Posts Tagged: Craft Or Kraphtt
Straining Reality To Keep "Craft Beer" Meaningless
Posted by on Monday, June 14, 2010 in - 9 comments
I have every sympathy for the Boston Beer Company and their Sam Adams brands if for no other reason that they keep coming up with brews that surprise me unexpectedly with their quality and value. That being said, it is getting silly out there with the efforts being made to continue their right to …
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 …
