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.
I've never had a beer I liked from Anchor.
Anchor has been around forever, but Fritz Maytag's purchase of it was a landmark of the craft brewing movement.
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.
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.
Yeah...well....thats gone now. We gots capitalism now.
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.
^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.
Bizarre statement, as his purchase was capitalism.
^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.
All the accolades, wow...Did they write a LODO paper or something?
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.
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.
^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?
Wow, you should cut back on the hyperbole koolaid, pal.
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