The everything Beer thread

[lovinthehd]

Today's flavor is Ninkasi's Trailhead

 

[cpp]

One of the few beers/ales I can actually taste since my head and neck radiation 2 years ago. No ( intermittent) saliva doesn't help either.


help either.

 

[Dude#1279435]

Beck's non-a

No mo touch. No mo erection. No mo alcohol. No bueno.

-- or --

Woo hoo! Now I can drink all I want!

 

[Dude#1279435]

BTW, I assume anyway, but why does Budweiser rule the market? Is pilsner still king? Seems like with the new beers some of those older ones pale in comparison IMO. Bud can distribute for less because they sell so much? Don't really understand.

 

[ryanosaur]

Distribution is part of it. They also are... (Blech!) selling a quality product. Think about everything else out there in that class of light American Lager...
I'm not taking a position on this, but I would rather drink Bud than Miller or Coors or PBR... (But I drink none of that stuff.)
Of course everybody has their preference and I'm not suggesting that you can't enjoy your MGD if that's what you like.
But Budweiser (Anheuser Busch) had a lot of early success with the brewery in St Louis and the underground caverns they were able to use for lagering their beer... The business acumen has always been a large part of their success, including the merger to Inbev (Now AB Inbev... as in... Anheuser Busch).

 

[Dude#1279435]

Distribution is part of it. They also are... (Blech!) selling a quality product. Think about everything else out there in that class of light American Lager...
I'm not taking a position on this, but I would rather drink Bud than Miller or Coors or PBR... (But I drink none of that stuff.)
Of course everybody has their preference and I'm not suggesting that you can't enjoy your MGD if that's what you like.
But Budweiser (Anheuser Busch) had a lot of early success with the brewery in St Louis and the underground caverns they were able to use for lagering their beer... The business acumen has always been a large part of their success, including the merger to Inbev (Now AB Inbev... as in... Anheuser Busch).

In my area I never see it on tap. About the only thing in the big commercial brands on tap is Coors Lite.

 

[lovinthehd]

In my area I never see it on tap. About the only thing in the big commercial brands on tap is Coors Lite.

Not that it being on tap will help much

 

[lovinthehd]

Got some of this today, haven't had it in years....

Brother David’s Triple : Anderson Valley Brewing Company

AVBC

avbc.com

 

[panteragstk]

Distribution is part of it. They also are... (Blech!) selling a quality product. Think about everything else out there in that class of light American Lager...
I'm not taking a position on this, but I would rather drink Bud than Miller or Coors or PBR... (But I drink none of that stuff.)
Of course everybody has their preference and I'm not suggesting that you can't enjoy your MGD if that's what you like.
But Budweiser (Anheuser Busch) had a lot of early success with the brewery in St Louis and the underground caverns they were able to use for lagering their beer... The business acumen has always been a large part of their success, including the merger to Inbev (Now AB Inbev... as in... Anheuser Busch).

I need to do a tour of the Anheuser Busch brewery down the street from me. I've heard that while their beer sucks, they are kings of cleanliness and consistency.

Come to think of it, there are a lot of breweries around here I need to visit.

 

[panteragstk]

In my area I never see it on tap. About the only thing in the big commercial brands on tap is Coors Lite.

Bars only have so many taps, so they're goin to have what their customers want. If nobody buys a beer, they aren't going to ask for it from their distributer.

 

[lovinthehd]

I need to do a tour of the Anheuser Busch brewery down the street from me. I've heard that while their beer sucks, they are kings of cleanliness and consistency.

Come to think of it, there are a lot of breweries around here I need to visit.

I did a tour of their Fairfield CA facility once....the smell was hard to handle.

 

[Swerd]

In my area I never see it on tap. About the only thing in the big commercial brands on tap is Coors Lite.

It makes sense to have Coors Lite on tap … because they use it instead of water to rinse out all the beer glasses.

 

[Dude#1279435]

Bars only have so many taps, so they're goin to have what their customers want. If nobody buys a beer, they aren't going to ask for it from their distributer.

That's what I'm trying to say. How is Bud the king of beers if I never see it around??? (I'm NOT talking about Anheuser Busch.) Just seems to me a newer beer like Castle Danger etc in time could take it over. Maybe though Bud is big but not in my area.

 

[Dude#1279435]

Remember Special X? Nasty.

 

[lovinthehd]

A new one to me and don't find it blood orangey particularly but think I'll throw it in on my next take on cochinita pibil

Incredible Pulp - Boneyard Beer

Boneyard Beer Beers

boneyardbeer.com

 

[cpp]

Castle Danger

Never heard of it in my state.

 

[ryanosaur]

Damn. Had to break my beer fast for a moment.
Limited release style:

Laughing Monk Castro Kolsch

(Image from the web)

Flippin' delish!

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Never heard of it in my state.

It’s from up nort In Minnesota. Great quality, small brewery with limited distributorship.

 

[afterlife2]

So good!

 

[lovinthehd]

So good! View attachment 56940

Wow, that's from New Belgium? They have changed up their look at least, but been a while since I've seen one of theirs now that I think of it.....