Posts Tagged: Inputs, Price and Value
Jamaica Refutes "Beer Is Affordable Luxury" Theory
Posted by on Saturday, September 13, 2008 in - leave a comment
So much for my very clever idea that beer rises to the top during tougher economic times if the situation at Red Stripe is anything to go by: • Red Stripe, the Jamaican brewers of beer, has blamed a soft economy that slowed demand and rising cost of inputs, including energy and raw materials … read more »
So What Exactly Is A Session Beer?
Posted by on Sunday, August 31, 2008 in - 14 comments
A couple of articles I read this past week got me thinking again about that spiny question of what exactly constitutes a session beer. There was the last Tuesday's article in The New York Times by Betsy Andrews entitled "The Other Extreme: Low-Alcohol Beers" but I also got a copy of the summer …
More On The Irish Price Of Malting Barley
Posted by on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 in - 8 comments
Ireland's beer blogger The Beer Nut noted it in yesterday's comments but the details are quite astounding as the maltsters for Guinness's owner Diageo are proposing a 20% cut in the price they will pay for the 2008 crop: • A spokesman for Greencore Malt, which supplies Diageo, said grain prices …
So Where Are Barley Prices Headed Now?
Posted by on Monday, August 11, 2008 in - 4 comments
I don't know what it is like where you are, but here in the rainy eastern end of the Great Lakes it's the year of the bumper crop, with Ontario's wheat crop set to be a record. That got me thinking about last spring's talk about price increases for brewers. Here are some stories harvested from …
Return Of The "Are You An Utter Fool?" Post
Posted by on Monday, June 2, 2008 in - 5 comments
Apparently the hunt for the next big thing in beer - you know, like "sustainable" or "heritage" or "retro cheap ass" - still includes those who think luxury for the sake of inducing mere expenditure is the way to go. And today we look to the Australians for the next example of vendors who think …
Wired's Good Summary Of Price Inputs Got Me Thinking
Posted by on Sunday, May 11, 2008 in - 2 comments
It's just a short article in Wired but it provides a good summary of where we are with the hop and barley price jumps and gets me thinking about that other elephant in the room - value: • “"My jaw hit the floor when I saw the price," Ansari says. And next year, he'll have to reformulate his … read more »
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 …
Single Cask Brews: Manufacturing Scarcity Or Pure Genius?
Posted by on Monday, May 5, 2008 in - 11 comments
I just about flipped out when I saw this post over at 2 Beer Guys (from the April 16, 2008 issue of The Coloradoan) about the Odell Brewing Co. (with whom I am not familiar but which I am sure is nice and run by fine folk, and all) doing a limited run of a series of single cask beers - each brew …
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" …
Check Your Kilt For Monkeys As Brewers Plant Hops
Posted by on Thursday, April 17, 2008 in - 1 comment
Funny how two months ago the idea that craft brewers might get off the supply grid and try planting a few hops - you know, to avoid being soaked by the tightened traditional supply and other rising cost inputs like transportation - was the cause of what might be called confusion. Now, according to …
