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oh no!! I love smuttynose. a great lineup of beers. seems like there is hope they'll continue under different ownership. 2 other excellent breweries, great divide and green flash significantly pulled back their distribution recently as well.
Quote from: blatz on January 18, 2018, 02:40:18 pmoh no!! I love smuttynose. a great lineup of beers. seems like there is hope they'll continue under different ownership. 2 other excellent breweries, great divide and green flash significantly pulled back their distribution recently as well. Great Divide just added a second location as a packaging facility, canning line, barrel aged and sour beer storage so maybe they are just changing where/how they distribute. It is getting harder and harder for me to find Deschutes (one of my favorites) here in Colorado so I assume its a decision by them not to distribute as much out here because of so much competition. Widmer which has been around here forever is almost non-existent these days...
They showed up here in Texas maybe a couple years ago with zero marketing. Another regional competitor who came in and just assumed they would take taps from somewhere. They are gone in Austin and I think Houston. They are barely present in Dallas, mostly at larger non-craft venues. I don't understand why breweries continue to do this. Green Flash corrected with their recent pullback from several markets. It's infeasible to half-commit to a market and pull product away from markets where the brewery has a competitive presence and can expand market share.
Quote from: reverseapachemaster on January 25, 2018, 08:08:50 amThey showed up here in Texas maybe a couple years ago with zero marketing. Another regional competitor who came in and just assumed they would take taps from somewhere. They are gone in Austin and I think Houston. They are barely present in Dallas, mostly at larger non-craft venues. I don't understand why breweries continue to do this. Green Flash corrected with their recent pullback from several markets. It's infeasible to half-commit to a market and pull product away from markets where the brewery has a competitive presence and can expand market share.Regional breweries are in a really tight spot in the current market. There are so many local and hyperlocal breweries popping up all over the place now, and AB-InBev seems to be going all-in on their craft portfolio. Craft beer bars and restaurants are leaning closer to home with many of their selections, and Goose Island/Elysian/etc are taking over the chains. This doesn't leave a lot of room for the middle ground breweries. The craft beer market tends to gravitate to the hot new thing, and the demand for the solid old standbys isn't quite what it was.