups with a single handle and may be made of silver, pewter, glass, wood, ceramic, or leather. Hinged lids and glass bottoms are common tankard characteristics.
Steins are very similar  to tankards in shape and use. During the Age of The Black Plague, to prevent diseased flees from getting into beer while drinking, lids were added to steins.

Object : Tankard / Stein
Left : Ceramic without lid.
Center : Ceramic without lid.
Right : Pewter with lid and glass bottom.                                                                                 BLAST Logo
Culture : [Celtic]
Country : Germany
Date : 19th – 20th Century
Collection : B.L.A.S.T.   Museum

American Shaker Pint

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The American Shaker Pint glass is considered the traditional pint glass. Its wide mouth allows easy sipping and is used to generally serve American Lager and American Ale. The shaker pint glass is also considered a standard style because their simple shape allows them to be produced easy in mass quantities.

Object : American Shaker Pint
Culture : North American
Country: United States of America
Date : 19th Century
Collection : B.L.A.S.T. Museum Drinking Vessel

Hello world!

I’m, Michael Brown.

In 2011, I was accepted as a student to the Southern University at New Orleans Masters of Arts in Museum Studies Program. In 2001, I received a certificate in Bartending/Bar Management from Crescent City School of Gaming and Bartending in New Orleans. In 2010, I placed 1st in the Carnival Cruise Line Mixologist competition aboard the Carnival Miracle. In 2003, I earned a certificate in Landscape Design from Delgado Community College. I am also a member of the National Home Gardeners Club and operate the Freelance Gardening Group, a speciality landscape service. I recieved my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Southern University at New Orleans in 2011. I am a history minor and I enjoy english.The B.L.A.S.T. Museum Vessel Cultural Exchange started as, “what I took as an assignment from Yu Jiang,PhD. He told me to turn my private collection into a museum. My B.L.A.S.T.Museum idea was immediately embraced by my other professors, David Reip, Ph.D. and Sara Hollis,Ph.D.

When I started this blog, I bagan to explore the idea of turning my imagination into reality and this site serves as a temporary venue. It is another step on the road of opening a real museum.” I thank you and everyone for visiting the B.L.A.S.T. Museum Vessel Cultural Exchange”.

Southern University at New Orleans Fall 2011
Taken by David Riep,Ph.D.
Object:Cup
Culture:Kuba
Country:Democratic Republic of Congo
Collection:Southern University at New Orleans Davis Collection of Central and Western African Art
Date: c.1900