tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368239307140677621.post5918615734535154602..comments2024-02-27T23:26:35.426-06:00Comments on The Bitter Nib: Minnesota Breweries One by One #17: Kinney Creek Brewery, RochesterAl McCartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167641659239441303noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368239307140677621.post-91028429058755294542017-08-05T09:41:00.768-05:002017-08-05T09:41:00.768-05:00I'm always careful to say it's not my styl...I'm always careful to say it's not my style or something similar. I'm In this case it's just plain bad. I'll give feedback and don't shy away from it not that I'm an experienced brewer but I am experienced at drinking.i just got the vibe that saying something wouldn't go over well. And dear God they have been open t long....Dan Birdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368239307140677621.post-82888142742900439132016-03-04T09:54:44.953-06:002016-03-04T09:54:44.953-06:00It is a dilemma to determine what to do when you c...It is a dilemma to determine what to do when you come across a brewer that clearly doesn't know what they're doing. You don't want to be rude, because invariably the owners & brewers have a much higher opinion of their wares than does everybody else. And there's always the chance that perhaps you are the outlier, and that their particular brewing technique, yeast strain, etc. just doesn't jive with your individual palate. But in my experience, if beer after beer falls below the all important drinkability threshold, then it's assuredly them and not you. At that point the dilemma becomes, do you do them a favor and alert them that their beer is flawed before it's too late and they go out of business? Or do you instead keep silent and justify it by assuming that if the majority of the beer drinking public still drinks watered down swill that a flawed craft brewer can find enough people to drink their flavored swill in order to survive?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17957374971803441172noreply@blogger.com