Today's installment of Here & Now on the Boston NPR outlet had a 5 minute interview with Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione, it starts at about the 8:40 mark of the podcast. He explains how craft brewers have been affected by increasing grain prices and our unfortunate experiment with ethanol subsidies and using food for motor fuel.
The interviewer could've done a better job, but Calagione, as always, does a great job of explaining what separates craft beers from typical macrobrew. He also lays out in simple terms why changing the market for rice and corn hurts brewers who use barley and hops.
Their show archives use links to Real Player (welcome to the 20th century, why don't you just distribute the show on wax cylinders?), but I'd suggest pulling up their podcast directory and grabbing the show there.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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He's already brought many people into civility. There's just a few who think it's cool to rag on AB.
You should be sorry. I will make you pay oh great white heathen. I will make you pay. :-)
I now await James snarky comments. Since he's an AB hater too.
[Previous comment deleted by me due to inadvertently repeating the same phrase two sentences in a row.]
No snarky AB comment today, I promise. :) Sam Calagione is a pioneer for us beer geeks, making insanely original styles for the adventurous lot. I'm hoping these exponential raises for the smaller brewers doesn't stunt the phenomenal growth the craft beer industry has seen in the past decade. My taste buds owe a big debt to the flavorful craft beer made in this country as of late.
Real Player- ain't that the truth. Just about the time you think you've seen the last of it, it pops up again....about like Sen. Byrd.
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