Comments on: Beer of the Week – Hockley Stout http://www.tasteto.com/2007/05/08/beer-of-the-week-hockley-stout/ Food & Drink In Toronto Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:19:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Phil Belanger http://www.tasteto.com/2007/05/08/beer-of-the-week-hockley-stout/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Phil Belanger Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:09:11 +0000 http://www.tasteto.com/2007/05/08/beer-of-the-week-hockley-stout/#comment-789 Fantastic beer. Full bodied and rich. I recommend it even if you're not a stout drinker. It blows Guinness out of the water. Do not let this pass you by in the beer/liquor store. 5/5 Fantastic beer. Full bodied and rich. I recommend it even if you're not a stout drinker. It blows Guinness out of the water. Do not let this pass you by in the beer/liquor store. 5/5

]]> By: Greg Clow http://www.tasteto.com/2007/05/08/beer-of-the-week-hockley-stout/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Greg Clow Sat, 12 May 2007 00:48:44 +0000 http://www.tasteto.com/2007/05/08/beer-of-the-week-hockley-stout/#comment-118 Thanks for the comments & info, Tom. I definitely agree with your comment about you and other quality brewers going against the buck-a-beer trend with better products at understandably higher prices. And as I said in my post, I really have no problem with paying more for the good stuff. My only concern with the stout was that the price point may be too high for casual customers, but if it gets the beer enough exposure to make a canned version feasible, then I guess it's alright in the end. :) Thanks for the comments & info, Tom.

I definitely agree with your comment about you and other quality brewers going against the buck-a-beer trend with better products at understandably higher prices. And as I said in my post, I really have no problem with paying more for the good stuff. My only concern with the stout was that the price point may be too high for casual customers, but if it gets the beer enough exposure to make a canned version feasible, then I guess it's alright in the end. :)

]]> By: Tom Smellie http://www.tasteto.com/2007/05/08/beer-of-the-week-hockley-stout/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Tom Smellie Thu, 10 May 2007 13:01:09 +0000 http://www.tasteto.com/2007/05/08/beer-of-the-week-hockley-stout/#comment-114 Greg we have received numerous positive comments with regard to Hockley Stout. I am very grateful. Andrew worked very hard to ensure the best of the best. As with Hockley Dark we came out of the starting gates in our one litre swing top bottle for a couple of reasons. First and foremost is cost. We can "dip our toe in the water" without having to purchase a truckload of cans. Literally spend a few thousand for a test market run instead of thirty thousand for a production run. We all take risks in small business. Minimizing the risk as much as possible is in everyone's best interest. Interesting that "buck a beer" was mentioned. Here we are introducing a new product (new for us) at $9.95 and watching an amazing sell through at the LCBO while others are trying to do whatever they can to compete at the bottom of the price ladder. A great indication that there truly are many folks looking for quality. Hockley Stout will be available in the LCBO this fall in our 473ml can. We are moving in September to larger premises and once we have that under our belt Stout will be out in cans. At the same price as Hockley Dark. Again thank you for your support of our two great beers. Tom Smellie President Hockley Valley Brewing Co. Greg we have received numerous positive comments with regard to Hockley Stout. I am very grateful. Andrew worked very hard to ensure the best of the best.
As with Hockley Dark we came out of the starting gates in our one litre swing top bottle for a couple of reasons.
First and foremost is cost. We can "dip our toe in the water" without having to purchase a truckload of cans. Literally spend a few thousand for a test market run instead of thirty thousand for a production run.
We all take risks in small business. Minimizing the risk as much as possible is in everyone's best interest.
Interesting that "buck a beer" was mentioned. Here we are introducing a new product (new for us) at $9.95 and watching an amazing sell through at the LCBO while others are trying to do whatever they can to compete at the bottom of the price ladder. A great indication that there truly are many folks looking for quality.
Hockley Stout will be available in the LCBO this fall in our 473ml can.
We are moving in September to larger premises and once we have that under our belt Stout will be out in cans. At the same price as Hockley Dark.
Again thank you for your support of our two great beers.
Tom Smellie
President
Hockley Valley Brewing Co.

]]> By: Torontovore http://www.tasteto.com/2007/05/08/beer-of-the-week-hockley-stout/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Torontovore Wed, 09 May 2007 15:24:08 +0000 http://www.tasteto.com/2007/05/08/beer-of-the-week-hockley-stout/#comment-110 I've got to agree with you, it's a great beer! I bought 4 of them last week to take with me on a short trip up north. Very smooth, no bite, not sticky sweet, but the price is just too much. They are so easy to drink that all four bottles were gone within two days. I don't like to compare the price of a draught bought in a pub with a beer bought off the shelf. At the pub or bar you're also paying for the bartender, the service, the overhead, etc. Like you, I hope to see this beer in their regular line-up but carrying a more reasonable price. I've got to agree with you, it's a great beer! I bought 4 of them last week to take with me on a short trip up north. Very smooth, no bite, not sticky sweet, but the price is just too much. They are so easy to drink that all four bottles were gone within two days. I don't like to compare the price of a draught bought in a pub with a beer bought off the shelf. At the pub or bar you're also paying for the bartender, the service, the overhead, etc. Like you, I hope to see this beer in their regular line-up but carrying a more reasonable price.

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