Posted on 08/04/2015 10:46:30 AM PDT by C19fan
Todays discerning beer drinkers might be convinced that Americas watery, bland lagers are a recent corporate invention. But the existence of American beers that are, as one industry executive once put it, less challenging, has a much longer history. In fact, Thomas Jefferson, himself an accomplished homebrewer, complained that some of his countrys beers were meagre and often vapid nearly 200 years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
My old boss used to sing the praises of Sapporo. I tried it once. I am not sure it’s beer but it certainly has it’s own thing going on for better or worse. Not for me though. Dunno about other rice beer.
Sapporo/Asahi/Kirin/Yebisu, they’re all light pilsners. America has a HUGE (pronounced like Trump - EUUUUUJJJJE) amount of different beers, all priced well. I don’t know what the hell this author is talking about.
Jeez Louise, give this author a Dale’s Pale Ale and tell him to shut up.
“You don’t buy Genesee, you RENT it!”
;^)
Indeed! ;)
Dale’s Pale Ale?
You don’t mean Olde Frothingslosh, the pale stale ale with the foam on the bottom?
Thanks !
And an admittedly poor video but hey, it's PA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqJh29d9YSQ
Always seems in the colder weather I like stouts, porters, triple bocks, and strong Belgian ales.
As a Canadian, we grew up, not that it isn’t true, being told that American beer was like sex on the beach.
That isn’t quite true, and doesn’t apply to some microbrews I’ve tasted, but I do find that the generic American beer really bloats me.
Maybe I should just try having fewer...
Good luck with that!
Cheers,
Jim
Never had the pleasure. We drank mostly Genny and Old Milwaukee when we were desperate. The Iron City was from a guy that brought up a few cases as ‘gifts’ one Christmas.
Personally I think e was trying to either get us on the wagon or kill us.
Well, I would hardly go into the middle of an inner city when visiting friends. Phew.
I always liked actual Molson Canadian from Canada with the proper alcohol content. The Americanized version was bleh.
Going to the other border, Tecate is good if it’s cold and salted. Far better than Corona.
Old Mill....YUM!
Drank a bunch of that until it went upscale from my wallet.
Ya know what was a pretty good “local beer” according to relatives from Germany?
Old German beer.
Has a little guy with lederhosen on the 24 pack. Haven’t seen it for years.
I’ll ask my oldest son. He manages Beer World near me southwest of Pittsburgh. They sell mostly beers that are WAY beyond my budget, LOL! I can’t pronounce or spell the names.
The trouble with this is that so many craft beer makers equate quality with more hops that they are cranking out beers that are terribly bitter.
Isn’t Genny brewed downstream from the Kodak plant?
Hoppy, with hints of nitrate and hypo?
“Drank a bunch of that until it went upscale from my wallet.”
I’m having a reality disconnect. Are you telling me that an ad dept figured out a way to sell Old Swill as a $$$ beer to complete idiots? How in the name of God did THAT happen? Is it a city/hipster fad thing? It’s rot gut. Always was. It was FAMOUS for being the blue collar beer on a budget.
Reingold Chug A Mug. The only beer that comes with its own toilet
It’s probably brewed directly from the discharge pipes of Kodak. But it tasted pretty good ;)
I always laughed at the commercials of ‘The crystline waters of the Genesee River.’
It caught on fire before.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.