tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10691910.post110909087655910863..comments2024-01-26T03:21:23.696-05:00Comments on The Potable Curmudgeon: A-B’s Bare Knuckle Stout topples Guinness at Hooter's.The New Albanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10691910.post-1109108640942672452005-02-22T16:44:00.000-05:002005-02-22T16:44:00.000-05:00The more I think about this, A-B's decision to ven...The more I think about this, A-B's decision to venture timidly into the "real beer" arena could end up being the best thing to happen to small-scale brewers in a very long time.<br /><br />Think about it. The world's largest purveyor of swill telling its customers, "Here, try this. It's different than what you usually drink."<br /><br />Once people realize that there is such as thing as a beer that's not a watery lager, at least some of them are bound to start searching in earnest for something they really like.<br /><br />I speak from personal experience here, and I'm sure that most people reading this, a 'blog about beer, could tell a similar tale.barenadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849073252869213598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10691910.post-1109103554815953142005-02-22T15:19:00.000-05:002005-02-22T15:19:00.000-05:00That's certainly not the big wholesale savings I w...That's certainly not the big wholesale savings I was expecting to hear about. I must say I'm pretty much astonished myself. I wonder, as you already have, "Who'll buy the stuff?"<br /><br />I just don't understand A-B's reasoning here. Do they honestly expect that loyal Guinness drinkers, who for the most part already eschew A-B's products as a matter of course, will simply switch because they say it's "just as good" as Guinness? I'm sorry to have to tell them that the sheep are already in line for their lagers - the stout line is formed by much more discerning customers.<br /><br />Or perhaps the feel that they can lure some of their lager sheep to the (more expensive?) stout. This could actually work in the short run, but how does A-B plan to keep these newly-enlightened customers from wandering completely off the pasture in search of even wider beer horizons.<br /><br />Okay, that's enough with the damn metaphors. You get my point I'm sure.barenadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849073252869213598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10691910.post-1109100248519990872005-02-22T14:24:00.000-05:002005-02-22T14:24:00.000-05:00I should add that for the same wholesale price, re...I should add that for the same wholesale price, retailers are getting two gallons of Bare Knuckle for free (when based on the purchase of 3 sixth barrels vs. one 13.2 gallon Euro keg of Guinness).The New Albanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.com