But long before the giant breweries, there used to be a lot more local beer—way more brands and names than perhaps even during the microbrew revolution. Below is just one victim, which went out of business in the 1950s.
Posted on 02/26/2015 6:53:09 PM PST by SamAdams76
Anheuser-Busch InBev is having a tough time getting millennials to crack open a can of Budweiser.
The world’s biggest brewer said Thursday that falling unemployment and “premium” brands are boosting overall beer sales in the US, its biggest market.
But the company is struggling to market Bud — the 139-year-old American brand with blue-collar roots — to younger drinkers, who prefer craft brews and bourbon.
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You are right. I think it has something to do with the cap.
They served BUD in a plastic long neck at Yankee Stadium. Hind of hard to hit the umpire with one.
Started out on Coors then Miller Highlife, Millerlite, Corona, and experimented with imported beers. Started mixing beer and tequila- turned me into a alcoholic. Loved the booze more then food! What can I say, it runs in the family. I a sober now and always remember booze turns me into a loon.;)
That is a nice smooth amber with minor chocolate/cocoa under tones.
When we go to Angels games, about every other week, we park at Noble Ale Works, have a good beer or two, walk to the stadium, and then do the same going home. We might have one beer during the game, but it is quite a let down.
I too bought a bottle of that sewage once. Worst beer ever. Spudweiser tastes great in comparison.
I’m a bit of a bourbon snob myself. My beer of habit is Natural Ice. Fat Tire has some appeal for taste.
On the ‘pepper high’...I remember reading about a guy who was a connoisseur of really hot peppers and the endorphin rush you spoke of.
He’d said he was sharing a plate of roasted habaneros with a friend at a cafe in South America. He said that he could swear that during the ‘high’, his hearing seemed to become diminished. He spoke to his friend about it, and the waiter overheard.
The waiter replied, “Yes, senor...that is so you don’t hear your own screams.”
“Anheuser-Busch InBev is having a tough time getting millennials to crack open a can of Budweiser.”
Because it is swill.
Markers or Knob Creek by the fire after skiing just before bed. Induces dreams of the runs of the day.
Schlitz. Nuff said.
Anheuser-Busch and friends could have easily come up with something comparable, and at a favorable price point. They decided that they knew better than the market, and the market passed them by.
That kind of arrogance is always its own punishment.
Probably why it was on the train, exclusive vending, no consumer choice, and a captive public who had nowhere else to go and nothing they could do about the situation until they got to where they were going. Like airport food.
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat has been my favorite beer for a while. The only big brewery beer I still like is Killians Red.
Would love to tip one of those back with you. Sounds like a treat!
All this talk is making me nostalgic. I haven’t had one for some years now, but I always thought it was a nice clean crisp drink. My new version of Bud is Foster’s Premium Ale, which is a nice quaff, but I tend to go in for the higher alcohol hophead stuff.
Actually, ICEHOUSE is a nice plain, mild tasting beer, and it’s very cheap!
“This is the famous Budweiser Beer, we know of no brand produced by any other brewer which costs so much to brew and age. Our exclusive Beechwood Aging produces a taste, a smoothness, and a drinkability you will find in no other beer at any price”
... How’d I do? I’m not even going to check it!
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