tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post8472409274275403397..comments2024-02-29T11:54:28.419+00:00Comments on Ed's Beer Site: No amount of hype can drown concerns about tasteEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-54905281686041194742014-03-26T22:57:43.863+00:002014-03-26T22:57:43.863+00:00I bet koppaberg does sell by the tanker load, and ...I bet koppaberg does sell by the tanker load, and it does taste like sweetened fruit juice. It's not going to work for beer geeks though. Unless of course they make it taste of grapefruit. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-78928789167562015732014-03-26T22:55:07.828+00:002014-03-26T22:55:07.828+00:00My feeling is that rather than argue against beer ...My feeling is that rather than argue against beer geeks they just don't know anything about them or what they like to drink. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-15575871050693008002014-03-26T14:14:41.646+00:002014-03-26T14:14:41.646+00:00These people are marketing managers & from the...These people are marketing managers & from their perspective what they are doing is logical. For years focus groups told them younger drinkers didn't like the taste of booze and they needed blander sweeter products. As establish products go into decline they develop extensions.<br /><br />In part, though, they are not wrong. Hoppy craft beer may be an expanding niche but SU bars across the country are full of kids drinking koppaberg juicy fruit.<br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-48933348317135128582014-03-26T08:08:26.722+00:002014-03-26T08:08:26.722+00:00I think they get so used to arguing that geeks are...I think they get so used to arguing that geeks are out of touch with popular taste -- 'the average Joe' -- that it never occurs to them that perhaps they are too.Baileyhttp://boakandbailey.comnoreply@blogger.com