J ust these two men and their companies have done more for craft beer and craft brewing than almost anyone else. Samuel Adams ads, bad as they are, are at least educational about beer. The small Oregon brewers who have allied themselves with this brewing giant are riding the tiger. And a specialty grain crunch could be shaping up sooner than you think. Choice is the issue.
All brewers lose when some lie about their product.
As this goes to press, I checked my local beer supplier. I remember when that was really so, and when Bud was an honorable name among brewers. I shall no longer partake of any of their brands, nor of those produced by Redhook. I hope they can get off the tiger someday, because this is a bad tiger to ride. This column was written for the March 1997 edition of All About Beer Magazine.