Brewery Shakeups and Recession Beers

Beering Ain't Easy

It’s a wild world out there folks - fiercely independent breweries selling to macro-breweries, the Houston beer scene rotating owners and brewers like musical chairs, gasoline costing more than craft beer, and hot dog eating champions having to compete on crutches! What in the world comes next, and how does craft beer fare in a recession? Are these signs of the end of times, or is this just some elaborate craft beer soap opera? Either way, he Beering Ain’t Easy podcast is here for it with a tub of popcorn at the ready.

Beers We’re Drinking:

Coastal Love. Wicked Weed Brewing, Asheville, NC. 6.3% ABV.

Floridian. Funky Buddha Brewery, Oakland Park, FL. 5.2% ABV.

Vulgar Display of Power. Brash Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 14% ABV.

Loggerbier. Equal Parts Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 4.9% ABV.

Soap Opera Music Credit:

Days of our Lives

Houston Brewery Shout Outs:

Closed: Six Wards

Resuscitated: City Acre, Bearded Fox

Sold: Holler, Local Group, Brash

For Sale: B-52, Copperhead

In trouble: Buffalo Bayou

Other Houston shout outs: Equal Parts, Bad Astronaut, Huggy Bear, 8th Wonder, Petrol Station, Eureka Heights, Laser Brewing

Other Shout-Outs

Coors

Joey Chestnut / Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

Ballast Point

Sold: Stone Brewing, Modern Times

New Belgium

Bell’s

Brewery X

@hazeboiz on Instagram

Constellation Brands

Phantasm Powder

After recording, we found this great Beer Chronicle article that covers the moves in more detail.

https://www.beerchronicle.com/as-temps-rise-so-does-the-pressure-several-houston-breweries-closing-selling-and-changing-ownership-in-2022/

Cost of Beer / Recession Articles :

https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/drizly-examines-how-recessionary-economics-impact-alcohol-purchasing/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/craft-beer-expensive-cost_n_5670015

HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!

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