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re: Proof you don't have to sell boring beer to pay the bills
Posted on 9/9/15 at 2:44 pm to TigerHam85
Posted on 9/9/15 at 2:44 pm to TigerHam85
quote:Try thinking, for once.
You're not the target market and you're bitching and calling it a terrible idea. Typical baby boomer.
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Posted on 9/9/15 at 2:45 pm to LoneStarTiger
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I think you underestimate the interest in craft beer in Louisiana, and the desire of Louisiana folks to support local business.
I think you are right about the first point, wrong about the second. Though, interest in craft beer is certainly growing, it is still very much behind most states that Founders distributes to. Case in point, when KBS hits stores in Baton Rouge, it sells out in a day or two. When it hits stores here in Austin, it is gone within 30 minutes to an hour. And KBS is sold by the 4 pack in BR. It's sold in single bottles here in Austin.
This post was edited on 9/9/15 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 9/9/15 at 2:50 pm to SUB
#cases
Posted on 9/9/15 at 2:53 pm to Franktowntiger7
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I loathe people who obsess over IPA's.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 2:55 pm to Tiger Ryno
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Not in the same stratosphere as saint Arnold financially.
I don't think the scale matters that much, the fact is they used Yellow Rose as their flagship beer very successfully.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 2:56 pm to AlxTgr
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I would not have gotten there without magic Hat, St. Arnold and some others.
there are a million beers out there for people to cut their teeth with, why would a new brewery in Louisiana want to compete over blonde tap space?
A solid IPA for a new brewery would make a bigger stamp to the people who are paying attention to new breweries opening.
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I think you are right about the first point, wrong about the second. Though, interest in craft beer is certainly growing, it is still very much behind most states that Founders distributes to. Case in point, when KBS hits stores in Baton Rouge, it sells out in a day or two. When it hits stores here in Austin, it is gone within 30 minutes to an hour. And KBS is sold by the 4 pack in BR. It's sold in single bottles here in Austin.
comparing Baton Rouge to the Hipster Mecca of the south is bit unfair.
This post was edited on 9/9/15 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 9/9/15 at 2:58 pm to Tiger Ryno
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The mavens will always fins the exceptional beers. There aren't enough of them in most cases to buy enough of it to make a brewery profitable...in most cases.
Right. Breweries aren't killing it because they can sell 100 cases of a 1-off specialty beer to mavens in 30 minutes.
You have to be able to attract the people that aren't really interested in beer, which is a huge % of the population.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:02 pm to Dire Wolf
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comparing Baton Rouge to the Hipster Mecca of the south is bit unfair.
Maybe it's extreme, but I'm sure the same could be said for Houston and Dallas.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:02 pm to LoneStarTiger
I agree with that. They also are an extremely small operation that self bottles. They two owners work insufferable hours and they are really limited in capacity. They could have ramped up faster with a more mainline offering that is cheaper to make.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:14 pm to SUB
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Maybe it's extreme, but I'm sure the same could be said for Houston and Dallas.
even still, both those cities are have much larger hipster and young professional crowd which is what craft beer is geared towards.
It was not but a few years ago that Chimes was majority foreign taps and now almost everything is from US brewery
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:15 pm to Dire Wolf
quote:That's not cutting teeth. Why would a new brewery want to compete with the IPA tap space?
there are a million beers out there for people to cut their teeth with, why would a new brewery in Louisiana want to compete over blonde tap space?
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:21 pm to AlxTgr
IPL>IPA
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:22 pm to LSURoss
Gross
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:23 pm to LSURoss
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IPL>IPA
in Louisiana at the moment that is absolutely the case
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:33 pm to SUB
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Case in point, when KBS hits stores in Baton Rouge, it sells out in a day or two. When it hits stores here in Austin, it is gone within 30 minutes to an hour.
I can say that is 100% false.
If it is sold here, it sells out within an hour. If it is announced the day it will sell, it sells out before it makes its way off the truck.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:35 pm to Dire Wolf
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There isn't single IPA that is worth buying that is made in Louisiana.
What?
Do you mean that there are no IPA's made in LA that are worth buying? Or are you singling out "IPA's" vs DIPA's and Imperials?
Regardless, Hopitoulas is a single IPA and definitely worth buying.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:42 pm to Boudreaux35
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Hopitoulas is a single IPA and definitely worth buying.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:44 pm to AlxTgr
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That's not cutting teeth. Why would a new brewery want to compete with the IPA tap space?
because there is not local IPA that is worth seeking out. Almost every other local brewery has blonde.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:48 pm to Boudreaux35
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Regardless, Hopitoulas is a single IPA and definitely worth buying.
In maven land it is not. I did have a double dry hopped version that was very good the other day. Similar to EZ7.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 3:50 pm to Dire Wolf
OK, I just don't understand how you're not seeing this. There's been numerous articles on it. Some claim there's too much attn. devoted to IPAs in general much less having that as your only offering.
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