GBH’s Michael Kiser on Sam C’s ethics comments

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Message AdamChandler P beers 6124 º places 278 º 15:37 Mon 6/19/2017 http://goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2017/6/18/ready-player-one-craft-beer-gets-its-gamergate Correction to Thread Title. The author is "Bryan Roth" of https://thisiswhyimdrunk.blog In my RSS Reader, the author is showing as Michael. Sorry for the error (Proof if anyone at GBH wants to fix their RSS feed - )
Message DuffMan beers 10981 º places 349 º 16:28 Mon 6/19/2017 I think this is a well written article. Thanks for posting it Adam.
Message CapFlu P beers 5136 º places 238 º 20:48 Mon 6/19/2017 I think SamC should stick to a brewer’s code of ethics and re-imburse patrons not happy that their Festina Peche when it tastes more like a Sour than the intended Berliner Weiss!
Message t0rin0 P beers 102 º places 1528 º 21:00 Mon 6/19/2017 Does anyone actually expect an apology from these brewers? They make these statements to stay relevant, not because they actually believe that Anheuser is going to manipulate ratings.

Message sethdude beers 708 º places 17 º 21:35 Mon 6/19/2017 Originally posted by t0rin0 Does anyone actually expect an apology from these brewers? They make these statements to stay relevant, not because they actually believe that Anheuser is going to manipulate ratings. Or, they react viscerally to the international conglomerate that is actively working legislatively to kill the craft industry, and clueless craft beer drinkers don’t have any concept as to the depth of ABI’s strategy to crush the industry. But keep the clueless optimism. It’s working.
Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 21:40 Mon 6/19/2017 Originally posted by sethdude Originally posted by t0rin0 Does anyone actually expect an apology from these brewers? They make these statements to stay relevant, not because they actually believe that Anheuser is going to manipulate ratings. Or, they react viscerally to the international conglomerate that is actively working legislatively to kill the craft industry, and clueless craft beer drinkers don’t have a clue as to the depth of ABI’s strategy to crush the industry. But keep the clueless optimism. It’s working. Incorrect. These idiots vandalized users hard work and are riding the coatails of two bit bloggers to advertise their has been breweries for free by taking a stance against "the man" when they themselves are as bad or worse.
Message Marko P admin beers 17683 º places 866 º 04:40 Tue 6/20/2017 What DietPepsican said. Their way of thinking and action is not craft but closer to what ABI is doing. The biggest hysteria mongers did that to get attention, that’s a given. Some definitely reacted out of principle, some were 100% attentionwhoring and trying to get cred.
Message trapped P beers 7487 º places 470 º 09:40 Tue 6/20/2017 I didn’t even notice that RateBeer had a weekly newsletter, and I’ve been here almost every day for 10 years!

Message blipp beers 14843 º places 219 º 09:43 Tue 6/20/2017 Originally posted by trapped I didn’t even notice that RateBeer had a weekly newsletter, and I’ve been here almost every day for 10 years! I also have no idea what this is.
Message italarican P beers 1548 º places 115 º 10:13 Tue 6/20/2017 Originally posted by sethdude Originally posted by t0rin0 Does anyone actually expect an apology from these brewers? They make these statements to stay relevant, not because they actually believe that Anheuser is going to manipulate ratings. Or, they react viscerally to the international conglomerate that is actively working legislatively to kill the craft industry, and clueless craft beer drinkers don’t have any concept as to the depth of ABI’s strategy to crush the industry. But keep the clueless optimism. It’s working. I think that applies more to the brewers who have said they will not help admins with info and recommend consumers use other sites. That I get and respect. Given Sam’s experience in and knowledge of various parts of the beer industry, his stance about journalism was really reaching honestly felt more like grandstanding.
Message joet P admin beers 2900 º places 125 º 10:43 Tue 6/20/2017 Originally posted by trapped I didn’t even notice that RateBeer had a weekly newsletter, and I’ve been here almost every day for 10 years! It’s a great newsletter with good readership. It’s produced by Adam Nason of Beer Pulse who is a separate company, financially independent of RateBeer -- an architecture we created many years ago as a divide between editorial and ratings. We only send to people who opt in and we trim the list occasionally of subscribers who don’t click or view in order to reduce costs and keep our open rates and engagement very high. Anyone can be added to the list by using using the form in the footer of any page on the site.