tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post5184785366173974894..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Could the US Become an IPA Country?Jeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-62462991546175346732011-01-25T11:39:57.487-08:002011-01-25T11:39:57.487-08:00We will definitely crack the 10% ceiling for marke...We will definitely crack the 10% ceiling for market share and who knows where it could go from there.<br /><br />As far as IPA country, maybe, as long as it was a light, low alcohol, quaffable IPA with a nice hop profile, sessionability, and, oh wait, that's a pale ale. <br /><br />The majority of folks want a beer that they can drink 4-5 of while watching a game or mowing the lawn and not Seanywontonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142253930096998849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-9726311588518498132011-01-25T10:15:41.034-08:002011-01-25T10:15:41.034-08:00I should be more careful in my titling. The IPA w...I should be more careful in my titling. The IPA was just a suggestion--I mainly meant, could we envision a future where the US consumes more good beer than cheap. And Brad, I think your data suggests it's possible. Those wine figures were probably 80% cheap stuff a couple decades ago.<br /><br />The "macros" with 25% of the market. I could live with that.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-59033237242774741072011-01-25T09:32:31.216-08:002011-01-25T09:32:31.216-08:00Okay, but don't forget that 25% of the America...Okay, but don't forget that 25% of the American wine market is still E&J Gallo. They make Andre ($4 sparkling white wine), Boone's farm, and Thunderbird fortified wine.<br /><br />America has a lot of room to grow re: craft beer, but I highly doubt you'll ever see a point where the mass public is drinking IPA.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285052118454128338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-43647810012531175612011-01-25T09:28:08.439-08:002011-01-25T09:28:08.439-08:00"good macros (like Budweiser American Ale)&qu..."good macros (like Budweiser American Ale)"<br />You have to be kidding me. One of the worst beers ever made. I would rather drink MGD.thedudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902764629113865985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-14083890872127373432011-01-25T06:19:55.085-08:002011-01-25T06:19:55.085-08:00I don't usually comment on the US beer market,...I don't usually comment on the US beer market, because I don't know enough about it. But I've written a post on why I disagree: http://refreshingbeer.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-usa-will-not-become-ipa-country.html — well, I half disagree. I think craft beer can achieve a share of the market bigger than anyone expects, but the big sellers won't be IPA. I wouldn't mind being wrongRob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-84607632661419366822011-01-24T17:09:55.706-08:002011-01-24T17:09:55.706-08:00Ghost, not mathematically--IPAs have less than 1% ...Ghost, not mathematically--IPAs have less than 1% of the market right now.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-25428435869802223722011-01-24T11:32:06.883-08:002011-01-24T11:32:06.883-08:00Speaking as a proud Brit, the US is currently prod...Speaking as a proud Brit, the US is currently producing the most exciting, and by that I mean the most excellent, new beer of all nations.<br /><br />My stupid little bottled beer project reflects that.<br /><br />If all of that endeavour doesn't eventually set fire to the entire American domestic beer market, nothing ever will.<br /><br />I predict it will. <br /><br />Excellence tends to doAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852488639948144328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-57549951000228283512011-01-24T10:32:00.502-08:002011-01-24T10:32:00.502-08:00Kind of seems like it may already be an IPA countr...Kind of seems like it may already be an IPA countryGhost Drinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753576955816756710noreply@blogger.com