Comments on: Craft Beer Up 11% In 1st Half Of 2008 http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/craft-beer-up-11-in-1st-half-of-2008/ Jay R. Brooks on Beer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:22:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://beerzine.com/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg Clow http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/craft-beer-up-11-in-1st-half-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Greg Clow Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:51:48 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/craft-beer-up-11-in-1st-half-of-2008/#comment-1757 Maybe I'm being an optimist (which is quite rare for me), but I'm of the mind that inflation/recession is and will continue to be a good thing for craft beer. As many people have noted in the past, beer - even more expensive craft beer - is an affordable luxury. So people who may have splurged on a nice bottle of wine or spirits every couple of weeks but can no longer afford to do so may instead start buying better beer, as it costs less than wine/spirits but is still a high quality product. In addition, the slow/local food movement continues to gain steam, and many craft breweries have wisely been hitching their wagons to that movement. Maybe I’m being an optimist (which is quite rare for me), but I’m of the mind that inflation/recession is and will continue to be a good thing for craft beer. As many people have noted in the past, beer – even more expensive craft beer – is an affordable luxury. So people who may have splurged on a nice bottle of wine or spirits every couple of weeks but can no longer afford to do so may instead start buying better beer, as it costs less than wine/spirits but is still a high quality product.

In addition, the slow/local food movement continues to gain steam, and many craft breweries have wisely been hitching their wagons to that movement.

]]> By: Ray Merkler http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/craft-beer-up-11-in-1st-half-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1758 Ray Merkler Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:37:17 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/craft-beer-up-11-in-1st-half-of-2008/#comment-1758 What was the growth by sales volume, though? Pretty much everything grew by dollars this year thanks to inflation. (Spoken like someone who wasn't alive for more than a couple months during the Carter administration.) What was the growth by sales volume, though? Pretty much everything grew by dollars this year thanks to inflation.

(Spoken like someone who wasn’t alive for more than a couple months during the Carter administration.)

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