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Braukunst Live - beerlist is online
Posted by Mike B. on 2013-03-05 04:31:55
"There's a gigantic price divide between decent or good Franconian lager (70 cents a 50 cl bottle) and these marketing experiments." Precisely. And not only in Franconia. Here in the Low Countries, you see exactly the same thing: de Struise (non-brewers AFAIK) charge twice or thrice what more conventional Belgian brewers charge, de Molen and Emelisse (both very good breweries) charge more for their "crafty" beers than the normal and so on. I was recently in New York and the local supermarket sold Stone IPA for $14/six bottles, while the much tastier (IMO) Goose Island Honkers Ale cost a mere $10 for six. It seems to me a number of breweries see the following forumla: craft=profit Which is not to say that Gerhard's point about prestige is not also valid.
 
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           Braukunst Live - beerlist is online by Nick B. on  2013-03-05 07:56:47
             Braukunst Live - beerlist is online by Nick B. on  2013-03-05 08:13:37
               Braukunst Live - beerlist is online by TreiJan on  2013-03-05 11:05:37
             Braukunst Live - beerlist is online by Mike B. on  2013-03-06 00:50:12
               Braukunst Live - beerlist is online by Nick B. on  2013-03-06 23:35:30
                 Braukunst Live - beerlist is online by Mike B. on  2013-03-07 03:40:45
                   "Well, there you go again." by Nick B. on  2013-03-08 07:14:13
                     . by Mike B. on  2013-03-08 11:49:45
               De Struise Brouwers by Uncle Jimbo on  2013-03-08 14:07:48
                 De Struise Brouwers by Jason on  2013-03-08 15:12:52
                 De Struise Brouwers by Fred Waltman on  2013-03-08 21:35:32
                 De Struise Brouwers by Mike B. on  2013-03-09 01:33:34
                   De Struise Brouwers by Uncle Jimbo on  2013-03-09 11:52:26
                     De Struise Brouwers by Mike B. on  2013-03-09 12:57:49
                       De Struise Brouwers by Uncle Jimbo on  2013-03-09 19:23:22
                         De Struise Brouwers by Mike B. on  2013-03-10 00:53:11
                           De Struise Brouwers by Uncle Jimbo on  2013-03-10 11:33:59
                             De Struise Brouwers by Mike B. on  2013-03-10 12:33:03
                               De Struise Brouwers by Uncle Jimbo on  2013-03-11 03:40:01
                                 De Struise Brouwers by Mike B. on  2013-03-11 11:00:01
                                 Be careful, U.J., or by Nick B. on  2013-03-13 06:15:08