UPDATE: We wanted to update our blog post to add some context to the blog we recently posted from Slumbrew. On Monday, Will Meyers posted a blog on the Cambridge Brewing Website that reflects on his 20 years in craft brewing as well as his thoughts on what’s going on these days with contract brewing. The […]
Contract Brewing: What’s the Deal, Yo?
As we mentioned earlier this week, we.ve been spending a lot of time thinking and talking about the different definitions and types of brewers. We believe that the same transparency that many are rooting for in the Craft vs. Crafty debate extends to contract brewing, too. The main reason being that as a retailer, we […]
Where’s My Beer Made? Who Makes It? Who Cares?
We do! We.re on a quest for transparency in our industry because if we can.t be honest with you, the consumer, about the products we sell, then we’re no better than the big companies that are trying to secretly trick us into buying products made by brewing companies that don.t exist. (Think Shock Top Brewing […]
Craft Beer Cellar on Seacoast Beverage Lab
We had the honor of being guests on Monday night’s episode of Seacoast Beverage Lab. Seacoast Beverage Lab was founded by Brian Aldrich (@seacoastbevlab), and his co-hosts are beer writers and bloggers Michael Meredith (@momeredith), Beer Nut columnist Norman Miller (@realbeernut), Carla Companion (@beerbabe) and Sean Jansen (@2beerguys). We had a blast being on the […]
Our Letter To The Brewers Association
As you (hopefully) recall, we recently chose to put Narragansett’s brews back on our shelf and stated that we would write a letter to the Brewers Association asking them to reconsider their definition of a craft brewer. We promised to share the letter with the community once the BA had received it. We sent the […]
‘Gansett Is Back; We Ask For Change
Greetings, beer geeks! The last few weeks has been interesting for us. As of January 1, we made a decision to stop carrying Narragansett, MacTarnahan.s, Pyramid, Butte Creek, Magic Hat, and Mendocino because they no longer fit the Brewers Association.s definition of a craft brewer (small, independent, traditional). And it caused quite the ruckus . […]
Vote With Your Dollar!
Most people never ask why we don.t carry beers brewed or owned by AB-InBev or MillerCoors (or Cerveceria Costa Rica, United Brewers Limited, and Crown Imports). And come to think of it, no one has ever asked us why we based a large part of our business model on a definition supplied by the Brewer.s […]