Comments on: I am craft beer http://grizzlygrowler.com/2008/01/09/i-am-craft-beer/ Craft Beer... Tue, 15 May 2012 14:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Shawn, the Beer Philosopher http://grizzlygrowler.com/2008/01/09/i-am-craft-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 Shawn, the Beer Philosopher Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:32:27 +0000 http://grizzlygrowler.com/?p=158#comment-1042 Well said, Tim. I echo your sentiments. I'm 35, married and my idea of a vacation is to thoroughly chart out the best places to buy and drink beer within a reasonable proximity of wherever it is we're going. Is that so crazy? After all, people do this sort of thing for wine, no? With American craft brewers, like Dogfish Head for example, producing complex and exotic beers to rival the rarest of wines, why wouldn't there be a "sub-culture" of devotees willing to (literally) go the extra mile to find and imbibe in these storied beers. This phenomena isn't exclusive to our generation, as you point out, but there is little doubt we are the driving force. After all, we're a little too old to go bar-hopping with the express purpose of loading up on whatever swill happens to be on tap for .50 cents a draught at the local college bar. By the same token, we're too young to resign ourselves to drinking our "father's beer" simply because thats the way it's always been ... The craft beer industry's lifeblood is it's experimental spirit. Sometimes, perhaps, it's a little too unrestrained, but more times than not it is the taste of invention and innovation in a glass. And my glass genrally tastes pretty darn good. Cheers! Well said, Tim. I echo your sentiments. I’m 35, married and my idea of a vacation is to thoroughly chart out the best places to buy and drink beer within a reasonable proximity of wherever it is we’re going. Is that so crazy? After all, people do this sort of thing for wine, no? With American craft brewers, like Dogfish Head for example, producing complex and exotic beers to rival the rarest of wines, why wouldn’t there be a “sub-culture” of devotees willing to (literally) go the extra mile to find and imbibe in these storied beers. This phenomena isn’t exclusive to our generation, as you point out, but there is little doubt we are the driving force. After all, we’re a little too old to go bar-hopping with the express purpose of loading up on whatever swill happens to be on tap for .50 cents a draught at the local college bar. By the same token, we’re too young to resign ourselves to drinking our “father’s beer” simply because thats the way it’s always been …

The craft beer industry’s lifeblood is it’s experimental spirit. Sometimes, perhaps, it’s a little too unrestrained, but more times than not it is the taste of invention and innovation in a glass. And my glass genrally tastes pretty darn good.

Cheers!

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