tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post3857419711657514742..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: From the Woodshed (In Which I Attempt to Walk It Back)Jeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-72370822963956938282010-02-21T16:07:21.239-08:002010-02-21T16:07:21.239-08:00Not sure we can quantify the impact of the brewpub...Not sure we can quantify the impact of the brewpub and craft beer as changing drinking habits. That is not to say that habits haven't changed as a result. I recall what one of the founders of Portland Brewing told me as we were discussing the marketing and sale of craft beer. He said that in the early days, they were surprised to find that craft beer was not replacing imports, as they Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522969360434191018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-21912829635301608222010-02-21T04:40:31.466-08:002010-02-21T04:40:31.466-08:00Collaborative websites such as BeerAdvocate.com, B...Collaborative websites such as BeerAdvocate.com, BeerMapping.com, and blog.Taplister.com bear witness to a beer subculture different from the buzz beer days of yore. You don't need to search Maps.Google for |brewpub| to pickup a 6er of PBR at 7/11. And, yes, without the InterWeb thinga this collaboration would not be possible.<br /><br />My wife and I are on a 10 day roadtrip holiday in jbxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-33178553297859192542010-02-19T18:31:13.904-08:002010-02-19T18:31:13.904-08:00"This brings people together in a pleasant, r..."This brings people together in a pleasant, relaxed environment that is far different from the way people drank beer 30 years ago." <br /><br />iggir's abandonment and lack of corroborative statistics aside, I still don't know if your base argument holds water. I doubt I would have a hard time finding others with memories of the omnipresent tin-can beer in their parent's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-26269337209182069942010-02-19T12:43:46.928-08:002010-02-19T12:43:46.928-08:00i agree with you that the environments we've c...i agree with you that the environments we've created around craft beer - pubs, alehouses, tasting rooms - are healthier examples of drinking than the old smoky tavern.<br /><br />i'll add to the fun anecdotes: when i was a kid, my parents used to stop off at the tavern fairly often in the evenings. this being 20-some odd years ago and taverns being what they were (smoky, dingy, dark iggirnoreply@blogger.com