Comments on: The Washington Post Sends A Shot Across The Brewers Association’s Bow… http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/05/20/the-washington-post-sends-a-shot-across-the-brewers-associations-bow/ Dedicated to the art, complexity, and business of beer... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:23:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alan http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/05/20/the-washington-post-sends-a-shot-across-the-brewers-associations-bow/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Alan Wed, 20 May 2009 16:56:56 +0000 http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/05/20/the-washington-post-sends-a-shot-across-the-brewers-associations-bow/#comment-437 That is interesting. I suppose I would expect a community or movement to bring the industry, the fanboy and the lobbying exercise into one entity or event, one annual conference. Maybe craft beer isn't there yet in terms of authority and power, not able to say that if you want to come to us you come to our event our turf. But there is an effect - one does get a wee bit numb to yet another gathering of similar faces in support of the great cause. That is interesting. I suppose I would expect a community or movement to bring the industry, the fanboy and the lobbying exercise into one entity or event, one annual conference. Maybe craft beer isn’t there yet in terms of authority and power, not able to say that if you want to come to us you come to our event our turf.

But there is an effect – one does get a wee bit numb to yet another gathering of similar faces in support of the great cause.

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To the Association’s benefit, this event does not target the industry or beer geeks. It’s really focused on selling craft beer as a player and a stable, upscale force for the national media and legislators. Beyond these aims, the attendees are just filler as the event loses a good amount of money for the Association.

]]> By: Alan http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/05/20/the-washington-post-sends-a-shot-across-the-brewers-associations-bow/comment-page-1/#comment-435 Alan Wed, 20 May 2009 15:30:48 +0000 http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/05/20/the-washington-post-sends-a-shot-across-the-brewers-associations-bow/#comment-435 Question: how many annual keynote events can you work into a calendar for the same focal group of a few hundred folk? Question: how many annual keynote events can you work into a calendar for the same focal group of a few hundred folk?

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