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Love craft beer and I am glad my 125K city has 5 of them, but /r/starterpacks was dead on with this one: https://i.redd.it/fio3hqlmuofy.jpg https://i.redd.it/fi

Love craft beer and I am glad my 125K city has 5 of them, but /r/starterpacks was dead on with this one: https://i.redd.it/fio3hqlmuofy.jpg https://i.redd.it/fio3hqlmuofy.jpg I will be confused if I ever walk into a microbrewery that doesn't look like that!

Analemma_ 9y ago
Oh lord, this is so true it hurts. Living in Seattle, you’re never more than maybe 300 yards from a microbrewery— and don’t get me wrong, I love it— but they are all exactly like this.
- oasisbob 9y ago
  I have a hard time giving that starter-pack graphic too much credit because it's really describing a wider design aesthetic. It's not just microbreweries, it's bars and restaurants too. I can think of a dozen each in Chicago, Portland, and Seattle that look like that. Hell, there are Starbucks concept stores in Seattle that look like that. I've been in tech office spaces that look like that ...
  - chestervonwinch 9y ago
    Good point. It could've been labeled "local BBQ joint starter-pack", "local tapas bar starter-pack", "local taco joint starter-pack" and I still would've had a laugh.
electricslpnsld 9y ago
No food trucks parked out front, can't be a microbrewery!
itronitron 9y ago
they put a lot of thought into those names
fendmark 9y ago
Not to be overly contrarian but it does seem that we are getting close to the peak for the craft beer industry. Smuttynose Brewery going up for auction is a great example of this. https://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/18/smuttynose-brewing-in-new-hampshire-to-be-sold-at-auction/ https://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/18/smuttynose-brewing-in... Many areas are getting over-saturated with microbreweries and there eventually won't be enough demand to sustain them. In retail, $10+ average price for a six pack, the even more offensive 4 pack of beer for the same price or more. It's great to see this growth engine for jobs, and I personally love the amount of variety and innovation we are seeing in craft beer, I just wonder how long it will last until people are onto the next trend or until the industry gets so greedy that they kill the golden goose.
- adventured 9y ago
  I agree the movement is likely nearing saturation on total number of microbreweries. However, $10 +/- a few dollars, for a six pack, is not a problem. The mediocre old domestics cost $7 to $10 around most of the US. Paying more is perfectly fine for a superior tasting product. Product price scaling works that way in most consumer goods, it makes sense.
  - EpicEng 9y ago
    >The mediocre old domestics cost $7 to $10 around most of the US No they don't, not even close. The beers you're referring to cost that for a _12_ pack. 6 packs are ~$5.50, and you can walk into a bar and get a draft old domestic for around $2.00. Wherever you're buying your e.g. Bud Light, it doesn't represent "most places".
    - stickfigure 9y ago
      you can walk into a bar and get a draft old domestic for around $2.00 Not in San Francisco.
      - EpicEng 9y ago
        Right, but MOST PLACES. Did you read what you were responding to?
nkrisc 9y ago
Within about three miles of my home in Chicago there are about five or six craft breweries plus two additional off-site taprooms for two of them. They all look like that. They're still great, though.
ikeyany 9y ago
Half of those beers should be IPAs.

Analemma_ 9y ago

Oh lord, this is so true it hurts. Living in Seattle, you’re never more than maybe 300 yards from a microbrewery— and don’t get me wrong, I love it— but they are all exactly like this.

oasisbob 9y ago
I have a hard time giving that starter-pack graphic too much credit because it's really describing a wider design aesthetic. It's not just microbreweries, it's bars and restaurants too. I can think of a dozen each in Chicago, Portland, and Seattle that look like that. Hell, there are Starbucks concept stores in Seattle that look like that. I've been in tech office spaces that look like that ...
- chestervonwinch 9y ago
  Good point. It could've been labeled "local BBQ joint starter-pack", "local tapas bar starter-pack", "local taco joint starter-pack" and I still would've had a laugh.

electricslpnsld 9y ago

No food trucks parked out front, can't be a microbrewery!

itronitron 9y ago

they put a lot of thought into those names

fendmark 9y ago

Not to be overly contrarian but it does seem that we are getting close to the peak for the craft beer industry. Smuttynose Brewery going up for auction is a great example of this. https://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/18/smuttynose-brewing-in-new-hampshire-to-be-sold-at-auction/ https://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/18/smuttynose-brewing-in... Many areas are getting over-saturated with microbreweries and there eventually won't be enough demand to sustain them. In retail, $10+ average price for a six pack, the even more offensive 4 pack of beer for the same price or more. It's great to see this growth engine for jobs, and I personally love the amount of variety and innovation we are seeing in craft beer, I just wonder how long it will last until people are onto the next trend or until the industry gets so greedy that they kill the golden goose.

adventured 9y ago
I agree the movement is likely nearing saturation on total number of microbreweries. However, $10 +/- a few dollars, for a six pack, is not a problem. The mediocre old domestics cost $7 to $10 around most of the US. Paying more is perfectly fine for a superior tasting product. Product price scaling works that way in most consumer goods, it makes sense.
- EpicEng 9y ago
  >The mediocre old domestics cost $7 to $10 around most of the US No they don't, not even close. The beers you're referring to cost that for a _12_ pack. 6 packs are ~$5.50, and you can walk into a bar and get a draft old domestic for around $2.00. Wherever you're buying your e.g. Bud Light, it doesn't represent "most places".
  - stickfigure 9y ago
    you can walk into a bar and get a draft old domestic for around $2.00 Not in San Francisco.
    - EpicEng 9y ago
      Right, but MOST PLACES. Did you read what you were responding to?

nkrisc 9y ago

Within about three miles of my home in Chicago there are about five or six craft breweries plus two additional off-site taprooms for two of them. They all look like that. They're still great, though.

ikeyany 9y ago

Half of those beers should be IPAs.