What Beer Represents Your State?

You've got a 5 percent law down there, don't you? Or am I thinking of Oklahoma? Either way, it's hard to brew anything too memorable.

 

No 5% law. No Sunday sales and no sales of singles (3 minimum). But they can brew whatever they want.

 

In both cases you've got it wrong. Oklahoma got rid of the 3.2%ABW (~4%ABV) for grocery/gas station (cold) beer. I'm kind of amazed that you can't think of any memorable beer that is <5%ABV.

 

Sculpin IS California. It's really a good beer, but they're are way to many people enjoying it, and it's just too damn expensive.

 

Missouri = Boulevard Wheat

 

Thanks man

 

It's gotta be Allagash White. Allagash because, well, yeah...That's easy. White because, well...For half the year, everything is white!

Allagash White. In the winter, keep it where it's warm... In the refrigerator.

 

Toppling Goliath in general just elevated the state. It's a toss up between Kentucky Brunch or Pseudo Sue.

 

Stone has fallen out of favor in SD. Same with Ballast. Modern Times and Societe rising. Burgeon makes excellent stuff, as does Beaver. Note: You mustn't forget Russian River when speaking about NorCal.

 

Question. Why is the scarcity artifical rather than just based on limited capacity or physical/economic inability to brew enough beer to satisfy demand?

 

As much as I love Societe (I have three of their growlers), you can’t represent anything until you get some distribution and some traction with the general public.

 

Arizona- Probably Four Peaks Kilt Lifter. It's the one you are most likely to see on tap in a restaurant that has limited if not only one craft beer.

 

I didn’t say it was hard to produce or the ingredients were anything expensive, I’ve no idea about that.
Also, It isn’t distributed nationally. It isn’t in PA yet., etc. it will be here soon, but they distribute to fewer that half the states.

What exactly is their capacity that you think they could easily make more? You’ve visited the brewery and can confirm that they actually do have the capacity and that they deliberately chose to limit production when they could easily have made more?

 

You may want to look at their distribution map. That is hardly sending beer all over the country. (Unless they are violating multiple laws.)

Never heard of Olde Hickory. Their capacity is more than 39,000 and they produce all the Event Horizon everybody wants? Do they produce any other beers?

As for 30,000, Goose Island BCBS is now national and they are bigger than that, have a separate Warehouse for barrel aging, 3,000 sq feet or more IIRC, with the number of barrels needed and they have only begun to almost satisfy demand.

It’s only scarcity marketing if you, the producer, know you have the capacity and physical resources to be able to satisfy demand but deliberately choose to limit production.

Frankly I seriously doubt that the have either the capacity or the physical resources to drop all other beers and focus on just that one beer. Nor would I expect them to survive many years if they did so.

They have to deal with the side effect of scarcity or stop brewing that beer.

Note— a correction, that GI warehouse is rented and is 130,000 sq ft.

 

Looking at the map after they stall out in PA after two months they will be in Ohio before 2020. Next would be Colorado and California. They keep capacity the same and sell less in established territories and remain profitable for years. They will be Nationwide before our next Presidental election.