On May 20, 11:17*am, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Wed, 20 May 2009 06:47:41 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On May 19, 5:47*pm, George Shirley > wrote:
> >> What's the worse beer you've ever run through your kidneys?
>
> > Homebrew. *I used to belong to the Society for Creative Anachronism,
> > and I've tasted enough vile homebrew to drown a Clydesdale.
>
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> but is home-made mead any better?

I don't like the flavor of honey, so you're asking the wrong person.
Other posters have piped in, I see.

Cindy Hamilton

On Wed, 20 May 2009 11:23:18 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>notbob wrote:
>>
>> There were a slew of cheap beers back in the day, before the mega-swill
>> brewers bought them all out. Hamms. Olympia. Lucky Lager. Thank gawd for
>> micro-breweries.
>
>Lucky was so cheaply made that instead of a paper label,
>the information about the beer was molded into the glass.
>
>If they still make it, I suspect they would have had to go
>to a paper label, with all stuff they have to disclose
>these days.

Oh they still make Lucky, it's sold here. Swill it is, $20 for 24 cans

phil..c wrote:

> not wishing to upset our north American cousins.
> But yet to find ONE American beer that tastes half decent .

What Canadian beers do you like? There's probably an American beer with a
similar taste profile. (On the other hand, why would you bother sampling a
bunch of American beers in the hopes of finding one you like, when you have
domestic beer you *do* like?)

Bob, who has yet to like a Canadian beer

TammyM wrote:

> Beers I love: Singha, Bitburger Pils, Anchor Steam, Guinness, Bachelor
> Bitter (microbrew from Bend, Oregon). Oh there are others too numerous to
> list, but these are the ones that immediately come to mind.

Have you been to the Pyramid brewery in Sacramento?

www.pyramidbrew.com

Bob

On 2009-05-20, Bob Terwilliger > wrote:

> Bob, who has yet to like a Canadian beer

That's cuz, with the exception of a few Quebec breweries that do good
Belgian style knockoffs, Canadian beers are the same canoe beer as US swill.

nb

In article >,
says...
> What's the worse beer you've ever run through your kidneys?
>
> I'll start with a short list from my youth.
>
> 1. Pearl
> 2. Narragansett
> 3. Griesedieck
> 4. National Bohemian
>
1. Kestrel Super
2. McEwans Jamaica
3. Robinsons Bitter

But I'm uk based.
--
Carl Robson
Get cashback on your purchases
Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 15:15:32 GMT, blake murphy wrote:

> On Tue, 19 May 2009 21:16:22 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> I'll second Iron City. I drank 297 times more IC before I was 18
>> than after was 21.
>
> irons are pretty bad. but i like rolling rock, so what do i know?

I like Rolling Rock for refreshment. I'd never drink it to get a
buzz, though.

-sw

On Wed, 20 May 2009 19:45:31 -0500, wrote:

> Canada, we're under the LCC's finger , and have to pay what they say
> it should sell for, nothing like your free market liquor stores in the
> states.

Not all states have a Free Market in regards to alcohol. And even
the states that have a "free market" aren't really free from all
sorts of taxation and rules.

-sw

On May 20, 7:57*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Wed, 20 May 2009 19:45:31 -0500, wrote:
> > Canada, we're under the LCC's finger , and have to pay what they say
> > it should sell for, nothing like your free market liquor stores in the
> > states.
>
> Not all states have a Free Market in regards to alcohol. *And even
> the states that have a "free market" aren't really free from all
> sorts of taxation and rules.

You missed one. The Canadian gentleman wrote, "What's The Difference
Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? Anyone Can Roast Beef!!!"

You could have replied, "Yeah? Tell that to Arby's."
>
> -sw

--Bryan

notbob wrote:
> On 2009-05-20, phil..c > wrote:
>
>> not wishing to upset our north American cousins.
>> But yet to find ONE American beer that tastes half decent .
>>
>> Stella......
>
> You gotta be kidding. Stella is the Bud lite of Belgium. Probably the only
> beer from Belgium I won't drink. If you haven't found one decent beer from
> N America, you're not looking very hard.


True that I am not looking very hard for American beers .
As you helpfully say later in your post there has been a turn around in
last few years.

Let me say the Mega brewers as you refer to them I could not find a
decent drop.

Here also micro and other brewers spring up like mushrooms
and some have damned fine drops (some not so fine)

However, on a stinking hot day and end of work to be honest would
accept a COLD beer even if one of those lesser mega us brands



> Both Canada and US make some
> killer Belgian-style beers. Now, if you mean "American-style" beers, I'll
> hafta agree with you, although micro-brewers are beginning to create new
> American styles. Double IPAs and barley wines come to mind and are quite
> popular, here. There's supposedly a style called American Lager, a
> throw-back to the pre-canoe Prohibition days, but I've yet to run across an
> example.
>
> It used to be that the mega-swill brewers dominated the market and got
> 80-90% of shelf space, the remaining left to mega-swill imports. Now,
> depending on where you live, those days are long gone. Go to any "good"
> market or liquor store and canoe beers are down to 20% shelf space. That's
> an astonishing turn around in the last 15 yrs.
>
> nb

About the same here I would say .

Cheers & beers
P

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> On May 20, 10:09 am, notbob > wrote:
>> On 2009-05-20, phil..c > wrote:
>>
>>> not wishing to upset our north American cousins.
>>> But yet to find ONE American beer that tastes half decent .
>>> Stella......
>> You gotta be kidding. Stella is the Bud lite of Belgium. Probably the only
>> beer from Belgium I won't drink. If you haven't found one decent beer from
>> N America, you're not looking very hard. Both Canada and US make some
>> killer Belgian-style beers. Now, if you mean "American-style" beers, I'll
>> hafta agree with you, although micro-brewers are beginning to create new
>> American styles. Double IPAs and barley wines come to mind and are quite
>> popular, here. There's supposedly a style called American Lager, a
>> throw-back to the pre-canoe Prohibition days, but I've yet to run across an
>> example.
>
> I agree about Stella.
> Am I to understand that you don't like the Cascade hopped American
> Pale Ales?
>> nb
>
> --Bryan
Actually I do like hoppy tasting beers and tend towards what we call
bitter beers here

When in Tasmania one of the mates used to go sailing with was bremaster
for Boags (when it was independent of Cascade) Topper L also Brilliant
Footy Player (Aussie rules) and they used REAL hops in those days not
extract and was topped brewed not bottom brewed. Thus became loyal to
Boags even through its many incarnations I still like the taste
see http://www.boags.com.au/

Now cascade premium is almost the same brew and is from the southern
end of the state see http://www.cascadebrewery.com.au/home.html

Hahn is the other choice http://www.lion-nathan.com.au/home.aspx
made my Lion Nathan a Kiwi company that is just a monster in the Oz
market and has acquired many good (and not so good) brands

Another I never mentioned before but have the odd gift case arrive
as the company uses Barley grown in our district
is Kirin Group now part owned by Lion Nathan and Asahi group
who also take a lot of our malting Barley as does Lion Nathan
along with Tasmanian Franklin Barley (also US & Canada for the higher
end quality brands) and those who want GM free grains

But as said to not bob on a hot day all COLD beers are good just some
better than others

Cheers
P

notbob wrote:
> On 2009-05-20, phil..c > wrote:
>
>> not wishing to upset our north American cousins.
>> But yet to find ONE American beer that tastes half decent .
>>
>> Stella......
>
> You gotta be kidding. Stella is the Bud lite of Belgium. Probably the only
> beer from Belgium I won't drink.

Stella may be the Bud light of Belgium, but that would still put it on a
scale much higher than American swill beer.

If you haven't found one decent beer from
> N America, you're not looking very hard. Both Canada and US make some
> killer Belgian-style beers. Now, if you mean "American-style" beers, I'll
> hafta agree with you, although micro-brewers are beginning to create new
> American styles.


I don't doubt that there are some small and micro breweries that are
producing good products, but most mass produced American beer is crap.
Canadian beer, IMO, is a little better than American, but still not as
good as most European beers.... including Stella. Personally, I never
buy American beer, and I buy Canadian beer only because one of my
brothers likes it. He also has bad taste in wine. I usually buy German
or Danish beer, which, coming in 500 ml cans, is usually cheaper per
unit volume than our domestic beer, and a hell of a lot better.


Double IPAs and barley wines come to mind and are quite
> popular, here. There's supposedly a style called American Lager, a
> throw-back to the pre-canoe Prohibition days, but I've yet to run across an
> example.
>
> It used to be that the mega-swill brewers dominated the market and got
> 80-90% of shelf space, the remaining left to mega-swill imports. Now,
> depending on where you live, those days are long gone. Go to any "good"
> market or liquor store and canoe beers are down to 20% shelf space. That's
> an astonishing turn around in the last 15 yrs.
>
> nb

On May 20, 7:20*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Wed, 20 May 2009 15:15:32 GMT, blake murphy wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 May 2009 21:16:22 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> >> I'll second Iron City. *I drank 297 times more IC before I was 18
> >> than after was 21.
>
> > irons are pretty bad. *but i like rolling rock, so what do i know?
>
> I like Rolling Rock for refreshment. *I'd never drink it to get a
> buzz, though.

It does go down easy when ice cold. As a teenager in StL, it was a
novelty beer. These days, if I were to venture into the <$5/6
territory for, as one person here called "canoe beer," it would be Old
Milwaukee Light. I truly wish that more decent beer came in cans.
Heck, I'd never buy Modelo Especial, except that it comes in 24 oz.
cans, and taking glass on the river is both illegal and unethical.
There's no reason why decent beer that isn't bottle conditioned could
not be put in cans.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

Michael Kuettner wrote:

> I was amazed to see Budweiser listed as bad beer; then I remembered
> that Amheuser-Bush is selling their dreck under the same name as the
> original beer.
> That sometimes leads to amusement when USAn tourists enter a pub
> over here which has Budweiser from the tap. After one or two they
> aren't able to walk in a straight line anymore ...


The typical standard for American and Canadian beer drinkers is the
amount of beer that you can drink without puking or feeling like crap
the next day. NA beer is developed along the same lines as fast food. It
is produced to make it cheap and inoffensive tasting, not to have
exceptional qualities. I prefer to have one or two good beers than
drink a case of crap.

Me wrote:
> Hey, that makes sense, since I'm in the Bay Area. Come to think of it, if
> they were 10 miles from a college campus and they couldn't find someone to
> test-taste their final product, they were doomed from the get-go.

What value would there be to a taste taste conducted to a demographic
that thrives on fast food?

On 2009-05-21, Dave Smith > wrote:

> Stella may be the Bud light of Belgium, but that would still put it on a
> scale much higher than American swill beer.

Bottled water is better than both of them.

nb

In article > ,
says...
>
> Michael Kuettner wrote:
>
> > I was amazed to see Budweiser listed as bad beer; then I remembered
> > that Amheuser-Bush is selling their dreck under the same name as the
> > original beer.
> > That sometimes leads to amusement when USAn tourists enter a pub
> > over here which has Budweiser from the tap. After one or two they
> > aren't able to walk in a straight line anymore ...
>
>
> The typical standard for American and Canadian beer drinkers is the
> amount of beer that you can drink without puking or feeling like crap
> the next day. NA beer is developed along the same lines as fast food. It
> is produced to make it cheap and inoffensive tasting, not to have
> exceptional qualities. I prefer to have one or two good beers than
> drink a case of crap.

Guiness! I like that, Bass Ale and Heineken. I do like the local micro-
brews too.

On Wed 20 May 2009 09:41:09p, T told us...

> In article > ,
> says...
>>
>> Michael Kuettner wrote:
>>
>> > I was amazed to see Budweiser listed as bad beer; then I remembered
>> > that Amheuser-Bush is selling their dreck under the same name as the
>> > original beer.
>> > That sometimes leads to amusement when USAn tourists enter a pub
>> > over here which has Budweiser from the tap. After one or two they
>> > aren't able to walk in a straight line anymore ...
>>
>>
>> The typical standard for American and Canadian beer drinkers is the
>> amount of beer that you can drink without puking or feeling like crap
>> the next day. NA beer is developed along the same lines as fast food. It
>> is produced to make it cheap and inoffensive tasting, not to have
>> exceptional qualities. I prefer to have one or two good beers than
>> drink a case of crap.
>
> Guiness! I like that, Bass Ale and Heineken. I do like the local micro-
> brews too.

The darker and heavier the brew, the better I like it; e.g., porter, stout,
dark ale, etc., mostly imported brands. I don't drink much or often, so
don't scavenge for low priced brews.

--
Wayne Boatwright
------------------------------------------------------------------------
One of the delights of life is eating with friends, second to that
is talking about eating. And, for an unsurpassed double whammy,
there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.
~Laurie Colwin

On Wed, 20 May 2009 06:47:41 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On May 19, 5:47*pm, George Shirley > wrote:
>> What's the worse beer you've ever run through your kidneys?
>
>Homebrew. I used to belong to the Society for Creative Anachronism,
>and I've tasted enough vile homebrew to drown a Clydesdale.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Ah yes. I'd forgotten about homebrew.

When I lived in eastern KY the nearest beer was 12 miles away. I
started making my own. Finally figured out that I wasn't a brewmaster
and didn't play one on TV, so I gave the equipment to a colleague when
we moved.

Went to a party shortly after we moved. The host was moving too, and
needed to get rid of a bunch of homebrew that he didn't want to pack,
so that was the only beer available. He raved about how good his
homemade swill was. I took a sip and thought immediately "Gad, I've
poured better 'beer' than this down the drain!" Couldn't finish it.

Dave Smith wrote:
> Michael Kuettner wrote:
>
>> I was amazed to see Budweiser listed as bad beer; then I remembered
>> that Amheuser-Bush is selling their dreck under the same name as the
>> original beer.
>> That sometimes leads to amusement when USAn tourists enter a pub
>> over here which has Budweiser from the tap. After one or two they
>> aren't able to walk in a straight line anymore ...
>
>
> The typical standard for American and Canadian beer drinkers is the
> amount of beer that you can drink without puking or feeling like crap
> the next day. NA beer is developed along the same lines as fast food. It
> is produced to make it cheap and inoffensive tasting, not to have
> exceptional qualities. I prefer to have one or two good beers than
> drink a case of crap.

Same here. I would much rather have a couple real beers than 12 glasses
of slightly flavored water.

On May 20, 9:31*pm, notbob > wrote:
> On 2009-05-21, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
> > Stella may be the Bud light of Belgium, but that would still put it on a
> > scale much higher than American swill beer.
>
> Bottled water is better than both of them.

In St. Louis, our tap water is better than them.
>
> nb

--Bryan

On May 21, 7:03*am, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
> On May 20, 9:31*pm, notbob > wrote:
>
> > On 2009-05-21, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
> > > Stella may be the Bud light of Belgium, but that would still put it on a
> > > scale much higher than American swill beer.
>
> > Bottled water is better than both of them.
>
> In St. Louis, our tap water is better than them.

Truedat! Saint Louis has the best tasting tap water in the country! I
grew up on it, and when they started promulgating bottled water, I
could not understand why people would pay good money for what's
basically free (OK, really cheap) that flows out of the tap!

John Kuthe...

On May 21, 8:12*am, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On May 21, 7:03*am, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
>
> > On May 20, 9:31*pm, notbob > wrote:
>
> > > On 2009-05-21, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
> > > > Stella may be the Bud light of Belgium, but that would still put it on a
> > > > scale much higher than American swill beer.
>
> > > Bottled water is better than both of them.
>
> > In St. Louis, our tap water is better than them.
>
> Truedat! Saint Louis has the best tasting tap water in the country! I
> grew up on it, and when they started promulgating bottled water, I
> could not understand why people would pay good money for what's
> basically free (OK, really cheap) that flows out of the tap!

For people in many cities, bottled water (or a reverse osmosis filter)
is not a luxury. In st. Louis, pretty much only stupid people buy it,
stupid sheep who are so brain dead that they do what advertising tells
them to do.
>
http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/clash-...la-lyrics.html

> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

John Kuthe wrote:
> On May 21, 7:03 am, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
>> On May 20, 9:31 pm, notbob > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2009-05-21, Dave Smith > wrote:
>>>> Stella may be the Bud light of Belgium, but that would still put it on a
>>>> scale much higher than American swill beer.
>>> Bottled water is better than both of them.
>> In St. Louis, our tap water is better than them.
>
> Truedat! Saint Louis has the best tasting tap water in the country! I
> grew up on it, and when they started promulgating bottled water, I
> could not understand why people would pay good money for what's
> basically free (OK, really cheap) that flows out of the tap!
>
> John Kuthe...


That's because the tap water is treated for use by the big Budweiser
brewery. (How's the water in East St. Louis?)

Bob

George said...

> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Michael Kuettner wrote:
>>
>>> I was amazed to see Budweiser listed as bad beer; then I remembered
>>> that Amheuser-Bush is selling their dreck under the same name as the
>>> original beer.
>>> That sometimes leads to amusement when USAn tourists enter a pub
>>> over here which has Budweiser from the tap. After one or two they
>>> aren't able to walk in a straight line anymore ...
>>
>>
>> The typical standard for American and Canadian beer drinkers is the
>> amount of beer that you can drink without puking or feeling like crap
>> the next day. NA beer is developed along the same lines as fast food. It
>> is produced to make it cheap and inoffensive tasting, not to have
>> exceptional qualities. I prefer to have one or two good beers than
>> drink a case of crap.
>
> Same here. I would much rather have a couple real beers than 12 glasses
> of slightly flavored water.


Brother had a beermiester in his garage/workshop/lab and an a freezer
filled with chilled glass beer mugs. All he tapped was Bud light. If you
wanted something else it was BYOB or nothing.

That's how I learned to LOVE Bud light.

At work, at the Thursday 5pm meetings all we drank was Yuengling lager. I
thought it was vile stuff and said so. Boss asked me what I liked and I
said Bud light. Well, if you could've seen the look on their faces. I just
about got fired for that, and I was a volunteer!!!

Andy
--
Eat first, talk later.

On May 21, 9:24*am, zxcvbob > wrote:
> John Kuthe wrote:
> > On May 21, 7:03 am, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
> >> On May 20, 9:31 pm, notbob > wrote:
>
> >>> On 2009-05-21, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >>>> Stella may be the Bud light of Belgium, but that would still put it on a
> >>>> scale much higher than American swill beer.
> >>> Bottled water is better than both of them.
> >> In St. Louis, our tap water is better than them.
>
> > Truedat! Saint Louis has the best tasting tap water in the country! I
> > grew up on it, and when they started promulgating bottled water, I
> > could not understand why people would pay good money for what's
> > basically free (OK, really cheap) that flows out of the tap!
>
> > John Kuthe...
>
> That's because the tap water is treated for use by the big Budweiser
> brewery. *

It's treated for use by everyone. It just happens to have a good
tasting mineral profile.
http://www.stlwater.com/bes****er.php
The well water from Salem (about 100 miles SW of here) tastes even
better.
http://www.salemmo.com/

> (How's the water in East St. Louis?)

I don't know. It's been quite a few years since I've been to a strip
club (the ONLY reason to go to the East Side), and there I'd drink
beer.
>
> Bob

--Bryan

On Wed, 20 May 2009 19:20:57 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Wed, 20 May 2009 15:15:32 GMT, blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 May 2009 21:16:22 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> I'll second Iron City. I drank 297 times more IC before I was 18
>>> than after was 21.
>>
>> irons are pretty bad. but i like rolling rock, so what do i know?
>
> I like Rolling Rock for refreshment. I'd never drink it to get a
> buzz, though.
>
> -sw

for that, you drink long island ice tea with a rocket chaser.

your pal,
blake

On May 21, 10:53*am, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Wed, 20 May 2009 19:20:57 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 May 2009 15:15:32 GMT, blake murphy wrote:
>
> >> On Tue, 19 May 2009 21:16:22 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> >>> I'll second Iron City. *I drank 297 times more IC before I was 18
> >>> than after was 21.
>
> >> irons are pretty bad. *but i like rolling rock, so what do i know?
>
> > I like Rolling Rock for refreshment. *I'd never drink it to get a
> > buzz, though.
>
> > -sw
>
> for that, you drink long island ice tea with a rocket chaser.

That's not getting buzzed. That's getting hammered.
>
> your pal,
> blake

--Bryan

On Wed, 20 May 2009 11:23:18 -0700, Mark Thorson wrote:

> notbob wrote:
>>
>> There were a slew of cheap beers back in the day, before the mega-swill
>> brewers bought them all out. Hamms. Olympia. Lucky Lager. Thank gawd for
>> micro-breweries.
>
> Lucky was so cheaply made that instead of a paper label,
> the information about the beer was molded into the glass.
>
> If they still make it, I suspect they would have had to go
> to a paper label, with all stuff they have to disclose
> these days.

rolling rock still has the painted bottle:

<http://www.ourpledge.com/images/RollingRock_bottlewet.jpg>

i'm not sure what you mean by 'all the stuff they have to disclose.' i
thought it was just the ingredients and not to drink when you're driving a
pregnant woman.

your pal,
blake

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> On May 21, 9:24 am, zxcvbob > wrote:
>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>> On May 21, 7:03 am, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
>>>> On May 20, 9:31 pm, notbob > wrote:
>>>>> On 2009-05-21, Dave Smith > wrote:
>>>>>> Stella may be the Bud light of Belgium, but that would still put it on a
>>>>>> scale much higher than American swill beer.
>>>>> Bottled water is better than both of them.
>>>> In St. Louis, our tap water is better than them.
>>> Truedat! Saint Louis has the best tasting tap water in the country! I
>>> grew up on it, and when they started promulgating bottled water, I
>>> could not understand why people would pay good money for what's
>>> basically free (OK, really cheap) that flows out of the tap!
>>> John Kuthe...
>> That's because the tap water is treated for use by the big Budweiser
>> brewery.
>
> It's treated for use by everyone. It just happens to have a good
> tasting mineral profile.
> http://www.stlwater.com/bes****er.php
> The well water from Salem (about 100 miles SW of here) tastes even
> better.
> http://www.salemmo.com/
>
>> (How's the water in East St. Louis?)
>
> I don't know. It's been quite a few years since I've been to a strip
> club (the ONLY reason to go to the East Side), and there I'd drink
> beer.
>> Bob
>
> --Bryan


Yeah, they treat it for everyone, but they treat it to Budweiser's
specifications. I mentioned ESL because that's how the water would
taste if they didn't :-P (I'm pretty sure both sides get their water
from the Mississippi River.)

Bob

blake murphy wrote:
>
> On Wed, 20 May 2009 11:23:18 -0700, Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> > Lucky was so cheaply made that instead of a paper label,
> > the information about the beer was molded into the glass.
> >
> > If they still make it, I suspect they would have had to go
> > to a paper label, with all stuff they have to disclose
> > these days.
>
> rolling rock still has the painted bottle:
>
> <http://www.ourpledge.com/images/RollingRock_bottlewet.jpg>
>
> i'm not sure what you mean by 'all the stuff they have to disclose.' i
> thought it was just the ingredients and not to drink when you're driving a
> pregnant woman.

There's also the deposit value in various states,
calories, percent alcohol.

"Terry" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 19 May 2009 16:47:55 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>>What's the worse beer you've ever run through your kidneys?
>
> Carling Black Label. Bought a case when it was on sale at the local
> grocery. After trying one I discovered why the display didn't seem to
> be getting smaller...
>
> Dixie. First visit to New Orleans. Hey, it was draft, it was cheap,
> it was....undrinkable. I hated to pour it onto the curb but didn't
> feel like carrying it around Bourbon street.
>
> In grad school a friend told me about "Ivy League---The Only Beer
> Flavored With Juniper Berries." Ugh! Might as well have flavored it
> with creosote.
>
> Best -- Terry

Carling Black Label. I agree.
Dixie? Is that Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager?
That stuff is tasty-has a hell of a kick too.

"thepixelfreak" > wrote in message
news:2009051915525950073-not@dotcom...
> On 2009-05-19 14:47:55 -0700, George Shirley > said:
>
>> What's the worse beer you've ever run through your kidneys?
>>
>> I'll start with a short list from my youth.
>>
>> 1. Pearl
>> 2. Narragansett
>> 3. Griesedieck
>> 4. National Bohemian
>
> Buckhorn. http://www.flickr.com/photos/udink/2661986799/
> Coors Light.
>
> --
>
> thepixelfreak
>
Coors Light is NOT beer. It's beer-flavored club soda.

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> Kswck wrote:
>
>> The San Miguel for export does not have the formaldihyde in it.
>
> You damn it with faint praise! The nasty San Miguel I had was in Dubai. I
> heard later that the vileness was from formaldehyde. Regardless of whether
> that beer had formaldehyde or not, I'm never going to drink it again.
>
> Bob
>
>

Sorry. Should have clarified. The export to the US does not contain it.

"Lin" > wrote in message
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> George Shirley wrote:
>
>> What's the worse beer you've ever run through your kidneys?
>
> Plenty of bad beer out there, but I happened upon this a few years ago:
>
> Ruski Beer
> http://foodproof.com/photos/view/ruski-beer-925/
>
> It was vile ... I swear you could see bits of flotsam and jetsam in it. I
> took one sip just so I could say that I tried it.
>
> I worried that it might be radioactive.
>
> --Lin

There used to be a small brewery in Massachusetts that made a Lemon Flavored
Beer. Don't remember the name of it. It had to be one of the nastiest beers
I ever tried.

"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2009-05-19, Bob Terwilliger > wrote:
>
>> 1. EKU -- a Czech beer so vile I couldn't down more than about two
>> ounces.
>
>> 3. Budweiser
>
> Funny you would equate 2 beers so dissimilar. Bud is crap beer, no
> denying,
> but EKU 28 is a brilliant German Doppelbock. I admit to not liking it
> first
> time I tried it, but I was rank amateaur beer drinker, then, not savvy to
> t
> he real beers of the World. It's not for the faint of heart, it having a
> very heavy malt profile to reach its monster 11% abv level. It has a very
> sweet, almost cloying, mouthfeel. It's also pretty hopy. I don't know
> what
> EKU you are talking about, the one I'm talking about is like drinking
> candy
> ....candy that'll kick your ass!
>
> http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/412/1230
>
> nb

EKU 28 is probably OK for someone used to it-or at lest 'prepared' for its
taste. Had it once in NYC w/a buddy. Neither of us couold take it.

"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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On May 20, 5:56 am, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
> On May 19, 8:40 pm, notbob > wrote:
>
> > Bud is crap beer, no denying,
>
> Regular "Bud" is by no means the worst A-B product. Bud Light,
> Hurricane, and that St. Louis favorite, Busch, are all much worse.
> They decided to put out a premium line of Michelobs with all barley
> (no rice!), but the pale ale is so poorly hopped that it still tastes
> like cheap beer. These folks truly could "F up a wet dream."

Oh, AB-INBEV (now) *can* make good beers. they just don't because they
are marketing to mass appeal, and most people have incredibly bad
taste in beers. IOW most people don't really like beer, so AB-INBEV
makes beer-flavored WATER! (And recently, a host of other atrocities!)
because that's what sells.

Ever have Bare Knuckle Stout? I first had some at the AB table at the
Heritage Festival (or whatever that overpriced thing is they have
annually at Forest Park) and I was shocked that it was made by AB. A
beer I'd actually pay money for! Pretty yummy! Of course it's not up
there with many really great beers, but it's a far cry from AB-INBEV's
Bud Light and all that other water beer crap they promulgate on the
unwashed masses!

John Kuthe...

Try the Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout. Tasty stuff. Too expensive for my tastes
however.

"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2009-05-20, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
>> If I were their marketing guy, I'd try to get
>> them to stop using clear bottles.
>
> There is a phenomena known as "skunked beer". It occurs when UV light
> from
> the sun or even fluorescent bulbs shines on beer. The official term is
> "light struck" and it really does inpart a slight skunk odor in as little
> as
> 5 mins. That's the reason for green (better) and brown (best) bottles.
> They're like sunglasses for beer.
>
> I don't know what Corona does, but Miller High Life uses genetically
> altered
> hops to prevent skunking. I know damn well Sol, which also has clear
> glass
> bottle, does nothing cuz I've tossed a whole sixer of their severly
> skunked
> beer. That, or Sol really is bottled urine.
>
> nb

Molson is known to do that.

"Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
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On May 19, 8:51 pm, "Him" > wrote:
> I remember many a in my friends garage, building Mustangs and drinking
> Mickey's Big Mouth ... little green bottles shaped like a barrel .... with
> a saying or puzzle or something printed under the lid.
>
> Two decades later I bought a six pack just to remember those times ......
> NASTY stuff ..... did it taste like that when we where 17 working on those
> cars?

Yes, it did, but back then the only relevant issues were availability,
alcohol content, and price. It was assumed that beer would taste bad.

--Bryan

When I was in college (well, the first time), Mickeys was $2.10/6 pack in
the wide mouth 16oz bottles.
Can't get it where I live now-probably a good thing.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 19 May 2009 16:47:55 -0500, George Shirley wrote:
>
>> What's the worse beer you've ever run through your kidneys?
>
> Fosters Lager and Coopers.
>
> -sw
Only drank Fosters (oil cans) in the winter-usually while shoveling the
driveway.