No beer thread is complete without the obligatory beer girl pic.
Posted on 07/19/2006 10:06:47 AM PDT by pissant
'THERE STANDS the Glass," the 1953 country classic, echoed in my mind the other night as I contemplated the glass of beer in front of me. It was Pabst Blue Ribbon , and it's our Beer of the Week.
The old Webb Pierce song, contemplates the oblivion and destruction that lies ahead when the narrator takes the first sip of the day: "There stands the glass/ Fill it up to the brim/'Til my troubles grow dim/It's my first one today."
This is standard American lager, a kind of soulless beast, driven by profits. But it's acquiring a hip, new legend that goes something like this: Bicycle messengers in Portland, Ore., who drink a lot of beer, discovered Pabst and made it their beer. Word spread and PBR's sinking sales began to rise, up 4.3 percent last year to 1.25 million barrels. Now, it's the right thing to drink PBR.
Homebrew experts at Beer, Beer & More Beer in Concord, say it's 20 to 30 percent rice, the rest pale German pilsner barley; hops are most likely Saaz: faint lager aroma, slightly sweet taste, dry finish. You know: a kiss of the hops and high drinkability. This is true, hot-summer-day, lawnmower beer.
The beer was originally called "Select." The company, founded in 1844 in Milwaukee, began tying blue ribbons around the bottles and it became Pabst Blue Ribbon in 1895.
Sales peaked in 1977 at 16 million barrels. A Bay Area takeover artist bought Pabst in 1985. The company wound up in San Antonio, Texas. A few years ago, the company stopped brewing, hired Miller (now SABMiller) to brew the beer. Now the company's moving to a Chicago suburb, because the Chicago area is its best market.
I found this fitting quote in 8bitjoystick.com, an E-zine For Nerds:
"These are harsh times and it calls for a harsh beer. Pabst Blue Ribbon is just the thing. It is not shoved down your throat with multi-million dollar mass marketing, it is simply a decent cheap beer. This beer is America whether you like it or not. It is real for what that is worth anymore."
lol My momma-in-laws favorite.
Whatever happened to Blatz and Stag?
Dennis Hopper's brief commentary on PBR:
http://tsbolton.com/booth/beertalk.wav
Also, take the beer quiz at www.pabst.com. Cool old-timey music.
Petronski seems like a blue collar beer guy to me.
Making love in a canoe. I've got stronger stuff coming from my tap.
Now if you want a good North American beer,
http://www.labatt.com/english/lbc_brands/lbc_main.htm#
I don't know. There was Carling Black Label, Brown Derby, Falstaff, Columbia, Old Style.....lots of classic bad beers.
I think you mentioned Krusovice previously. Have not found it in my local store yet.
Is stroh's still available?
No beer thread is complete without the obligatory beer girl pic.
Little Kings is in the same class as Olde English 800 and Sclitz Malt Liquor. *shudder*
The beauty of Fosters back in the day was that you could taste the tin can. When they switched to aluminum, you could taste the beer, unfortunately. LOL
I've never had a Yuengling. Good to see a regional beer still brewing though.
Pabst was my first sip of beer riding in the backseat of my brother's '54 Buick.
Pabst was also my first full can of beer at my Senior Prom in '66.
Pabst was also my first porcelin-love to whom I sang "Ralphie-boy" after a case of quart bottles on my 18th birthday.
For those unlearned in the ways of South Carolina, 18 used to be the "legal" drinking age.
However, Bourbon was served to babies as a sugar tit additive when they were teething, had croup or wouldn't go to sleep.
Now, like a cheap knock off. When brewed in Olympia, like manna. ;o)
The beauty of Fosters was that you had to drink it fast so it wouldn't get hot.
Gawd, that gives me a headache just thinking about it.
thanks for the link. However, I cannot claim that I prefer Canadian beer to any cheap USA beers. An occasional Moosehead I can do. the last time I had Molson's, I made it my last.
thank you. I'm going to track that woman down!!!
Aw, the benchmark memories in every man's life revolve around beer...
LOL. Someone is on the take. Washington State sh*tcanned that rule 25 years ago.
I hope not.
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