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Post #106,930
by folkert
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6/22/03 10:09:04 PM
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New The reason is simple...
If Brit' or the 'rish are down to drinking Budweiser swill, then you can be sure we are doomed.

Has NOTHING to do with the wrestling.

Budweiser is Pisswater... might as well just dump it in the head/loo/toilet.
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Post #106,937
by a6l6e6x
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6/22/03 10:31:51 PM
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New And all this time I thought it was the "King of Beers". :)
You would have me doubt the printed word?
Alex
"Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life." -- Eric Hoffer
Post #106,939
by Ashton
6/22/03 10:51:44 PM
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New A Budweiser prolly saved my life!
I was offered one once. M/cycle buddies and all. Young, good taste buds == {eeeuuwww} [WTF are these guys ON ??]

It tasted like alkaline-bitter piss, but without the other interesting flavonoids. Ergo I didn't have another 'beer' for a few years.. and that prolly saved my sometime downing 6 or 7, leaping on the bike and imagining self Invincible to F=MA. (Wine OTOH didn't seem to demand excess for its Own Sake\ufffd) And girls liked it better, too.

Thanks Bud!
Every piss-poor modern product has a few Up-sides. Y'know?
(Not many - but, a few)


Ashton
Get that boy a Bud! Save his ass.
Post #106,965
by deSitter
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6/23/03 9:03:17 AM
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New C'mon, it's not that bad
There are better beers. There are worse.

Mostly, it's bland.
-drl
Post #106,978
by Andrew Grygus
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6/23/03 12:12:48 PM
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New Yes it is.
True, Coors is worse, but that sure isn't saying much. Budweiser is just plain awful. To quote an Anheiser Bush brewmaster, "Our objective is to remove as much beer flavor from the water as possible without causing a consumer rebellion".

Anheiser Bush has been attempting for years to buy out the community owned brewery in Budejovice, Czech Republic, that controls the Budweiser trademark in many countries. A few years ago they threw a huge party for the town to build support for the purchase, but made a horrible mistake. They served unlimited free samples of their product. The only local comment found printable in a family publication was, "This isn't beer - this is lemonade!".

I recently blundered purchasing beer at Trader Joe's. I generally buy a few brands of Czech, Danish and Central American beer for $3.99 a sixpack. Grabbed an unpriced sixpack of an unfamiliar Czech beer and was shocked to be charged $6.99 for it.

It was Czechvar from the town of Budejovice. I am now aware that there actually is beer worth $6.99 a sixpack. Anheiser Bush hasn't a snowflake's chance in hell in that town.
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Post #107,054
by Ashton
6/23/03 5:42:08 PM
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New re Joe's:__didja czech out the $2 Charles Shaw Merlot, Cab ?
Post #107,063
by Andrew Grygus
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6/23/03 7:18:38 PM
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New I've had some . .
. . Cab, Merlot and Chard. Good for the price, but I wasn't real thrilled with it overall. The Chard in particular is very weak in boquet and complexity, but as cheap cooking wine it'll do. This stuff has had so much publicity the yuppies are carying it out several cases at a time.

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Post #107,347
by mhuber
6/25/03 11:28:01 PM
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New The irony, though
is that American "Sex in a Canoe" Lager is technicaly a very difficult beer. It would take a brewer far more skilled than myself (and I brew fine, fine, ale) to pull it off. It would also take the desire to do such a thing...



SIAC: F*king close to water.

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Post #107,548
by Andrew Grygus
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6/27/03 12:16:04 PM
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New Clarification, courtesy Wall Stree Journal
Cezchvar IS the Budvar brewed in Budejovice, but is renamed in the U.S. due to an obvious trademark dispute with Anheiser Bush over any beer name starting with "Bud". Budejovice is Budweis in German, thus beer from their is "Budweiser".
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Post #107,551
by deSitter
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6/27/03 12:29:46 PM
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New Re: Clarification, courtesy Wall Stree Journal
Thought there was a beer called "Budvar" in there somewhere.

Whether or not you like Bud, Adolphus Busch invented the idea of a "beer network", a distribution system, allowing inexpensive beer to be had just about anywhere.

[link|http://www.anheuser-busch.com/history/story.html|http://www.anheuser-...istory/story.html]

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-drl
Post #106,988
by a6l6e6x
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6/23/03 1:01:08 PM
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New In all fairness, the brewery in St Louis doesn't make...
crap alone. I had a tour of it in July of 1974 and sampled some stuff at the end. It was quite refreshing. I'm not sure it was Bud or some "premium" brand though.

My standards do drop in warm weather.
Alex
"Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life." -- Eric Hoffer
Post #107,018
by deSitter
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6/23/03 2:55:03 PM
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New Re: In all fairness, the brewery in St Louis doesn't make...
All beer suffers when it has to last very long in shipment (more than a week or so). We get fresh Bud from about 1 mile away, and it's quite drinkable. As I said, it's not "conoisseur" beer, but you can swill it on a hot day.

Personally, I long for the old Miller formula, or a strong Canadian or German beer (Warsteiner with full alcohol content was good).
-drl
Post #107,039
by lister
6/23/03 4:33:56 PM
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New Not all Canadian beer is good
As far as I'm concerned the two big breweries Molson's and Labatt's make beer that is only slightly better than the likes of Coors or Bud. Go with the smaller companies if you want something good. Kawartha Lakes, Algonquin, Amsterdam, McAuslan, Unibroue are all good. I actually don't like the taste of normal beer so I gravitate towards fruity or lighter tasting beers. My favourites are KLB Raspberry Wheat, Amsterdam Natural Blonde and Dutch Amber, St. Ambroise Apricot Wheat (McAuslan) and Algonquin Honey Brown. The raspberry and apricot ones are more beer than fruit unlike the Belgian fruity beers which are also still good. I did finally try a Belgian chocolate beer a couple of months ago and it was surprisingly good. Too bad it is only available in bottle here. :-(
lister
Post #107,058
by jb4
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6/23/03 7:03:14 PM
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New Great minds...
Personally, I long for the old Miller formula, or a strong Canadian or German beer (Warsteiner with full alcohol content was good).


With you there, Ross. The only two beers that ever see the inside of my 'fridge are Moosehead and Warsteiner.
jb4
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Post #106,967
by bbronson
6/23/03 9:37:23 AM
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New Can't dump it down the toilet...
...most sewage districts have regs against dumping toxic waste and hazardous materials!!

Brian Bronson
     The world will be coming to an end soon - (boxley) - (42) - June 22, 2003, 09:40:57 PM EDT
         How are we doomed? - (orion) - (16) - June 22, 2003, 09:50:55 PM EDT
             Norman, you dont partake of yeast excrement - (boxley) - June 22, 2003, 10:07:14 PM EDT
             The reason is simple... - (folkert) - (14) - June 22, 2003, 10:09:04 PM EDT
                 And all this time I thought it was the "King of Beers". :) - (a6l6e6x) - June 22, 2003, 10:31:51 PM EDT
                 A Budweiser prolly saved my life! - (Ashton) - June 22, 2003, 10:51:44 PM EDT
                 C'mon, it's not that bad - (deSitter) - (10) - June 23, 2003, 09:03:17 AM EDT
                     Yes it is. - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - June 23, 2003, 12:12:48 PM EDT
                         re Joe's:__didja czech out the $2 Charles Shaw Merlot, Cab ? -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - June 23, 2003, 05:42:08 PM EDT
                             I've had some . . - (Andrew Grygus) - June 23, 2003, 07:18:38 PM EDT
                         The irony, though - (mhuber) - June 25, 2003, 11:28:01 PM EDT
                         Clarification, courtesy Wall Stree Journal - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - June 27, 2003, 12:16:04 PM EDT
                             Re: Clarification, courtesy Wall Stree Journal - (deSitter) - June 27, 2003, 12:29:46 PM EDT
                     In all fairness, the brewery in St Louis doesn't make... - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - June 23, 2003, 01:01:08 PM EDT
                         Re: In all fairness, the brewery in St Louis doesn't make... - (deSitter) - (2) - June 23, 2003, 02:55:03 PM EDT
                             Not all Canadian beer is good - (lister) - June 23, 2003, 04:33:56 PM EDT
                             Great minds... - (jb4) - June 23, 2003, 07:03:14 PM EDT
                 Can't dump it down the toilet... - (bbronson) - June 23, 2003, 09:37:23 AM EDT
         Re: The world will be coming to an end soon - (gdaustin) - (23) - June 22, 2003, 11:58:46 PM EDT
             Threat: send us Bud, we'll send you more Fosters :) -NT - (Meerkat) - (19) - June 23, 2003, 04:01:40 AM EDT
                 I think the Fosters sold in the US is made in Canada -NT - (bbronson) - (1) - June 23, 2003, 09:39:10 AM EDT
                     Toronto. -NT - (mmoffitt) - June 23, 2003, 12:54:34 PM EDT
                 I'd rather have the Foster's - (gdaustin) - June 23, 2003, 09:52:32 AM EDT
                 You've got worse than Foster's - (Andrew Grygus) - (14) - June 23, 2003, 12:16:25 PM EDT
                     Worst beer - (boxley) - (13) - June 23, 2003, 12:26:41 PM EDT
                         None are worse than Schlitz and/or Hamm's. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (12) - June 23, 2003, 12:55:28 PM EDT
                             Depends on where you are - (boxley) - June 23, 2003, 01:03:25 PM EDT
                             You must never have had Piels beer. - (a6l6e6x) - June 23, 2003, 01:08:12 PM EDT
                             Pearl or Lone Star? - (gdaustin) - (2) - June 23, 2003, 01:43:41 PM EDT
                                 I liked Pearl and Lonestar as well as Falstaff - (boxley) - June 23, 2003, 01:52:15 PM EDT
                                 Deja Vu! - (jb4) - June 23, 2003, 07:06:44 PM EDT
                             Nope... you ALLL wrong: - (folkert) - (5) - June 23, 2003, 02:02:27 PM EDT
                                 the carling black label? - (boxley) - (3) - June 23, 2003, 02:14:41 PM EDT
                                     Nonono... - (folkert) - (2) - June 23, 2003, 02:37:06 PM EDT
                                         as in white generic cans? - (boxley) - June 23, 2003, 02:47:12 PM EDT
                                         Nahh, when we wanted cheap it was ... - (drewk) - June 23, 2003, 02:54:02 PM EDT
                                 "Mable, Black Label!" said the TV ad. - (a6l6e6x) - June 23, 2003, 04:42:16 PM EDT
                             Sorry to disagree but: - (jb4) - June 23, 2003, 07:05:18 PM EDT
                 You got yourself a deal! -NT - (lincoln) - June 23, 2003, 01:37:17 PM EDT
             Guinness? Overrated, I say. - (pwhysall) - (2) - June 23, 2003, 11:25:25 AM EDT
                 Agreed, give me an exhibition or other local draught - (boxley) - (1) - June 23, 2003, 11:42:56 AM EDT
                     Bud == girly "beer" -NT - (pwhysall) - June 23, 2003, 04:12:03 PM EDT
         Worse, Miller's losing ground to Bud... - (bbronson) - June 23, 2003, 09:43:54 AM EDT

Well, I should say!
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