Posted on 05/17/2005 5:28:22 AM PDT by toddlintown
It's as if you worked at McDonalds and stopped in for lunch at Wendy's.
Bad move on the distributors part here, it sgoing to cost them I bet.
Best thing you can do with Miller High Life is pour it in a glass with two oz. of high octane tomato juice, its the only way to drink it!
Thats the trouble with Beers today, all owned by conglomerates, nothing is brewed locally anymore. I used to like Reingold and Narragansett but they were bought out and closed down by the usual suspects. Anyone ever hear of Christian Moeller [sp]? I think they were out of Pennsylvania NOW THAT WAS A GREAT BREW!
I used to drink CM Pilsner. Tasted just like the beer I was drinking in Germany. Was bought out, twirled around. I can't remember what happened next, but I lost interest.
It was 'creamy.'
I'm not surprised. My brother in law used to work for Coca Cola and one day at lunch he was spotted having a Pepsi. Since he was in uniform his boss gave him a stern reprimand.
Pabst Blue Ribbon is still going strong here in NYC. There are a number of bars here known as "dive" bars that serve PBR's for $2. Although in some of them, when you order a PBR, you MUST buy a shot of something. Just because the beer is cheap and the obnoxious barmaids want to jack up the tab.
You love Coors Light, right? Thought you might like this.
Guys,guys,guys, (and you beer-drinking girls), PBR is
nothing more than an entry on somebody's date base.
i'm sorry, but what the heck does that mean? what is a date base? is that like a data base with a social life?
If you can't tell Bud from Coors, you're not nearly as much of a beer snob as you like to pretend you are! :>)
I'm a hell of a beer snob. At 33 degrees F, the only temp at which domestic lager should be consumed, they are nearly indistinguishable! Warm up a few degrees and you can tell, but you won't want to drink 'em!
LOL! The only beer I will NEVER drink (as you know) is Coors Light...unbelievably awful (and not merely tasteless). The guy drank regular Coors (passable) but if it was Coors Light he would have DESERVED to be fired.
I can't believe that there is not ONE post regarding homebrew. My homebrew is SO much better than any grocery store beer. Take a course, learn how to do it. ....and don't put them in bottles! learn how to home keg your beer!
"what is a date base?"
How about a "ledger?"
I visited NYC only once, back in 1971 or so. My girlfriend at the time was going to school at Drew University and I drove from Iowa City to spend a few days and take her back to Iowa. I saw in the paper that Bob and Ray were appearing at some little theater and talked her into going. She didn't get their humor but I laughed all evening.
I love the commercials for Miller High Life. Makes me want to go out and get a case of those pony bottles. ;)
I'm pretty sure that's an ale. It is excellent (goofy name notwithstanding).
I googled that goofy name for more info and this is the first thing to appear (it must be good!):
Background: Delirium tremens (DT) is a potentially fatal form of ethanol (alcohol) withdrawal. Symptoms of ethanol withdrawal and DT have been recognized for hundreds of years, but the debate over their etiology continued into the 1950s. The work of Victor and Adams as well as Isbell finally demonstrated the symptoms related to ethanol abstinence.
Symptoms may begin a few hours after the cessation of ethanol, but may not peak until 48-72 hours. Emergency physicians must recognize that the presenting symptoms may not be severe and identify those at risk for developing DT. For patients in DT, early recognition and therapy are necessary to prevent significant morbidity and death.
Pathophysiology: DT is caused by the direct effect that ethanol has on the benzodiazepine-GABAa-chloride receptor complex. Persistent effects of ethanol lead to the down-regulation of the receptor complex. When ethanol is withdrawn, a functional decrease in the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA is seen. This results in an unopposed increase in sympathetic activity with a resultant increase in plasma and urinary catecholamines. Ethanol also acts as an N-methyl D-aspartate receptor antagonist. Withdrawal of ethanol leads to increased activity of these excitatory neural receptors.
oh, ok. now it's perfectly clear. so the PBR i drink every weekend is nothing more than a ledger entry. o...k... at $2/per i'll keep doing it.
All PBR products are brewed by other breweries, mostly Miller. The Pabst Brewing Company owns the labels and recipes for beers like Old Stlye, Stroh, Olympia, Rainier, Schmidt, Schlitz, PBR, and on and on. The PBR company, however, does not own ANY breweries. They contract out all their beers.
PBR is only a name in some corporate ledger.
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