|
aj123
smot poking



Registered: 09/08/08
Posts: 815
Loc: Easter island
Last seen: 6 years, 8 months
|
Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law)
#13242488 - 09/24/10 08:53 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law)
 From Sierra Nevada – We’ve been getting lots of calls and email regarding our stance on California’s Proposition 19-which would legalize marijuana if passed. A beer industry group surprised us by linking our name in with their opposition. We had no idea it was happening and we disagree with their position.
This week, the California Beer and Beverage Distributors (CBBD) came out against California Proposition 19—also known as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010. The CBBD is an industry group that represents the interests of beer distributors and members. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and many other independent craft brewers are associate members of the CBBD.
Although we are members of this organization, we were neither consulted—nor informed of—their decision to take a stand against California Proposition 19. Sierra Nevada’s role as an associate member grants no access or influence on the political agendas of the CBBD, and we had no knowledge of the organization’s intention to fight this ballot proposition.
The CBBD does not represent Sierra Nevada’s political interests in any way, and does not represent the brewery’s stance on the issue. We’ve requested the CBBD to remove our name from their list of members, and also to disassociate the brewery from this and any future political actions.
Over the past three decades, Sierra Nevada has maintained neutrality concerning political issues. We feel that people have the obligation to choose what is right for themselves without influence from outside interests. We regret any implied association with this action by the CBBD, and maintain our independence and neutrality regarding matters of politics.
http://thefullpint.com/beer-news/sierra-nevadas-stance-on-proposition-19-ca-marijuana-law?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Thefullpintcom+%28thefullpint.com+-+Beer+News%2C+Reviews+and+Event+Coverage%29
--------------------
|
LowcountryHunter
Stranger


Registered: 09/03/09
Posts: 149
Last seen: 3 years, 3 months
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: aj123]
#13242548 - 09/24/10 09:12 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Like!
|
wildchild68
lion in a coma



Registered: 11/19/07
Posts: 5,115
Last seen: 10 years, 24 days
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: aj123]
#13242694 - 09/24/10 09:53 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
They know what's up.
I could go for a pale ale right about now.
--------------------
|
NoOneKnowsHowToAct
Stranger



Registered: 07/23/09
Posts: 521
Last seen: 1 month, 3 days
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: aj123]
#13243073 - 09/24/10 11:53 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Sierra Nevada just scored like 5000 points in my book. I think I may need to stop drinking other beer lol. I feel like returning the 6r I just bought and getting some Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.
Quote:
We feel that people have the obligation to choose what is right for themselves without influence from outside interests.
+Infinity
-------------------- Winner of 2 of TacoHerder's 2 cultivation contests! Most recent contest posts: inoculation Ready for spawning Substrate done colonizing Pins Pins #2 First flush
|
Subconscious
Stranger



Registered: 09/19/08
Posts: 2,486
Last seen: 5 years, 5 months
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: NoOneKnowsHowToAct]
#13243089 - 09/24/10 11:59 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
I've already done my drinking tonight, but tomorrow i'll be grabbing a 6er of pale ale. Very good stuff, and reading makes me want one.
|
BirdsIView
Mr. Helms

Registered: 07/19/07
Posts: 736
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: Subconscious]
#13243130 - 09/25/10 12:14 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Now that's a damn good PR move. Marijuana users have a bigger impact than most companies realize, Sierra Nevada is one of the few that gets it.
Remember what happened when Kelloggs dropped Michael Phelps when he got caught smoking weed? Their move backfired and their stock plummeted.
|
Ophanim
The Molecule'sSpirit


Registered: 10/01/07
Posts: 1,002
Last seen: 6 years, 1 month
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: BirdsIView]
#13243169 - 09/25/10 12:29 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Damn! How awesome, but I don't really like their beer.
|
Ascend48
Mr.Stranger



Registered: 02/28/09
Posts: 71
Last seen: 9 years, 7 months
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: Ophanim]
#13243401 - 09/25/10 02:17 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Do you like weed? Well then you better start liking their beer.
-------------------- We do not possess imagination enough to sense what we are missing. Jean Toomer
|
Le_Canard
The Duk Abides


Registered: 05/16/03
Posts: 94,392
Loc: Earthfarm 1
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: aj123]
#13243414 - 09/25/10 02:27 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
That's a wise position for a beer company to make.
|
waves

Registered: 04/03/10
Posts: 2,213
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: Le_Canard]
#13243511 - 09/25/10 03:25 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
.
Edited by waves (10/04/10 09:04 PM)
|
openmind
curious



Registered: 08/03/07
Posts: 13,990
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: aj123]
#13243562 - 09/25/10 03:58 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
That's what's up...
Sierra Nevada is probably my favorite brewery, if i had to choose...
Been drinking their Torpedo extra IPA tonight, and their basic Pale Ale is my favorite "mass produced" Pale Ale...All their brews are good...
And the Brewery is just a drive up the highway from where I live...Considering it's Chico, not surprised 

.
--------------------
|
Green_T


Registered: 10/02/08
Posts: 4,042
Loc: UK
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: openmind]
#13243594 - 09/25/10 04:30 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Awesome! They just scored BIG TIME in my book.
Its not that they came out in FAVOR of prop 19, but they don't want to be against it. Good neutrality policy
--------------------
"I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" - Thomas Jefferson Legalize Meth | Drug War Victims
|
perceivethedoors
Stranger


Registered: 05/28/08
Posts: 12
Last seen: 9 years, 4 months
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: Green_T]
#13243935 - 09/25/10 08:37 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Yeaup them and Stone Brewery took this stance...........................they know who their customer base is and legal weed in Cali or not when you get cottonmouth a nice heady beer to wash it down does a man right!
|
Mike711
friend

Registered: 05/22/10
Posts: 209
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 9 years, 7 months
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: perceivethedoors]
#13244011 - 09/25/10 08:59 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
i dont really drink that often but when i get really stoned on a hot day nothing substitutes a micro-brew.
guess what im really stoned and its starting to get hott time to support another brewery that recognizes there customer base.
its kind of a stoner brewery anyways with home grow-en ale.
|
durian_2008
Cornucopian Eating an Elephant



Registered: 04/02/08
Posts: 18,037
Loc: Raccoon City
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: Mike711]
#13244109 - 09/25/10 09:31 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Sierra nevada said: We feel that people have the obligation to choose what is right for themselves without influence from outside interests.
Sierra Nevada wants the right of self determination for it's own brewing company, but not for human bodies.
They name "outside interests," which their consortium is not beholden to, but they leave the destiny of the individual to his fellow voters, strangers, none of whom he would share a beer with.
|
Regis Tereduser
Folds@Home (in the dark)


Registered: 09/18/10
Posts: 12
Loc: Bible Belt, USA
Last seen: 13 years, 1 month
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: durian_2008]
#13246149 - 09/25/10 06:16 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
"We feel that people have the obligation to choose what is right for themselves without influence from outside interests."
Thank You
Though I rarely drink it anymore, SNPA is my favorite beer... especially when I've been dry for a long time, it's hoppiness makes up for the lack'o'buds in life.
RJ
-------------------- Resude Retsiger
|
The Green Bastard
friendly hippie


Registered: 08/13/10
Posts: 534
Loc: parts unkown....
Last seen: 12 years, 9 months
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: Regis Tereduser]
#13246341 - 09/25/10 07:06 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
I knew I loved their beer for a reason. And here I am just thinking it was the flavor alone.
Seeing this article has made me (a pot smoker) decide to go get me some sierra nevada tonight. See proper marketing does work. if only we could get frito lays to back it up as well. Beer, bud, and munchies!!
-------------------- Well, if that's the case, then Julian, he is like a superhero. Holy fuck, Ricky, you know who you are? You're Dope-Man! He can smoke a pound in a single bound.
|
veggie

Registered: 07/25/04
Posts: 17,538
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: The Green Bastard]
#13250860 - 09/26/10 07:48 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
I think some of you may be reading too much into Sierra Nevada's statement. Nobody likes someone to put words in their mouth, and they were merely clarifying their stance on Prop 19. Their stance is that they have no stance on this, or anything else for that matter. It is not much different than any other individual, business, or organization that has no opinion one way or the other on any given political issue.
|
SuperD
Cacti junky


Registered: 10/05/03
Posts: 6,648
Loc: The bridgesii bridge
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: veggie]
#13251204 - 09/26/10 08:50 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Better to be neutral than to be negative on an important issue like this.
--------------------
   D Manoa said: I need to stop spending all my money on plants and take up a cheaper hobby, like heroin. Looking for Rauhocereus riosaniensis seeds or live specimen(s), me if you have any for trade
|
whatever123
Whatever I did, I'm sorry



Registered: 04/07/05
Posts: 2,613
Loc: San Diego, CA
Last seen: 5 years, 10 months
|
Re: Sierra Nevada’s Stance on Proposition 19 (CA Marijuana Law) [Re: SuperD]
#13251549 - 09/26/10 10:10 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Weren't a lot of you pissed at the California Democratic Party for remaining neutral on 19? And now everyone's super excited that Sierra Nevada claimed the same position.
I mean, the context is obviously different, but I think it's worth noting.
-------------------- Koala Koolio said: there should be a 3 month waiting period between registration and posting.
|
|