tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post5466180026770039616..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Millennials and Beer - The Sky is Not FallingJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-89695450938663268312015-01-24T17:39:56.352-08:002015-01-24T17:39:56.352-08:00...nevermind the small fact that as these 'you......nevermind the small fact that as these 'youngsters' grow older they will already have access to, and knowledge of, a much wider variety of beers than we did 15 years ago (when I was in this age bracket). <br /><br />I'm still convinced that most of the people who are mono-type drinkers (thinking of Bud/Miller fanboys who walk into a taproom with 50 handles and order a Lite tallboy/Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377485419266946844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-68817757570791825232014-12-08T18:22:22.152-08:002014-12-08T18:22:22.152-08:00So you are saying, which is fine, there is only on...So you are saying, which is fine, there is only one sort of good beer. I think I don't disagree but I still think three sorts of breweries have developed. I am not saying that, for example, a Stone or Lagunitas doesn't make decent beer even if they are big craft. I think that I prefer macro craft and micro craft, however, as they simply seem to have more reasonable price points and less Alanhttp://agoodbeerblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-2566975364279195022014-12-08T16:29:29.280-08:002014-12-08T16:29:29.280-08:00I don't pay much attention to the distinction ...I don't pay much attention to the distinction between what some call authentic craft and faux craft. I honestly don't think consumers do. My guess is that if you had a sensitive poll and figured out a way to ask people about Sierra Nevada Pale and Blue Moon, they'd put them in the same category. They'd call it "craft beer." They might also recognize that these Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-41259491997883899902014-12-08T15:42:22.031-08:002014-12-08T15:42:22.031-08:00Isn't there another reading? It it not correct...Isn't there another reading? It it not correct to say there is a growing difference between the newly developed large craft and traditional macro craft? Each has their positives and negatives but that is separate from the bubble question. It suggests doubts as to large industrial brewers maintaining the connection to anything craft-like in their operation. Quality dulls at scale as the Alanhttp://agoodbeerblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-42022180971801341792014-12-08T12:32:16.432-08:002014-12-08T12:32:16.432-08:00Pete, one thing I should have mentioned in the art...Pete, one thing I should have mentioned in the article but, in my usual slapdash fashion, forgot was this: millennials are famously promiscuous. The Gallup question asks which is your favorite beverage, which completely hides those drinkers who regularly have cocktails, cider, wine, and beer depending on their mood. I think millennials all drink everything, but just favor one beverage a bit Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-4552225206990438192014-12-08T12:01:58.258-08:002014-12-08T12:01:58.258-08:00"The moment a craft brewer makes beer on a ma..."The moment a craft brewer makes beer on a mass scale, it's no longer a craft brewer."<br /><br />Isn't that basically the line though of the Brewers Association definition of 'craft brewer' if taken to its logical extenstion, not withstanding their habit of upping the limit so that Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada never become 'not-craft brewers'?Alistair Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-66809579159531043012014-12-08T10:48:08.173-08:002014-12-08T10:48:08.173-08:00Why do "we" care one way or the other? I...Why do "we" care one way or the other? I think the view is far more honest about big craft but even then if the kids want to drink wine, more power to them. Real micro beer will remain long after big craft sells out... more.Alanhttp://agoodbeerblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-27135956570805433952014-12-08T10:12:09.790-08:002014-12-08T10:12:09.790-08:00Where do you suppose millennials fits into the bee...Where do you suppose millennials fits into the beer consumption numbers here in Portland? We know they drink a lot of things other than beer, and we know it's a fickle demographic. But it seems to me they make up a pretty good percentage of beer consumers here. Pete Dunlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456380762400522665noreply@blogger.com