CGTN's Sean Callebs spoke to Stephen Beaumont, Author & Reviewer at BeaumontDrinks.com about the decline in the craft beer industry in the U.S., and how the ...
This isn't concrete evidence but I feel like a lot of craft breweries made one or two good beers as a homebrewer and somehow knew people or had established money to start up a craft brewery. Since I do like checking out craft breweries and most have literally 1-2 good beers and the rest mid to poor (the bigger the draft list generally more likely all are poor). A lot of these breweries get bailed out by good locations or recently providing spaces to let the adults booze + "Watch the kids".
I like to homebrew and so I'm aware of the process and have some idea of the costs since there was a moment I thought about it before I realized how much money I'd have to find (not happening) and how much I dreaded the business side of it. It's much more fun to just give people beer and see them enjoy it.
(the bigger the draft list generally more likely all are poor)
I worked in brewing, briefly, and among brewers this is a general rule. In particular a big tap list means they've been having that beer sitting in kegs for way too fucking long, since unless you have a big operation there's no way you can keep making that large a variety fresh every three months. Unlike other alcohols beer has a shelf life and is actually best to drink fairly close to when it's done.
This isn't concrete evidence but I feel like a lot of craft breweries made one or two good beers as a homebrewer and somehow knew people or had established money to start up a craft brewery. Since I do like checking out craft breweries and most have literally 1-2 good beers and the rest mid to poor (the bigger the draft list generally more likely all are poor). A lot of these breweries get bailed out by good locations or recently providing spaces to let the adults booze + "Watch the kids".
I like to homebrew and so I'm aware of the process and have some idea of the costs since there was a moment I thought about it before I realized how much money I'd have to find (not happening) and how much I dreaded the business side of it. It's much more fun to just give people beer and see them enjoy it.
I worked in brewing, briefly, and among brewers this is a general rule. In particular a big tap list means they've been having that beer sitting in kegs for way too fucking long, since unless you have a big operation there's no way you can keep making that large a variety fresh every three months. Unlike other alcohols beer has a shelf life and is actually best to drink fairly close to when it's done.
Good to know I had a feeling this had to be the case. It's always the first thing I notice, since it's so obvious.