Thursday, July 18, 2013

We Won! We Won!

From an article in the WSJ...
You know the beer drinkers have won when you can fill your growler with local craft beer at a drugstore.

The craft beer craze isn't slowing down, and as the number of breweries grows, so has the popularity of growlers—64-ounce reusable jugs that can be filled to take off the premises. With growlers, you get fresh beer. Often it is beer that is not available in bottles or cans. And you get it in a local, environmentally friendly way. 

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There are now as many breweries in the U.S.—2,500—as there were before Prohibition, which ran from 1920 to 1933, says Julia Herz, craft beer program director of the Brewers Association, a trade group based in Boulder, Colo. Survey data from the Brewers Association suggests that most craft beer drinkers are young, male and wealthier than average: More than 77% of craft beer volume is consumed by people who make more than $50,000 a year. Surveys show they prefer beer brewed locally to mass-produced, bottled options. 
Well, now.  Howzabout THAT?  I've been known to fill a growler or three meself, and yeah... we do like to drink locally.


8 comments:

  1. I have to go to Lancaster..................
    Kinetic Brewing Company is still on the gotta go to list.
    Living on the Rez is like that I guess.

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    1. But isn't it cool that we have all these breweries now? I think so.

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  2. Did you get that at the place on the square in Pville? I've been wanting to try it out, but have yet to have a chance to.

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    1. Yep... and they do good beer. Food, too.

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  3. The seeds of planning for a massive road trip. Imagine, making it a Quixotic quest to visit them all...

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    1. Ah... so many beers, so little time.

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    2. Back circa 2004&5 there was a guy in NYC who blooged under the name of "Beerman" who had a project of visiting EVERY bar in NYC--and he pretty well did. He provided plenty of pics with copious commentary on atmospherics and fare. What a project! I followed him religiously. A retired guy, he knocked down 15-20/wk. Had a very understanding Chinese wife, lol. Then Katrina came along and I lost track. By the time I got back on the net he had taken down the blog, sad to say--either that or he died--ALWAYS a possibility at our age and with our inclinations, lol.

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    3. Virgil! I still haven't gotten yer e-mail. buckpennington01 (that's zero-one) (at) gmail (dot) com.

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