The Beer Temple
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The Beer Temple
@TheBeerTemple
3173 N. Elston Ave Chicago, IL 773-754-0907 Craft beer taproom, bottleshop and podcast.
Chicago 参加日 Ocak 2010
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@TheBeerTemple The second line is often reserved for a unique, sequential identifier so if after the fact a can has a quality issue, you can pinpoint what part of the run it came it.
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The only people who feel otherwise are breweries who assign extra long shelf lives to their beer
Austin Beerworks 🪙@AustinBeerworks
"Packaged On" is better than "Best By".
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@beercruncher @FatHeadsBeer @maplewoodbeer Looked it up - only IPA to ever Gold in both is Odel IPA. GABF 2007 & WBC in 2008.
So @fatheadsbeer “Super Gold” for Headhunter is unprecedented
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@beercruncher @FatHeadsBeer Yeah when you win twice it takes away a lot of those arguments - for example @maplewoodbeer Charlatan. When you win twice in the same YEAR??Very impressive. Or a million to one shot for a beer people just happen to say is the best IPA in the country (brushes dirt off shoulder).
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Here's what @FatHeadsBeer has to say about Chris' post...
Chris McClellan 🍺@Brewenthusiast
So - I gotta talk about @GABF beer judging. I've done my fair share of beer judging, and I always find the process to be... difficult. Aggregating subjective judgments on beer is still a subjective process. And beer judging is unscientific to begin with... right? 1/
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Just Released - Ep #300 - The Rise and Fall of American Wild Ale w/ Paul Arney, Vinnie Cilurzo, Ron Jeffries, and John Laffler
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@avbc @BeerScribe Side note: Love your beer and think you got a raw deal in the Chicago Market.
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@BeerScribe The idea that DTC eliminates independent retail is a fallacy, but even so the solution is to allow DTC rights to include servicing non-chain retail that basically gets ignored by the large consolidated distribution houses.
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Pretty amazing exchange here highlighting the different interests involved in the business of craft beer.
Illinois Craft Brewers Guild@IllinoisBeer
We firmly believe the relationship among all three tiers is both important and valuable, but it cannot come at the expense of our craft beer producers. This is a great example of why craft breweries should have some direct-to-consumer shipping privileges. #SupportILDtC
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@avbc @BeerScribe Doesn’t eliminate, but changes. For the worse of the Indy retailer I think we can all agree on. It’s not surprise we’re against it. But like @OlympicTavern said, I’m not mad at the hustle. I get it.
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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt Also, very much value your opinion/ position, Clint.
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@TheBeerTemple @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt I listened to the podcast and really appreciated the insight and views from the various aspects of Direct to Consumer shipping. From my vantage point there are two areas where I think this legislation will give us more flexibility to operate.
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We firmly believe the relationship among all three tiers is both important and valuable, but it cannot come at the expense of our craft beer producers.
This is a great example of why craft breweries should have some direct-to-consumer shipping privileges.
#SupportILDtC
The Beer Temple@TheBeerTemple
How do the big beer distributors feel about craft? I don’t know. But I DO know that in Chicago, Reyes and the craft distributor they acquired are now fully merged & assigned us a new rep across both portfolios who’s “not super knowledgeable about craft.”
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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt In the end, this bill as it stands is not THAT important to either side IMO. But for the guild to say the law’s goal is to help the end consumer rings hollow for me.
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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt DTC is MORE expensive for the consumer due to shipping costs, and there’s Zero experiential / fave-to-face relationship building.
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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt I don’t understand why the guild / BA is trying to weaken their strongest retail advocates. Now that people can buy craft in Walmart they don’t need us? Better hope Seltzer and RTD doesn’t continue to take more shelf space there.
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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt True, but only inside IL. Of course the idea is to make this available nationwide - which is why this is a BA push vs ILCBG. But easy nat’l beer shipping for suppliers and not retailers (what BA is pushing for I’d guess?) is existentially dangerous for craft specialty shops.
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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt Obviously as a retailers, we’d love to see these offerings (when it’s a brewery we regularly carry and champion).
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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt Couldn’t agree more - it’s to sell the specialty / hype offerings that can’t all go out the front door while still retaining full own-premise margins.
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@LakeEffect_LLC @IllinoisBeer @CruzBlancaChi @goldfingerbeer @OlympicTavern @ashleywbrandt I found it interesting that nobody seemed to think that this legislation was being championed by a local brewery, but rather at the request of the National Brewers Assoc.
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@ubme4aday Craft’s share in Chicago is higher than nat’l avg. Also, Fine wine is a smaller % than even that, yet expert distributor reps are prevalent and instrumental in selling to, and educating their retailers.
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@TheBeerTemple I think the latest number was Macro is at 66 % then imports 21% and craft makes up 13% . So one doesn’t have to be knowledgeable about selling such a small share of the market . They look to sell 30 Miller Lites over a 4 pack of a brewery like Phase Three.
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How do the big beer distributors feel about craft? I don’t know. But I DO know that in Chicago, Reyes and the craft distributor they acquired are now fully merged & assigned us a new rep across both portfolios who’s “not super knowledgeable about craft.”
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