BeerPulse may be a couple thousand miles away from The Beer Summit, an annual conference for industry types, but it doesn’t stop us from scanning tweets for some news out of The Beer Summit. The clientele may or may not be of the not-so-much-tweeting variety so reports are scant but there were some of them. Below, you’ll see Brewers Association Craft Beer Program Director, Julia Herz, a couple members of The Beer Institute, and Lagunitas founder, Tony Magee.
@BeerBizDaily reports beer on rebound, sales up 1.5%, w housing rebound. "Construction workers are coming back" sez Harry #beersummit13
— Christopher Thorne (@cs_thorne) January 28, 2013
The 'good news' presented was that big brewers had stopped their slide. Some did it w better prices. Coor's light, my favorite, was way up.
— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 29, 2013
Harry Schumacher notes that the largest beer distributor in USA is ABInBev at 130 million cases at #beersummit13
— Paul (@Beerasonian) January 28, 2013
Consumer analyst at #beersummit13 sez weak economy still hanging over beer biz as middle class workers cut back. Beer not recession proof.
— Christopher Thorne (@cs_thorne) January 28, 2013
#beersummit13 analyst sez consumers see beer as a "drink for people like me" and find hard liquor "expensive" and "too strong"
— Christopher Thorne (@cs_thorne) January 28, 2013
High income drinkers more willing, able to choose craft beer, consumer analyst sez at #beersummit13
— Christopher Thorne (@cs_thorne) January 28, 2013
Wow, based on trends crafts will have a larger share than premium lights in the on premise in 2013.Who would have thought! #beersummit13.
— Randy Golden (@GoldenBeerGuy) January 29, 2013
Carlos Alvarez offers a great history on Corona & Shiner. Grows Shiner from 100K to 7M in 23 years. #beersummit13
— Randy Golden (@GoldenBeerGuy) January 29, 2013
Graham Mackay exec chair of SAB noted his frustration with UK and how it is good thing US prevents this power of retail! #beersummit13
— Paul (@Beerasonian) January 29, 2013
And it kicks off. @BeerBizDaily Harry S. reports 50% 25-34 yr surveyed (1,000) view light #beer as 'low quality' … http://t.co/tZw6jBvd
— Julia Herz (@HerzMuses) January 28, 2013
What defines a well-crafted beer? Not style, flavor or brewery size; it's about quality ingredients and skill of brewer #beersummit13
— Christopher Thorne (@cs_thorne) January 29, 2013
Andy Goeler of Goose Island brewery says that consumers will ultimately choose well-crafted beers #beersummit13
— Christopher Thorne (@cs_thorne) January 29, 2013
Andy Goeler at Goose Island slide says 25,000 brands of beer in USA. I was using a 13,000 number. #beersummit13
— Paul (@Beerasonian) January 29, 2013
Tony Magee of Lagunitas is very amusing #beersummit13 and growing will be 350000 barrels this year
— Paul (@Beerasonian) January 29, 2013
In the morning session at the BeerSummit Andy Goeler, the Budweiser guy running Goose Island, 'welcomed' me to Chicago…he's got balls.
— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 29, 2013
He spent his presentation time 'defining' craft. Shocktop is his work too. Here's mine: craft is like porn, when you see it, you know it.
— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 29, 2013
…He did the passive aggressive welcome from the stage…I had to stand and welcome him right back, having been born and raised there.
— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 29, 2013
…in a way guys from big breweries messing around with craft remind me more of ParisHilton than FritzMaytag. I feel like I need a shower…
— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 29, 2013
About Goose: Inside the brewery- cool pioneering people, all of them are that to me… Like Anchor in SF.
— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 29, 2013
It all started in the US, but it ain't just here. Last year one hop dealer shipped 1MM lbs of Aroma Hops to the EU. That never happened b4.
— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 29, 2013