Interesting read, i feel like we get our fair share of this around the Maritimes, there were some desperate beers at the FCBF this year but also been some pretty good successes
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"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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LiverDance wrote:Interesting read, i feel like we get our fair share of this around the Maritimes, there were some desperate beers at the FCBF this year but also been some pretty good successes
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Interesting. good read.
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Great article. Not all hobbyist brewers/cooks/tree trimmers/swimmers/"insert your hobby here" want to go pro. And plenty of homebrewers are blind to the steps required to open and run a successful business, whether it be selling beer or otherwise.
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A sensible perspective on things.
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Exactly. I'd love to brew/bake/cook for a living if it would pay enough to live off of, but I wouldn't want to own and manage the brewery/bakery/restaurant.chalmers wrote:Great article. Not all hobbyist brewers/cooks/tree trimmers/swimmers/"insert your hobby here" want to go pro. And plenty of homebrewers are blind to the steps required to open and run a successful business, whether it be selling beer or otherwise.
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