tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post5333383051758408..comments2024-03-09T04:57:25.956+00:00Comments on HardKnott Dave's blog about stuff: Storming - why we need conflictAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-15788708695759219462014-11-17T18:14:56.321+00:002014-11-17T18:14:56.321+00:00So, not hype then. Good old-fashioned niche produc...So, not hype then. Good old-fashioned niche products. Something else you've changed your thinking on?StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-67749238276578830932014-11-17T17:48:11.432+00:002014-11-17T17:48:11.432+00:00What can we offer? I feel I have a good handle on ...What can we offer? I feel I have a good handle on what Hardknott can and does offer. We offer individualism, we offer beers that would never get brewed in a brewery that needs mass marketing to succeed. We offer an alternative to those un-individual offerings that big budget beers, many of which bear nearly no difference or individuality from many other beers.<br /><br />It almost seems strange that you need to ask the question. Do you not have a difference that you want to make more of? If there is nothing then why do you bother brewing at all?<br /><br />The very thing that micro-breweries in general can offer is the ability to be more flexible, more individual. They can offer products that would never be entertained by larger brewers because thy would fail to find a large enough market.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-16130195643636718192014-11-17T17:25:56.088+00:002014-11-17T17:25:56.088+00:00@stringer "we need conflict" QED this is...@stringer "we need conflict" QED this is an adversarial one.<br /><br />I think everyone should stick it in their pipe and smoke it.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-2273560972262457262014-11-17T16:47:46.625+00:002014-11-17T16:47:46.625+00:00Sincere in your feelings, I'm absolutely sure....Sincere in your feelings, I'm absolutely sure. However, you've offered no evidence to support the vague allegations you made. Why does this matter to me? It doesn't really, but you post something and solicit comments, you'll get comments. If you expect them all to be "hear hear, that's what I think", then you'll be disappointed. If you're going to get upset about any kind of criticism, you might want to reconsider the kind of things you say, or be prepared to back them up.<br /><br />Ages ago, after you'd <a href="http://stringersbeer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/craft-real-ale-whatever-i-just-want-to.html?showComment=1312902980981#c3144327160553139288" rel="nofollow">commented</a> that "hype is the only thing left to use" I asked you "What can we offer that hyped or big-budget products can never have?" I'm still asking you.<br /><br />Anyhoo, as Harry Frankfurt concludes, <i>"Our natures are, indeed, elusively insubstantial - notoriously less stable and less inherent than the natures of other things. And insofar as this is the case, sincerity itself is bullshit."</i><br />Which seems a bit harsh. But there you go.<br />StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-85719030849732209722014-11-17T15:38:45.108+00:002014-11-17T15:38:45.108+00:00Well, I'm doing my bit. At least from time to...Well, I'm doing my bit. At least from time to time.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-11588922576579172212014-11-17T14:50:25.205+00:002014-11-17T14:50:25.205+00:00No, I didn't read you post on Bullshit. Rather...No, I didn't read you post on Bullshit. Rather too busy trying to run a brewery.<br /><br />Bullshit is a derogatory word in my view, an indication of a lack of sincerity.<br /><br />Do you think I lack sincerity?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-62053988629566688632014-11-17T11:33:13.291+00:002014-11-17T11:33:13.291+00:00"One brewery"? Hells teeth Dave, aren..."One brewery"? Hells teeth Dave, aren't you even going to <b>name me</b>? It's all for fun isn't it? And to stir up a bit of interest? Did you read what I wrote <a href="http://stringersbeer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/bullshit-detector-calibration.html" rel="nofollow">about bullshit</a>? StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-83811159416142123442014-11-17T11:14:47.087+00:002014-11-17T11:14:47.087+00:00Dave, to be clear, I'm not saying you don'...Dave, to be clear, I'm not saying you don't believe what you say. But you are the one making accusations against other people, even if you're not willing to say who they are. I don't know whether this consists of just chatting over a pint ("Oh, I wish you wouldn't stop putting the rest of us down Dave") or something more sinister ("If you don't shut up we'll make sure you never get into SIBA/Sainsburys etc"). Context for this sort of thing is everything, and whilst you may see it a certain way, others may not agree.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-76100441808685561202014-11-17T10:52:39.567+00:002014-11-17T10:52:39.567+00:00Matthew, indeed, I think it is important to do so....Matthew, indeed, I think it is important to do so.<br /><br />Cookie, yes, this is a relatively low cost, except for the time spent responding to comments, way of promoting my business.<br /><br />What baffles me is the people who are intent on trying to shoot down my own attempts at promoting my own business.<br /><br />I insist that what I write on this blog is what I truly believe in. Yes, there is a motive in selling beer, it's half my job, the other half being the making of said beer. I drawn from various experiences and there is no reason why I should have to divulge details further than what I am prepared to do.<br /><br />Further more, what really baffles and actually I find fairly upsetting is the need for one brewery, who in real life I thought to be our friends, puts more effort into accusing me of bullshit rather than putting that effort into marketing their own brewery.<br /><br />I try very hard to be honest and as upfront as I can with the things I write and it deeply disappoints me that people who comment don't trust me on that.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-4411257739622954982014-11-17T10:14:07.458+00:002014-11-17T10:14:07.458+00:00Go for it. I look forward to hearing more vague in...Go for it. I look forward to hearing more vague insinuations about big beer with no real information or context to allow anyone else to judge whether they think you are reasonable or not.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-55441064935218396312014-11-17T09:46:13.590+00:002014-11-17T09:46:13.590+00:00Given "conflict" is a good thing, are we...Given "conflict" is a good thing, are we to look forward to more bullshit?StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-72419734452647028992014-11-17T08:26:22.109+00:002014-11-17T08:26:22.109+00:00it makes for cheap publicity, I guess.it makes for cheap publicity, I guess.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-53773369829233032132014-11-16T21:06:29.589+00:002014-11-16T21:06:29.589+00:00Go for it Dave! Going off on one definitely gets t...Go for it Dave! Going off on one definitely gets the clicks, and makes things more fun!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-2243438989307424002014-11-16T19:17:41.258+00:002014-11-16T19:17:41.258+00:00Well said Dave, I will continue to stand up and sh...Well said Dave, I will continue to stand up and shout about what I believe in as long as there is air in my lungs!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362693914759656245noreply@blogger.com