A few weeks ago, with little to no fanfare, we passed the 500 posts milestone. It has been a wild and fun ride since late 2008. This blog is now up to 512 posts as of yesterday. Google tells me Bevlog has had 555,404 visitors and 832,024 pageviews so far, with an average of 44 seconds per session.
The most popular posts are Tito, Blue Moon and Palcohol (with 37,587, 36,183 and 17,022 views respectively in the past two years). I am not sure whether the blog has led directly to any particular revenue, but it has put me on e.g., The Today Show and CBS News, and I don’t imagine any other (legal) way to accomplish that.
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I just wanted to comment and say that I love reading this blog. I have no professional connection to beverage law (just a general interest in beverage trends), but there is so much interesting content in these posts.
I would love to see an updated post on Kombucha, particularly the sale of GT’s original formula. Have there been any cases of open container laws? What is your take on the TTB’s policies on Kombucha?
Thanks!
Wow thanks John. You made my morning. Good point; I will write more about kombucha soon.
500 posts…a nice milestone to reach. As with John above, I have no connection to beverages (except drinking them, heh), but I agree wholeheartedly this is a very interesting topic and one I like to check in on occasionally.
And not-too-tangentially…the sourcing question is getting more play out there… http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/09/lie-to-me-is-your-favorite-bourbon-crafted-or-sour.html