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Budweiser losing the battle with craft beers
New York Post ^ | February 26, 2015

Posted on 02/26/2015 6:53:09 PM PST by SamAdams76

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To: SamAdams76

I lived in Germany for years I know what real beer is. Budweiser is not beer.


141 posted on 02/26/2015 10:10:04 PM PST by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: SamAdams76

Budweiser won second place at a world beer tasting event.

Horse piss was first.


142 posted on 02/26/2015 11:22:06 PM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: dfwgator
It’s Shiner Bock or nothing.

I had a layover in Dallas last year and after years of hearing about it I finally had a chance to taste this legendary Shiner Bock. Meh. The best thing I've had lately is Spiteful Brewing's Goddamn Pigeon Porter, dark and hoppy. Unfortunately you can only get it in Chicago and I live in California.

143 posted on 02/26/2015 11:53:59 PM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep
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To: SamAdams76

“Never before have we had so many choices in beer.”?
Not true.
Look around the turn of the 1800 to 1900 and there were 1000’s of small breweries and NO Bud worrying about its market share.


144 posted on 02/27/2015 1:13:22 AM PST by Joe Boucher
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To: randita

You realize of course that rolling rock is an AB brand...


145 posted on 02/27/2015 1:37:06 AM PST by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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To: Darren McCarty

And Busch, another AB brand...


146 posted on 02/27/2015 1:38:40 AM PST by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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To: SamAdams76
Black Label

Mabel, get off the table! The two bucks is for the beer!

You have to be old to remember that...

147 posted on 02/27/2015 2:21:21 AM PST by metesky (My investment program is holding steady @ $0.05 cents a can.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

When I was growing up Bud was the choice of teens; anyone who could buy their own beer legally wasn’t fond of it.


148 posted on 02/27/2015 3:16:33 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Gamecock

Canadian as well; Molson has some great beers (and a large variety). I’ve never gotten a hangover from Molson Ice, though the XXX was potent (7.3% - strong for a beer).


149 posted on 02/27/2015 3:20:18 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Darren McCarty

In my town (heavily Ecuadorian/Peruvian now) Corona is the beer of choice for most Hispanics (which doesn’t include Mexicans - yet). They’d come in after their under-the-table moving jobs and drink the stuff by the gallon. Problem was they couldn’t be proofed (no ID, at least in English - and as Incas they look young - no facial hair), and after a few hours they’d have to be tossed because they’d start harassing any female unfortunate enough to pass by.

Corona isn’t bad, though I forego the lime.


150 posted on 02/27/2015 3:26:56 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: deadrock

“according to a premier beer website(I can email you the name of it), it ranks 21 out 100 of the top beers in the world

Rated 95 points (world class) on the Beeradvocates website. One of the few good things coming out of Delaware. It is pretty good, but expensive, so much so they sell it in a 4 pack.


151 posted on 02/27/2015 3:31:57 AM PST by DAC21
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To: DAC21

Oops, DogHeadfish 90 min, IPA should have been mentioned in my post above.


152 posted on 02/27/2015 3:44:41 AM PST by DAC21
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To: deadrock

Yuengling is family owned and operated and also non-union.

Problem is it is only available in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC, and West Virginia.

As to it’s taste, it certainly isn’t going to please everyone, but most people love it and it’s the same price as Budweiser. I can get a case of cans in FL for $18.

I think they actually brew more beer in FL now than PA (which is hard to believe).

They came close to expanding a few years ago by buying another brewery in TN, but it fell through. Dick Yuengling is very deliberate when it comes expansion. TN would have been able to get them into TX.


153 posted on 02/27/2015 3:53:20 AM PST by FlJoePa
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To: deadrock

Oh, and Yuengling is the largest American owned brewery in the country. If you’re unaware of it, you must be out west. It wasn’t even in OH (brewed in PA) until a few years ago. They threw week long parties and celebrations when it finally arrived.


154 posted on 02/27/2015 4:00:54 AM PST by FlJoePa
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To: FlJoePa

Yuengling ping! Very drinkable!


155 posted on 02/27/2015 4:10:50 AM PST by folkquest (I plan on being cranky for the next 4 years. Hope to crack a political smile at the midterms!)
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To: folkquest

Yuengling is my favorite most of the year...but my admittedly non sophisticated tastes have been enjoying Sam Adams Cold Snap, during hockey games, this winter.

Iron City was the “beer in the fridge” growing up, and Rolling Rock was the “fancy” stuff.


156 posted on 02/27/2015 4:18:56 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom ( Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...)
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To: folkquest
Dick Yuengling is a billionaire and hates unions. The left despises him. Even more reason to love him!


157 posted on 02/27/2015 4:20:52 AM PST by FlJoePa
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To: SamAdams76

Wudbeiser is German for the French term Pisse de Clydesdale.


158 posted on 02/27/2015 4:44:07 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

In the old days, Rolling Rock was only available in four or five states.excellent beer! Then they got bought out.flat tasting. Sour.

Same thing happened to Coors.


159 posted on 02/27/2015 4:57:24 AM PST by donozark (On the other side of fear lies freedom)
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To: Joe Boucher
Look around the turn of the 1800 to 1900 and there were 1000’s of small breweries

Yes, but they were primarily local, with little means for distribution. So you had to travel around the country to taste them, and travel itself was much more difficult in those days. So people basically settled for the few beers that were available in their local area. Having hundreds of choices at a single point of sale was unthinkable at the time.

160 posted on 02/27/2015 4:58:12 AM PST by SamAdams76
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