Looking at the polls about beer, isn't there supposed to be a fucking choice which includes BEER?
How about St. Ambroise? How about Creemore? How about Sleeman?
Sam? fucking Adams?
You do do know that he is as fictional as the fucking beer fairy?
Do You!!!!?
Why don't you just put up a poll between Duff, Duff Lite, and Fudd?
Pillocks!
Now's where's my Keith's?!!!? (there's a teevee commercial for Keith's where a close relative to Groundskeeper Willie goes off when he finds out the bar has run out of Keith's on tap)
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— go to most recent comments1 - mike
"Canadian beer"? Isn't that like "Swedish rap"? Or "Amish whiskey"?
2 - Michael Croft
While I'm glad our local import fave Corona didn't make it (Dos Equis is much tastier), I was hoping for Shiner Bock, but hey, at least they didn't saddle you with Moslen as "The Canadian Beer". And I'm still trying to figure out Lowenbrau's domesticity.
Beer marketing is pretty interesting. In Texas, Rolling Rock is marketed (and priced) as a premium beer, but growing up on the East Coast, it was questionable if it was a step above Carling Black Label or a step below.
In the end, my best choice was Anchor Steam, which is a good sub for Bock when I'm in furrn parts.
3 - Particleman
Amen to the Anchor Steam, it got my vote. And the Import list is suspicously missing a stout. How could they leave Guiness off the list?
PS: here in Texas, RR is not really marketed as premium, per say. It's mid-grade, somewhere in the vicinity of Shiner. Now Anchor, that's premium: $7-8 for a sixer.
4 - Jim Carruthers
"Canadian beer"? Isn't that like "Swedish rap"? Or "Amish whiskey"?
You are just asking for your ass to get so kicked it can't get kicked any more, and saying "please kick my ass" while doing it.
Obviously some punk ass kid who has never even sniffed a beer cap. Let me drink a Maudit while pissing in your mouth.
Y'know why they call USAian beer "sex in a canoe"?
5 - Michael Croft
Y'know why they call USAian beer "sex in a canoe"?
Cause they've seen too many Monty Python routines about Aussies to write their own jokes?
Canadians can make decent beers, but I think it was Molsen who started the "Ice Beer" trend, forever cementing their mockability. Feh, If it's clear and light enough to read through, then I'm gonna hate it.
6 - Michael Croft
What part of Texas are you in P-Man? I walked into a liquor store on the outskirts of Jacksonville (can't remember what pissant town it was in, Fourliquorstoresontheedgeofadrycountyville, TX, most likely) and there were signs all over the place that said "Premium Beer from Pennsylvania". I laughed my ass off. To be fair, I've never seen it advertised like that in Specs...
7 - BRICKLAYER
Growing up in relative close proximity to the home of Rolling Rock, and knowing it as the bottled formeldahyde that it is, I have always marvelled at how a crappy local brew was able to turn itself into a premium brand for hipsters in the big cities. Brilliant marketing. You've got to give props to their ad agency. Now, if someone could help out Iron City, maybe they could pay their water bill.
8 - Eric Olsen
People get worked up about beer - it's funny.
9 - Dawn
Please direct your insults at me, as I put the list together and I am pregnant so my beer tasting is at limited capacity.
Jeebus, isn't it enough I have Brian Flemming threatening to talk about my kids in unpleasant ways, do I need this abuse too?
10 - Voxxy
Growing up in Pittsburgh, we had a few local "favorites", Duquesne, Iron City (swill), Stoney's, or Rolling Rock, which was the best of a bad lot. Iron City brought us Hop 'n Gator, a beer with lemon flavoring.
But how the heck does Sam Adams get into the import/micro list? They come off the assembly line at Pittsburgh Brewing (Iron City) and other major brewers with excess capacity.
11 - BRICKLAYER
Yo Voxxy, what about Old Frothingslosh and I.C. coolers?
12 - mike
I'm sitting here enjoying a nice glass of club soda with brown food coloring--oh, no, wait, it's Canadian beer!
13 - Christian Hauschild
From experience, I can reveal that European beers are far superior in both taste and alcohol content. Carlsberg, that great danish and Heiniken, a smooth dutch, are top of my list. Follows is that rich jamaican Red Stripe. Ale is a different matter altogether. Only one can rule....Caffrey's. American beer....no offence, but what beer?
14 - Taloran
What's the name of the brewery that makes Maudit and Fin du Monde? They used to have that brewery's beers here in Colorado, but I haven't seen them in a while. What fabulous Canadian beer! I'm generally not much of a fan of the brewers north of the border - why pay more for Molson when it tastes just about like the crap the big American brewers produce - but that particular Canadian micro makes some really tasty, Belgian-style beers. Jim's post about it has made me thirsty....
15 - Taloran
No Dawn, you don't need abuse. But when you do a wine poll, wait until the baby's born, or have someone else make the suggestions, ok? ;-)
16 - Taloran
Hey Christian -
Come to Colorado. We have 98 microbreweries here in addition to the two behemoths. Several of them have fabulous brewmasters who create interesting, intricate products.
I think that people who say that Americans can't brew have only had the stuff from the gigantic marketing companies who happen to make yellow swill - AB, Miller, Stroh's, Coors, etc. If you seek flavor, look no further than the tiny brewery around the corner.
17 - Jim Carruthers
Generally, Canadian beers sold in the States are exported because nobody at home drinks them, and they are brewed to be similar to beer-like substances in the USA. Molson, Moosehead and so on are not the same as what is available here at The Beer Store (in Ontario, beer is sold at The Beer Store - Brewer's Retail or directly at the brewery - Molson's has a drive-through in Barrie).
And for a Homer reference see mmm.beer.com - really.
18 - Mark Saleski
maudite, la fin du monde, etc. are made by Unibroue
la fin du monde is pretty unique...and will knock you on yer ass.
for other pretty danged nice belgian style beers check out Ommegang, from cooperstown, new york.
19 - Christian Hauschild
I wonder if any women have commented on this string of comments.....
I would love to come to Colorado. If not for the skiing and the beer then perhaps for the beer...oh wait.
20 - Taloran
I owned and operated a home brewers' and winemakers' supply shop for six years, during which time I drank a copious amount of finely crafted beer from home and micro brewers, and observed a huge number of people who enjoy such things. I have a non-judgmental observation about Christian's question/comment "I wonder if any women..." above.
The vast majority of women think that beer is a waste of time designed just to make men loud, obnoxious, and gassy. The comparatively few women who drink beer and understand the subtleties and art thereof are really into it. But judging by the number of alewives (a non-derogatory, ancient term for female brewers) throughout the United States and around the world, I believe that the joy and love of beer is lost on many women, if not most.
Recently, England's Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) began a marketing campaign to improve beer's appeal to women. I have no idea if any study of the drinking habits of the adult American public has ever been conducted, but my somewhat educated guess is that women consume much less than 10% of all the beer in this country.
21 - Dawn
Taloran,
Eric and I visited Biltmore's winery this summer and learned a couple of things, but I will confer with you before creating the poll.
I basically was going by beer sales, as I found it difficult to select lesser known brews without having tasted them.
My choices from each category is Rolling Rock for domestic "basic beer"
and Anchor Steam for microbrews and imports.
But my all time favorite beers are Amstel Lite and Harps. Dortmunder Gold is pretty great too.
I MISS BEER! *begins to weep*
22 - Taloran
I'll be around, Dawn! My opinions on wine are rather snobbish, so you may want to find someone else to offer chioices of what to put in the poll. However, I would suggest four polls - American reds, American whites, imported reds, and imported whites. Maybe bubbly as well, if you're so inclined.
Sulfites give me a massive headache, so I can't drink any wine with that musty, chemical flavor. As a result, I am exceedingly choosy about my wine (and I'm a beer guy anyway). I look for labels that say "no sulfites added" and those are few and far between.
23 - Particleman
Michael,
I was born in Houston, went to school in Austin, and now live in San Antonio. Everywhere i've bought beer, RR is priced at the mid level, but this is at grocery stores and whatnot. Depending on the city and the inhabitants' drinking habits, RR may very well be premium... But it ain't in my book!
24 - Eric Olsen
Tal, If you had spent as much time as I have on the college campuses of the nation, you might not be so sure about the "women drink under 10% of beer" assertion. Perhaps this is true of older women, but I assure you young women drink - to be precise - a shitload of beer. I have seen them swim in beer, by the way.
25 - Jim Carruthers
I assure you young women drink - to be precise - a shitload of beer. I have seen them swim in beer, by the way.
Women swimming in beer, hmmm, if you could bottle that, you might have something.