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I like beer. I don't drink much these days. Whatever beer is in my hand is good enough for me. I like hoppy but prefer malt i guess. Usually if I grab a 6 pack I get Shiner bock.
Shiner Bock is what I drink when in Texas. I will buy Lone Star if I am making chili.I like beer. I don't drink much these days. Whatever beer is in my hand is good enough for me. I like hoppy but prefer malt i guess. Usually if I grab a 6 pack I get Shiner bock.
Ale and stouts are my favorites.I like ales, not IPA's, pilsner, and stout.
I mostly drink German beer. I don't even know what's considered "craft beer" anymore, given most small beers I learn about still have major distribution channels.
In many states that utilize tiered distribution, the brewery may not have a choice who distributes their product to the retailer; they are stuck using whoever owns the channel and often that may be a big brewing corp. The big brewers recognized the power of controlling distribution early on and moved into that business where possible. Where they didn't own the channel, they exerted huge influence on it. You don't have to compete at the cash register if you control what's available at that register.
Stone got into the distribution game a bunch of years ago specifically to take some of that power back.
http://www.stonedistributing.com/
This. And I am mostly an Ale guy. IPA and often Pales are usually the first go tos. I tend toward the IPA or pale on the brew list that is around 5 - 6.5% rather than a double or heavier IPA. I prefer the cleaner taste with less malt, and more aroma hop presence. I also like stouts.
I buy from the store mostly local Idaho (Sawtooth Brewing, Sockeye) or Bend, Or products (Deschutes, Worthy), or in summer, I like Sierra Nevada Pale also. Sierra Nevada could hardly be considered micro anymore, but I still like their pale. Will sometimes get a Stone product or similar too. Not as much a Lagunitas fan for some reason.
In Tacoma/Seattle, I like to get a Fremont product, Seven Seas, Silver City, or stop in to this little one in Tacoma called Dystopian State. Oh, and Stoup.
Sam Adams too. The sweetness killed Sam Adams for meI remember when Sierra nevada was considered exotic
I mostly drink wheat beers and stouts. So something like Left Hand Milk Stout might be an independent, but are they really independent if I can find them here in NYC and they have national distribution? Yeah, I can get Brooklyn, Ommegang, KelSo, Blue Point, etc. There's plenty of local beer. But ShockTop, which is surprisingly good, is a Bud product. Also, I'm never drinking Gennie Cream Ale ever again. Peed in that river too many times.
I've been laying off the beers. Have a home brew kit for over a year and haven't even opened it yet. Perhaps I shall look into this and make some home made beer.
Anyone into home brewing?
yeah of course they can be independent. it's like music just because a band is on an independent lavbel doesn't mean they don't or shouldn't be allowed to have distribution nation or worldwide. BTW I saw Brooklyn at the total wine store yeserday and considered getting it but then I thought the cashier might judge me....think I was some kind of scriffy beard skinny jeans hipster (even though i was in shorts and clean shaven)...so I never purchased it
I guess my point is, if I can buy Fulltone, ZVex, and Catalinbread at Guitar Center now, are they really boutique?
And that's why you'll always be a wannabe.
But we have....but I didn't want the cashier judging me
oh well...you can already know me so it doesn't countBut we have.
Just busting chops. I wish we could've met up whem I was in town.oh well...you can already know me so it doesn't count
Of course, my favorite beer is free.Ale and stouts are my favorites.
IPA no way.
Tomorrow, free beer!Of course, my favorite beer is free.
My favorite is 90 Shilling. a Scottish style Ale made here in Colorado. I pick ip Old Peculiar when I can find it.
Just busting chops. I wish we could've met up whem I was in town.
A few beers and lunch, walk with Callie woulda been cool.
I had that pesky triple bypass going though.
Cheers.