Posts Tagged: Craft Or Kraphtt

Craft Or Kraphtt: Porter, Michelob Brewing, St Louis, Mo.

Posted by Alan McLeod on Saturday, November 22, 2008 in Craft Or Kraphtt, Porter Season - 3 comments

I was going to write "wow" or something but that wouldn't quite capture my surprise at how good this beer is. Poured at a chilly cellar temperature, there is an immediate mass of dry cocoa that sits in such balance with that bit of hop, a little java and that little nod to dark plum that …

Craft Or Kraphtt: Sam Adams Summer Ale, Boston, Mass.

Posted by Alan McLeod on Friday, May 9, 2008 in Craft Or Kraphtt, Inputs, Price and Value - 3 comments

I got to spend my work day in another country today and be home in time for supper. Not a bad Friday on a loverly spring day. And what better for a spring day than summer ale. I picked up a 12 of Sam Adam's Summer Ale at the Watertown Hannaford for 13 bucks which, when the Canadian customs duties …

Craft Or Kraphtt: Sam Adams Scotch Ale, Boston Beer, MA, USA

Posted by Alan McLeod on Monday, December 10, 2007 in Craft Or Kraphtt, Inputs, Price and Value, Styles, Beer Reviews - 3 comments

Stan was rightly giving me grief the other day or at least a lesson in life when I spoke of the Sam Adams line of beers. I didn't mean to be mean and I am a delicate flower in the face of such dressings down - but, as you all know, I am working with what I am thinking about beer pricing and value …

The Baltimore Sun On Craft Beer Pricing

Posted by Alan McLeod on Friday, November 30, 2007 in Craft Or Kraphtt, Inputs, Price and Value, Beer and Economics - 5 comments

The Baltimore Sun has a regular beer column by Rob Kasper and this week it has picked up the question of price in this column called "How much is too much for a beer": • “I have mixed feelings about these top-dollar prices. On the one hand, it is a sign that beer is taking a step up in the …

Are Craft Beer Prices Too Low? No, They Are Not Too Low.

Posted by Alan McLeod on Thursday, October 25, 2007 in Craft Or Kraphtt, Inputs, Price and Value, Beer and Economics - 75 comments

An entirely gratuitous and not quite related chart used to enhance credibility. • What was I thinking? Where was my head when Lew, Stan and Stephen all joined hands and sang Kumbaya (I'm a Minister's kid so that has more levels for me allowing me to use the word in that way) for the cause of …