Post by Gary on Nov 17, 2012 16:45:00 GMT -5
As a young adult, I admit that I drank my fair share of beer. But not nearly as much as my peers (or elders, for that matter) for the simple reason that I really didn't like the beers that were available where I lived (and were within my price range). I found I got more bang-for-the-alcohol-buck by indulging in my taste for Kentucky bourbon or Irish whiskey.
Then about 20 years ago, where the store shelves in the beer section of the supermarket had previously held only the same 15 or so lackluster American brands and about 10 (at most) almost as lackluster imports, suddenly I started noticing some new additions. Beers with amusing names and interesting flavors, made by regional or even local craft breweries.
Yes, the Beer Snob Movement had truly begun and I was riding the wave of beers that suddenly had become interesting and even exciting. Twenty years later, though, I'm afraid that movement may soon be coming to an abrupt and painful ending.
Read more at garypoole.blogspot.com/2012/11/are-craft-beers-soon-to-be-endangered.html
Then about 20 years ago, where the store shelves in the beer section of the supermarket had previously held only the same 15 or so lackluster American brands and about 10 (at most) almost as lackluster imports, suddenly I started noticing some new additions. Beers with amusing names and interesting flavors, made by regional or even local craft breweries.
Yes, the Beer Snob Movement had truly begun and I was riding the wave of beers that suddenly had become interesting and even exciting. Twenty years later, though, I'm afraid that movement may soon be coming to an abrupt and painful ending.
Read more at garypoole.blogspot.com/2012/11/are-craft-beers-soon-to-be-endangered.html