Posts Tagged: National Craft
Jim Koch Makes Some Excellent Business Observations
Posted by on Thursday, April 25, 2013 in - 1 comment
I do scratch my head at the way monolithic figures in good beer are received. It tends to be without question and a certain type of adoration. The type of adoration usually reserved for sports heroes before they fall from grace. For favorite elementary school teachers or the guy who always helped …
Has Discontent Struck Good Beer In A Time of Plenty?
Posted by on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in - 6 comments
A little bird, or rather an email correspondent, who was present advised me that at the recent Craft Brewer Conference there was a closed session at which at least one well placed big-mid-sized Midwest brewer "sure made for good entertainment at the voting members session of the CBC- you know, the …
Sales Revenues Rise Faster Than Beer Barrels Moved
Posted by on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in - 13 comments
I usually do not care about these sorts of PR advertorial releases about contrived standards being, amazingly, once again surpassed but there is that fact in there nattering away at me: • With production at 13,235,917 barrels in 2012, craft brewers reached 6.5 percent volume of the total U.S …
The Lone Voice Of A US Good Beer Consumer
Posted by on Sunday, March 17, 2013 in - 14 comments
There was an article posted today at NPR which provides a reasonable summary article on recent issues related to good beer. The best bit, spoiler, was the last bit: • In the bar, customer Rordam says even if he's sampled some upscale micro brews at $6, $7 or $8 a pint, those prices might …
"We Do Believe In The Future Of This Format"
Posted by on Monday, March 4, 2013 in - 20 comments
Stan goads me. Sometimes. He goaded me today with a tweet which, if you think about it, is a particularly goadyish way to goad. Stan the Goadster did write as follows this very afternoon: • @agoodbeerblog "Cacao nibs and imported honey are expensive," At last, the reason behind higher beer …
Now There's A Better Side-By-Side To Try
Posted by on Thursday, February 14, 2013 in - 32 comments
To the left, the Riedel O-Riedel Series Red+White glass: seven inches high, holds seventeen and one quarter US ounces of fluid. To the right, the Spiegelau IPA glass, seven and one third inches high and holds nineteen US ounces of fluid. Riedel and Spiegelau are closely related companies or … read more »
When Is More Local Beer Not Really Local Beer?
Posted by on Friday, May 11, 2012 in - 10 comments
An excellent set of observations by Velky Al over at Fuggled on the somewhat sudden trend for east coast production facilities for west coast US national craft: • I can't help but think that this is the first stage in the consolidation of the craft brewing industry, where the bigger companies …
A Great Way To Expand The Integrity Of National Craft
Posted by on Saturday, September 24, 2011 in - 1 comment
As we think about what it means to make good beer, we have realized that the truck might well not be the way to enhance your reputation or the quality of the beer. So, it was with some interest that I read this bit about the New Belgium's plans for expansion: • New Belgium sent a team to …
