Shouldn’t “grocery store beer” be in somebody’s style guidelines?
Because this headline*: Craft Beer Experts Reveal Their Absolute Favorite ‘Grocery Store Beers’
*And maybe the fact that the Brewers Association released its 2022 style guidelines this week.
How important are “beer snobs” to the 6,000 (or so) breweries in the country that sell fewer than 1,000 barrels of beer a year?
Because this headline: “Craft Beer Snobs Suddenly Love the Humble Lager.” It is a Wall Street Journal story (which says something in itself), so behind a paywall. But the headline, subhead and beginning of the story will give you the gist. The humble lager is back. Not sure about the arrogant one . . .
Didn’t there used to be a difference between selling and selling out?
Because this headline: “When Big Breweries Sell Out, It’s Bad For Little Breweries.” This is just one example, and it seems to me that there is a difference between choosing to sell a business and abandoning all that some fans think you stood for. Further reading.
Can somebody point me to a blog post, an academic paper, something from the New York Times, wherever, that provides insight into what might be called unhealthy nostaglia and the ramifications? And how might it relate tradition as a trap?
I love seeing my favorite established breweries creating successful new brands.
It also makes me sad to see customers lose interest in the classics, but that's just unhealthy nostalgia on my end, which is not how run a successful long-term business. https://t.co/3BrjaJB1Dg
— Michael Graham (@ABWGraham) January 14, 2022
Which should we care about more?
Pliny the Younger release delayed or Monster buying CANarchy?