re: FBD--Left work early edition

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Since the legalization of home brewing in 1979, however, the number of craft breweries has grown to more than 1,800, most of which were founded by DIY home brewers. Tens of thousands of DIYers now brew across the United States. The American Homebrewers Association boasts a roster of 27,000 paying members ($38 per year; $600 lifetime).

We can learn several crucial lessons from this diverse, creative group, and that understanding will allow us to encourage innovation. For some, the main impetus for DIY is that it provides an outlet from their daily grind: Many employees suffer the life of the cubicle-bound "knowledge worker." In his best-selling Shop Class As Soulcraft, Matthew Crawford argues that the elimination of industrial arts and home economics classes from public school curricula has left us dependent on machines that we don’t understand and frustrated by the outsourcing and off-shoring of production. We also derive little satisfaction from what we “produce” at work. We’ve become a nation of shoppers and consumers. DIY is a way to engage the physical things around us and create durable (and drinkable) objects. Based on informal conversations with other DIYers, some of these motivations include self-reliance, community-building, autonomy, independence from monopolies, an alternative to rampant consumerism, innate curiosity, and the desire to make something cool.

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TreyAnastasio

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Take a guess on what that 6 pack of HS costs. Keep in mind that place is more of a bar than a store, and that they don't sell 6 packs, all individuals.

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I guess I was just buying 12 oz. Stone More Brown Than Black IPA for $4.99 each though.

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Yeah, I'd buy Hopslam for $4 a bottle at a bar.

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Yeah, I'd buy Hopslam for $4 a bottle at a bar.




Its 5 if you drink it there. They add a dollar drink in fee.

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Yep, but its still not that bad. 5 bucks for a Hop Slam at a bar is a good deal. Thats how much most bars charge for Great Lakes non seasonals.

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