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Denmark's a great model, I think, since it too has a giant multinational monolith in charge of the beer market.

5 breweries per county would be a pretty resounding success for Ireland <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

&amp;quot;EoinMag&amp;quot;:svqqz518 wrote: I left the counter with the distinct impression that she thought of me in the same vein as some treehugging sandal wearing hippy who should be treated with disdain.[/quote:svqqz518]
Are you not one of those,and would you wear socks with your sandals. <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->

&amp;quot;DEMPSEY&amp;quot;:3puge2bz wrote:

&amp;quot;EoinMag&amp;quot;:3puge2bz wrote: I left the counter with the distinct impression that she thought of me in the same vein as some treehugging sandal wearing hippy who should be treated with disdain.[/quote:3puge2bz]
Are you not one of those,and would you wear socks with your sandals. <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->[/quote:3puge2bz]


Well to be honest I've not worn my sandals in about three years and sometimes I did wear socks with them....but you digress <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

I think another choice is a good thing! If I'm stuck in the macro wilderness another choice is always a positive thing. It is a fair comment about the distribution being a problem for the craft brewers and I would love to see them come together to cover the map but that's all easier said then done. I think that if someone fell into the bottling business that a distribution business to go with that would work very well.

Tomorrow night I will be drinking Guinness because it will be all that is available, for all it's faults it's better than having Carling, Heiniken, Budweiser, Carlsberg, Fosters... as your "national drink".

Anyways this whole thread makes me angry, we need more good beer!

I think Hooker is a big ask when trying to convert drinkers, I think it's best to step them up, they are used to not having to deal with too much taste so something that is not too much of a step into the wilderness for them would be best, a blonde ale or one of our many great stouts.

Was in oneills last night and they have posters up advertising this on draught. "craft brewed for fuller flavour" is the slogan they're running with.

&amp;quot;Diablo&amp;quot;:2ikczzco wrote: Was in oneills last night and they have posters up advertising this on draught. "craft brewed for fuller flavour" is the slogan they're running with.[/quote:2ikczzco]
Is that O'Neill's of Suffolk St? How much was it a pint do you know?