[Robert Lomax]

I only drink the locally brewed microbeers or Guiness now and again. Bud and Miller have absolutely no taste.

[Lurker]

If most nationally branded American beer weren't swill, perhaps they wouldn't have this problem.

I'll bet this article isn't entirely accurate. I'm willing to believe that AB, Coors, and Miller are losing market share, but I'll give you dollars to donuts that at least half of that money is going to local microbrews.

Five years ago, I had a choice between Miller, Bud, and Old Style in most establishments in my area. If you wanted a 'premium' beer, you had Heinies or Becks.

Now I have at least half a dozen bars and restaurants within a couple of miles which give me a choice of at least 3 locally brewed products, a half a dozen micros from other states, as well as truly premium imports like Hacker Pschorr, or Stella Artois just to name a couple.

There are three separate pubs within 10 miles which serve nothing but 5 or 6 varieties of their own beers. You couldn't get a Bud Light there for love or money.

I know my beer purchases have gone down in the last year because we've begun brewing our own. With a minimal investment in equipment and a reasonable investment of ones time, you can brew in your own home beers that are vastly superior to anything that comes out of LaCrosse WI or St. Louis MO.

Just my two cents.

L

[Paleo Conservative]

Bud and Miller have absolutely no taste.

And neither does their advertising.

[monkapotamus]

August Busch IV, here's to you -

[Natchez Hawk]

Amen to that friend, if Anheuser Busch wants to sell beer they should start to produce it.