Comments on: Beer Wars, did I miss something?

By: Philly Beeraholic

Philly Beeraholic — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:48:10 +0000

Here’s what a nerd I am. Until this article spelled out Punk’in, I totally thought the point of that name was like Pun-Kin (like, family member of a play on words), as opposed to focusing on the Punk angle…

Hah, good times…

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:00:02 +0000

Thank you Anat for taking the time to comment on my post! I give you huge props for exactly doing that, I hope I made that somewhat clear in my post. My concern was that your audience was the choir, mostly made up of beer geeks, bloggers, and beer lovers – I worry a bit that the “Bud” crowd will never watch this film. (by the way, I thought a high point in your film was the blind taste test) As a long time TV producer, I might be a little more critical then most, regardless, you managed to get this on over 400 movie screens – that alone is an accomplishment.

I hope we cross paths someday and I have an opportunity to meet you in person for an interview on Beer America TV – going to the GABF? Maybe we’ll see you there. Best to you and I hope this leads to that very conversation you are trying to start!

By: Anat Baron

Anat Baron — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:43:29 +0000

At least it started a conversation which was the whole point.
I went out and made a film about a subject I care about. And my hope is that it gets people outside the craft beer world to start thinking about the choices they make, like TheBeerLady’s niece.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:17:04 +0000

I guess it’s like I always say, taste is subjective! I do feel this doc was way to much about the director, I think she could have pulled herself out a little more. It’s funny the reaction Rhonda gets, people either really liked her in the movie or really hated her.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:45:14 +0000

I was pretty satisfied with the film. What surprised me most is how much my wife, who isn’t a big beer person, liked the film. She probably learned a lot more then I did but I still feel like i got a lot out of it. I found Rhonda to probably be the most interesting person in the film too, but not because of the beer she was making. Sure there probably could of been more info but what do you put in a hour and a half and what do you leave out? DVD will probably have a lot more.

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By: Beer Wars Movie Event Recap | Core Brewing

Beer Wars Movie Event Recap | Core Brewing — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:04:10 +0000

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By: Gweedoe

Gweedoe — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:23:10 +0000

Well… I have to say that the event was great in Randolph, Ma (south of Boston).

We got there about 25 minutes before the film started. Got talking to another home brewers and BSed for awhile about beer. We sat in the Lux Level of our theater…So they have a full menu of food and Beer… and even had a special beer list for the night

DFH 60 Min IPA
Stone Pale Ale
Stoudt’s American Pale (they didn’t have any when I asked)
Moonshot 69 (which I didn’t try)

So we ordered some beers… the movie started right on time… and looked great…

About the movie:
It was what I thought it would be… which means I liked it…. it was a documentary about the business of beer… and how the Big 3 (now really Giant 1 and Wannabe 1) rape and pillage the beer industry…. I think that it portrayed Sam from DFH as a great guy, which he is, and made me love his beer, brand, and company overall more than I did before the movie started. I think that it made Rhonda, from Moonshot, look bad. She looked more like she was trying to get on someone else’s coattails and just looking to make money and not good beer. I really think what Todd Alstrom said in the post movie event was true… She is not craft beer… she is anti-craft beer, but I think that she doesn’t want to be craft beer… She wants to sell her product to InBev or MillerCoors and make lots of money… and Craft beer isn’t just about money. I think that it did a good job of what it was supposed to do… I think as Craft beer fans… we wanted it to be just about how great small breweries like Stone and DFH and others are… But that was not what the movie was about… it was about how the industry is controlled by a few powerful people that are not in beer for beer… but for big business… So I think that the movie did what it was supposed to do… Show Inbev as the bullies on the playground that they are….

The post movie event with the interviews was pretty cool… I think that I only think that cause one of the 2 Twitter submitted questions was mine… It was cool to hear Ben Stein say my name… but man… Ben Stein was not very good.. and I think that it was unfortunate that Anat didn’t get to talk much… But when she did I thought it was profound…. I hope that when it comes out on DVD they put the interviews on it….

Charlie P was great… and I think that they really failed to Thank Him for all that he has done to really create this craft industry… I am one of the beer geeks that thinks that we would still be drinking Bud, Miller, and Coors if Charlie hadn’t come along and really helped push these HomeBrewers to Micro Brewers… and helped develop a place for them in today’s beer Market… So Thank You Charlie!!!

I thought the movie was aces. It really shined a light on AB to show how it isn’t about the beverage… it is about the $$$. And if it comes out on DVD I hope that you get a chance to see it or buy it… two thumbs up… I think that doc did what it set out to do…