Comments on: Rant: Craft is a Product, Micro is a Business http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/ st. louis food blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:57:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mister http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-968 mister Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:28:21 +0000 http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/#comment-968 It's been two years since I've been there, but I've found the beer at trailhead to be unremarkable everytime I've tried it. You know you're in trouble when beers are named by their color rather than style. I suspect the brewing staff could make good beer but are being held back by the owners. It's kind of ironic anyone would ask this place to pontificate on the differences between micro, macro, craft, whatever. It’s been two years since I’ve been there, but I’ve found the beer at trailhead to be unremarkable everytime I’ve tried it. You know you’re in trouble when beers are named by their color rather than style. I suspect the brewing staff could make good beer but are being held back by the owners. It’s kind of ironic anyone would ask this place to pontificate on the differences between micro, macro, craft, whatever.

]]> By: Bill Burge http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Bill Burge Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:09:40 +0000 http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/#comment-956 And post craft we'll have Artisanal Beer I suppose. And post craft we’ll have Artisanal Beer I suppose.

]]> By: Orrin http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-955 Orrin Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:21:25 +0000 http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/#comment-955 "Micro" is a very 1990's word. Microgreens, Microsoft. There is something very cutting-edge and sleek about the term "micro." It was a great word for the worry-free Clinton years, the alleged "End of History" when everything was being streamlined and improved. Now, here we are in the post-2001 world. Everything is falling apart according to the media. The climate. The economy. World stability. Everyone wants to return to the simpler, good-old-days, when people "crafted" things. We now prefer things that are precious, not sleek. Hence, the ascendence of the term "craft." “Micro” is a very 1990’s word. Microgreens, Microsoft. There is something very cutting-edge and sleek about the term “micro.” It was a great word for the worry-free Clinton years, the alleged “End of History” when everything was being streamlined and improved.

Now, here we are in the post-2001 world. Everything is falling apart according to the media. The climate. The economy. World stability. Everyone wants to return to the simpler, good-old-days, when people “crafted” things. We now prefer things that are precious, not sleek. Hence, the ascendence of the term “craft.”

]]> By: Ian Froeb http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-954 Ian Froeb Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:52:41 +0000 http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/#comment-954 I'm still stunned that Yuengling is #6. I've never seen it outside the Mid-Atlantic. Hell, it's brewed in PA, and we never saw it in MD till I was a senior in college. I’m still stunned that Yuengling is #6. I’ve never seen it outside the Mid-Atlantic. Hell, it’s brewed in PA, and we never saw it in MD till I was a senior in college.

]]> By: Alcohol Posts » Rant: Craft is a Product, Micro is a Business http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-953 Alcohol Posts » Rant: Craft is a Product, Micro is a Business Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:24:19 +0000 http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/#comment-953 [...] Bill Burge wrote a fantastic post today on “Rant: Craft is a Product, Micro is a Business”Here’s ONLY a quick extractOne of my Google Alerts scrounged up a Java Journal article about beer in which there was the following:. Dan Chivetta, also a brewer at Trailhead, explained the difference between craft brewing and microbrewing. … [...] [...] Bill Burge wrote a fantastic post today on “Rant: Craft is a Product, Micro is a Business”Here’s ONLY a quick extractOne of my Google Alerts scrounged up a Java Journal article about beer in which there was the following:. Dan Chivetta, also a brewer at Trailhead, explained the difference between craft brewing and microbrewing. … [...]

]]> By: Bill Burge http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Bill Burge Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:55:41 +0000 http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/#comment-952 I knew that...thus the manipulation. I knew that…thus the manipulation.

]]> By: Mike Sweeney http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Mike Sweeney Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:41:43 +0000 http://www.stlbites.com/2008/07/01/rant-craft-is-a-product-micro-is-a-business/#comment-951 It's important to remember that Jim Koch is on the board of directors for the Brewers Association. It’s important to remember that Jim Koch is on the board of directors for the Brewers Association.

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