tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72277889156220824.post6933018588265174664..comments2024-03-26T12:05:16.393+00:00Comments on Are You Tasting the Pith?: Craft Beer FUBU - or - Why People Get Upset When Breweries Get SoldZakAveryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01794154105596597019noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72277889156220824.post-56959249377869355952017-08-17T09:35:14.211+01:002017-08-17T09:35:14.211+01:00They insist they would never...They insist they would never...William Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877437032063043084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72277889156220824.post-17989839326723312362017-08-12T16:01:31.993+01:002017-08-12T16:01:31.993+01:00I think what got CAMRA going in the early years, a...I think what got CAMRA going in the early years, and what they were initially trying to preserve, wasn't cask beer as a product but the whole social practice of brewing, retailing and drinking beer in 'traditional' ways. That approach was naive and short-sighted - inasmuch as what they were trying to preserve was the latest version of something that had changed many times over the years - but I think the focus on the whole process rather than the end-product was valid. From that point of view, ABI & subsidiaries just aren't in the same game as someone making beer for the love of it, however good individual beers they come out with may be. (Neither are the pump-and-dump merchants Alistair describes, even though they're 'small-scale' and 'independent'.)Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72277889156220824.post-61517541915817443742017-08-07T18:27:28.599+01:002017-08-07T18:27:28.599+01:00I guess the reason they bother is that they've...I guess the reason they bother is that they've identified a lucrative market sector and want to pump it for all its worth?Zak Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650929798289995172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72277889156220824.post-15331529520523309472017-08-07T18:26:08.774+01:002017-08-07T18:26:08.774+01:00I think that there are several breweries who we wi...I think that there are several breweries who we will see sell before the end of the year, although I don't know if Moor are going to be one of them.Zak Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650929798289995172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72277889156220824.post-34788680096905121852017-08-07T13:15:26.176+01:002017-08-07T13:15:26.176+01:00Not sure if this is happening in the UK yet, but I...Not sure if this is happening in the UK yet, but I know of several newish 'craft' breweries here in Virginia which were started by investors, for want of a better word, and whose MO is to build the business and brand quickly with a view to selling on to one of the big boys. I ask myself often why these folks got into the craft beer business in the first place, as most of the 'investors' and 'founders' of such models that I have have met aren't all that bothered about the beer itself, as long as whatever their hired brewmaster is making sells, and thus a proliferation of IPA dominates the market.Alistair Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72277889156220824.post-23072523324915401512017-08-06T14:56:22.740+01:002017-08-06T14:56:22.740+01:00I already decided I'd best not get too attache...I already decided I'd best not get too attached to one of our (for now) local brewers.<br /><br />http://mobile.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Drinks/Beer/Moor-Beer-brewery-eyes-expansion-after-record-resultsWilliam Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877437032063043084noreply@blogger.com