Big guns bully boutique breweries

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Fri, 08 Jul 2011 7:00p.m.

Now the rise of the boutique brewers has given us choice

Now the rise of the boutique brewers has given us choice

It's Friday night, so the chances are you might be enjoying a quiet beer - and never has there been so much choice of beer.

Choice is what beer drinkers love after decades of the two big brewers - DB and Lion Nathan - dominating the market with what some regards as some pretty undistinguished beverages.

Now the rise of the boutique brewers has given us choice in anything from wheat beers, pilseners, ales, and stouts - but not in radlers.

Radlers is a style of beer you might not have heard much about but it's a beer that's catching on, and db has done everything in its power to keep the total market share.

It won't allow anyone else to brew it or import it. How can it get away with that in the so-called free market?

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13 Jul 2011 07:51p.m.

Gerrr wrote:

the govt needs to review trademarking and reverse the decision. Greedy DB buggers, what's next Pilsner?

13 Jul 2011 07:02p.m.

Greig McGill wrote:

Davo, I'm the national secretary of SOBA, and I'm also a libertarian. About as free market supporting as you can possibly get. We have people of all political views in SOBA. I suggest you look at the real cause of this problem. Note that it's NOT DB. We have no choice but to hold DB to account, but the real criminals here are those who granted the trademark. Yep, your beloved socialists - the NZ govt. Put the blame where it's due. Don't blame the market, blame the regulation that allows this kind of ridiculous situation to occur. We bear DB no ill will, though we do think they knew exactly what they were doing when they tried it on. :) Cheers, Greig McGill Secretary Society of Beer Advocates (SOBA) Inc.

11 Jul 2011 09:17p.m.

dj wrote:

Crazy.Bottom line for me is I wont buy DB products any more.Corporate bullies is all they are,they should be ashamed of themselves.As for IPONZ,what the hell are these muppets on? Only in NZ I guess,the Land of the Wrong White Crowd.Just another "deal" from the old boys network methinks..

11 Jul 2011 05:40p.m.

Mouthguard wrote:

And Davo, heavy regulation usually ends up meaning there is no candy on the shelves at all. Tell me, what has narcissism to do with a free market economy ideology? Or were you just on an 'insult-with-as-many-long-words-as-I-can-muster roll'?

11 Jul 2011 05:11p.m.

Ryan wrote:

The funny thing is that DB's (or Monteith's) Radler isn't a Radler at all and DB never should have been given a trademark. How it hasn't been revoked I'll never know. Try Green Man's 'Cyclist' if you want to try a real Radler.

10 Jul 2011 12:02a.m.

Davo wrote:

This is because most free-market proponents are intellectually short-changed narcissists who are out of touch with the real world. An unregulated market is akin to leaving a bunch of kids in a candy store unsupervised and subsequently expecting them to restrain themselves.

09 Jul 2011 03:09p.m.

ian wrote:

When the going gets tough, the beer gets better.YEAH