re: FBD - can you have too many hoppy beers?

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Wine seems to have an air of sophistication that beer will never achieve, IMO. I

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I think beer is already on par.

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but mature markets such as mine I think are going to see a contraction due to pricing

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Maybe......all mature markets have a retraction. Compare it to the mountain bike market of the 90s....if you are that old. My favorite bike shop....GT, has gone thru some serious gyrations....and the market as a whole has cooled.....but paying $2000 for a bike vs. $8 to even $12 for a beer is a bit different....so I'm just rambling.....but the brewers selling the $12 beers....or whatever price you are seeing....are also selling normal $5 to $6 dollar beers. I just go to my observation of the mainstreaming of craft beer. Its pretty amazing what average people want to drink these days. And those people are trend followers and not so price conscious.....but as I type I see your argument. Maybe the expensive stuff will drop in price after a few years.....but again, I think the business model of most is at a lower price point for more regualr IPAs, Stouts, etc.