tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612086764200474573.post8959400983179702232..comments2023-12-25T13:22:09.571+00:00Comments on the beer monkey: With Friends Like These.......thebeermonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08304019571011294245noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612086764200474573.post-67063438099138907312011-03-25T21:02:38.679+00:002011-03-25T21:02:38.679+00:00@johnson
If beers cost a tenner a pint, no beers ...@johnson<br /><br />If beers cost a tenner a pint, no beers would be getting drunk. you assume that people will consume beer in the same quantity regardless of the price. Indeed, you assume that people will drink more 'quality' beer simply because it's more expensive. To be fair, mate, that's nonsense. <br /><br />If beer price rises, consumers will simply substitute beer for something cheaper. Maybe wine but more likely a cheaper beery alternative. The very brands and products that BrewDog say will lose out due to the rise. <br /><br />In this instance, BrewDog are wrong and they have alienated and pissed off a great deal of beer drinkers and fellow brewers and breweries in the process.<br /><br />Who are these 'UK craft brewers' that they say are part of the 'UK craft beer revolution'? I'd like James from BrewDog to tell us.<br /><br />Does he speak for these people? Are they in agreement with BrewDog's 'wholehearted' support for this rise in beer duty?thebeermonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304019571011294245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612086764200474573.post-30166524685681213812011-03-25T20:03:21.742+00:002011-03-25T20:03:21.742+00:00Johnson,
What utter bollocks. Yes beer should be ...Johnson,<br /><br />What utter bollocks. Yes beer should be taxed, I don't anyone would disagree. The problem is that beer is taxed at a disproportionate rate to wine, spirits and tobacco.<br /><br />Beer is cheaper than water in the Czech Republic and do you see wild binge drinking and maxed out casualty wards? Not in the slighest.<br /><br />The problem isn't the cost of booze, rather the irresponsible glamourising of going out and getting wankered.Alistair Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612086764200474573.post-6109427689587731452011-03-25T09:50:18.034+00:002011-03-25T09:50:18.034+00:00If all beer cost £10 a pint then most beer drunk w...If all beer cost £10 a pint then most beer drunk would be home brew.<br /><br />I do wonder whether BrewDog have "jumped the shark" on this one.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612086764200474573.post-10054748345319517432011-03-25T07:29:38.884+00:002011-03-25T07:29:38.884+00:00You can see where they are coming from - if all be...You can see where they are coming from - if all beers cost £10 a pint then only the best beers would get drunk (maybe why BD does a roaring trade in Scandinavia).<br />Beer should be taxed and taxed heavily. Cheap alcohol contributes massively to filling up our A and E depts and police cells yadda yadda. Would it really be a problem if Britain drank less fosters? We just need to make sure consumption of quality beer rises so that's where the government needs to look at tax relief and bureaucracy to make those businesses more profitable and where those businesses themselves need to continue to up their game.johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612086764200474573.post-20660585090071424342011-03-24T20:50:18.357+00:002011-03-24T20:50:18.357+00:00@James,Brewdog
James,
what other UK brewers do ...@James,Brewdog<br /><br />James, <br /><br />what other UK brewers do you consider to be part of your 'UK Craft Beer Revolution'?<br /><br />Have you asked them what they think of the 7.2% increase in duty?thebeermonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304019571011294245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612086764200474573.post-89316309603836945332011-03-24T19:50:15.244+00:002011-03-24T19:50:15.244+00:00Just because a view is not conventional, does not ...Just because a view is not conventional, does not make it wrong. <br /><br />Craft beer offers much better value for money than generic beers. A price increase across the board will make people realise this and get more people drinking good beer.James, BrewDoghttp://www.brewdog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612086764200474573.post-73678438242502814672011-03-24T19:37:10.110+00:002011-03-24T19:37:10.110+00:00Well, I've bought my last bottle of BrewDog. I...Well, I've bought my last bottle of BrewDog. I guess with beer getting more expensive, they'll understand if people have to buy one less beer.Barmhttp://refreshingbeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612086764200474573.post-53052190413029409542011-03-24T10:31:43.532+00:002011-03-24T10:31:43.532+00:00You do realise this is just their usual way to get...You do realise this is just their usual way to get headlines. And it clearly works :)Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612086764200474573.post-18022211873305232892011-03-23T20:15:12.236+00:002011-03-23T20:15:12.236+00:00Well, BrewDog will never knowingly pass up on an o...Well, BrewDog will never knowingly pass up on an opportunity to piss off others in the brewing industry, will they?<br /><br />And, of course, if you're producing an "exclusive" product it becomes more exclusive the dearer it gets. BrewDog - reassuringly expensive! ;-)Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com