Posted on 12/09/2012 7:40:10 PM PST by shove_it
After three years of declining sales, shipments of domestically sold beer are up by more than 1% in the United States this year. Sales of light beer and specialty beer, such as Budweiser Light Platinum, Shock Top, and Blue Moon, have been the driving force in the resurgence of U.S. breweries.
While sales of specialty, craft, and small-market beers have improved dramatically, many of the traditional, full-calorie beers that were once the staples of most breweries have fallen behind. In the five years ending in 2011, sales of Budweiser, which was once the top-selling beer in the country for years, have fallen by 7 million barrels. Sales of Michelob are down more than 70%. Based on data provided by Beer Marketers INSIGHTS, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the nine large or once-large beer brands with a five-year decline in sales of 30% or more...
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Heidelberg stubbies were cool, they were barrel-shaped.
No, Brown Derby was tied with Schmidt for the worst of the worst. Heidelberg was my beer of choice in high school.
BTW, they DO still make Olympia and Rainier beer. I just finished a six-pack. Of both. Not sure if they're made by the same old company, though.
Ah Mickey’s . The beer that comes with a bathroom.
Cherry Wheat is good? I never tried it- i dont like to think of beer with desert toppings in it
The actual Oly and Rainier breweries are long since closed. The Olympia one (where I live) was run out of business by the local water treatement agency (ironic when their trade mark ad line used to be “Its the Water”.) and much larger scale breweries.
Both beers are now made by General Brewing or some other mega-faceless brewery (I think)
Great idea. I hope you do well.
Currently I’m in a position to ship 1 Lb at a time, $1/ounce, $16 plus my customers have to pay shipping. It’s expensive, I know. As things gear up, the price is likely to go down.
Sad we don't have another ricey tasting beer. Had to go to the UK beers for similar taste.
those were the days.
Can't stand any Sam Adam's beer .. the after-taste is awful.
Blue Moon's good, I'll also raise ya a Batch 19 (if you can find it) and a Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy on a hot summer day.
But...beer is like music. One man's Beethoven is another mans garbage grunge band. But...to your post...there is a lot better beer readily available today than ever before. "Swill" beer, which is what I consider Bud, Coors, Miller...all tastes the same...like watered down piss (and no...never had any...but I imagine that is what it would taste like).
I just had a nice Czech Staropramen Lager. Not too bad.
Thanks for the mummaries. I was trying to remember the name just yesterday. Staropramen was, I decided a few years ago when I visited the Czech Republic, the best of all the beers I tasted there. But the differences were really minor, except for the famous original Budweiser which, surprisingly, wasn’t so great.
****1 Lb at a time, $1/ounce, $16****
How much would be used per 12 ounce beer?
I use 1-2 tablespoons. It varies to taste.
Another one you didn't drink, just collected the can. Made in Louisville, KY by Falls City Brewing from Ohio River water at a time when said water was 20% raw sewage. The beer tasted like the water..
It lasted on the market maybe two years. Even for collectors the cans aren't worth much, maybe 50 cents ;-)
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