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Last Call For Rolling Rock
WPXI ^ | 7/26/06

Posted on 07/27/2006 4:55:56 AM PDT by Dane

Last Call For Rolling Rock Beer No Longer Brewed In Latrobe

POSTED: 2:21 pm EDT July 26, 2006 UPDATED: 2:49 pm EDT July 26, 2006

LATROBE, Pa. -- Wednesday marked the last day Rolling Rock will be brewed and bottled at Latrobe Brewing Company.

The official last day for workers will be Monday.

A deal was put in place to allow Rolling Rock workers to keep their jobs.

The union approved an agreement with City Brewing on Sunday.

The Wisconsin-based company will buy the Latrobe Brewery from In-Bev USA.

The Rolling Rock beer brand was sold to Anheuser-Busch.

Production of the beer will move to Newark, N.J.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 33; beer; makeyourownbeer; realmendrinkguinness; rollingrock; swill
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Another Western Pennsylvania tradition passes away.

I'm all for free enterprise, but Anheuser-Busch is going to mess up Rolling Rock.

1 posted on 07/27/2006 4:55:57 AM PDT by Dane
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To: Dane

"From the scum lined tanks of Newark New Jersey" just doesn't have the same ring to it.



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2 posted on 07/27/2006 4:57:16 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Crazier than a rattlesnake at a Thai wedding)
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To: Dane

Brewed in Newark, N.J., does not sound too appealing to me.


3 posted on 07/27/2006 4:58:22 AM PDT by Panerai
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To: Dane

Rolling Rock is just about the only American beer I like, with the exception of some microbrews and Yuengling Black & Tan. AB will screw this up, sure as shooting! *sigh*


4 posted on 07/27/2006 4:58:49 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Count Petofi will not be denied!)
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To: sure_fine; beyond the sea

I just bought 2 cases of RR yesterday, and squirrelled them away in the garage, for posterity (and me).

A-Bs purchase of the brand is the end of RR. It's now officially piss-water, like all A-B products are. Sad but true.

A smart micro-brewery would grab the physical plant and staff, in a minute.


5 posted on 07/27/2006 5:01:57 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage. Try it!)
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To: Dane
I drank Rolling Rock quite a lot when I lived in Ohio (and Stroh's, too, which has since gone the way of the duck-billed platypus). Rock was quite refreshing on hot days, a crisp pilsener-style lager with more flavor than most of its American cousins. Now, it will be brewed in New Jersey, presumably next to an oil refinery. That's progress for you. Cheers, old "33".
6 posted on 07/27/2006 5:03:12 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Move the UN headquarters to Paris, where it belongs. Then we can leave.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
That was part of "the thing" with Rolling Rock ... the whole "glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe." *sigh*

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7 posted on 07/27/2006 5:04:03 AM PDT by The G Man (The NY Times did "great harm to the United States" - President George W. Bush 6/26/06)
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To: Panerai
Actually, Newark has some of the best water in the nation. Thirty years ago there were some great Breweries in Newark including Krueger, Ballantine, and Hensler.


I can still hear Mel Allen calling a homer in Yankee Stadium....."There goes another Ballantine Blast!"
8 posted on 07/27/2006 5:04:48 AM PDT by Cagey
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To: butternut_squash_bisque
Rolling Rock is pretty darn good alright. I have a very closefriend who is a beer distributor. He's got plenty of cases of it for the future.....

;-)

9 posted on 07/27/2006 5:04:58 AM PDT by beyond the sea (The truth exists even when it is ignored.)
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To: butternut_squash_bisque

"A smart micro-brewery would grab the physical plant and staff, in a minute."

City Brewery in La Crosse, WI bought it, so the article says.


10 posted on 07/27/2006 5:05:09 AM PDT by toddlintown
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To: toddlintown

Check out the carb level on Rock Light. 2.5 grams.


11 posted on 07/27/2006 5:06:03 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Dane
It would be about like the folks at Pabst trying to duplicate Gennie Cream! As a red-wine-bibber, this is one of the few beers (ales) I actually prefer!


12 posted on 07/27/2006 5:06:55 AM PDT by pageonetoo (You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
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To: Dane
Rolling Rock.
13 posted on 07/27/2006 5:06:59 AM PDT by csvset ("It was like the hand of G_d slapping down and smashing everything." ~ JDAM strikes Taliban)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan

AB'll water it down so much the unique taste will be like chlorinated tap water, just like all their other crappy beers. I'm glad I found Guinness.


14 posted on 07/27/2006 5:07:19 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Cagey
I can still hear Mel Allen calling a homer in Yankee Stadium....."There goes another Ballantine Blast!"

How about that!

15 posted on 07/27/2006 5:07:28 AM PDT by The G Man (The NY Times did "great harm to the United States" - President George W. Bush 6/26/06)
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To: Dane

Oh man. This bums me out.

Back in the day, I always liked those little 'pony' bottles they brewed.

pony up!


16 posted on 07/27/2006 5:09:43 AM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamic Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: andy58-in-nh
presumably next to an oil refinery

Indeed! And not just near the refinery but also near the chemical plant, the CoGen plant, the major international airport and the primary truck route in the area! Over all the the A-B eagle does flap it's neon wings.

Never cared for RR that much. Yueling B&T is much better. They brew Sam Adams at Yueling too.

17 posted on 07/27/2006 5:10:44 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Dane
"Anheuser-Busch is going to mess up Rolling Rock"

This goes without saying.

18 posted on 07/27/2006 5:10:51 AM PDT by Jimnorwellwarren
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To: pageonetoo

I saw that pic and wham! Hangover flashback! (And it was not good...)


19 posted on 07/27/2006 5:11:17 AM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamic Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: Dane

"Rolling Rock from rat infested streets in the Newark Projects. We tender this mediocre beer for your enjoyment as an affront to your good taste. It comes from the Jersey swamps to you."

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20 posted on 07/27/2006 5:11:20 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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