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Boston Beer Bars: "Pay to Play" Corruption

Started by biertourist, October 15, 2014, 11:53:18 PM

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LordEoin

the shenanigans that go on between brewery and tap in the US is a shambles anyway, mostly down to the distribution.
watched a great documentary about it at some stage but can't for the life of remember where it is or what its called.

edit - it might have been Beer Wars on Netflix. maybe...

CARA

Upa Sesh


biertourist

Quote from: Dube on October 15, 2014, 11:58:49 PM
Saw this on another site today.

"Free kegs" goes on a lot here, micro and macro. So does other stuff. I don't think there's a law against it.

Although the biggest issue I'd have is with the supermarkets who look for "hello money", which could be as much as half a million. Though they all swear they've stopped the practice.

And free taps, free line cleaning, free CO2...

Adam

irish_goat

Quote from: biertourist on October 16, 2014, 03:19:01 AM
And free taps, free line cleaning, free CO2...

Adam

You could argue they're already factored into the price, one way or another, the consumer pays for those things.

Qs

I've heard Coors are paying for pubs Sky Sports here in return for taps.

CARA

Upa Sesh

Qs

Yeah the Macros have always been at it, its just shitty to see them to get Fran Well on tap instead of real craft beer.