re: FBD: "It's Friday Craig" edition

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Rate Beer has most all of them rated pretty highly, and Beer Advocate has them around 85-90, but I just don't trust a brewery that pops up out of nowhere and is in every little store around seemingly over night. Makes them seem like a BMC knock-off of some sort

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They make some good stuff. There's only one of theirs I've had that I wouldn't have again (Miracle IPA). Cool labels, good beer, what's not to like?

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but I just don't trust a brewery that pops up out of nowhere and is in every little store around seemingly over night. Makes them seem like a BMC knock-off of some sort

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I found that to be quite odd as well. Barely makes sense to me that a company can pop up out of nowhere and distribute to that many states with as many different offerings as they have. I honestly think it is because they contract brew. Contract brewing frees up so much of your resources for distribution and promotion.

They don't have near as many bills to pay as a company that built themselves from the ground up.