Comments on: British beer drinkers young and hip http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/comment-page-1/#comment-26571 SteveH Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:41 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/#comment-26571 Can we just refer to anything "piss poor" as "piss poor beer." Always picking on lager is giving good lagers a bad reputation -- I've had plenty of piss poor ale, stout, porter, weizen, and even saison -- but you don't see me singling them out! Can we just refer to anything “piss poor” as “piss poor beer.” Always picking on lager is giving good lagers a bad reputation — I’ve had plenty of piss poor ale, stout, porter, weizen, and even saison — but you don’t see me singling them out!

]]> By: The Daily Eudemon http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/comment-page-1/#comment-26564 The Daily Eudemon Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:42 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/#comment-26564 [...] here we thought it was just for the Norms of the world: New research into Britain’s drinking habits finds “Beer is the drink of style and sophistication... [...] [...] here we thought it was just for the Norms of the world: New research into Britain’s drinking habits finds “Beer is the drink of style and sophistication… [...]

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/comment-page-1/#comment-26547 Stan Hieronymus Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:01:03 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/#comment-26547 Stonch - much the same can be said here. I think Boomers, etc. are defined a little differently on the two sides of the Atlantic, but here Millennials are those born after 1977. By then Anchor had introduced drinkers to the Cascade hop and New Albion was selling beer. "Microbrews" have been part of the culture - granted, a larger part of late - since they began talking. Stonch – much the same can be said here.

I think Boomers, etc. are defined a little differently on the two sides of the Atlantic, but here Millennials are those born after 1977. By then Anchor had introduced drinkers to the Cascade hop and New Albion was selling beer.

“Microbrews” have been part of the culture – granted, a larger part of late – since they began talking.

]]> By: Stonch http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/comment-page-1/#comment-26526 Stonch Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:42:08 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/#comment-26526 I followed Lew's link. I arrived here. I started getting excited. The juices started flowing. I scrolled down to leave a comment... and saw what Steve had written... Steve, you've stopped me in my tracks, and done us all a favour! On a serious note - The fact that most lovers of good beer in Britain are in the first half of their life seems right to me. Tonight I was at a pub with a beer festival on - part of the Wetherspoons chain in fact (<a HREF="http://stonch.blogspot.com/2007/04/wetherspoons-real-ale-festival-22-april.html" rel="nofollow">click here for an explanation of what's going down</a>) - there were some amazing real ales on offer, all at a special price of £1.79 (about $3.50). Virtually everyone over 40 was drinking piss poor lager for almost £3 a pint though. The new generation have grown up to take real ale as a given, thanks to CAMRA. They can be won over more easily than those whose formative years were spent in the darkest days of British beer. I followed Lew’s link. I arrived here. I started getting excited. The juices started flowing. I scrolled down to leave a comment… and saw what Steve had written…

Steve, you’ve stopped me in my tracks, and done us all a favour!

On a serious note -

The fact that most lovers of good beer in Britain are in the first half of their life seems right to me. Tonight I was at a pub with a beer festival on – part of the Wetherspoons chain in fact (click here for an explanation of what’s going down) – there were some amazing real ales on offer, all at a special price of £1.79 (about $3.50). Virtually everyone over 40 was drinking piss poor lager for almost £3 a pint though. The new generation have grown up to take real ale as a given, thanks to CAMRA. They can be won over more easily than those whose formative years were spent in the darkest days of British beer.

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/comment-page-1/#comment-26493 SteveH Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:47:35 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/#comment-26493 How are we gonna live with Stonch <i>now?</i> ;-) How are we gonna live with Stonch now?

;-)

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/comment-page-1/#comment-26448 Stan Hieronymus Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:07:43 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/#comment-26448 Yikes. I left out the headline on the story at the Guild site: <b>Media missing out on seven million beer fans</b> Just in case you missed the point, I guess. Yikes. I left out the headline on the story at the Guild site:

Media missing out on seven million beer fans

Just in case you missed the point, I guess.

]]> By: Anita http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/comment-page-1/#comment-26441 Anita Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:38:55 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/british-beer-drinkers-young-and-hip/#comment-26441 This data feels a little wiggly when compared with CAMRA's constant marketing blitz, trying to convince women and younger men that real ale isn't just for the woolly jumper set. This data feels a little wiggly when compared with CAMRA’s constant marketing blitz, trying to convince women and younger men that real ale isn’t just for the woolly jumper set.

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