Comments on: Long Island Brewpubs - John Harvard’s Brew House http://thespiritworld.net/2006/01/17/johnharvardslakegrove/ Quenching your thirst with sips, nips and tipples. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:30:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Donavan Hall http://thespiritworld.net/2006/01/17/johnharvardslakegrove/#comment-368 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:57:35 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/01/17/johnharvardslakegrove/#comment-368 My answer to this is involved and I should probably write a post about this, but basically there are (at least) two different kinds of beer consumers: casual and curious. The casual beer drinker probably has a particular style or brand they like and they stick with it. The curious beer drinker (ideally) doesn't drink the same beer twice. What I would like to do with this space is encourage people to be more curious than casual.<br /> <br /> A second answer would be aimed at the beer traveler. When I travel and find a brewpub that belongs to a chain, I'm disappointed if I get the same old beer that I love at home. Why travel if there isn't anything new to be found?<br /> <br /> I could say more, but I'll save it for later. My answer to this is involved and I should probably write a post about this, but basically there are (at least) two different kinds of beer consumers: casual and curious. The casual beer drinker probably has a particular style or brand they like and they stick with it. The curious beer drinker (ideally) doesn’t drink the same beer twice. What I would like to do with this space is encourage people to be more curious than casual.

A second answer would be aimed at the beer traveler. When I travel and find a brewpub that belongs to a chain, I’m disappointed if I get the same old beer that I love at home. Why travel if there isn’t anything new to be found?

I could say more, but I’ll save it for later.

]]> by: Brenda Pederson http://thespiritworld.net/2006/01/17/johnharvardslakegrove/#comment-367 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:18:17 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/01/17/johnharvardslakegrove/#comment-367 Donavan:<br /> Having each location brew their own versions sounds great from an artistic perspective but as a consumer wouldn't you be expecting a specific beer to taste pretty much the same from location to location? I mean if you have a certain taste in mind, then go to a different pub aren't you sometimes disappointed that what you purchase doesn't taste as you would expect? <br /> <br /> ~ B Donavan:
Having each location brew their own versions sounds great from an artistic perspective but as a consumer wouldn’t you be expecting a specific beer to taste pretty much the same from location to location? I mean if you have a certain taste in mind, then go to a different pub aren’t you sometimes disappointed that what you purchase doesn’t taste as you would expect?

~ B

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