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Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:15 pm
by TheSevenDuffs
matt7215 wrote:
Lugtread and Tom Green
Somehow I missed that in my skimming of the article.
In that case, I withdraw my previous comments as it is more likely that they are competing with the like of Saranac than the likes of Firestone Walker.
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:20 pm
by Craig
The other thing is even if they only get trial drinkers who don't do a lot of repeat business, NY is a state with 20 million people in it. That could still translate into a pretty big/successful expansion for them.
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:29 pm
by Kel Varnsen
squeaky wrote:The other thing is even if they only get trial drinkers who don't do a lot of repeat business, NY is a state with 20 million people in it. That could still translate into a pretty big/successful expansion for them.
And the nice thing about the US beer system is that if they get in with a good distrobutor then the distributor does all the sales legwork (going from store to store and making deliveries)
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:26 pm
by Belgian
I'll give Beau's some credit - Lug Tread is a decent Kölsch, many people like it, and they know how to sell products.
Even if I'm not crazy about every 'super crafty' beer from Beau's I wish them luck.
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:53 am
by Cass
I just think this is a great opportunity for Beau's and Ontario craft in general.
Unibroue paved the way (IMO) for all the Quebec craft beers that are quite prominent in the US nowadays. Nice to see Beau's doing so and I hope more Ontario craft brewers follow suit. It will help the status of beer in Ontario for more people outside of the province to see and be able to buy beers from here.
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:26 am
by atomeyes
Kel Varnsen wrote:TheSevenDuffs wrote:atomeyes wrote:Beau's beer is meh.
their packaging/labeling? i love it.
in the States, their labeling will get them sales.
It might generate initial sales, but now matter how nice a label is, repeat business will require good beer. And when your competition includes the likes of Founders, Bell's. Firestone Walker, The Bruery, Great Divide, Stone, Ballast Point, AleSmith, Maine and Sierra Nevada (among MANY others), the bar is set pretty high.
Except for the most part they probably won't be directly competing with those beers. I mean I am sure there are a ton of people out there who drink lug tread regularly who have never tried Twice as Mad Tom or Boneshaker. Just like in the US there are tons of people who Drink Boston Lager or SNPA or Brooklyn lager regularly, who have never tried KBS or Wookey Jack or Sculpin. The competition for Lug Tread won't be the well made extreme beers, the same way it isn't in in Ontario.
bingo.
they're not looking for the craft beer elite. probably looking for people who buy beer based on labels and who want something that isn't Big Brewery.
i know enough non-beer geeks who love Lug Tread, so clearly some people like what Beau's offers. to each his own, i guess.
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:38 pm
by midlife crisis
I was in a pub recently with Bud and Bud Light, Rolling Rock, Heineken and other atrocities on tap. I was darn glad to see a Lug Tread tap, I can tell you!
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:35 pm
by liamt07
squeaky wrote:The other thing is even if they only get trial drinkers who don't do a lot of repeat business, NY is a state with 20 million people in it. That could still translate into a pretty big/successful expansion for them.
Maybe improve their QC as well!
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:08 pm
by saints_gambit
Cass wrote:I just think this is a great opportunity for Beau's and Ontario craft in general.
Unibroue paved the way (IMO) for all the Quebec craft beers that are quite prominent in the US nowadays. Nice to see Beau's doing so and I hope more Ontario craft brewers follow suit. It will help the status of beer in Ontario for more people outside of the province to see and be able to buy beers from here.
I hear things. I think there will be others following shortly.
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:50 pm
by TheSevenDuffs
saints_gambit wrote:Cass wrote:I just think this is a great opportunity for Beau's and Ontario craft in general.
Unibroue paved the way (IMO) for all the Quebec craft beers that are quite prominent in the US nowadays. Nice to see Beau's doing so and I hope more Ontario craft brewers follow suit. It will help the status of beer in Ontario for more people outside of the province to see and be able to buy beers from here.
I hear things. I think there will be others following shortly.
Safe to assume that won't include Great Lakes, unless they change the name of their brewery?
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:27 pm
by Cale
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:47 pm
by Craig
Goodness. They compare smashbomb favourably to Zombie Dust?
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:11 pm
by jprime
If I had a choice of Boston Lager or SNPA or Brooklyn lager OR Lugtread or tom Green, I would never ever choose Beaus. Even with the meager selection we have here Lugtread isn't even on my radar.
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:36 pm
by midlife crisis
There seems to be a lot of hate for Beaus on this board, which I really don't get. Boston Lager? C'mon.
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:40 pm
by spinrsx
lol
squeaky wrote:Goodness. They compare smashbomb favourably to Zombie Dust?