This month’s Session* topic is hosted by Jorge at the Brew Beer and Drink It blog who raises the topic of The Perfect Beer World. Jorge asks: What is something you would like to see change… something that will take us closer to the Perfect Beer World? The topic is wide open… even if you…
If you’d asked me 3 years ago where Growler Fills would be today, I have no idea what I’d would have told you. I doubt there are many people out there who start a blog with a specific plan in mind. I sure didn’t. Growler Fills’ three year anniversary came and went on Sunday, October…
The Montana Brewers Association is holding it’s first annual fall conference on October 7 – 8 in Missoula following yesterday’s Montana Brewers Festival. We’re participating in a panel discussion tomorrow on the interaction between bloggers/media and brewers. The MBA is graciously allowing us to take part in the full conference line up. After day one,…
This month’s Session* topic is hosted by Tiffany Adamowski at 99 Pours who, along with her husband, owns a bottle shop in Federal Way, WA. She’s a fellow beer bloggers conference attendee and her topic is Novelty Beers. Tiffany asks: What novelty beer comes to mind when you think: Is this beer just too strange…
You’re a large brewer with a long history of brewing an . . uh . . American adjunct lager, but sales have been declining and you just can’t make any gains on those Budweiser boys. You’ve got a big pot of money sitting around which you can use to fix the problem. How do you…
I was looking back through some old posts recently when I ran across one from a touch more than a year ago called “What’s Trending in Beer?” I did not remember writing it until browsing the text, which tells me it’s one I dreamed up because I needed to get something out on the blog. …
I caught this little nugget today over the Twitter wires from Stone Brewing Founder and CEO Greg Koch: @StoneGreg If your beer isn’t actually brewed there, why do you spend so much time, energy & money trying to convince people it is? How about #honesty Tracing back the short conversation reveals no specifics. Rather, he’s…
On Friday the Brewers Association pointed to a recent study by Consumer Edge Insight suggesting a better beer selection improves restaurant sales. No real surprise there, especially to beer geeks, but the data is still useful. As is probably becoming clear, I tend to look at what these kinds of studies aren’t saying as much…
Every once in a while, regular life gets in the way and dreaming up, researching and writing blog posts take a back seat. That’s not a complaint. Usually. And isn’t this time. There’s work that get’s pleasantly busy. Then there’s other fun. Like fitting in some end-of-the-summer weekend camping trips, brewing up some fresh hop…
I thought I was done with statistics for a while until an article titled The Geography of Craft Beer crossed my path. You might recall I recently mentioned I wasn’t too impressed with the “craft breweries per capita” statistic that now has Montana as No. 2 in the U.S. It’s one of those statistics that…