(Petaluma, CA) – Lagunitas Brewing owner, Tony Magee, was active on Twitter again this past week with more thoughts on small brewer growth, especially as it pertains to the 90s bubble. He also shared some news regarding a new bottling line and will paying another visit to Chicago this week. See the tweets below…

Some wnder if crft brewers thought it was all upside n d late 90's too. I can say it was VERY different then. Beer lovers wanted better…

— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) July 11, 2012

but even bigger brewers were pretty amateurish cmpared to now. Lag was there and we were fine even then cuz, well, beer luvrz wanted better!

— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) July 11, 2012

…now even small brewers make really fine beers and many have fine brewing equipmnt too. In 90's it was duct tape and bailing wire…

— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) July 11, 2012

If you were really looking for a bubble, ignore the 6% of craft and consider the 85% ABI & MC… THAT is a bubble… deflating… Word.

— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) July 11, 2012

Every days like xmas here in Petaluma this year…Just in is our nu 600 bottle/min filling line… pic.twitter.com/amDsfDts

— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) July 12, 2012

We'll hafta leave the beast in the box though until October cuz we cant interrupt production after all the bruhse delays (re: hurricane).

— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) July 13, 2012

Our old bottling line will then trek to Chicago for about 18 mos of service before retirement. We'll prolly have it bronzed and mounted…

— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) July 13, 2012

A 3D-schematic of LagunitasChicago.. kewl… pic.twitter.com/aMpFMopF

— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) July 17, 2012

Comin back east t Chitown tmorrow. Goin t the ILCraftBrewersGuildMeeting…looking forward to it! Also may pick n grin @ Reggies&Sheffields.

— LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) July 17, 2012