Comments on: Controversial blog post asks if there are too many beers and breweries in America http://grizzlygrowler.com/2010/03/12/controversial-blog-post-asks-if-there-are-too-many-beers-and-breweries-in-america/ Craft Beer... Tue, 15 May 2012 14:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Michael http://grizzlygrowler.com/2010/03/12/controversial-blog-post-asks-if-there-are-too-many-beers-and-breweries-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-3320 Michael Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:39:34 +0000 http://grizzlygrowler.com/?p=1921#comment-3320 The concensus of opinion on the matter seems to be that there aren't too many brewers, but too few distributors. But even this presupposes that every brewer wants to "go big." I absolutely love every Deschutes beer that I've tried but I can't get Bend Brewing products in Arizona. However, if Bend Brewing can make a go of it without over extending themselves into my market, then God bless them for that and the local folks are indeed blessed to have them. Just makes me want to get back to Oregon! All this to say, I think you're right about some brewers choosing to remain relatively small, to serve a local demand. Frankly, I wish we had more of those. The concensus of opinion on the matter seems to be that there aren’t too many brewers, but too few distributors. But even this presupposes that every brewer wants to “go big.” I absolutely love every Deschutes beer that I’ve tried but I can’t get Bend Brewing products in Arizona. However, if Bend Brewing can make a go of it without over extending themselves into my market, then God bless them for that and the local folks are indeed blessed to have them. Just makes me want to get back to Oregon!

All this to say, I think you’re right about some brewers choosing to remain relatively small, to serve a local demand. Frankly, I wish we had more of those.

]]>