5/9/2017 11:18:29 AM
he's talking about the food they serve at the restaurant
5/9/2017 11:19:48 AM
5/9/2017 12:18:58 PM
reducing health coverage can be a result of an increasingly corporate atmosphere that he mentions.
5/9/2017 12:49:59 PM
5/9/2017 2:52:04 PM
yep, I was wrong with what I originally posted, and then edited a few posts down from that after remembering they had signed on with Mims
5/9/2017 3:00:58 PM
Again I dont care who you are there is a number that would have caused you to do the same thing. That number may differ from person to person but everyone has a number. Clearly they got something over theirs.
5/9/2017 3:47:38 PM
5/9/2017 4:08:45 PM
5/9/2017 5:05:34 PM
I'd wager a very small insignificant amount of beer drinkers really care they sold out.
5/9/2017 5:33:04 PM
^it just appears that way because the few that do care are really vocal about it. maybe they won't get invited to festivals, and maybe breweries won't want to collaborate with them. hell, they may even shut down the restaurant in Asheville, but the brand name is established and entrenched and will soon be more so when it's carried nationally.
5/9/2017 5:43:18 PM
^Yeah where it's going to hurt most is their local market share. I know they have plenty of beer tourists coming through Asheville but without backing from the community, it will be interesting to see if they can sustain the restaurant and Funkatorium. They have already stated that "some" production may be moved out of Asheville, so they are already setting themselves up to make that exit. The business plan has definitely changed now where they won't need to make money off of those side endevours, especially if they are losing AB INBEV $$$$.
5/9/2017 5:50:09 PM
If anything AB will exploit the hell out of Asheville now and that location there.
5/9/2017 6:17:21 PM
5/9/2017 6:23:37 PM
They'll end up in the Sam Adams "craft" section along with Lagunitas.
5/9/2017 6:37:12 PM
5/9/2017 10:42:53 PM
5/9/2017 11:15:58 PM
Funkatorium Invitational CancelledAB INBEV festival announced for September 16th
5/10/2017 1:02:13 AM
wtf are tomato's?
5/10/2017 8:30:56 AM
5/10/2017 1:38:20 PM
good for themI am a big fan of their informed, level-headed approach
5/10/2017 1:53:07 PM
I love this "gonna be brewed at the same place by the same people" PR song and dance Wicked Weed is trying to spinMeanwhile, the former owners know all about what's coming next...
5/10/2017 3:37:09 PM
5/10/2017 6:16:26 PM
Regardless of that, no one can disagree that big beer and associated industries are determined to stifle competition, especially that from craft breweries. That is bad for the craft beer industry. And even on that one issue alone, any person who is a proponent of craft beers should not be supporting big beer.
5/10/2017 6:40:11 PM
^Yea that is some bullshit. I don't mind paying more for craft beer than some Bud Ice, but I disagree that cheaper beer is bad for the industry. Some folks can't drop $10-$12 for super high end beer and like the opportunity to try some of these if they are available. And many of the hipsters who by things like this on the regular are not going to suddenly jump ship because Wicked Weed has cheaper prices.Also noticed Beer Study is dumping all of their Wicked Weed product. They are completely fucking silent on the fact that Lagunitas announced this week they are selling all remaining shares to Heineken.
5/10/2017 6:47:43 PM
5/10/2017 7:24:02 PM
See first reply to this thread, and then you'll understand.
5/10/2017 8:10:45 PM
[Edited on May 11, 2017 at 1:15 AM. Reason : ...]
5/11/2017 1:09:37 AM
I'd be interested to see if people really shun their beer now. My guess is the drop off in sales is minor. But if people really did rally against wicked weed it could perhaps cause AB to rethink the prices they associate with future purchases.
5/11/2017 1:34:08 AM
I think there will be plenty of people that shun their beer (I mean...look at the bottle shops that won't carry their beers and restaurants that won't put them on their taps)...but it will soon be extremely outweighed by people purchasing their beer in places where those people have never even heard of Wicked Weed.And this is a good article on what AB-Inbev is doing with these acquisitions:http://goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2017/5/5/watch-the-hands-not-the-cards-the-magic-of-megabrew[Edited on May 11, 2017 at 6:37 AM. Reason : .]
5/11/2017 6:32:48 AM
5/11/2017 7:28:02 AM
Yea short term drop in demand followed by a big upswing as it gets established nationally.And to the people surprised that they might not produce it all in Asheville, this seems like a no-brainer. For West Coast distribution it makes much more sense to make some product on that side of country rather than shipping it from Asheville. Especially when the owners company owns breweries all over the damn place. Sierra Nevada and Dale's did the same thing, although they are obviously independent, right in NC.
5/11/2017 8:46:13 AM
i saw my first Goose Island beer commercial last night. It reeked of AB-Inbev
5/11/2017 9:19:18 AM
https://tastybeverageco.com/ww/Tasty Bev wrote a treatise on the subject. tl;dr - while we are anti-corporate and pro-local on the outside, Wicked Weed makes us too much money to stop carrying so we told the guys we're disappointed in them but nothing will change in practice.Goose Island has always been a shitty beer. I had assumed it always was a grocery store "micro". Not too big on Ballast Point or Lagunitas either. At least with ABI buying Wicked Weed there will be some decent beer in most grocery stores. [Edited on May 11, 2017 at 10:13 AM. Reason : please bring down WW price point ]
5/11/2017 10:11:56 AM
5/11/2017 10:19:33 AM
^^did you not read any of the posts above yours?
5/11/2017 10:24:24 AM
^^^Literally posted like 12 posts up on this very same page.
5/11/2017 10:45:11 AM
Not only that. Its pasted in the thread.
5/11/2017 11:00:41 AM
haha my b guys
5/11/2017 11:13:30 AM
[ncsuallday]Hey...did you guys hear that Wicked Weed sold out to AB In-Bev?!?!?[/ncsuallday][Edited on May 11, 2017 at 11:19 AM. Reason : .]
5/11/2017 11:18:37 AM
lol
5/11/2017 1:08:10 PM
5/11/2017 10:37:31 PM
^A good comment on this from page two of your link:
5/12/2017 8:03:04 AM
https://vimeo.com/223773287
6/30/2017 3:17:23 PM
lmao
6/30/2017 4:22:48 PM
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