"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal
I largely agree with this.
Also, not only are Bud and Miller union-made brews (as Matthew Yglesias points out), “macro” brews are often more likely to be vegetarian/vegan than many microbrews.
Now, look: I enjoy microbrews, but for an everyday drinkin’ beer I’d just as soon crack open a Bud or a High Life as most of them. Sue me.
In the spirit of high discourse for which we are known ,I must reply thusly: phtbbbbbt.
You keep your rice-water to yourself… 😉
You’re just trying to position yourself as a man of the people.
I would have thought you’d be a devoted Sam Adams fan now, being in Boston.
BTW, and I’ve been wanting to tell someone about this, I was really disappointed when I looked closely at my Rolling Rock pony the other day and saw that Latrobe Brewing Co. is now in (sigh) St. Louis, Mo. No longer from the glass-lined tanks of old Latrobe.
Not that I poured it out, of course…
Yep. Rolling Rock was bought out by someon – Coors? – and relocated from Old Latrobe. I haven’t touched it since. 😉
And, in fact, Sam Adams is brewed in Cincinnatti! The true local Boston beer afficianado drinks Harpoon. They signature beer is a rather tasty IPA.
Of course, in my heart of hearts, I’m still a Yuengling man, but they don’t distribute to New England drat it all.
Dude, that’s nothing. I learned to drink coffee from two friends in grad school who got Starbucks shipped to them UPS (this was in the dark ages). Now I drink FOLGERS. Every morning when I go in.
I can slum with the best of ’em.
Sam Adams is a hybrid, IMO, a “mass market microbrew.” It’s produced on a comparatively large scale, and midway in price between the worst mass market dreck and the high end microbrews. I think it’s sort of a throwback to the days when mass market breweries still knew what hops was–on the whole, a very good thing.
I like the microbrew stuff myself, but on Budweiser wages I find it easier to drink a couple of IPAs at the local brew pub now and then, and brew my own. Home brewing is a pretty good way to get microbrew quality beer, cheap. You can brew a good 5 gal. batch for around $30, which amounts to $0.75 a pint.
I’ll take a PBR or Lonestar myself, but I agree with the sentiment. Who wants to to drink a Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barley Wine after mowing the grass or working on their on the car???? Not this guy!
and yeah, I am with Kevin. Homebrewing is the best! i have a great IPA recipe that I make in the summer months.
Over the weekend, I was working on my car, opened the beer fridge (an indulgence permitted by the wife) and passed over XX’s, Sierra Nevada, and Boddingtons opting for a Bud in an attempt to channel my father who always drank a bud while working on his cars. It worked…after 8 hrs, greasy arms, and a peeved wife…the car still won’t start.
I used to be a beer snob and still love a good beer, but I agree with LP after working in the yard there are few beers that can beat a Bud. I did recently get on a micro brewery kick and tried a boysenberry beer. Not sure what possessed me but it tasted like I was drinking Fruit Loops…great for a cereal but bad for a beer.
I’m intrigued by the homebrew option, but have always been too lazy. Maybe I’ll look into it again once we’re settled in our new place (we’re moving again in about a month and a half).
homebrewing is as easy as boiling water. try it!
Sorry, a beer snob here. If you’re every about again, I’ll treat you to some of the good local varieties. Or you can have a Bud with C.
I think at the end of the day I’m more of a beer ecumenist than an anti-snob. 😉 I like to try local beers when I’m travelling, or treat myself to the occassional import or craft beer, but I also like to be able to fall back on the “macro” brews.
How do I get a job as a “beer ecumenist?” 🙂
A Thinking Reed 
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