They are exceptions and not the rule. Also I take no issue with Mark doing well after forging new ground in craft beer since 1986 and Omar (and the rest of the crew) has put in an impressive amount of work to get Surly established and maintain a strong following, happy to see him do well. To each their own but it seems an odd rule to not buy products because a company is doing well and growing. Do you not use Windows because Bill Gates is rich or OSX because Apple has hoards of cash? Spend your money how you see fit, I have no issue with spending some of mine on well executed beer even though I am capable of making my own.[/quote]
Brewers are doing fine in the MN market if they were not, the huge increase would not be happening. Even the smaller newer ones are drastically increasing production. They would not be doing that if they were not making good money.
I never said anything about not buying products because a company is making money. Summit is probably the main staple in my fridge and is fairly well priced.
Surly Black there is just no way I would spend 20 some bucks on 5 beers, I could get it cheaper in a bar if I wanted it.
I do make beer close to Indeed so I don’t buy their beers that often.