From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:56:30 -0500, "Mark"
 wrote:

>
>"Doug Bryce"  wrote: The
smaller brewers, be they
>> micro. local, or regional, tend to brew beer that is more flavourful
>> and has more 'character'.  'Joe Six-pack' doesn't like that very
>> much....so going national may not be feasible when one considers the
>> market size for real/good beer .
>
>I think it's more to do with cost, I've been to my share of brew-pubs,
>micro-breweries over the years and enjoyed the various products fine, agree
>they're better than Bud et al., but also never was of the mind to spend
>70-100% more for the bottled version on regular basis for normal
>consumption.

O.K. - I don't drink 'out' very often, so I'm not sure what our
'pricing model' is like up here.  But  I *do* check out the selection
in the liquor store occasionally and I don't think that our pricing premium
is quite as bad as yours seems to be.  That is a valid point, though.

doug

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