Phil Howard, of Michigan State University, casually let slip in our conversation about concentration in the food industry that a brewery in Australia had been fined for faux craft beer. I had to investigate. Its quite an interesting story.
Having linked to the original piece at 538, it would be remiss of me not to link to these two threads rebutting its main conclusions.
Farmers have long memories, and tend to vote against policies that hurt them directly. Which is rather interesting in light of the trade war launched by the US.
Pigs, but not pigeons or horses. Tosh, but not any old tosh. And that old standby, mother’s milk. It’s all good for you.
How the quest for consistent quality resulted in the world’s largest brewer giving rise to possibly the world’s most widely-used statistical test.