Kieren
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Found this article while researching beers to buy from an online beer shop
http://www.brewsnews.com.au/2010/11/grey-i...-the-new-black/
News to me.
It seems a lot of the beers I have bought in the past and also on my current shopping list are "grey imports" - beers with unauthorised distribution into Australia. It brings up a small quandary - should I keep buying these grey imports, knowing the brewers disapprove of there beers being sold here without their control and their guarantee that their beer has been shipped and handled with care - or keep buying them - knowing the beer maybe past its best by date, shipped and handled poorly and against the wishes of the brewer?
I haven't had many bad experiences with imported beers yet, I know they probably pale in comparison to a fresh sample straight from the brewery, this has to be expected. Just had a Stone Smoked Porter tonight and it was great. In fact, I have had more domestic bottled beers that I was disappointed in, whether this was due to them being poorly packaged or being mishandled I don't know.
I know I will keep buying the odd unauthorised beer here and there, until I can get to the States (or where ever the beer has come from) I need to get my fix of new and exciting beers from somewhere. If I get a bad beer that is old or been handled poorly then them's the breaks and I will not necessarily think bad of of the brewery.
At least Rogue have an official distribution
http://www.brewsnews.com.au/grey-market-imports/
http://www.brewsnews.com.au/2010/11/grey-i...-the-new-black/
News to me.
It seems a lot of the beers I have bought in the past and also on my current shopping list are "grey imports" - beers with unauthorised distribution into Australia. It brings up a small quandary - should I keep buying these grey imports, knowing the brewers disapprove of there beers being sold here without their control and their guarantee that their beer has been shipped and handled with care - or keep buying them - knowing the beer maybe past its best by date, shipped and handled poorly and against the wishes of the brewer?
I haven't had many bad experiences with imported beers yet, I know they probably pale in comparison to a fresh sample straight from the brewery, this has to be expected. Just had a Stone Smoked Porter tonight and it was great. In fact, I have had more domestic bottled beers that I was disappointed in, whether this was due to them being poorly packaged or being mishandled I don't know.
I know I will keep buying the odd unauthorised beer here and there, until I can get to the States (or where ever the beer has come from) I need to get my fix of new and exciting beers from somewhere. If I get a bad beer that is old or been handled poorly then them's the breaks and I will not necessarily think bad of of the brewery.
At least Rogue have an official distribution
http://www.brewsnews.com.au/grey-market-imports/