Comments on: Natural Tensions

By: Kieran Haslett-Moore

Kieran Haslett-Moore — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:26:09 +0000

“The Scottish Brewery (many bloggers consider it bad luck to write their name before a performance…)”

Love it! very witty.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:27:28 +0000

So there’s a “craft beer” market (growing) and a “real ale” market (static?) Figures.

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Brewing People are Good People « broadfordbrewer — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:39:06 +0000

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By: T_i_B

T_i_B — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:31:18 +0000

Depends on the situation between the brewer’s in question, and quite often questions about “craft” don’t have as much to do with it as the personal relationship between the brewers.

I think I nearly got into this territory a few weeks back after relaying comments on this very blog made in a Chesterfield pub by a brewer about a rival brewery!

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:04:55 +0000

I think that was the War of the Rose.

By: Jimbaud

Jimbaud — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:39:27 +0000

Hmm, think your point about market saturation might be an interesting one.

New craft brewers (for example 2 crackers in the Huddersfield area) face demand at a level they can’t supply. To get the beers you want you buy the beer before it’s brewed!

Non craft “micros” are still sending reps out to try and sell the stocks of good, solid real ale which 5 years ago was considered very forward looking. Some of it is even golden, goddamit! They can’t understand why these pretentious craft beer bars don’t want to buy it. What the hell
do these kids know about beer anyway. It’s the emperors new kegs. Yadda yadda yadda.

In short it’s commercial jealousy bourne out of a misunderstanding about a new and emerging market.

By: The Beer Nut

The Beer Nut — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:32:38 +0000

That was Cropton vs Samuel Smith, right?

By: Bailey

Bailey — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:26:27 +0000

Huh, missed that. Brilliant. As you say, it’s become very boring. I think everyone’s got BD’s message and chosen a side. (Or, like us, refused to choose a side because it’s a flipping brewery, not the War of the Roses.)

By: The Beer Nut

The Beer Nut — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:22:18 +0000

I thought I might have got more comment on the text in the background of this picture which I put on my blog last week (not the sex dungeon bit). Hopefully everyone's just bored of the subject.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:13:30 +0000

Heh. No.