Episode 2: Craft vs Crafty; Comically Evil

Every time we sit down to record, I hope that we hit the stop button in under 45 minutes. It seems that these keep getting longer and longer. The next one will be shorter. I promise!

This episode was recorded prior to the Superbowl, and thus prior to the Budweiser ad that got most craft beer nerds’ panties in a bunch (I thought the commercial was funny). We discuss the differences between what the Brewer’s Association defines as a craft brewer and a “crafty” brewer. We drink some “craft” beers and some “crafty” beers. I wish I didn’t need to put those words in quotes and just call them beer.

This is a topic with very little right answer. As you will hear, if you make it all the way through, many craft brewers employ business tactics similar to Anheuser Busch, and many crafty beers taste better than most craft beers. It’s easy to defend craft beer, until you are trying to explain yourself being in a line to G

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