The CNBC show Closing Bell had Brewers Association Craft Beer Program Director Julia Herz on the program earlier today. Despite the host showing some ignorance of beer and asking a few hostile questions, Julia held her own and did beer proud.
The CNBC show Closing Bell had Brewers Association Craft Beer Program Director Julia Herz on the program earlier today. Despite the host showing some ignorance of beer and asking a few hostile questions, Julia held her own and did beer proud.
Excellent interview, thanks for posting. The brewer’s association representative spoke very well, good for her.
Gary
Julia did a yeoman’s job in being on point and to the point. Terrific job representing craft beer to the uninitiated Julia!
I didn’t see anything hostile there, just your standard wham-bam TV news interview. Thanks for posting, Jay!
Agree w/Duke of Dunkel – a couple of the q’s bordered cynical, but certainly not hostile. Jula was, as the Brits like to say, “spot on”. The great thing about the craft beer movement is that one can find something other than macro-crap damned near anywhere these days.
I just came back from a loop trip that started & ended in Minneapolis, stops in Springfield IL, St Louis, Omaha, & Grand Rapids. Only once (in an “old school” Italian place in StL suburbs) was there nothing better than Heineken; the night I went to the new Busch Stadium in StL, I had 2 SNPA’s, plus 2 Schlafly PA’s (I know they have some suck-up arrangement w/A-B, but that beer was far better than any Bud, & as good as Goose Island’s Honker’s). Grand Rapids has an excellent brewpub (Firehouse, which is in the old firehouse – ate & drank there 2 of the 3 nites I was there) – even better, parking is pretty much FREE – no meters, & lots attached to businesses go free after 4-6 PM. If you’re going to Twins’ game(s), O’Donovans, which is across the street from Target Field, is the place to go – decent food & a good brew selection. What really amazed me was being able to find local (-ish) craft brews in most every mini-mart/liquor store I visited, plus the Walmart in Grand Rapids that was close to where I was staying. One need not have to exert much effort these days to find decent craft brew, a far cry from 20 yrs ago, when, if you were anywhere but the West Coast or Colorado, you were pretty much “SOL” or had to do a lot of research.