“It is also worth thinking about how craft beer has widened the potential beer-drinking demographic. The variety currently available within the beer category has started enticing whole segments of society who had […]
The Thursday Quote
The Thursday Quote
“We’ve never positioned ourselves as craft. Craft is a term that you can’t own — so why define yourself by something that’s open to interpretation and you can’t own?” Stone & Wood […]
Beer strikes – not as scary as they once were
On Thursday night I saw this promo for a segement of The Project about the strike by maintenance workers from CUB’s Abbotsford brewery. Seems the strike is over the fact […]
Crafty Pint and the question of ownership
Yesterday James Smith published an excellent series of Q&As with a range of beer people on the subject of ownership. It’s a fascinating read and I urge you to have a look at […]
The Thursday Quote
Consumers alone, according to some brewers, can decide what is and what is not craft beer. Brad Rogers at Stone &Wood argues that craft can only be a consumer-earned title. “A craftsman […]
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“Craft beer is exceptionally important and there are definite benefits to selling craft beer in the on-premise domain. In terms of hard numbers, data from BarScan suggests that not only does craft […]
The Six-Pack – June 5, 2015
Number 1: This tweet from Mark Frank pic.twitter.com/8r49glTLgO — mark frank (@thirstyinmelb) May 28, 2015 It’s funny because it’s true. Number 2: This photo from Hops and Craft View this post […]
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‘‘Craft beer, the star performer in the overall declining beer category in recent years, also declined in 2014. Craft beer was drunk by 16 per cent of total beer drinkers in 2014, […]
The Thursday Quote
“Craft beers are for dopey hipsters with disposable income, no individuality and a desperate need to pretend they have a level of sophisticiation they quite obviously don’t have. Drink regular beer, have a […]
A long way to go for craft beer
Recently I’d been thinking craft beer was making headway in Australia. Sail & Anchor, the Woolies-owned brewery, releases an imperial stout earlier this year, followed by a barleywine for Christmas. Dan Murphy’s […]
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