tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post8201923269814600271..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Okay, One More: Faux CraftJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-33990920743206891072012-11-17T06:41:05.154-08:002012-11-17T06:41:05.154-08:00German beer drinkers: Beer is good if it is made p...German beer drinkers: Beer is good if it is made purely from barley malt, hops and water.<br /><br />British beer drinkers: Beer is good if it is conditioned in the cask and served without extraneous CO2.<br /><br />American beer drinkers: Beer is good if it comes from a brewery which makes less than six million barrels a year.<br /><br />I submit that the American definition is the silliest of Barmhttp://refreshingbeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-6997095751460320032012-11-16T03:46:45.323-08:002012-11-16T03:46:45.323-08:00Hmmm ... interesting read. I too sometime have th...Hmmm ... interesting read. I too sometime have the fault of bashing big beer, but when I head out to a bar and that is all they have, I'll still buy one (be it PBR). <br /><br />So where do they draw the line that they are no longer a small brewery. Look at New Belgium, Sierra Nevada, and Oscar Blues opening a second plant in North Carolina. What aboot Samuel Adams, they like to portray Jason Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05483497571524820827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-20885666231804099102012-11-15T17:48:00.127-08:002012-11-15T17:48:00.127-08:00Two great comments. Max, I think you could flip i...Two great comments. Max, I think you could flip it, too: you can actually trust both types of breweries. Both want your business and both want you to drink their beer. <br /><br />Alan, I was going to allude to that, too. So much of craft brewing is imitation--because, to repeat myself, breweries want your business. So here in Oregon, they give us IPAs. Does every brewer who makes an IPA Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-74509956564290226822012-11-15T15:56:19.697-08:002012-11-15T15:56:19.697-08:00Craft brewer? How long since he's been an actu...Craft brewer? How long since he's been an actual brewer and not a front man for a national craft brewer? And a brewer that sells well and moderately priced beers in gas stations. It's sure good but it is a product that is available in a mass continental market on the shelf next to Blue Moon. Boo. F'ing. Hoo. <br /><br />BTW: overly hopped beers *are* follower beers and you can see Alanhttp://agoodbeerblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-23817436114232462492012-11-15T13:16:02.165-08:002012-11-15T13:16:02.165-08:00What is the difference between a micro and a macro...What is the difference between a micro and a macro? Both want my money for their products, both, in one way or another, are trying to convince me to buy them. <br /><br />They are basically the same, people who are after our money. <br /><br />The only significant difference is that I might like some of the products of one over the other, but, unless I get to know them personally, as a PivnĂ Filosofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883511608403454943noreply@blogger.com