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Post by billhammond on Apr 4, 2022 18:55:33 GMT -5
Paul -- I just ran across a story ( 608today.6amcity.com/new-glarus-beer-only-sold-wisconsin/ ) from last fall that said New Glarus' annual production of Spotted Cow is 45,000 barrels, the best-selling DRAFT beer in the state. I wonder if the initial list I posted does not limit itself to draft beer sales, but I can't seem to nail that down. I'm fairly confident that draft Spotted Cow keg sales are WAY above their bottles or cans. |
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 4, 2022 19:44:25 GMT -5
Here's where I live:  For me, I've got two criterion: What I like combine with what I can afford. These days, the latter makes it hard to stick to a firm decision. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2022 20:37:30 GMT -5
Kansas is Coors Light. Dear mother of GOD. My birth state, Maryland, is Buttwiper. It SHOULD be Natty Boh, Hon!! My adopted state, Missouri, is also Buttwiper. I weep. When we lived in the UK, there was a brewery in the town where I worked. If I called in an order before noon, I could drop by and pick up an 8 pint container straight out of the keg on the way home. Here is that brewery's web page. www.stonehengeales.co.ukLastly, there is a brewery in Kent called Spitfire Ales. There adverts have entertained for ages. Here is one of my favorites...  |
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Post by epaul on Apr 4, 2022 21:03:16 GMT -5
Something is wrong. Heineken, a pricy imported beer is the top selling beer in Ohio?
They surveyed something, but I don't know what it was, it wasn't top selling beer, total sales.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 4, 2022 21:13:21 GMT -5
Something is wrong. Heineken, a pricy imported beer is the top selling beer in Ohio? They surveyed something, but I don't know what it was, it wasn't top selling beer, total sales. The more I ponder this, the more I think the criteria were that it's the most DRAFT beer sold in each state per annum. |
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Post by epaul on Apr 4, 2022 21:41:00 GMT -5
That could be it. I just noticed that Fargo beer is listed as the top selling beer in North Dakota. I have never seen it and I peruse the shelves of Happy Harry's, the largest off sale outfit in the state, with great care and I have never seen it. It is small Fargo-based micro brew that doesn't even attempt to cover the state. But, if it is a popular tap beer in Fargo pubs and bars, that will add up.
I have a Spotted Cow Irish Mint Cream bottle I use for displaying lilies at the fair.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 4, 2022 21:49:21 GMT -5
That could be it. I just noticed that Fargo beer is listed as the top selling beer in North Dakota. I have never seen it and I peruse the shelves of Happy Harry's, the largest off sale outfit in the state, with great care and I have never seen it. It is small Fargo-based micro brew that doesn't even attempt to cover the state. But, if it is a popular tap beer in Fargo pubs and bars, that will add up. I have a Spotted Cow Irish Mint Cream bottle I use for displaying lilies at the fair. Ask your beermonger the next time you're in the store, and let's settle this thing once and for all. |
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Post by millring on Apr 5, 2022 4:37:36 GMT -5
It's an interesting phenomenon that so many best selling things in the world are so often deemed awful. It reminds me of "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Apr 5, 2022 8:51:56 GMT -5
It's an interesting phenomenon that so many best selling things in the world are so often deemed awful. It reminds me of "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." Many young people are first exposed to beer by older relatives or friends. They learn that Bud is what beer tastes like. Anything else doesn't taste right. Same way kids think McDonald's is what hamburgers taste like. |
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Post by epaul on Apr 5, 2022 9:27:59 GMT -5
Bud is exactly what a pale American-style lager should taste like and it is an excellent example of one. And pale lagers are an excellent beer, one of the many wonderful variations of beer to be found
There is much silliness involved with beer discussions. A silliness imbedded with completely unrelated to beer emotions, resentments, and biases.
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Post by kbcolorado on Apr 5, 2022 9:38:59 GMT -5
Colorado's top two sellers are both local ... and neither one is Fat Tire. Surprising ... I would guess that Fat Tire is the biggest selling Colorado brew outside the state.
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Post by PaulKay on Apr 5, 2022 9:51:39 GMT -5
I could be wrong, but I think Goose Island is owned by Budweiser. When it was still a microbrew, it was one of my all time favorites. |
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Post by aquaduct on Apr 5, 2022 10:17:53 GMT -5
Why does this discussion remind me of toasted wheat underpinnings?
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Post by Marty on Apr 5, 2022 10:33:39 GMT -5
Why does this discussion remind me of toasted wheat underpinnings? Watched this yesterday, reminded me of the same thing. |
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Post by amanajoe on Apr 5, 2022 11:27:16 GMT -5
I used to introduce a particular song as a "Real crying in your beer song, with extra points for crying into the top of long necks" and then add, "The last time I played this song there was a guy sitting about where you are (pointing toward one of the people in the crowd up close) that had tears streaming down his face into his mug and a genuine miracle occurred, his Budweiser turned into a real beer"
It didn't go over to well in St. Louis for some reason.
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Post by epaul on Apr 5, 2022 11:34:20 GMT -5
    Give me a damn Bud! A well-intentioned friend dropped off a Shiner's variety pack as a "thank you" for feeding her cat over the weekend. I accepted the gift with great, and expressed, enthusiasm. Later, I took a look at the mix and ... what the hell? A S'mores beer? With chocolate and marshmallows? A Trail Mix beer? With dried fruit, mixed nuts, and chocolate? What hell is up with Shiner's? This isn't Texas beer. This isn't beer. But, I gave them a try. But, oh my goodness, I couldn't drink either one of them. I couldn't finish what I had poured. I gave the rest to Casper. He couldn't take them either, and he will drink anything. He will lap up cat vomit, but he couldn't stomach either one of these craft beer delights. They were sickeningly sweet with overtones of decaying mouse. American craft beers have become an unhinged debauchery. A corruption of all beer was intended by our ancestors to be. Not all crafts, certainly, but enough to taint the entire lot with deserved suspicion. The perversion is rampant. At least Bud and Miller, effete yelps to the contrary, are honest to goodness beers brewed by traditional beer recipes in traditional beer fashion. I know Bud is beer. I don't know what so much of what this new craft shit is. Only that it isn't beer. If I want a sweet chocolate, nut, and marshmallow concoction I'll go to Dairy Queen or grab a Snickers. (fortunately, the Shiner's Toasted Ale was very, very good. It just has barley malt, hops, and water in it. Nothing crafty about it at all. Just a tasty straight forward ale. Why did Shiner's have to bundle it with those two other things. |
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 5, 2022 11:50:41 GMT -5
Here's where I live: Note: I see this stuff, but do not buy it. |
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Post by Dub on Apr 5, 2022 11:55:59 GMT -5
American craft beers have become an unhinged debauchery. A corruption of all beer was intended by our ancestors to be. Right on, brother. Can I get an “amen?” |
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Post by Dub on Apr 5, 2022 12:04:49 GMT -5
At least Bud and Miller, … are honest to goodness beers brewed by traditional beer recipes in traditional beer fashion. This is patently untrue. I spent many months at Miller in Milwaukee replacing their standard direct cost systems. Their bills of material are many pages of printout long. Real beer is made from malted barley, hops, yeast and water. |
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Post by epaul on Apr 5, 2022 12:55:24 GMT -5
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