Posts Tagged: Beer and Economics
Pepsi To Supply Indian Brewing Industry With Barley
Posted by on Sunday, May 4, 2008 in - leave a comment
While I proudly hold on to the title of the last place you want to go for your brewing trade information, even my eye caught this bit of news from The Economic Times of India: • “Pepsi enables farmers in Rajasthan to grow two-row barley as "it is the best variety to get good malting quality" …
More Good News As More Good Hops Being Planted
Posted by on Thursday, April 10, 2008 in - leave a comment
Stan confirms in relation to hops what I noted earlier in relation to malt - farmers will do what farmers do and react to price and demand increases. Let the doomsday predictors have their day in the sun until the supply chain plays itself out, though. Just remember that hops and grain are not oil …
Craft Beer And Substantial Equivalence
Posted by on Saturday, March 1, 2008 in - leave a comment
Market Saturation and Substantial Equivalence Illustrated • The tough thing about the hop and malt price bump is that it comes at a time of US consumer uncertainty. Something of a double whammy. Add to this the idea that I have come across recently to express something I have thought about for …
Hooray For Hong Kong's Anti-Pigovians!
Posted by on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 in - 4 comments
This, I think, is the first time I have ever seen a story like this: • “Hong Kong's government abolished taxes on wine and beer after posting a record surplus, boosting efforts to turn the city into a wine-trading hub. The tariffs will be abolished immediately, costing the city government HK$560 …
Again With The Beer Input Grid: Resistence Is Not Futile
Posted by on Sunday, February 24, 2008 in - 4 comments
There has been some odd resistance to my humble proposal that craft brewers might consider taking steps to control their owns means of cost input production in the face of sharp input inflation which, the more I think about it, the more it strikes me as fundamentally anti-capitalistic. So, in that …
So You Think That The Price Of Beer Is Rising?
Posted by on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 in - 5 comments
Just be glad you aren't reading A Good Tea Blog. Consider these headlines: • Tea prices 'to hit record levels this year'Tea prices set to soarThe Tea War • War?!?! That's bad, right? And it's not a rhetorical war - the crisis in Kenya has caused a 10% in exports from that nation, the biggest …
Losing Good Local Beer Can Mean Losing Other Good Things
Posted by on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in - 16 comments
Just a short note on a late work night as I gaze around the Internet for a tale to tell. And I came upon this often ignored consequence of consolidation within the brewing industry: • “Sponsorship worth £150,000 a year for events in Edinburgh could be thrown into doubt by the proposed takeover … read more »
Sometimes There Are Limits To Promoting With Beer
Posted by on Friday, January 18, 2008 in - 2 comments
Being Canadian, there is a good chance that I like beer and I like hockey. But even I see the downside of this one: • “Shortly before lunchtime Thursday, the St. Louis Blues sent an e-mail to fans announcing "Tuesdays on Tap," a promotion offering unlimited free beverages, including beer, for …
UK Grocery Shoppers Buying More Ale Than Last Year
Posted by on Sunday, January 13, 2008 in - 2 comments
There is a lot of talk about food and beer as well as the shifting of beer in the UK into the home and out of the pub. This latter trend is the sort of thing that might force Stonch to break out the red flag and arm the barricades but I am a devoted stash builder and home tippler. Why? Sure there …
In The Coming Recession, Will Beer Be The Affordable Luxury?
Posted by on Thursday, December 27, 2007 in - 3 comments
With a reported one million empty homes built in the US on speculation with another million sub-prime mortgages timed to fail this year, there is a lot of discussion this Yule on the economic prospects for 2008. I once advised small firms and in my planning advice I always included the need to be …
