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Been a while since we had a Beer thread...

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Good People IPA
Birmingham, AL




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:drool:..... do you ever visit this thread and your mouth starts to water....?:drool:

z
 
Especially when your New Years resolution is to take it easy on the beer for a month... sigh.. :(

cb
 
It is amazing when you can't have something, how much you really want it... kind of like rare NOS Jeep parts, RHD Postals and Overlanders, Awesome J-Trucks, low mileage CJ-5's, untouched Laredo's, Limiteds and Jamborees, oh yeah and all the beer that isn't allowed to be shipped to NH. I have a case of Yeunling and a case of Fat Tire in the basement that were gifts from Christmas that are just taunting me each time I walk past them ;)

cb
 
There are a lot of reasons I have heard for why beer is not sold, but basically it breaks down to trying to gain a foothold in the market place vs. distribution costs.
Fat Tire would have to go from Colorado to New England and compete with a lot of local beers, Sam Adams being one, Narragansett, and other local favorites.

Also, I have heard of labeling. A lot of microbrews have strange labels and if there are kids on them, or animals, or witches, etc. it can't be sold in some place because of certain governance's and laws... strange but true. Kind of like kids smoking back in the day on literature and packaging, you can't do it now and if you tried, no one would sell your product.

Yeunling is trying to push into Mass from what I am hearing, but again, local distributorship makes it a desirable beer and then people want it, so it drives up demand and has local folklore about driving to go get it, people bring it for you, etc. Kind of like Coors back in the day, a la Smokey and the Bandit. The more it costs to "produce" bye averaging all costs ultimately drives up the price. Local selling has a lower cost of distributorship. Thing about why Budweiser now has 7 "local" breweries all over the U.S. when in the past, they only had one in St. Louis... WAAAAAAY to costly to ship that all over the country, BEER IS HEAVY and diesel costs too much, as do trucks.

so, all said and done, there isn't one answer and I am sure there are a lot more out there as well, but I just am going by what I have read while trying to bring my favorites within a reasonable ride from my house.

cb
 
certifiablejeep said:
A lot of microbrews have strange labels and if there are kids on them, or animals, or witches, etc. it can't be sold in some place because of certain governance's and laws... strange but true. Kind of like kids smoking back in the day on literature and packaging, you can't do it now and if you tried, no one would sell your product.
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Interesting note on the labels, as I was trying to think of a "lawful" reason why a beer could be sold in one place, and not another -other than alcohol content. Distribution costs, and a willingness to consume those costs in a saturated market, are a whole different matter, as you noted.
 
4miles said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_distribution_in_America
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Wow, wouldn't this be a nice tax cut. I thought the taxes on fuel were high.

Excerpts:
...estimated that all the taxes levied during the manufacture, distribution, and retailing of beer adds up to 44% of the retail price.
...Those pushing for a more open system of beer distribution often point to recent changes in the laws concerning wine sales. All but 11 states now allow wineries to ship directly to the consumer, cutting out the wholesale middle man.
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Sweet Baby Jesus!!! Yummy. A chocolate and Peanut Butter beer. A christmas present that I just got and had to try immediately. Very yummy.

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Dain
 
Lil one from Maine Beer Company. It had a nice balance of malt and hops. Everyone they make that I have had has been excellent.
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Now a milk stout with my fried chicken and potatoes.

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Dain
 
After working on the J-truck all day I figured a good beer would finish off a great day! Deschutes Brewery Obsidian Stout.
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