08 January 2010

Beer Polls & Shiner

Some interesting (though small) polls from Texas Beer Blog. I this one particularly telling:

Poll 15 (August): Is Spoetzl a Craft Brewery?
  1. No (57%) 47% in 2008
  2. Yes (35%) 47% in 2008
  3. Perhaps (7%)
Total 40 votes


I've always felt bad about not liking Shiner (something I mentioned before) and so this makes me feel a little vindicated. Though the fact that I don't like "craft" brews sounds a little pretentious, the presumed opposite is large scale, industrialized beer like Budweiser and Coors. Shiner is Texas' answer to these rather nasty (preservative-filled? I don't know about this) brews.
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4 comments:

  1. hiikeebaJanuary 8, 2010 at 10:16 AM

    I have a hard time classifying Spoetzl. Then again, I have a hard time with the whole craft brewery definition. But here's my take: If the definition by the Brewers Association can be expanded to include Boston Beer Company, then Spoetzl is a craft brewer.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 8, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    I agree with you there: The terminology is definitely fuzzy. And now that Budweiser is making an "American" Ale...

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2010 at 12:45 PM

    Hmm, how about 'Small-batch Craft Brews' as a term?

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  4. UnknownJanuary 8, 2010 at 12:53 PM

    I like that. Gives a clear sense of size and ambition/intent. I suppose if we were to get really serious about the definition, we'd have to denote the upper limit of "small-batch." And think about the amount of beer a brewery like Dogfish Head puts out without losing that craft brew quality. I suppose there's always a gray area, which is what makes it fun.

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