I Am A Craft Brewer

I never said it was an American creation. And I am also fully aware that Europe consists of many coutries. I have been abroad twice and visited a number of different countries in the continent. Also, saying that craft beer is indicative of the American dream is not saying it is an American creation. It inspires the American spirit because of its success. It speaks to our culture and our sensibility. Likewise, if you ever visit Chicago, drop me a message. We have some good bars.

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Me too!

This is great. This is less about promoting a particular brewery and more about the concept of supporting local and independent businesses. While the blunt focus here is on beer the spirit of this needs to become a movement among everyone in America and the world to not buy into what is most commonly available from large corporations or just what is cheaper on the face. The true costs of supporting mega-corporations are hidden but vast. This video makes me proud of people.

makes me want a few just watching this damn thing! I love craft beer!

Please: I need the text of this great video to translate it to spanish. Because it's very difficult for me to understand the exact words that brewers are speaking I need to read the content of the video. Please, send me an e-mail to this adress: javierdicosimo @ yahoo . com . ar
Thanks a lot!!!!!!

This video is all about the people who go out and take a chance on something that they are so passion about it they will work 20 hour days for years just make someone say "Hey man, that taste really good, thanks!" The dedication that is seen within small businesses is undeniable and that is why...

I AM A CRAFT BEER DRINKER.

My tribute to craft beer is at Beer Nation on You Tube

I really like this video a lot and I'm out there to spread the word of craft beer and the awesome people who create it and serve it and drink it. This video is so inspiring to not only want to go out there and enjoy delicious beer but to go out there and do what you love no matter how many people tell you are crazy...whether it is to open a brewery or a bar that doesn't serve any beers from 96% of the market share. Start a coffee roasting company or a cupcake factory, or a candy making business

I totally agree with you on how European beers inspired American beer originally, but craft beer in America actually started as a rebirth after the Prohibition era through the innovation of people like Fritz Maytag, Jim Koch, Jim Calagione, and such breweries as Anchor Brewery. It was still inspired in part by what was originally a European beverage, but was also based on a philosophy of improving what both Europe and America from 1933 to the mid-1980's had to offer in beer.

Also, the craft beer industry is indicative of the American dream because it represents the efforts of men and women succeeding without the backing of commercial mega-corporations. It is an example of small business success, which is an inspiration to the American free market ideal. Besides, craft beer is not a European creation. Craft breweries are defined as small, independent, and traditional. It's a way of doing the work that doesn't originate in one country, nor is it a style of beer.

Craft beer is also not an American creation, by your own definition. If it is something which doesn't come from a single country, then why the repetition of the word American and emphasis on American Dream? Europe is not a single country, despite what a select number of people may think the other side of the Atlantic. Men and women succeeding without the backing of mega-corporations has also been around across the world for many many years before Europeans even discovered America.