Budzu
Well-Known Member
Reposted from what was worded very well by my club President:
WTF Commercial Brewers?
Looking for some perspective:
A local commercial brewer entered into a contractual talk with a homebrewer to have a homebrewer brew up 2 BBL's of one of his famous recipes.
Homebrewer would brew it, keg it, and bring it to the brewery. All that in mind, homebrewer offered a price and recipe list. Commercial Brewer turned it down, saying "Too Expensive."
Homebrewer says "Let's Talk." Commercial Brewer says "Forget it."
A few weeks later, Commercial Brewer announces it's new beer. Same beer, homebrewer's recipe.
Now the recipe is a public thing on the club's website, so Commercial Brewer can say they got it there, but still. Legal rammifications aside, taking a homebrewer's recipe and brewing a commercial batch is one thing, but doing it after contract brewing talks fell apart is extremely UNCOOL.
Also, commercial brewer has stated that it is made from a homebrewer's recipe, and identified the brewer. Normally, this would be an honor, but it's rubbing people the wrong way.
We normally have our club meetings at Commercial Brewery, but we will probably shift support to another one, and convene at a different location.
We have not approached Commercial Brewery about their UNCOOLNESS yet, as they are ex-homebrewers from our club. Difficult.
So, here's the question: "What would you do?"
WTF Commercial Brewers?
Looking for some perspective:
A local commercial brewer entered into a contractual talk with a homebrewer to have a homebrewer brew up 2 BBL's of one of his famous recipes.
Homebrewer would brew it, keg it, and bring it to the brewery. All that in mind, homebrewer offered a price and recipe list. Commercial Brewer turned it down, saying "Too Expensive."
Homebrewer says "Let's Talk." Commercial Brewer says "Forget it."
A few weeks later, Commercial Brewer announces it's new beer. Same beer, homebrewer's recipe.
Now the recipe is a public thing on the club's website, so Commercial Brewer can say they got it there, but still. Legal rammifications aside, taking a homebrewer's recipe and brewing a commercial batch is one thing, but doing it after contract brewing talks fell apart is extremely UNCOOL.
Also, commercial brewer has stated that it is made from a homebrewer's recipe, and identified the brewer. Normally, this would be an honor, but it's rubbing people the wrong way.
We normally have our club meetings at Commercial Brewery, but we will probably shift support to another one, and convene at a different location.
We have not approached Commercial Brewery about their UNCOOLNESS yet, as they are ex-homebrewers from our club. Difficult.
So, here's the question: "What would you do?"