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Posted: 11/25/2014 11:01:23 PM EDT
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lol, no it isn't. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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And it's all hopped-up IPA. Blech.  lol, no it isn't. I've been doing my best to try more porters and stouts... and I just can't keep up. More amazing beers are showing up all the time, in all varieties. Mikkeller Black Hole is my current fave. |
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Posted: 11/25/2014 11:10:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/25/2014 11:11:57 PM EDT
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My brother works for a distributor. 90% of the beer that I have drank over the past 3 years has been craft. Most spoiled college kid ever.
 . I was told to give beer away to friends for them to try and to give it away at parties. Guess it has worked (to a degree).
I have a case or more of each of these in my basement... (several cases of Green Flash IPA, my favourite). 
Lots of Lagunitas in the basement. Generally a mix of Little Sumpin Sumpin, Sucks, Censored, and whatever is in season. Heady topper comes and goes, as well as Lawsons Finest Double Sunshine (which are both distributed by his sister company over in VT). |
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Posted: 11/25/2014 11:16:03 PM EDT
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I've been doing my best to try more porters and stouts... and I just can't keep up. More amazing beers are showing up all the time, in all varieties. Mikkeller Black Hole is my current fave. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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And it's all hopped-up IPA. Blech. lol, no it isn't. I've been doing my best to try more porters and stouts... and I just can't keep up. More amazing beers are showing up all the time, in all varieties. Mikkeller Black Hole is my current fave. -Tried out Young's double chocolate stout yet in nitro cans? Its SUPERIOR to ALL (chocolate stouts that is)! Please, try it out. But dont buy them in glass, too soapy and gross. Nitro cans are where its at! -Current fav IPA is still BootStrap's Insane Rush. Fucking amazing. Maybe im biased though since its less than a mile from my house, so i always end up getting 6 packs that are brewed the same day 
Its hilarious that for decades, American's thought that euro beer was this god-like magical thing when its now the europeans (im talking about you belgium!) who are copying all the microbreweries here in the states. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 12:15:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't understand what the big deal with Budweiser was.  The had good racing teams and the money to fund them. But their beer tastes like piss. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 12:22:24 AM EDT
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Anheuser Busch just bought 10-Barrel Brewing, which is a small brewery in Bend, Oregon. Maybe that's their strategy - if you can't brew good beer, buy the breweries that do. 10-Barrel makes a fine product, I just hope AB doesn't screw it up. It is. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 12:35:39 AM EDT
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I like Grain Belt Premium and Shocktop.
Back in the 90's, all the funny talkers from rugby chose Grain Belt Premium as their preferred beer. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 12:40:34 AM EDT
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It's because Budweiser tastes like ass. I always thought of it more along the lines of watered down weasel piss. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 12:43:41 AM EDT
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My brother works for a distributor. 90% of the beer that I have drank over the past 3 years has been craft. Most spoiled college kid ever. . I was told to give beer away to friends for them to try and to give it away at parties. Guess it has worked (to a degree).
I have a case or more of each of these in my basement... (several cases of Green Flash IPA, my favourite). https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10612807_801993003208178_5333457295766399278_n.jpg?oh=90e3d589c6e0d5625528946dadfb571a&oe=54D43EB5&__gda__=1427544799_53289ce6e8a3dd8665e5b07a62001ef0 Lots of Lagunitas in the basement. Generally a mix of Little Sumpin Sumpin, Sucks, Censored, and whatever is in season. Heady topper comes and goes, as well as Lawsons Finest Double Sunshine (which are both distributed by his sister company over in VT). Just had a Lagunitas Pilsner diring dinner - was extremely impressed. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 12:44:09 AM EDT
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Good. The craft beer industry needs to thrive. This. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 12:49:18 AM EDT
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Because drinking 3.5% water is way more manly than 6.5% beer?  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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In unrelated news, homosexuality spikes in america by 50000%. Because drinking 3.5% water is way more manly than 6.5% beer? No. It's called stop being a pussy little bitch and drink whiskey or vodka if you want high abv. Equating being manly and drinking 2% higher alcohol is like talking about 32 acp being so much more "hoss" than 22lr... Lol 
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Posted: 11/26/2014 12:49:59 AM EDT
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it will and it will also evolve...some brands will get bigger and grow...they will eventually gobble up smaller brewers and grow more....forget about their roots and what made them great then they will fall out of fashion....rinse repeat Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Good. The craft beer industry needs to thrive. it will and it will also evolve...some brands will get bigger and grow...they will eventually gobble up smaller brewers and grow more....forget about their roots and what made them great then they will fall out of fashion....rinse repeat I doubt any of them will suddenly start using rice and corn primarily. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 12:51:04 AM EDT
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I wholeheartedly agree...back in 1978 I was drinking Heinikens, Becks and Samuel Smiths...other than those there just wasn't much to choose from...most Americans drank Bud, Coors and others. They were pretty uneducated in terms of taste and used to buying large amounts of beer at a lower price than they would have shelled out for Heiniken. They were of the opinion that quantity is better than quality. During the 80's this began to change as more imported beer started to show up, and Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada, Samuel Adams and other Breweries came into being. It took a long time, and it was one of the very few things that Jimmy Carter did right...and that was to open up the market to craft brewers. We should start to see...something of a renassaince occurring hard liquor pretty soon. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't understand what the big deal with Budweiser was.
The had good racing teams and the money to fund them. But their beer tastes like piss. I wholeheartedly agree...back in 1978 I was drinking Heinikens, Becks and Samuel Smiths...other than those there just wasn't much to choose from...most Americans drank Bud, Coors and others. They were pretty uneducated in terms of taste and used to buying large amounts of beer at a lower price than they would have shelled out for Heiniken. They were of the opinion that quantity is better than quality. During the 80's this began to change as more imported beer started to show up, and Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada, Samuel Adams and other Breweries came into being. It took a long time, and it was one of the very few things that Jimmy Carter did right...and that was to open up the market to craft brewers. We should start to see...something of a renassaince occurring hard liquor pretty soon. The only good beer to be had in the late 70s and early 80s was Beck's Heineken Lowenbrau And dad could get those at the class six. He still,kept Schaeffer for our mooch neighbor who would come by |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 12:58:27 AM EDT
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There are lots of good small breweries out there, but overall I find beer hipsters to be even doucheier than wind snobs, which is hard to do.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:00:57 AM EDT
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I raise my New Belgium Fat Tire ale in salute to the good news.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:01:55 AM EDT
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There are lots of good small breweries out there, but overall I find beer hipsters to be even doucheier than wind snobs, which is hard to do. I fucking hate wine people. A lot. I like/love wine, but I cannot fucking stand being around that crowd. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:01:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And it's all hopped-up IPA. Blech. These statements are a surefire way to reveal that the person saying it doesn't know craft beer. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:03:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Anheuser Busch just bought 10-Barrel Brewing, which is a small brewery in Bend, Oregon. Maybe that's their strategy - if you can't brew good beer, buy the breweries that do. 10-Barrel makes a fine product, I just hope AB doesn't screw it up. I had no idea about this acquisition.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:04:47 AM EDT
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I had no idea about this acquisition. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anheuser Busch just bought 10-Barrel Brewing, which is a small brewery in Bend, Oregon. Maybe that's their strategy - if you can't brew good beer, buy the breweries that do. 10-Barrel makes a fine product, I just hope AB doesn't screw it up. I had no idea about this acquisition. They've been up to this for years. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:08:22 AM EDT
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Ok craft kids- tell me this. Picture my summers spent on the Colorado river, its 110 degrees F in beautiful Arizona, and the water is perfect. My beer of choice in that situation is Coors light. What craft beer can suffice in that situation. and don't tell me fucking Stone Brewery. Exactly. While bud has a bad taste, you can't replace American big brand light beer.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:11:17 AM EDT
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I'm just going to spare any criticism of bizarre craft beer and say this is a good thing.
We need to crush the beer flavored pisswater that is Bud and the other main "beer" brands. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:11:43 AM EDT
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Ok craft kids- tell me this. Picture my summers spent on the Colorado river, its 110 degrees F in beautiful Arizona, and the water is perfect. My beer of choice in that situation is Coors light. What craft beer can suffice in that situation. and don't tell me fucking Stone Brewery. Exactly. While bud has a bad taste, you can't replace American big brand light beer. Drink what you like. 
Personally, I'd prefer a Dales or canned Dos Equis in that situation. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:12:34 AM EDT
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I enjoy a nice craft beer every once in a while, but I'm mostly happy just living the High Life.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:16:37 AM EDT
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They've been up to this for years. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anheuser Busch just bought 10-Barrel Brewing, which is a small brewery in Bend, Oregon. Maybe that's their strategy - if you can't brew good beer, buy the breweries that do. 10-Barrel makes a fine product, I just hope AB doesn't screw it up. I had no idea about this acquisition. They've been up to this for years. I've bought mucho beer and spoke with beer store managers down the years. Buttwiper is most notorious of the domestic big 3. They will buy an popular microbrewery start to cut corners and it run into the ground. My advice to any microbrewery that gets approached. 
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:18:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They've been up to this for years. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Anheuser Busch just bought 10-Barrel Brewing, which is a small brewery in Bend, Oregon. Maybe that's their strategy - if you can't brew good beer, buy the breweries that do. 10-Barrel makes a fine product, I just hope AB doesn't screw it up. I had no idea about this acquisition. They've been up to this for years. Yes, they have. I just haven't heard of the 10 Barrel acquisition.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:23:35 AM EDT
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I haven't bought a Budweiser anything in probably 20 years....
Coors light on rare occasion... Otherwise, mostly local micro-brews... |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:24:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ok craft kids- tell me this. Picture my summers spent on the Colorado river, its 110 degrees F in beautiful Arizona, and the water is perfect. My beer of choice in that situation is Coors light. What craft beer can suffice in that situation. and don't tell me fucking Stone Brewery. Exactly. While bud has a bad taste, you can't replace American big brand light beer. There's a time and place for every beer. If you like Coors Light, drink Coors light in that situation. If you are asking for other light bodied, low alcohol, low-ish bitterness, light-in-color beers, try a Kolsch, Cream Ale, or Blonde Ale. A Kolsch that's brewed true to style is technically an ale but it's very lager like. Cream Ale is often brewed with adjuncts like corn. Sometimes an ale or lager depending on yeast used. Blonde Ale has many different interpretations. Some are fairly hoppy with low bitterness and some are more reminiscent of a Cream Ale or Kolsch. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:36:31 AM EDT
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Ok craft kids- tell me this. Picture my summers spent on the Colorado river, its 110 degrees F in beautiful Arizona, and the water is perfect. My beer of choice in that situation is Coors light. What craft beer can suffice in that situation. and don't tell me fucking Stone Brewery. Exactly. While bud has a bad taste, you can't replace American big brand light beer. Drink whatever floats your boat. I'd like a Leinekugel's Summer Shandy in that situation. 
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:40:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And it's all hopped-up IPA. Blech. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 1:55:16 AM EDT
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Im gonna go hug my cases of Hill Farmstead...
BRB |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 2:04:05 AM EDT
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it will and it will also evolve...some brands will get bigger and grow...they will eventually gobble up smaller brewers and grow more....forget about their roots and what made them great then they will fall out of fashion....rinse repeat Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Good. The craft beer industry needs to thrive. it will and it will also evolve...some brands will get bigger and grow...they will eventually gobble up smaller brewers and grow more....forget about their roots and what made them great then they will fall out of fashion....rinse repeat Or, and this is more likely, the big brewers will buy out a bunch of the "craft" makers or open their own "craft" enterprises and keep producing their product since the market has shown they're willing to pay more for beer. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 2:04:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Drink what you like. Personally, I'd prefer a Dales or canned Dos Equis in that situation. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Ok craft kids- tell me this. Picture my summers spent on the Colorado river, its 110 degrees F in beautiful Arizona, and the water is perfect. My beer of choice in that situation is Coors light. What craft beer can suffice in that situation. and don't tell me fucking Stone Brewery. Exactly. While bud has a bad taste, you can't replace American big brand light beer. Drink what you like. Personally, I'd prefer a Dales or canned Dos Equis in that situation. Luckily, a lot of Texas brewers recognize the fact that it's hot as shit for 5 or 6 months here and brew a wide array of low alcohol, yet extremely flavorful beers: Karbach Brewing's (Houston) Sympathy For The Lager is only 4.9% Abv but has a depth and character that rivals any macro pale lager. Austin Beerworks Pearl Snap Pilsner comes in at 5.3% Abv and is a fantastic, authentic German Pilsner. Live Oak Brewing's (Austin) Hefewiezen (5.2% Abv) is regarded as a top three hefe in the world, besting virtually all the authentic hefes (except for Weheinstephaner) from the Motherland. Craft beer isn't about upping the alcohol and over-hopping the shit out of every beer. If you've had a bad experience with craft beer, I'd invite you back to the bar for another try. It's truly a brewer's art form in the production of something that almost everyone can enjoy. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 2:22:02 AM EDT
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And it's all hopped-up IPA. Blech. Do we have to do this again? Damn '08ers. 
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Ok craft kids- tell me this. Picture my summers spent on the Colorado river, its 110 degrees F in beautiful Arizona, and the water is perfect. My beer of choice in that situation is Coors light. What craft beer can suffice in that situation. and don't tell me fucking Stone Brewery. Exactly. While bud has a bad taste, you can't replace American big brand light beer. 
Nothing better than an icy cold Oberon after I've been out getting scorched cutting my grass in +90 degree, +70% humidity weather. I love Oberon so much I stock up at the end of Summer to get me through Winter Don't know about availability in AZ. Bell's website says they distribute to there though. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 2:36:52 AM EDT
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My brother works for a distributor. 90% of the beer that I have drank over the past 3 years has been craft. Most spoiled college kid ever. . I was told to give beer away to friends for them to try and to give it away at parties. Guess it has worked (to a degree).
I have a case or more of each of these in my basement... (several cases of Green Flash IPA, my favourite). https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10612807_801993003208178_5333457295766399278_n.jpg?oh=90e3d589c6e0d5625528946dadfb571a&oe=54D43EB5&__gda__=1427544799_53289ce6e8a3dd8665e5b07a62001ef0 Lots of Lagunitas in the basement. Generally a mix of Little Sumpin Sumpin, Sucks, Censored, and whatever is in season. Heady topper comes and goes, as well as Lawsons Finest Double Sunshine (which are both distributed by his sister company over in VT). You're a lucky bastard, you know that?
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Posted: 11/26/2014 3:09:01 AM EDT
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I help my brother run a store that does a significant amount of it's sales in beer and liquor. We have started selling a large quantity of craft beer, why? Margin. When we sell a 30 pack of budweiser we barely make 10%, for sales weekends it becomes a loss leader.Craft beer, a 6 pack is 30avg%; in our "Build Your Own 6-Pack" section we can make up to 100%.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 3:11:26 AM EDT
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And they pretty much own the distribution stream. They make more off the craft breweries distribution than the craft breweries. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anheuser-Busch makes craft beer too And they pretty much own the distribution stream. They make more off the craft breweries distribution than the craft breweries. Yes and no; we get most of our craft beers from our liquor distributor. Only the biggest craft brewers are in bed with the main beer brewers distribution system. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 3:14:18 AM EDT
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Ok craft kids- tell me this. Picture my summers spent on the Colorado river, its 110 degrees F in beautiful Arizona, and the water is perfect. My beer of choice in that situation is Coors light. What craft beer can suffice in that situation. and don't tell me fucking Stone Brewery. Exactly. While bud has a bad taste, you can't replace American big brand light beer. Try a filtered wheat, New Belgium Brewery(they make Fat Tire) has one called 'Sunshine' wheat that is a lighter bodied beer that would go well for what you are describing. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:43:26 AM EDT
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Don't tell Swede. This runs counter to the Yuroweenie Superiority™ narrative. lol |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:45:39 AM EDT
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Don't tell the Swede. It runs counter to the Yuroweenie Superiority™ Narrative. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Don't tell Swede. This runs counter to the Yuroweenie Superiority™ narrative. Americans are spoiled for choice when it comes to good beer these days. Your inferiority complex is showing again. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:55:45 AM EDT
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I used to drink the shit out of this hipster craft beer made in some place called kloster Reutberg. These hipsters have been brewing it since 1618.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 7:56:58 AM EDT
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No. It's called stop being a pussy little bitch and drink whiskey or vodka if you want high abv. Equating being manly and drinking 2% higher alcohol is like talking about 32 acp being so much more "hoss" than 22lr... Lol Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Because drinking 3.5% water is way more manly than 6.5% beer? No. It's called stop being a pussy little bitch and drink whiskey or vodka if you want high abv. Equating being manly and drinking 2% higher alcohol is like talking about 32 acp being so much more "hoss" than 22lr... Lol I have a growler of some ~50% ABV IPA that I made. Pretty intense stuff. But seriously, I don't see the point in sub 5% ABV beers unless you are trying to work up a recipe. I don't really want to have to pee 30 times during a night of drinking and I want my beer to taste like something. Not everybody is cut out to drink things that taste like things. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 8:06:21 AM EDT
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I used to drink the shit out of this hipster craft beer made in some place called kloster Reutberg. These hipsters have been brewing it since 1618. I bet they all wore skinny jeans back then too. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 8:17:47 AM EDT
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That may be true for the traditional Bud, but the light/low cal beer market isn't going away any time soon. Doesn't matter if it's one step above carbonated water. I brew my own beer though. 
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Posted: 11/26/2014 8:19:34 AM EDT
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Loose Cannon is my Craft of choice
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Posted: 11/26/2014 8:28:35 AM EDT
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There maybe some hope for America after all. FPNI You drink Bud for alcohol and craft for flavor.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 8:30:52 AM EDT
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Bud Light is still king by far. The demise of Bud heavy is better linked to the rise of Bud Light and people watching their waist lines. I doubt craft beer drinkers were drinking Budweiser 5 years ago. That's what I'm thinking. I really don't know anyone that drinks Bud. I know lots of people that drink Bud Light. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 8:31:41 AM EDT
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I didn't make it in before the haters.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 8:33:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's all Natty Lite with flavoring added. |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 8:35:44 AM EDT
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