Back in January, I ran a poll asking you to describe how your beer-drinking habits had changed. At that point, there was not much evidence of a trend away from craft beer. This week we learned that craft beer sales are down even while macro sales are apparently up--so it seems like a good time to run the poll again. I am keeping all the answer categories the same so we can compare them. I should have added a catch-all category ("I'm using a mixture of techniques to save money"), but since I didn't, I won't do it here, either. So, if you are using a variety of strategies to keep costs down, just check the answer you rely on most often.
After a couple days, I'll post the results, along with those from January.
(Usual disclaimer: The poll isn't scientific. There are a number of reasons why we shouldn't make the mistake of thinking the results reflect larger trends. Still, it might plausibly register some change over time--or at least provide us an opportunity to compare results every three or four months during the recession.)
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Recession hasn't affected my beer drinking, but it has altered my wine and spirits drinking. I buy cheaper wine and spirits, but I cannot retreat on the beer. A Manhattan made with Old Crow is still a good drink. A Pabst, notwithstanding it's hipster cred, cannot begin to satisfy the way an Oregon craft beer does.
We're still frequenting our local, we try to hit happy hours when we can.
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