https://allaboutbeer.net/live-beer/people/beer-enthusiast/2012/01/change-we-can-believe-in/ Celebrating the World of Beer Culture Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:07:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 https://allaboutbeer.net/live-beer/people/beer-enthusiast/2012/01/change-we-can-believe-in/comment-page-1/#comment-6298 CraftBeer.com | Craft Beer QB: Seven Sudsy Sports Analogies Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:51:37 +0000 https://allaboutbeer.net/?p=24332#comment-6298 [...] This issue has come to light recently as the Brewers Association issued “Craft vs. Crafty: A Statement from the Brewers Association,” to tell that story. As a consumer it’s important to know that the selections you see in stores are in a large way decided upon by distributors who are serving their biggest clients. It’s not fair to say distributors don’t care, since many, many have championed the cause of craft beer and have done wonders to advance the products we love. It’s just a system that doesn’t do justice to breweries and consumers. Harry Schumacher, publisher of Beer Business Daily, does a great job of further extrapolating this conundrum in his recent All About Beer article: “Change We Can Believe In.” [...] [...] This issue has come to light recently as the Brewers Association issued “Craft vs. Crafty: A Statement from the Brewers Association,” to tell that story. As a consumer it’s important to know that the selections you see in stores are in a large way decided upon by distributors who are serving their biggest clients. It’s not fair to say distributors don’t care, since many, many have championed the cause of craft beer and have done wonders to advance the products we love. It’s just a system that doesn’t do justice to breweries and consumers. Harry Schumacher, publisher of Beer Business Daily, does a great job of further extrapolating this conundrum in his recent All About Beer article: “Change We Can Believe In.” [...]

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