Originally Posted by
bakes1
I am in the restaurant business and make my living partially off of craft beer sales and I can tell you for a fact that we laugh at anyone that references a local nano brewer.
True story...
I'm sure.
I like to laugh at restaurant owners whose craft beer menu includes the likes of Blue Moon, Goose Island, Red Hook, Stone, Sierra Nevada, Anchor, et al. Much of what you make your money off of is actually owned by much larger parent corporations; either you just don't know or are a shill perpetuating the "crafty" beer trend for a quick dollar. The rest are just smaller breweries riding the craft wave...I would hardly call a west or east coast beer "craft" when the local supermarket megachain carries it here in the Midwest.
It's too bad you don't have your finger on the pulse of local brewers; InBev is happy to take your money, I'm sure, and you're probably happy to give it to them without even realizing it. Besides you probably couldn't tell me the difference between a traditional German and American pilsner, or even an ale vs a lager, for that matter.