tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post8993819350520184865..comments2024-03-09T04:57:25.956+00:00Comments on HardKnott Dave's blog about stuff: Beer Innovation Summit 2014Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-74224635278816908952014-02-19T18:21:30.457+00:002014-02-19T18:21:30.457+00:00You enjoy yourself Dave. I'm going to concentr...You enjoy yourself Dave. I'm going to concentrate on future-proofing my imagineering of the beer/pub nexus. StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-26639521650670982342014-02-19T17:10:59.546+00:002014-02-19T17:10:59.546+00:00Cookie,
As for why to attend the summit? Well, fo...Cookie,<br /><br />As for why to attend the summit? Well, for a laugh really. Networking, you know, stuff like that. Maybe for a mention in the PMA. I'm not sure I'd pay to attend mind.<br /><br />Will I tell them all my secrets? Probably not, although it only takes three or four beers to loosen my mouth. Sometimes less.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-57172843657549953572014-02-19T17:04:35.777+00:002014-02-19T17:04:35.777+00:00A snappy term for a pub that's appealing to wo...A snappy term for a pub that's appealing to women and young people? A wine bar.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-81690092466201025382014-02-19T17:02:32.844+00:002014-02-19T17:02:32.844+00:00@Stringer A term? How about "forward generati...@Stringer A term? How about "forward generation requirement delivery engineering" ?<br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-40652053623039780692014-02-19T16:37:27.457+00:002014-02-19T16:37:27.457+00:00@cookie, I don't believe it's actual innov...@cookie, I don't believe it's actual innovations they'll be pontificating about so much as the <b><i>concept</i></b>. It's in the attendees best interests that this becomes known as a <b><i>thing</i></b>, so that their employers send them on more junkets like this, they get to report to the board on the fun time they had and the 'new perspectives' they were afforded, etc. NPD gets bigger budgets, and so forth. Of course, what the industry could do is make sure that pubs are nice and clean and fresh and welcoming to younger drinkers and women. I'm not sure there's a snappy term for that.StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-91060466246048355982014-02-19T15:54:21.861+00:002014-02-19T15:54:21.861+00:00If innovation is a form of competitive advantage, ...If innovation is a form of competitive advantage, why attend a summit? You don't want to share your ideas. You can't expect other rational attendees to share their ideas. Seems bizarre. Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-5684705355871118062014-02-19T15:18:55.097+00:002014-02-19T15:18:55.097+00:00Mr Anon Boozer,
It is highly likely that I might ...Mr Anon Boozer,<br /><br />It is highly likely that I might mention Let There Be Beer. However, I might not be thoroughly conversant with all its errors as I've largely ignored it as just another big brand advertising initiative.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-73632762813209031072014-02-19T14:50:09.092+00:002014-02-19T14:50:09.092+00:00I hope you and the other 'state of the nation&...I hope you and the other 'state of the nation' panelists use this as an opportunity to let the 'let there be beer' campaigners know how utterly useless their campaign is. The guy from CAMRA should in particular be embarrassed to be involved in that fiasco.An Anonymous Boozernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-46639769825719995632014-02-19T14:46:05.898+00:002014-02-19T14:46:05.898+00:00Innovation = radical "improvement"?
Def...Innovation = radical "improvement"?<br /><br />Define improvement. Is taking beer, filtering and gassing it up, putting it in a hermetically sealed container and serving it hyper-chilled improvement, innovation or travesty? Depends on your perspective I guess.<br /><br />py, the best way to make beer more economically is to make more of it so that there are various process efficiencies and bulk purchasing of raw material benefits. To be able to gain those benefits it is essential to reach a larger market, which normally just means those cost benefits are transferred to a larger marketing budget and costs associated with a longer and more complex route to market. On top of that, when a brewery grows and so gains these cost advantages, there is the loss of progressive beer duty. It's all a bit of a bummer.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-39549943633054294632014-02-19T13:39:54.280+00:002014-02-19T13:39:54.280+00:00My favourite beer innovation is when you find a cl...My favourite beer innovation is when you find a clever way of making the same beer for half the cost and then passing that saving on to me. Now that would be worth giving awards out for.pynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-54148467746832769162014-02-19T13:31:55.722+00:002014-02-19T13:31:55.722+00:00Innovation is what's done instead of improveme...Innovation is what's done instead of <b><i>improvement</i></b>. Isn't it?StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.com