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Post by markbelding on May 29, 2024 13:05:44 GMT -6
www.cbs58.com/news/company-brewing-closes-its-doors-in-riverwestBeen seeing a lot of these small breweries announcing closings. It seems like a lot of these places are struggling as fewer people are reportedly drinking beer these days. I have tried to do my share in the past but I just can't drink that many calories these days.
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Post by DJ Davis on May 29, 2024 14:26:08 GMT -6
I love the thread title
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Post by Bighorn66 on May 30, 2024 9:48:17 GMT -6
www.cbs58.com/news/company-brewing-closes-its-doors-in-riverwestBeen seeing a lot of these small breweries announcing closings. It seems like a lot of these places are struggling as fewer people are reportedly drinking beer these days. I have tried to do my share in the past but I just can't drink that many calories these days. Yeah. Lots are closing. Also, most retailers are cutting back on the shelf space allocated to craft beer selections and there is much less to choose from. The golden age of American Brewing is coming to a close. |
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Post by gotscha on May 30, 2024 10:07:14 GMT -6
www.cbs58.com/news/company-brewing-closes-its-doors-in-riverwestBeen seeing a lot of these small breweries announcing closings. It seems like a lot of these places are struggling as fewer people are reportedly drinking beer these days. I have tried to do my share in the past but I just can't drink that many calories these days. Yeah. Lots are closing. Also, most retailers are cutting back on the shelf space allocated to craft beer selections and there is much less to choose from. The golden age of American Brewing is coming to a close. I think the best ones will survive. While I love having a huge selection, let's be honest - not all craft beers are good. I really can't stand most IPAs - they seem to be in competition as to who can be the bitterest. Same goes for all of the special flavored beers. I love coffee and chocolate but please, keep these out of my beer. Same goes for most if not all fruit flavors. Others may disagree, but looking at who has the bulk of the market share, I think most will agree. |
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Post by markbelding on May 30, 2024 10:46:11 GMT -6
Yeah. Lots are closing. Also, most retailers are cutting back on the shelf space allocated to craft beer selections and there is much less to choose from. The golden age of American Brewing is coming to a close. I think the best ones will survive. While I love having a huge selection, let's be honest - not all craft beers are good. I really can't stand most IPAs - they seem to be in competition as to who can be the bitterest. Same goes for all of the special flavored beers. I love coffee and chocolate but please, keep these out of my beer. Same goes for most if not all fruit flavors. Others may disagree, but looking at who has the bulk of the market share, I think most will agree. I like a good IPA, but prefer Pale Ales, which seem to be hard to find these days. I am not wild about the all in your face beers that many like to make these days. I want something that I can drink more than one. |
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Post by Bighorn66 on May 30, 2024 11:44:17 GMT -6
Yeah. Lots are closing. Also, most retailers are cutting back on the shelf space allocated to craft beer selections and there is much less to choose from. The golden age of American Brewing is coming to a close. I think the best ones will survive. While I love having a huge selection, let's be honest - not all craft beers are good. I really can't stand most IPAs - they seem to be in competition as to who can be the bitterest. Same goes for all of the special flavored beers. I love coffee and chocolate but please, keep these out of my beer. Same goes for most if not all fruit flavors. Others may disagree, but looking at who has the bulk of the market share, I think most will agree. Although I tend to prefer maltier beers, I don’t mind a really high IBU on occasion. My issue with all the IPAs are that they are all trying to outdo themselves on haziness. And then on the maltier side, it’s been completely overrun with all sorts of stupid adjuncts. Now, I can tolerate coffee and light chocolate in some strong stouts. But I swear half of the stouts are either a pastry imitation or have flipping peanut butter in it. Disgusting. I love vanilla, but hate it in beer. And then there are all the bourbon-aged copies. It’s OK, but enough. I don’t seem to have as much trouble as Beld does with pale ales. All the brew houses here offer it and a couple of them distribute as well. My problem is and always has been finding a good version of the humble Pilsner. |
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Post by gotscha on May 30, 2024 12:05:15 GMT -6
I think the best ones will survive. While I love having a huge selection, let's be honest - not all craft beers are good. I really can't stand most IPAs - they seem to be in competition as to who can be the bitterest. Same goes for all of the special flavored beers. I love coffee and chocolate but please, keep these out of my beer. Same goes for most if not all fruit flavors. Others may disagree, but looking at who has the bulk of the market share, I think most will agree. Although I tend to prefer maltier beers, I don’t mind a really high IBU on occasion. My issue with all the IPAs are that they are all trying to outdo themselves on haziness. And then on the maltier side, it’s been completely overrun with all sorts of stupid adjuncts. Now, I can tolerate coffee and light chocolate in some strong stouts. But I swear half of the stouts are either a pastry imitation or have flipping peanut butter in it. Disgusting. I love vanilla, but hate it in beer. And then there are all the bourbon-aged copies. It’s OK, but enough. I don’t seem to have as much trouble as Beld does with pale ales. All the brew houses here offer it and a couple of them distribute as well. My problem is and always has been finding a good version of the humble Pilsner. A good Märzen (aka "Festbier," "Oktoberfest style") is the absolute best, but only widely available in the fall. When I travel and ask about local craft beers, I always have 1 requirement - that it is 'beer flavored.' Not vanilla, chocolate, peanut butter, etc. I think the Germans have it right about the 500+ year old Reinheitsgebot - only water, barley, yeast and hops can be used to label a product beer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot |
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Post by Bighorn66 on May 30, 2024 13:31:31 GMT -6
Although I tend to prefer maltier beers, I don’t mind a really high IBU on occasion. My issue with all the IPAs are that they are all trying to outdo themselves on haziness. And then on the maltier side, it’s been completely overrun with all sorts of stupid adjuncts. Now, I can tolerate coffee and light chocolate in some strong stouts. But I swear half of the stouts are either a pastry imitation or have flipping peanut butter in it. Disgusting. I love vanilla, but hate it in beer. And then there are all the bourbon-aged copies. It’s OK, but enough. I don’t seem to have as much trouble as Beld does with pale ales. All the brew houses here offer it and a couple of them distribute as well. My problem is and always has been finding a good version of the humble Pilsner. A good Märzen (aka "Festbier," "Oktoberfest style") is the absolute best, but only widely available in the fall. When I travel and ask about local craft beers, I always have 1 requirement - that it is 'beer flavored.' Not vanilla, chocolate, peanut butter, etc. I think the Germans have it right about the 500+ year old Reinheitsgebot - only water, barley, yeast and hops can be used to label a product beer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot I absolutely love a good Märzen. Watch the Beer Thread as I always want to talk about Oktoberfest beers. One of the interesting things is that Märzens are not the predominant beer at Oktoberfest in Munich. It goes back about 100 years but the Germans moved away from the Märzens and started brewing a stronger version of a Helles and call it Festbier. It’s quite good but I prefer the more traditional Märzen. Bit of trivia. There are only six official breweries that can produce real Oktoberfest beers. Paulaner Augustiner Hacker-Pchorr Haufbräu Spatenbrau Schlitz. Oops—Löwenbräu |
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Post by Cool Papa Con on Jun 13, 2024 13:51:43 GMT -6
A good Märzen (aka "Festbier," "Oktoberfest style") is the absolute best, but only widely available in the fall. When I travel and ask about local craft beers, I always have 1 requirement - that it is 'beer flavored.' Not vanilla, chocolate, peanut butter, etc. I think the Germans have it right about the 500+ year old Reinheitsgebot - only water, barley, yeast and hops can be used to label a product beer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot I absolutely love a good Märzen. Watch the Beer Thread as I always want to talk about Oktoberfest beers. One of the interesting things is that Märzens are not the predominant beer at Oktoberfest in Munich. It goes back about 100 years but the Germans moved away from the Märzens and started brewing a stronger version of a Helles and call it Festbier. It’s quite good but I prefer the more traditional Märzen. Bit of trivia. There are only six official breweries that can produce real Oktoberfest beers. Paulaner Augustiner Hacker-Pchorr Haufbräu Spatenbrau Schlitz. Oops—Löwenbräu Augustiner is the best beer… PERIOD. Quite literally commissioned by royalty and created by monks. |
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Post by 28mm05 on Jun 13, 2024 21:58:32 GMT -6
A lot of it is hipster overpriced garbage so not surprised.
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