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Battle of Beer Towns: How Milwaukee, Denver Measure Up (Miller/Coors Merger)
JSOnline ^ | November 5, 2007 | Tom Daykin

Posted on 11/06/2007 6:20:15 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

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Executives at Miller and Coors also will likely consider so-called "quality of life" factors. Those include crime rates, school performance and housing costs.

Well, that nixes Milwaukee, right there! ;)

As long as Leinenkugel doesn't leave the state, I'm happy. :)

1 posted on 11/06/2007 6:20:17 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Leinenkugel is so much better than any product either Miller or Coors offers.


2 posted on 11/06/2007 6:37:17 AM PST by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I would not like to see Miller moving out of the city right when I am moving back!!! It’d be quite sad to catch that whiff of yeast when coming in from Minneapolis into downtown Milwaukee on I-94.


3 posted on 11/06/2007 6:37:40 AM PST by MNlurker
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I think Milwaukee would’ve really had the upper hand, if the people of Wisconsin didn’t elect a tax-raising Democrat like Jim Doyle as governor.


4 posted on 11/06/2007 6:37:59 AM PST by guinnessman
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And even if they do lose Miller they’ll elect that POS right back into office next chance they (soon to be we I guess) get...


5 posted on 11/06/2007 6:39:33 AM PST by MNlurker
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To: guinnessman

From the sounds of it, even the Denver Post is having voters remorse over their elected govenor...he’s no pro business beacon either.

In the end they’ll just open a new facility in pro-business Mississippi like every other company these days ;)


6 posted on 11/06/2007 6:42:39 AM PST by MNlurker
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I am never going to drink another Miller beer after seeing pictures of the festival Miller sponsored in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home district in California. I think I will also give up drinking Coors. What really bothers me is the fact that the people in those photos voted Pelosi into office and now the rest of us have to put up with her as Speaker...it’s disgusting.


7 posted on 11/06/2007 6:44:18 AM PST by Paratrooper
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

forget denver and milwaukee. gimme some real beer towns. like kalamazoo (mi) or portland (or).


8 posted on 11/06/2007 6:46:26 AM PST by absolootezer0 (Only two products have come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. Coincidence? i think not.)
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To: wideawake

I’m not a big beer drinker but I found Guiness daught a year ago and found it to be one of the smoothest, creamiest dark beers I’ve ever had.

To all ya’ beer afficiandos, how does this one rank?


9 posted on 11/06/2007 6:57:47 AM PST by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
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To: wideawake

Except for that weird tasting Sunset Wheat beer, it’s the only Leinenkugel product I’ve been able to find around Tidewater VA. I remember as a kid in Eau Claire, that the regular Leinenkugel was pretty good though.


10 posted on 11/06/2007 6:59:41 AM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: nevergore

Drink enough, and you will be daught or daft.


11 posted on 11/06/2007 7:00:35 AM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: nevergore
Guinness is the gold standard among stouts. Murphy's is quite good too.

I would recommend you give Boddingtons a try, if you like Guinness.

It has a very similar mouthfeel to Guinness, but is a lighter ale. I find that people who enjoy the texture of Guinness also enjoy Boddingtons and Newcastle Brown Ale.

12 posted on 11/06/2007 7:05:09 AM PST by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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I agree. Leinenkugel tried to get too crafty in the late 90s.

They used to make an old-school bock beer in the spring.

Some of my most enjoyable college days in Chicago were spring weekends hanging out on my balcony when it just started getting warm: enjoying good company, Leinie bock, Edwardo's pizza and sweet soul music.

13 posted on 11/06/2007 7:10:12 AM PST by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
As long as Leinenkugel doesn't leave the state, I'm happy. :)

I hope this new arrangement includes better distribution channels - very hard to find Leinie's out here on the East Coast.

14 posted on 11/06/2007 7:11:01 AM PST by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

http://www.safe-house.com/

http://www.thepfisterhotel.com/index_2.asp?sourceid=

http://beerme.com/brewery.php?3119

Great places I visited there....sad to see the Pabst Brewery closed in 96.....:o)

Denver itself is a dump, crime, trash in the streets etc ....I bypass it when possible.


15 posted on 11/06/2007 7:27:48 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Those include crime rates, school performance and housing costs.

Milwaukee has been going downhill for years now. It's a perfect example of what happens when you have a city run by democrats. I hope Scott Walker runs for mayor of Milwaukee and then governor of WI. As of right now, he's our only hope.

As long as Leinenkugel doesn't leave the state, I'm happy. :)

Leinenkugel blows Miller out of the water. Miller is pee water.

My favorite:


16 posted on 11/06/2007 7:36:06 AM PST by MotleyGirl70 (Go Packers!)
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It’d be quite sad to catch that whiff of yeast when coming in from Minneapolis into downtown Milwaukee on I-94.

There are no words to describe the smell of driving on I-94 on a very hot summer day. It's like stank foot x 1,000,000 and it just hovers in the thick, humid air. So nasty.

17 posted on 11/06/2007 7:50:51 AM PST by MotleyGirl70 (Go Packers!)
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To: wideawake

Thank you....If you ever want good cigar recommendations, I’m your guy....


18 posted on 11/06/2007 8:21:49 AM PST by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
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To: wideawake

I like all that you mention, with the exception of Newcastle. Just haven’t really been able to get into the brown ales as much.

Sam Smith breweries out of London (I think) makes some bottled stouts (no can with the widget) that I like alot as well.

When all is said and done, I’ll take a Porter (and a porterhouse).

I have to confess, though (thank God it is an anonymous forum) that while traveling in Viet Nam this past summer (100 degrees with 99.9% humidity for days on end) that I rekindled my affection for cheap lagers.


19 posted on 11/06/2007 9:08:53 AM PST by dmz
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To: nevergore

I’m a fan of Guiness as well. Yuengling Porter or Black and Tan are the ones I keep in my fridge.


20 posted on 11/06/2007 9:36:16 AM PST by trimom
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