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Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 00:30:12 -0600
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Subject: Lambic Digest #642 (July 04, 1995)
Lambic Digest #642 Tue 04 July 1995
Forum on Lambic Beers (and other Belgian beer styles)
Mike Sharp, Digest Coordinator
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Money. (Russell Mast)
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Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 10:58:30 -0500
From: Russell Mast <rmast at fnbc.com>
Subject: Money.
> From: ejk at bselab.bls.com (Evan Kraus)
> THANK GOD I AM NOT A JUDGE !!!!!!!
You're welcome.
> From: Tim_Fields_at_Relay__Tech__Vienna at relay.com
> Subject: RE
>
> No flame intended here at all, but I do think that all commercial
> brewers/blenders/whatever share a common goal - profit.
No flame here either, but I take strong exception to this claim of profit
motive. Yes, yes, of course, if you can't make a living at doing what you love,
you can't do it, and so you MUST keep an eye on profits. But, without having
met any of them, I'd guess that a lot of the traditional/purist/yummy/etc.
blenders and brewers and so forth are not motivated primarily by profit, but
rather by a love of what they are doing. They may or may not be able to make
more money by 'selling out' and they all might have to 'sell out' a little bit
now and then to keep afloat.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that they're anti-capitalist heroes
sacrificing their every hope of prosperity or financial comfort just for our
pleasure. I'm just saying that profit is probably _not_ as high a priority
to them as it is to the big money brewers.
Everybody's gotta make a living. Past that, some people value certain things
more than money.
-R
ps. My vote for Best New Term this week goes to Andy Ruggles for "Shambic".
Apologies if this is appropriately attributed to someone else.
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