The gossip is that Dick Cantwells investors made the deal from under him and he was pretty sour on the whole AB/Inbev thing.
The Budweiser commercial was stupid, and I was more offended by the ho-hum "WE'RE TOUGH, THOSE GUYS ARE FRUITS" vibe of it than anything else. Not to mention the hypocritical BEECHWOOD AGED!! boostering when the whole commercial was a hit piece on putting effort into your product.
Which raises a question; why are craft beer guys so quick to jump to the defense of macro brews? Any time someone says anything sour on High Life, Budweiser, etc there's fifty dweebs hollering "But Sean from Hill Farmstead loves Budweiser!!"
― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Monday, 2 February 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
I was more offended by the ho-hum "WE'RE TOUGH, THOSE GUYS ARE FRUITS" vibe of it than anything else.
oh yea definitely, typical "marketing of masculinity" bullshit
― marcos, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Monday, February 2, 2015 1:35 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
at least as far as brewers go i think they appreciate the batch consistency and quality control.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, seriously, fuck these craft beer fruits, we are macho men who drink beer that tastes like beer!
Psst...
http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/4a/34ac8d01-7652-5a3a-9017-9b20db2021fe/522fbfa8d5a2c.preview-620.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 February 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqCGw1vzLak
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 February 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
imo it's a win-win, they sell more budweiser, the people who were going to drink craft beer will do it anyway no matter what budweiser says, and the people who go out to buy craft beer w/fruit to spite budweiser are going to buy other inbev products not realizing they're supporting the same company
― mh, Monday, 2 February 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
the end goal isn't to get people to stop buying beer that's not bud, it's to get people to buy more beer in total, of which they own a lot of breweries
― mh, Monday, 2 February 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Bunch wrong or weirdly missing from this:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/02/23-of-the-best-barrel-aged-imperial-stouts-ranked.html?a=1
For example, the year of each expression tested is MIA. Then why include some admittedly shitty beers at the expense of some great beers? They say they're not inclusive, which is fine, but if they're going to include such (relatively) hard to get beers as BCS or KBS or whatever, then you have no excuse not to include Parabola or some other A+ BA beer. Or the at best surely misleading claims some of these bottles make to having been aged in Pappy Van Winkle barrels. And then there is my personal beef, when someone compares drinking a BA stout to drinking straight bourbon, which is so fucking inaccurate it's ridiculous.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 February 2015 22:40 (nine years ago) link
and here I thought Paste was just boring music articles for white people in their 30s/40s
― mh, Monday, 2 February 2015 23:06 (nine years ago) link
btw all those craft beers the moustachioed hipsters are drinking in that bud ad look really good lol
― marcos, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link
i mean this looks really tastyhttp://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/newsroom/img/mt/2015/02/Screen_Shot_2015_02_02_at_2.48.52_PM/lead.png
― marcos, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, drink it down.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 18:08 (nine years ago) link
So I'm no huge fan of Brooklyn Brewery, but Soriachi Ace showing up in 4 packs of 12 oz bottles is badass.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 08:08 (nine years ago) link
Can't take the soriachi hops. Too buttery.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 12:00 (nine years ago) link
that makes me want to try them, duly noted
― sleeve, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 15:12 (nine years ago) link
i'm in bangalore this week and the amount of brewpubs here is crazy. pretty cool beer culture in the works.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
a golden opportunity to get india pale ale from the source!
― dan m, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
had a v. respectable citra ipa this evening
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/02/backlash_to_budweisers_super_b.html#incart_river
The ad seems to have spurred Congress to act more aggressively to provide excise tax relief for small brewers.
Probably not what AB InBev intended.
― sleeve, Thursday, 12 February 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Which raises a question; why are craft beer guys so quick to jump to the defense of macro brews? Any time someone says anything sour on High Life, Budweiser, etc there's fifty dweebs hollering "But Sean from Hill Farmstead loves Budweiser!!"― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Monday, February 2, 2015 1:35 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkat least as far as brewers go i think they appreciate the batch consistency and quality control.― call all destroyer, Monday, February 2, 2015 6:44 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― call all destroyer, Monday, February 2, 2015 6:44 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol i had some beardo beer guy hammer this point hard at a party i was at over the weekend.
― circa1916, Thursday, 12 February 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
Also the ability to make money selling beer at under a buck a bottle.
― nickn, Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:57 (nine years ago) link
i don't agree with the politics of that ad but i thought it was hilarious
― example (crüt), Friday, 13 February 2015 01:41 (nine years ago) link
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m134/johnjusten/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-02/F1A6D8A8-972C-415B-944A-8C09A6090B98.jpg
Just want to make it clear that I won flight roulette tonight.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Friday, 13 February 2015 03:58 (nine years ago) link
Well that wasn't the right picture at all
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m134/johnjusten/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-02/31400C5A-D07C-4653-9E33-CC26ADD2C1EB.jpg
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Friday, 13 February 2015 03:59 (nine years ago) link
Never mind. Fuck u photobucket
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Friday, 13 February 2015 04:00 (nine years ago) link
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m134/johnjusten/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-02/F0DBD3EB-612D-4DBE-8DDC-283BD92F1558.jpg
There it is
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Friday, 13 February 2015 04:01 (nine years ago) link
Can't think of better music to listen to while drinking those.
― nickn, Friday, 13 February 2015 06:01 (nine years ago) link
Recently tasted Bourbon County Proprietor's Reserve is pretty amazing. No wonder that shit gets hoarded and held tight to the chest by traders.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 13 February 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
This year's or last?
― Jeff, Friday, 13 February 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
More prog rock pictures please.
I had Anchor's spring Saison last night. Pretty awful. Belgian yeast flavors do not mesh with the ginger/lemongrass adjuncts and give the whole thing a kind of soapy taste.
― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Friday, 13 February 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
This year's or last?― Jeff, Friday, February 13, 2015 8:38 AM (5 hours ago)
― Jeff, Friday, February 13, 2015 8:38 AM (5 hours ago)
This year's. It was like liquid almond joy/Abuelitas stout.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 13 February 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link
I tried Anchor's IPA for the first time recently and was not impressed either.
Also had the Bourbon Barrel Aged Stone Arrogant Bastard from the 4-bomber box and liked it quite a bit. I don't recall ever seeing it for sale individually but I'll start looking.
― nickn, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
Ha my parents are visiting my sister in San Jose right now and my dad specifically complained about the Anchor IPA that he tried out there. I told him to go get some Russian River products instead.
― dan m, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
I killed Xgau with my big fucking adjunct lager:
http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/misc/beer-oui.php
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 14 February 2015 00:20 (nine years ago) link
Boulevard "pop up" ipa from kansas city MO is A+ underrated
― Treeship, Saturday, 14 February 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
Light crisp flavorful what i imagine zombie dust is like, but slightly hoppier
― Treeship, Saturday, 14 February 2015 00:22 (nine years ago) link
That xgau article is fascinating. Wonder what year it's from? A world that no longer exists.
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Saturday, 14 February 2015 01:50 (nine years ago) link
Recently picked up a 6-pack of the Sierra Nevada "Nooner" pilsner-style beer. Actually pretty good for an American take on a pilsner. Very quaffable.
― o. nate, Saturday, 14 February 2015 03:22 (nine years ago) link
looks like it's from '75 xp.
and the sn pils is quite good, would have been shocked if it was anything else.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 14 February 2015 13:14 (nine years ago) link
True, they rarely disappoint. Also had a Yard's Rye recently which was good. The rye wasn't too overpowering - just one element with a lot of piney hops. A bit more body than the Nooner, but not a heavy beer.
― o. nate, Sunday, 15 February 2015 02:10 (nine years ago) link
fuck washing a turntable
― contenderizer, Sunday, 15 February 2015 08:05 (nine years ago) link
I don't go out of my way to get beers from Elysian as they usually don't do much for me but they're pretty ubiquitous around here. I saw a six pack of Loser yesterday and started wondering if and when they'll change the labels after the AB buyout:
https://beermenus.s3.amazonaws.com/beer_labels/4935/elysian-loser-pale-ale.png
― joygoat, Sunday, 15 February 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
I booked a trip to visit my sister in San Jose next month, gonna make a the drive to visit Russian River, pretty excited.
― dan m, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
My sister sent me this, about her city's best pubs/beer selection:
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/feb/17/top-10-craft-beer-pubs-leeds-yorkshire
I find it fascinating what stuff floats overseas, like stuff from Flying Dog, or Ska or even Goose Island that just sort of hangs around here, keeping shelves from falling over.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
It's just a question of distribution - most of the beers mentioned on this thread will never appear anywhere in the UK.
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Tuesday, 17 February 2015 23:06 (nine years ago) link
xpost I'm familiar with that feeling the other way around (e.g. hearing knowledgeable US beer people talk about Sam Smiths being decent). Just depends on what someone can be arced putting on a boat, I suppose.
That article may describe Leeds's best beer selection, if you like that sort of thing, but it doesn't list any of Leeds's best pubs, except in passing.
― Tim, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 23:08 (nine years ago) link
(Though I must admit to begin a big fan of Friends of Ham.)
― Tim, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 23:09 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I guess I conflate best bars with best beer selection, though of course there is more to draw me into a bar than just beer. Like, um ... darts? Clean bathrooms?
Not knowing much/anything about the British beer scene, I get the impression it's big on ale. But the US has all the weird shit and crazy IPAs and barrel aged stuff. Like, eccentric diversity vs. tradtional quality.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 23:34 (nine years ago) link