+1 to that ^I've never had a beer I liked from Anchor. I'm also not much of a fan of Sapporo.
They deserve to be together, IMO.![]()
Anchor Steam, Anchor Porter, Liberty Ale, Old Foghorn...really?I've never had a beer I liked from Anchor.
Yeah...well....thats gone now. We gots capitalism now.Anchor has been around forever, but Fritz Maytag's purchase of it was a landmark of the craft brewing movement.
This is funny because Sapporo is a great company who is at the vanguard of new brewing science research and study.Darn, another beer I'll have to boycott. Granted, I haven't had one in...hell, I can't remember, but that's not the point. I will continue not having one now! That will show the greedy slime!!
For the record, I am only boycotting Anchor. I'll still have an occasional Sapporo when I go for sushi.![]()
For the past few years, Revolution Brewing (Chicago) has been sending a lot of beer to Tokyo. Have you ever seen it in Japan? (Probably not. You're pretty far from Tokyo.)Craft beer is getting popular in Japan and the big brewers are taking note and trying to squash us.
The reality is that if the big brewers help to educate the public about craft beer, it is good for me too.
Good for them and I hope to be able to drink some Anchor beers in Japan soon.
Bizarre statement, as his purchase was capitalism.Yeah...well....thats gone now. We gots capitalism now.
^THIS^Is anyone actually disappointed by this? Anchor is hardly a major player in the craft beer industry any more, and Sapporo seems like a cool company.
B-b-b-but they are MACRO!^THIS^
The responses i've seen are a result of the "Hate-ABINBEV-ification" of the community. Sapporo is a great company who is hitting research and development in Brewing Science hard right now. By all accounts they are an honest company doing much to advance brewing science.
Elon Musk didn't start Space X because it was a get rich quick scheme. Maytag didn't buy Anchor to get rich either. What's Sapporo's goal?Bizarre statement, as his purchase was capitalism.
All the accolades, wow...Did they write a LODO paper or something?^THIS^
The responses i've seen are a result of the "Hate-ABINBEV-ification" of the community. Sapporo is a great company who is hitting research and development in Brewing Science hard right now. By all accounts they are an honest company doing much to advance brewing science.
I'm sensing a sarcasm and hostility that's unwarranted. Not all macro brewers are underhanded. By all accounts, Sapporo is a good company whose intentions align with advancing the study of brewing and whose track record doesn't indicate that they operate with the same motives as some of their American counterparts.All the accolades, wow...Did they write a LODO paper or something?
ftfy.i'm sensing a sarcasm and hostility that's unwarranted. Not all macro brewers are underhanded. By all accounts, sapporo is a good company whose intentions align with advancing the study of brewing and whose track record doesn't indicate that they operate with the same motives as some of their belgian counterparts.
I haven't seen it here but I will look for it. I always keep an eye out for American beers but I haven't seen any here yet (other than Budweiser and Lone Star).For the past few years, Revolution Brewing (Chicago) has been sending a lot of beer to Tokyo. Have you ever seen it in Japan? (Probably not. You're pretty far from Tokyo.)
If so... drink it. It's good!
Them sending beer to Japan used to drive me nuts. Until they expanded, they couldn't keep the shelves stocked here... but were sending a 1/4 of their beer to Japan. I get it though. They wanted to get in when the market was new. Overall, it's a business first.
I believe they partner with a university in Japan and do some petty intense research on barley, malted barely, and mash chemistry.^THIS^
The responses i've seen are a result of the "Hate-ABINBEV-ification" of the community. Sapporo is a great company who is hitting research and development in Brewing Science hard right now. By all accounts they are an honest company doing much to advance brewing science.
This is even more nonsensical. Now capitalism is strictly a "get rich quick scheme" and Space X is just altruism? Musk, the rent seeker, knows about capitalizing on investments. Maytag was already rich when he bought Anchor, thanks to the appliance fortune. Im sure when he bought the then-failing Anchor Brewery, he tossed in an extra 20% on the purchase price because he felt he needed to delay "getting rich quick" and increasing the investment cost would help out that cause. Craft brewery owners must now delay profits otherwise they will face the wrath of the home brewers guild.Elon Musk didn't start Space X because it was a get rich quick scheme. Maytag didn't buy Anchor to get rich either. What's Sapporo's goal?
Don't care to address any of the points regarding capitalism, rent seeking, altruism, or craft beer co-op hive-mind? Or maybe your initial argument (and follow up argument) was bogus? Probably the latter.Wow, you should cut back on the hyperbole koolaid, pal.