Comments on: ‘I paid $95 to get in, but I don’t care about beer’ http://appellationbeer.com/blog/i-paid-95-to-get-in-but-i-dont-care-about-beer/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:20:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alan http://appellationbeer.com/blog/i-paid-95-to-get-in-but-i-dont-care-about-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-228872 Alan Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:23:47 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-228872 No, I need not bait Stan. Somewhere else (that I can't find) I asked why there is this movable feast of the same core people meeting over and over across America to manufacture activity around craft beer and was told SAVOR was developing into the Federal lobbying event in that calendar. My observation has two aspect - there is a recent move to branding a unity of craft beer with semi-celebrity leaders which is getting a bit weird and isn't it a bit odd that craft beer has to go rather than attract? Sort of the opposite of "local." No, I need not bait Stan. Somewhere else (that I can’t find) I asked why there is this movable feast of the same core people meeting over and over across America to manufacture activity around craft beer and was told SAVOR was developing into the Federal lobbying event in that calendar.

My observation has two aspect – there is a recent move to branding a unity of craft beer with semi-celebrity leaders which is getting a bit weird and isn’t it a bit odd that craft beer has to go rather than attract? Sort of the opposite of “local.”

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/i-paid-95-to-get-in-but-i-dont-care-about-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-228237 SteveH Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:15:55 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-228237 Stan - Just my own take, but I think Alan was fishing for anything flip you might have written. Okay, so was I! ;) Stan – Just my own take, but I think Alan was fishing for anything flip you might have written.

Okay, so was I! ;)

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/i-paid-95-to-get-in-but-i-dont-care-about-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-227969 Stan Hieronymus Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:54:14 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-227969 Alan - I think SAVOR was created to showcase beer w/ food in a "classy" setting and as something of an East Coast festival for BA members. That it's in DC obviously sets up lobbying opportunities for those there any way. Much more of an issue today, when brewers face serious tax hikes, than it was when planning started. Alan – I think SAVOR was created to showcase beer w/ food in a “classy” setting and as something of an East Coast festival for BA members.

That it’s in DC obviously sets up lobbying opportunities for those there any way. Much more of an issue today, when brewers face serious tax hikes, than it was when planning started.

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/i-paid-95-to-get-in-but-i-dont-care-about-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-227878 SteveH Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:44:07 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-227878 Alan -- I know 4 people who went to the DC Savor who have no political connections at all to bolster, they just like good beer and I also heard the food was good too. Oh, and they also like "other fermented beverages as well." 4 out of 1,900 isn't a great majority, but it is a random 4. Alan — I know 4 people who went to the DC Savor who have no political connections at all to bolster, they just like good beer and I also heard the food was good too. Oh, and they also like “other fermented beverages as well.”

4 out of 1,900 isn’t a great majority, but it is a random 4.

]]> By: Joe S. http://appellationbeer.com/blog/i-paid-95-to-get-in-but-i-dont-care-about-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-227875 Joe S. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:21:27 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-227875 A conspiracy theorist might say that survey was cooked up to rationalize ridiculously high craft beer prices. A conspiracy theorist might say that survey was cooked up to rationalize ridiculously high craft beer prices.

]]> By: Alan http://appellationbeer.com/blog/i-paid-95-to-get-in-but-i-dont-care-about-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-227869 Alan Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:21:59 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-227869 Given that SAVOR was explained as a lobbying effort, isn't it fair to say that 100% of those surveyed were the sort of people who spend $95 in Washington for a food and drink lobbying event and were happy to tell people about it? Given that SAVOR was explained as a lobbying effort, isn’t it fair to say that 100% of those surveyed were the sort of people who spend $95 in Washington for a food and drink lobbying event and were happy to tell people about it?

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/i-paid-95-to-get-in-but-i-dont-care-about-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-227775 SteveH Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:55:23 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-227775 <i>"And contrary to popular belief, many beer lovers enjoy other fermented beverages as well.</i> Contrary to <i>popular</i> belief? What is this <i>popular belief</i> of which they speak, and where has it been written? “And contrary to popular belief, many beer lovers enjoy other fermented beverages as well.

Contrary to popular belief? What is this popular belief of which they speak, and where has it been written?

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