Beer Buzz 013: Hoppy Brewyear Spectacular!
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Show Notes:
This is the super huge (50 minutes give or take) New Year’s wrap up episode. Frankly, Eli and Erik have been so busy – what with Christmas – that they were kinda flying by the seat of their pants.
Eli and Erik look back at 2008, look forward to 2009 and officially proclaim that 2009 is “The Year of the Beer.” They talked about some of the gifts they received for Christmas, and talked about a few gifts that viewers received.
If you have something you want to chat about, leave them in the comments section of this thread.
Beer Tap TV is proclaiming 2009 as “The Year of The Beer”. Things have exploded on the beer scene and we think this is the year that craft beer is going to make a huge footprint.
Predictions for 2009
Will there be more mergers?
- SABMiller and Molson Coors in October 2007
- In response InBev gobbled up A-B earlier this year
- What’s next?
Is the economy going to hit the craft beer market?
ERIK: No. Sales are up in the US. Old Chicago did 150% above normal on their holiday tour while every retail chain was down by 25%. New festivals are opening up and breweries are participating, etc.
ELI: Agreed. Just in the Colorado Springs area: Arctic Craft Brewery was up 650%. Trinity opened up and is a HUGE success. Falcon Brewing in Parker opened. There’s a new brewpup opening up on the north side of town in mid-Summer of ‘09.
People are staying home to enjoy themselves instead of going to a bar or restaurant. But that doesn’t mean they’re not drinking. We’re seeing huge growth in the craft beer industry which means that peeople are in fact still buying beer from their favorite brewery and having friends over to play poker or have a BBQ. The economy may suck, but people still need entertainment. Plus, what better way to drown your sorrows then in a pint of great brew?!
What are your thoughts?
Erik asked viewers: One year from now (beginning of 2010, what do you think the media landscape will look like? It’s a little off-topic but it will help the gang at BTTV decide what direction to take the company.
Favorite beers of 2008
ELI: The Dissident from Deschutes Brewery in Oregon, and Ten Fiddy from Oskar Blues in Colorado.
ERIK: Trinity Brewing’s Farmhouse Saison 23, Breckenridge’s Vanilla Porter (both breweries in Colorado), and the Bourbon Barrel Stout from Goose Island Beer Company in Illinois.
Trivia Question winners
Carboy wins for answering TWO questions! Why we call Fort Collins Brewery “Forty Collins” (asked on Beer Buzz), and for answering what Erik’s favorite movie was — Dumb and Dumber (asked on Taste Buds)! Carboy wins a copy of The Beer Journal by Chris Wright as well as some other goodies we have yet to decide upon.
IMPORTANT: When answering trivia questions in the future you MUST give us the answer by either leaving it in the comments section of the show notes for the episode in which the question was asked.
Beer Blog of the Week:
The Beer Philosopher by Shawn Connelly
Not only does he run his own fantastic beer blog (which he recently gave a facelift), but he’s the creator of The Aleuminati – a social networking site for better beer drinkers. Shawn is very well respected within the world of pr beer bloggers. He and Eli have known each other for over a year now, and have swapped brews from their divergent regions. Hopefully more collaboration will occur between Shawn and the guys from Beer Tap TV in in 2009.
Beer Douche of the Week:
InBev. Not for acquiring A-B, but for saying they weren’t going to fire anyone then immediately turn into Scrooge and do just that by laying off nearly 2,000 US based jobs in St. Louis. Right before the holidays. Congratrs on creating good will to all US citizens. Hope you weren’t expecting us to buy your overseas brew anytime soon. Ain’t gonna happen now.
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