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Wild Barrel's hardline beer standard
Hopefully they will make some Barrel Aged stuff that is not a sour.— October 21, 2017 5 p.m.
Ballast Point sells for $1 billion
I don't want to believe in a world without Grapefruit Sculpin. It's time we faced the fact that a big part of this beer we all love, is the business. Ballast Point has gone and done what they think will most benefit the beer, as that is the most important part. Yes we all got comfy and have enjoyed this fun little craft beer community that has grown up around these businesses. Now, one of our favorites has made the big time, and now is not the time to turn our backs. We need to continue to show our support so that Constellation can not force changes upon the products we love. If the quality in the beer changes then we all lose, we lose our favorite beers and Constellation loses the billion dollars they invested into Ballast Point. I will continue to keep the faith and I will take all these breweries at their word, big beer has to be seeing the light, we as beer consumers are no longer content with the bland watery lagers that were the norm for entirely too long. We have come to understand that Beer=Flavor and there is no going back. The best way for the big companies to grow is to show their support to the good companies (a.k.a. Breweries) like Ballast Point, Saint Archer and Golden Road, and take their popular products and expand the distribution, keeping the product the same. Because it is the beer that is the important part, the flavor that has become so popular in San Diego and L.A. is bound to catch on around the country and around the world. I will continue to be a fan until the beer suffers. Ballast Point's motto is "Dedicated to the Craft" I for one want the dedication to continue and if they are as business smart as they claim then Constellation will have to want this as well, they own more wineries then breweries and I am certain all of the wine does not taste the same, so why should we automatically believe they will change the beer we all love. They are counting on us as a fan base to continue to support the beers we love, we can't give up just as things are beginning to grow again. It has taken Ballast Point 20 years to get to this point, they have only grown to the billion dollar mark with our love and support, they still need us, and I still need them.— November 19, 2015 2:42 a.m.
Saint Archer sold to MillerCoors and the world didn't end
We have a strong Craft Beer Community here and it's hard when we realize that as much as we love it, the bottom line is that it is a business and sometimes business decisions are not in line with what the community prefers. I say congrats to St. Archer on their business decision, but as a member of the craft beer loving community I ask that you don't continue to disappoint and keep making the fine products you have been. Admittedly I would love to be able to get St. Archer Coffee Brown at my neighborhood grocery store no matter where that neighborhood may be in the future. I think this is the dream of every brewer/business, although I think most of their dreams don't include getting in bed with one of the big boys. But the path has been chosen now we just have to see where it goes, hopefully it works out and we all get what we want good beer and good business.— September 12, 2015 5:23 p.m.
Brewery Igniter offers brewhouses for lease
This idea would be great in Temecula too!— August 10, 2015 11:47 a.m.
New brewer for Oceanside Ale Works
"and a bronze in the wheat beer category" was for their Orange Agave Wheat (OAW) which is a great beer, even some people I know who are not big beer fans love the OAW from OAW (Oceanside Ale Works)— August 9, 2013 9:28 a.m.