[xkaydet65]

Try brewing beer in NYC with the cost of our utilities and water. Also national breweries like Anheuser Busch which were sold as premium beers in NYC in the 60s began to undersell the local breweries, of which there were six or seven in NYC and metro NJ. Being able to buy a beer with more kick and taste for less $$ allowed Budweiser to put the other local breweries out of business or force them to move out of town.

Rheingold was a pretty good beer and they used to run a popular beauty contest each summer, the Miss Rheingold Contest whose winner was voted on by New Yorkers in delis, groceries, bars and supermarkets. FYI

[cmsgop]

Now here's a Beer you should be able to get at fine restaurants......

[tphil913]

Hmmm. Our tour guide said that the brewery for Brooklyn beer wasn't "lost" until the '70s. It wouldn't suprise me that the national breweries ran them out of town, but it is surprising to me that the company itself would survive with the loss of their brewery.

As for the Rheingold, I wasn't impressed by it. I still prefer the Saranac Black and Tan (Or the real thing when I feel like getting it). I never knew that they ran beauty contests and such though. Very interesting.