I will not drink it in a box. I will not drink it without socks. I will not drink beer from a box. I will not drink it with a fox. I will not drink it, Mister Dlugosch

Time to get drunk and forget our problems !

I love Kokanee beer ( see www.kokanee.ca ).  Also, Dos Equiis.

How about you guys and gals ?

Of course the market can sustain craft brewers.  If you look at the client base it is two completely different people.  The people that spend $10 on a six pack are not the same people that spend $10 on a 30-pack.  Yes it is all beer but it is very different beer.  Its like comparing people buying Kias to the people buying Mercedes.  They are both cars but two completely different client bases and the market supports both since they are not in competition for each other.

The people who live and breathe good beer will seek out and find stellar examples of beer from all over the US not because they saw an advertisement for it but because of word of mouth and reputation.  Thats the difference between macro and micro brewers.  Macro brewers rely on marketing and gimmicks where micro brewers rely on their product to speak for itself.

I can't taste any difference between Budweiser, Coors and Miller. It's even worse with the light versions. So Jamie is right, when it comes to the vast majority of beer consumed in America, it does all taste the same.

Personally, my favorite beer is probably Hoegaarden, but in the hot summer I'll take a Corona anytime.

SAM is a smartly run company with a 'slow-and-steady' growth mentality.  You shouldn't expect their shares to jump overnight, but SAM will continue to grow while major beer companies continue their decline.

Nice to see the name calling is dropped in this update.  I must admit I can taste the difference in beers but happen to find all beers quite gross, but then again I do not fizzy drinks.  Does remind me of a saying I have told friends comparing beer and booze.  1 beer is ehh, 2 beers I feel bloated 3 beers I barf.  1 drink okay 2 drinks in the most and 3 drinks I am under the host.  Now if the writer ever insults tea I will join in the name calling.  To all have a happy, sober and safe economic recovery ROFLMAO

He's still an idiot for writing that dribble.....

Obviously all of you who agree don't drink enough beer to know what you are talking about. its very easy to tell the difference with american beers. retards.

What's with this guy?  Even his "apology" makes it sound like small breweries are all doomed to failure; crushed beneath the oppressive weight of Big Beer.

Apparently, you can't make money, and therefore are not worthy of being in business, unless you're a publicly traded, national company.  Why bother trying?  Throw in the towel and just give up now.

It makes me wonder if his knowledge of stocks is as in-depth as his knowledge of beer.  i.e. not very.

I think I clicked to another page before my comment went through so I'm shortening but letting you know that the movie"Beer Wars" (beerwarsmovie.com) would be helpful to you and your questions.  Specifically, Sam Calagione of Delaware-based Dogfish Head discusses the idea of going public.  He's a very small guy comparatively, but has had some people pushing him to take the company public.  He worries that it would force him to grow too quickly too fast, and make him responsible to not just the integrity of his product and the operations of his brewery, but accountable to stockholders.  To satisfy the stockholders and make profits that would make them happy, he'd have to grow too big too fast.  I think that's what his main argument was, and I may be misinterpreting or oversimplifying, but not every brewery needs to be Anheuser Busch and most of the craft guys don't want to be.