Posts Tagged: Craft Or Kraphtt
Craft Or Kraphtt: Bud Light Golden Wheat, Shops, USA
Posted by on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in - 4 comments
Knut mocked me. I have never been mocked by a Norwegian. It stung. But Lew had me thinking. • It pours the orange amber of Syracuse Pale Ale or London Special Ale. On the sniff, a whiff of mute orange and spice. In the gaping maw, it's a bit like a craft beer as seen through the wrong end of …
New York: Biere, Genesee Brewing Co., Rochester
Posted by on Saturday, January 17, 2009 in - 3 comments
Quelle grande gout indeed! • Genesee Brewing has held a contract with the LCBO for low priced beer for a gazillions years meaning you can pick up a six pack's worth of their brews for about seven bucks, which is about as cheap as it gets in Ontario. The cans up here are labeled exotically in … read more »
Craft Or Kraphtt: Porter, Michelob Brewing, St Louis, Mo.
Posted by on Saturday, November 22, 2008 in - 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 on Friday, May 9, 2008 in - 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 on Monday, December 10, 2007 in - 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 on Friday, November 30, 2007 in - 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 on Thursday, October 25, 2007 in - 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 …
