Reminder: Beer Wars showing next week
A quick reminder, a showing of the movie "Beer Wars," a documentary about the craft beer movement, is set for 8 p.m Thursday, April 16. The movie will be follwed by with an interactive discussion with Ben Stein, who is described as an "economist and actor" and several brewers, among them Sam Calagione of Dogfish and Greg Koch of Stone.
In posts on March 19 and March 12 I listed the Baltimore-area theaters that are showing it. Here they are again: Columbia Mall 14, the Snowden Square 14 in Columbia, Owings Mills 17 in Owings Mills and Bel Air Cinema 14 in Abingdon.
Today I read a Q&A in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution with the movie's director, Anat Baron, who once ran the company that produced Mike's Hard Lemonade. She is allergic to alcohol, she said.
She sees the movie as a David and Goliath battle.
I am not so sure about that. Sales of craft beers are climbing, while the sales of the mainstream breweries are flat.
On the other hand, David did defeat Goliath.
Do we think that outcome is likely, or is it the stuff of Hollywood?
By the way, isn't every economist an actor?
Comments
Ben Stein is a joke. Period. The fact that he's even in this movie almost makes me not want to see it.
Good thing they got Calagione in there, otherwise i definitely would have ignored this one.
Posted by: Pat | April 10, 2009 8:23 PM