I clearly called it your opinion more than once. I question the timing of stating said opinion on TB. I have zero information that would lead me to believe that is not your opinion. Can you just get off your high horse and have a normal conversation about a brewery? Not everything is a personal attack on your beliefs.
Maxim, I'll admit to being defensive. But please try to see things from my side as well. I say all this with the assumption that as the owner of The Beer Temple, it is assumed that I want people to come to events held there.
Literally the first response to my statement about Oxbow being "top-tier" called into question my motives for making the statement, and that I was having trouble selling Oxbow beer and essentially needed to resort to over-hyping the brewery in hopes that my opinion would sway people.
You did mention my opinion more than once - every sing time with the caveat that it should looked at with suspicion:
"Not saying you shouldn't advertise here, but you're awful defensive about people challenging your opinion."
"I think you should expect that people will question your opinions on a beer when you are throwing an event for said brewery."
"The fact that you're saying for the first time ever that Oxbow makes the best farmhouse beers (in your opinion) right before an event will raise some eyebrows."
As to having a normal conversation about a brewery, that's exactly what I started to do. I mentioned why I felt what I did, and how I came to that opinion. I would prefer to continue down that path, as I am genuinely interested in the opinions of the members of this forum - as a beer drinker more than a retailer. I don't plan to be able to sell much of the breweries cited as making the best anytime soon.
So I will leave it there. Again, my apologies for being defensive. I feel what I feel about Oxbow, and I precisely because of that opinion I am having an event with them tomorrow - which they approached me about FWIW. I would love people to try the beers if they feel like it, and I truly, honestly think regardless of who is making the #1 farmhouse beer in the world right now, lovers of this style will enjoy the event. Plus the folks from the brewery will be here, and that doesn't happen very often.
So what do I do? Should I just ignore the insinuations that my opinions are invalidated because of my connection to the event? The vibe I'm getting is that I should have the event, but not tell people about it in a public forum (ahhh - now I see
vav ) but at the same time, I've seen post upon post on here from people being happy when industry folks do just that.
For example, I am also having a Scratch event. I also really really admire those people. I will also make personal statements about how I feel about their beers. Will it be in the interest of self promotion? Partially I suppose, although I don't need any help selling their beers, and they will be bringing up some stuff that I think it really special - even for a bar that has them on all the time.
Maybe I should acknowledge that people are suspicious of the timing of the post, and apologize as well as acknowledge it?
Again, genuine questions here. What is the right way to go about this in your opinion? This goes out to everyone outside of Maxim too.
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