Comments on: 21A Can Release Party http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/21a-can-release-party/ Jay R. Brooks on Beer Sat, 19 May 2012 07:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://beerzine.com/?v=3.3.2 By: Scott s http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/21a-can-release-party/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 Scott s Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:37:20 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/21a-can-release-party/#comment-1749 Since these are being contract or "partner" brewed isn't this a step away from being a craft brewer? I understand the finances of the whole thing and how it makes sense, but I for one like to know that my beer is brewed locally and that I might know the brewer and see them around town. That is part of the allure and satisfaction of "craft" beer for me. I see it like buying grass fed beef from a local farmers market where I buy right from the farmer vs buying grass fed from chain supermarket where the meat might be shipped from across the country. I'm not saying that operating this way is wrong, only that it isn't what I myself would support as far as craft beer. Since these are being contract or “partner” brewed isn’t this a step away from being a craft brewer? I understand the finances of the whole thing and how it makes sense, but I for one like to know that my beer is brewed locally and that I might know the brewer and see them around town. That is part of the allure and satisfaction of “craft” beer for me.

I see it like buying grass fed beef from a local farmers market where I buy right from the farmer vs buying grass fed from chain supermarket where the meat might be shipped from across the country.

I’m not saying that operating this way is wrong, only that it isn’t what I myself would support as far as craft beer.

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