The Big Three should die

[ThatVideoKid]

One has to wonder how many raving lunatics there are out there in the world.

Again????? SPAM

 

[GilSwillBasementBrews]

Yeah that was my thoughts. Also posted in don't do that thread different post but haven't verified copied or new.

Edit. Just verified. Now he's copying @billy_klub. Must want a berry punching.

 

[ThatVideoKid]

Yeah that was my thoughts. Also posted in don't do that thread different post but haven't verified copied or new.

Edit. Just verified. Now he's copying @billy_klub. Must want a berry punching.

It doesn't even make sense to do that?

 

[Stillraining]

Drank two 16 oz Bush beers after a hot hard day at work today...LOVED every gulp!...Just sayin

 

[woo_pig]

This one is probably spam too .

 

[unionrdr]

Hm...spam, eggs & taters? Sounds good about now!...

 

[jjeffers09]

http://hoptripper.com/craft-beer-sales-are-at-an-all-time-high-and-why-this-could-be-scary/

 

[Stillraining]

http://hoptripper.com/craft-beer-sales-are-at-an-all-time-high-and-why-this-could-be-scary/

Nothing new here..Its called capitalizim.

I will go back to my bullet points,
1)There is nothing wrong with selling your craft brewery to InBev or anyone else. Most people go into business to make money doing something they know how to do or like to do. Bottom line is to make money.
2) The real problem is the distributors.. rather they are owned by the Big 2 or controlled by them "Not" their beer. We like their beer.

Infighting and backstabbing comes with a mature business model and craft breweries are now a mature one. Nicy nicy lets all get along play time is over....That's not the big 2's fault.

No smoking gun here.

Carry on

 

[broadbill]

Nothing new here..Its called capitalizim.

I will go back to my bullet points,
1)There is nothing wrong with selling your craft brewery to InBev or anyone else. Most people go into business to make money doing something they know how to do or like to do. Bottom line is to make money.

To add to this, one of the best things to come out of one of these sales is making a group of brewing entrepreneurs very wealthy. What to very wealthy entrepreneurs do? Start new businesses, in this case they will likely start more craft breweries (or invest in other people doing so).

 

[ThatVideoKid]

One has to wonder how many raving lunatics there are out there in the world.

Why does this thread attract these guys

 

[Homercidal]

Yeah that was my thoughts. Also posted in don't do that thread different post but haven't verified copied or new.

Edit. Just verified. Now he's copying @billy_klub. Must want a berry punching.

What ever happened to Billy?

 

[Paps]

What ever happened to Billy?

He took a berry punch to the knee.

 

[Homercidal]

He took a berry punch to the knee.

That's why I don't keep my berries down by my knees!

 

[unionrdr]

Uh, hm...I wonder how many Ballchinians we have around here?...

 

[ajw85]

You guys want to see something interesting? Go take a drive past AB InBev's Fairfield, CA facility.

 

[GrogNerd]

You guys want to see something interesting? Go take a drive past AB InBev's Fairfield, CA facility.

I leave right now, without stopping I can be there Thursday at 9am

is that a good time to see something interesting?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

You guys want to see something interesting? Go take a drive past AB InBev's Fairfield, CA facility.

Oh that is interesting. It looks like, a factory.

 

[GrogNerd]

Oh that is interesting. It looks like, a factory.

for God's sake, man... have some decorum, there are womenfolk present

 

[ajw85]

I can't find any recent images, this is the best I can do.

https://goo.gl/maps/4Wke3HuSVcy

 

[ThatVideoKid]

That tree looks bent

 

[Stillraining]

Man I wish my brew room was that big...I could retire. And I would not care one diddly what it tastes like as long as it was being bought because I sure as heck would not be there running it. Id be out playing on this.

 

[fethdarman]

I would love nothing more than seeing BMC to become a part of the past. Those old hunting dogs need put down. In a next to inhumane way...

The establishment beer people will not like you saying that.

 

[Yeastieboy]

I still love putting away twelve 34F icy Coors Lights on a 100F beach day while tossing the Disc. These beers have their place in our culture. Never forget!

 

[jerbrew]

^^^^ agreed ^^^ but i tend to reach for the bud light.

 

[Stillraining]

Or a Bush....love me a cold bush

 

[rlmiller10]

The establishment beer people will not like you saying that.

Nor all the people they employ and the entire supply chain employ

 

[Alf_Torp]

If "The big three" operates in a similar way to what their possibly biggest european counterpart has, I can totally understand the hatred towards them. This brewery has bought many local breweries throughout Europe and Scandinavia, and then either shut them down or let them die a slow, horrendous death so that their own brand could supplant them. This has of course in turn lead to a less diverse choice in beers, most of them owned and controlled by the same mother brewery. As this has happened over the last 30-odd years, many local beers and their history has been lost.

HOWEVER!
This trend has been changing in the last few years, as the brewery in question has somehow seen "the error of their ways" and they are now putting money in to their local brewery purchases and they are now refurbishing both old brands and facilities. Does that mean they should be forgiven and everything past forgotten, or is there nothing like holding an old grudge?

It's just my opinion, but maybe it is time to thoroughly look in to what is happening in your local beer scene and let bygones be bygones. Breweries go where the money is, and we as consumers (not to mention home brewers as more than averagely interested beer drinkers) can make sure that the money flows to OUR local favorites.

 

[cwmagui]

If you really want to stop them, everyone has to do their part. For example, I keep cutting the tops off Budweiser kegs so they can never be used again to transport their beer. No beer delivery, no sales. No sales, no company. It's so simple.

Pro tip: reuse the cut keg as a giant pot.

That's just crazy! Next thing you'll be telling us is that you brew your own beer.

 

[Brownalemikie]

I use to love Michelob Golden Light....drank it for many years, but after a couple years of drinking craft beer and now drinking home brew I think commercial beers taste like alka seltzer or charged water.

If its hot outside and I want to pound something refreshing I bang down some ice cold water....not flavorless beer. JMO

 

[IrregularPulse]

Are you telling me starbucks is the best and only coffee you should drink? Is McDonalds the best burger? Is KFC the best fried chicken?

People are always quick to blame big business for crap like this. Guess what? It's the public that chooses it. People vote for what they want by where they spend their money. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean America doesn't. I always think it silly when people protest corporate greed and preach supporting small business. At what point of success do you turn your back on that small business because they became too successful in your eyes? Don't we support small business so they can grow? Then why, once they grow, and Joe from down the street becomes a millionaire, do you then decide his business is evil? Because he's more successful than you? Because he managed to get off his ass and take control of his life and own it while you're still working for someone else?

College would have been a huge disappointment filled with constructive weekend activities, early morning classes, and learning if it weren't for BMC.

Ha. good point.

If you really want to stop them, everyone has to do their part. For example, I keep cutting the tops off Budweiser kegs so they can never be used again to transport their beer. No beer delivery, no sales. No sales, no company. It's so simple.

Pro tip: reuse the cut keg as a giant pot.

Promoting theft and vandalism on a public forum? Nice.

how do you answer that hypothetical question, when you propose a hypothetical beer... I guess an uncertain hypothetical answer is in order... MAYBE? I don't have a problem with crystal clear lager with little to no hops. I have a problem with InBev selling an "American" product as it is clearly portrayed as, when in reality it is a 1%er in Leuven, Belgium.

I am sorry this, this is not my 'Merica!

I don't know, that giant Budweiser plant an hour from my house in Ohio is pretty American