Thought I’d share a few of the thousands of comments I’ve received:

“You know you’re in a good bar when someone mentions Beer Wars as the reason they’ve decided to reform their beerin’ ways.”
Chris D. on Twitter

“I just saw it tonight and loved it. I work for a wine distributor that handles some beer, the ones Bud doesn’t want. Spaten/Franziskaner (INBEV now) is one of our big players and a Bud rep tried to yank my Franziskaner facing today. They eat their own! The beer/ wine mgr. at the store pretty much told him Bud doesn’t own the shelf space just because they write the sets. I used to work for a Gallo distributor and it’s the same with them.”
Brian S. on Facebook

“Beer Wars taught me the difference between good beer taste & ‘good’ beer companies. All about anti big 3 now.”
Noelle S. on Twitter

“Just saw this last night. Being a home brewer and a fan of the micro breweries I have got to say I really loved this film… I was just at a beer shop in my city (Philadelphia) picking up some beers, and happily noticed Coors/Bud and the like on the bottom shelf below handle level.”
Sean T. on Facebook

“Thanks so much for making your film – I am a conscientious objector to big food in general, but I never really thought of the beer angle…

The moment for me was the amount of money that ‘Big Beer’ spends on the lobby – It’s mind boggling that they need that kind of firepower to keep the status quo.

I have immediately and completely stopped buying anything but stuff from the little guys, and am currently trying to see if I can get a distributor to pick up an east coast brewery (Harpoon) that has no exposure here (Colorado).”
Jim T. in an email

“You opened my eyes there! I needed a good reason to start looking at smaller beer makers. Really made me mad on how big companies trample on the little guy.”
Ron B. on Facebook

Please keep the conversation going by adding your comments.

And indeed, as expected there have been 2 kinds of reviews – love and hate. Luckily, for my emotional well-being, the positive reviews run at 75%. I’m happy with that. Especially when they come from film critics whose opinions I respect.

What I wasn’t prepared for were the personal attacks. Yes, I know that I set myself up for it. After all, I chose to put myself into the film. Frankly, I tried everything not to have to do that. But the film needed a narrator to tie it together and well, I didn’t think a celebrity voice over would do. How would I explain their connection to the film? So I tried to limit my on screen time and voice over so as not to take over the film but rather guide it along. And most people got it.

But this past week, I saw this comment on a blog “review” of the film: “her shrill nasal tones were totally inappropriate as the narrator. “ Really, he didn’t like my voice? Another reviewer thought I looked and talked like a schoolteacher. Must be the glasses. I made this movie to start a conversation about issues. Real issues. And some critics really get it: “Beer Wars is a pretty damning indictment of not just the beer industry but contemporary unfettered unregulated capitalism’s disturbing excesses.” Now you’re talking. So you can insult me all you want. But can we please focus on the issues? And how to fix them. Because much as I try, my voice is here to stay. And yes, I’m working on closed captioning…