Posted on 09/28/2012 9:25:12 AM PDT by Brookhaven
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Their Octoberfest beer this year is not one of their best. I’ve had three six-packs worth of it and really just don’t like it as much as in year’s past. It’s also not a very refreshing beer for the still-hot Florida “autumn.”
I do, however, LOVE their new Noble Pils. It’s been in my fridge a lot this summer.
Also, have you tried their “Porch Rocker” brew? It’s very lemony.
I’m all over the chart, and off the chart.
It depends what I’m doing when I’m drinking.
Working in the garage when it’s hot, I’ll tend to drink Corona Light or Rolling Rock - I want to satisfy my thirst without getting plastered.
If I’m relaxing, and am limited to what’s on the shelf at the store, I gravitate towards something from Sam Adams.
OTOH, we have a German beer bar a block from our house. They have seven taps and dozens of bottled varieties - many of which have high alchohol content and almost all are imports from all over the world. If we walk there, I’m free to experiment as long as I can still stumble home in the correct general direction.
But if the neighbors offer me a Bud Light, I’m not about to turn my nose up at it even though it’s not my preference. In that case, I value the sentiment of the offer more than the beverage itself.
The ice house draws people of all stripes, recent college grads up to veterans and retirees. Lawyers, engineers, plumbers, teachers, and day laborers. Beer runs the gambit from cheap Busch tallboys up to Lone Star,Bud, Miller, up to imports and regional “craft” beers.
Price is factor in some peoples’ buying habits. But among those resistant to local beers, wheats, IPAs, etc (anything that isn’t Miller Light or Bud Light) are consistent liberal Democrats (the kind who will start arguments with total stragers in bars over politics).
From my observation, some of them go with the status quo.
It’s just a statistical analysis—who’s more likely—not a concrete rule.
The Republican preference for Sam Adams (and conversely, the Democrats all but shunning it) is interesting. Could the fact that it is named after one of the USA’s founding fathers—a patriotic figure—have anything to do with the conservatives liking it, and liberals hating it?
I don’t like beer all that much, but when I do drink it, I prefer a porter or a stout, and I’m a high turnout Republican voter. I’ve missed only one election since I was eligible to vote in 1970.
My favorite beer, Kirin, isn’t on the list. Therefore, I can only conclude that I have no representation in government. I already knew this.
What about Anchor Steam?
With the “consistent liberal Democrats” I referred to, I’ve observed them turning up their noses even at free kegs of better beer.
Sam Adams Octoberfest here.Thats a Great Beer.Though they have a lot more that I like.
My favorite, which I don’t think is available in the States is Krucivice dark, a Czech beer.
KBBA is now my beer—trouble is...they’re shipping most of it to china...???
Semper BS!
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They have that clydesdale filtered stuff listed.
Yes and have learned that Blue Moon with a slice of orange is better.
They left off Coors. I have recently decided I Iike Coors better for day in day out drinking than Michelob.
My question exactly.
Well apparently three Republicans drink it. :)
you didn't drink that
Since Same Adams is as close to a good beer as there is on the list I’d say it’s fairly accurate. And this is backed up by the spot on placement of Corona and Heineken ;-)
I don’t see any Torpedo IPA on there. I guess I’m apolitical.
Great point, Chris! Beer is a social beverage, and I love being invited to a neighbor's home for a few beers, even if they are Bud Light.
Granted, most of them wind up at my house drinking my Sammy. I wonder if there's a reason for that...
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