Which craft breweries need to shrink?

None of them.

Also, Rogue doesn't need to shrink. It just needs to stop brewing stupid fucking beer.

 

Alpine. I want it to go back to where dipshit bottleshops from the Bay Area weren't sending mules down to clean them out.

 

dogfish head. I'll probably get mulled for saying that..

 

Oh man, so many to choose from.
Go to local craft beer store. Close eyes... Point. Chances are pretty good you will hit one that makes mediocre beer and needs to shrink. There are plenty of good ones... But more not so good ones.

 

I'd rather have a 6th barrel of anything White Birch or Indian Wells.

 

I agree. I don't want anyone to shrink (although I wouldn't mind seeing BMC's market share shrink), but it seems like Rogue is getting a bit silly. There is a bit of a trend among homebrewers to identify something they like in the food world and try to throw it in beer, with a very limited success rate. It kind of seems like Rogue is doing something similar. I'm all for experimentation, but if no one has put pickled cauliflower or crushed up butterfinger bars into beer before, it's unlikely that it's going to be good.

 

Lol.

 

Indian Wells is one I could get behind, taking up valuable craft beer space at Whole Foods.

Same with the garbage Bevmo house beers, Hermitage, Coastal Fog, etc.
Also, Bayhawk and all their contract beers can go away.

 

So this is basically a "what brewery do you dislike" thread?

 

I came into this topic to post the exact same thing. Between the TV show and mass distribution, I think the expansion has gotten to their heads. Some of their beers are just ridiculous nowadays...

 

It seems odd that a well established brewer like Alpine couldn't rustle up $3 million last year from private investors for expansion but there are literally dozens of start-ups flooding the Southern California market right now with money from somewhere.

 

Hit that one on the head...

 

why would you want any brewery to "shrink"? i would like to hear some well constructed arguments for this that are not selfish or based on "i dont like them." something strong enough to justify financial failure and hardship on the employees and their families.

 

1. Expanded brewery skimps on ingredients, product suffers. "The beer sucks but there sure is a lot of it".
2. Expanded brewery takes up more shelf space resulting in less shelf space for other quality brews.
3. Expanded brewery takes on too much debt, collapses under financial pressures causing hardships to vendors, lenders, partners, etc.

 

Exactly my thoughts.

 

That sums it up right there. NO breweries should shrink

 

Or 'beard yeast'...

 

Sounds semi negative so the way I'll look at it is what needs to shrink because of freshness issues. To me it ALWAYS seems hoppy stuff from Founders and Ballast Point are out of date. So it would be nice for some breweries to cut their distro on some hoppy beers.