Two classics of the style, compared by Millie and Ken Carman…
Sierra Nevada vs. Anchor Porter
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Change Channels, Not Beer
Brew Biz: Werts and All
Written by Ken Carman
The topic for this edition of The Brew Biz: Marketing the Majors as Micros
So many homebrewers try to sell others on, “It’s all about the beer.” If only that were true in marketing…
By now you’ve probably seen the packages in the stores. They look like a new Micro is on the market. The first time I saw “Plank Road Brewery” I sensed something amiss. A “new” Micro? No, not really: Miller using a new marketing tool. The past few years I started seeing packaging that seemed a little too, too: an obvious attempt to appear to be a Micro. (As in “a small, independent brewer,” to use an incomplete, but somewhat adequate, definition.) To give the big brewers a little credit first, some have gone where they usually “neglected” to go before: like producing a sorghum-based beer. (AB)
From the Beer Bottle Collection: Billy Beer
Club News: Music City Brewers
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Club News: Escambia Bay Brewers
Pensacola Area
For those that had planned to stop by on Saturday……looks like rain (70% chance) on Saturday so we wouldn’t likely be able to brew without doing it in the rain. So Sunday is the day for the brewing.
Now this Man LOVES Beer
An Ad Better Than the “Beer” It Advertises
Beer Profile: Ettaler Curator Dunkler Doppelbock
Profiled by Millie and Ken Carman
The bottle proclaims…
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Brew Biz: Werts and All- Troubles Brewing
Written by Ken Carman
This edition’s topic: losing a talented Brewer.
As always Mr. McGuire’s fictional cousin; whose exploits are told throughout both McGuires restaurants, met me at the door…
“Nathan McGuire! Good to see you! I see you’re still wearing the same old lampshade.”
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