Goose Island...Craft Beer??

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  1. Youngbeertender

    Youngbeertender Initiate (0) Feb 22, 2012 Illinois

    It's all about quality awesome beer... as long as they continue producing the quality beer they do now i don't care who owns them
     
    #21 Youngbeertender, Mar 15, 2012
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  2. Mick-e-d

    Mick-e-d Initiate (0) Mar 3, 2012

    True that!
     
    #22 Mick-e-d, Mar 15, 2012
  3. AleWatcher

    AleWatcher Initiate (0) Jan 25, 2009 Illinois

    Go to bed Phil, I think you're drunk... :wink:
     
    #23 AleWatcher, Mar 15, 2012
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  4. CellarGimp

    CellarGimp Initiate (0) Sep 14, 2011 Missouri

    Bcbs I had last night would argue yes. Unreal.
     
    #24 CellarGimp, Mar 15, 2012
  5. Khazadum

    Khazadum Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2010 Illinois

    Ya, and your opinion is not the final say so either.
     
    #25 Khazadum, Mar 15, 2012
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  6. crossovert

    crossovert Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2009 Illinois

    It isn't my opinion, GI is a macro brewery, take it or leave it.
     
    #26 crossovert, Mar 15, 2012
  7. Jason

    Jason Founder (0) Aug 23, 1996 Massachusetts

    Yes then and now ... they have been invited to ACBF again this year. If you disagree then that is your own personal definition of "craft beer" which is fine by me.
     
    #27 Jason, Mar 15, 2012
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  8. Jason

    Jason Founder (0) Aug 23, 1996 Massachusetts

    Why do you think so?
     
    #28 Jason, Mar 15, 2012
  9. mdvatab

    mdvatab Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2006 Indiana

    Do they meet the Brewers Association for "craft"?
    Absolutely not
    Does this have even the slightest impact on whether I buy their beer?
    NO!
     
    #29 mdvatab, Mar 15, 2012
  10. crossovert

    crossovert Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2009 Illinois

    sarcasm detector off.
     
    #30 crossovert, Mar 15, 2012
  11. Verecund

    Verecund Initiate (0) Aug 31, 2008 Texas

    We can all talk in circles around the question depending on our definitions of "craft" (size? ownership? product? some kind of functional test based on other factors?), but I don't think the answer necessarily gets at anything meaningful. I don't think anyone is refusing to purchase Goose Island, if anyone is at all, because, e.g., their production went over six million barrels. Craft or not, I can respect people for appreciating their products, which tend to be good to great, just like I can respect people for not buying their products because they don't want to support AB.
     
    #31 Verecund, Mar 15, 2012
  12. Jason

    Jason Founder (0) Aug 23, 1996 Massachusetts

    FYI ... the Brewers Association definition of "Craft Brewer" is for their own statistical purposes only within their "guild". Why do you think it keeps on changing. :wink:
     
    #32 Jason, Mar 15, 2012
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  13. Jason

    Jason Founder (0) Aug 23, 1996 Massachusetts

    Ever use one of these ... :rolling_eyes: or :wink: ?
     
    #33 Jason, Mar 15, 2012
  14. Mick-e-d

    Mick-e-d Initiate (0) Mar 3, 2012

    Thanks for the info Jason.....As I stated above I'm new and just trying to learn not trying to create problems or start fights......
     
    #34 Mick-e-d, Mar 15, 2012
  15. crossovert

    crossovert Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2009 Illinois

    i figured it was ridiculous enough to not warrant one :wink:
     
    #35 crossovert, Mar 15, 2012
  16. Khazadum

    Khazadum Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2010 Illinois

    More like the 1/3 less production of it this year than last year... or just everyone's convictions. Pick your poison I suppose.
     
    #36 Khazadum, Mar 15, 2012
  17. Jason

    Jason Founder (0) Aug 23, 1996 Massachusetts

    Personally I hate the whole "craft" term but we have to live with it for now ... is the beer good or not? "Craft" for me never meant "quality" or "good".
     
    #37 Jason, Mar 15, 2012
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  18. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
    Pooh-Bah

    But I thought craft was the same as import :wink:
     
    #38 aasher, Mar 15, 2012
  19. Jason

    Jason Founder (0) Aug 23, 1996 Massachusetts

    Not sure but it is certainly not "Domestic" :confused:
     
    #39 Jason, Mar 15, 2012
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  20. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
    Pooh-Bah

    It is incredible how many people don't know the meaning of the word "domestic"
     
    #40 aasher, Mar 15, 2012
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