No free beer thread
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Yes cheap(er) domestic beers do serve a purpose like when a roomful of relatives come over and you don't want them to finish off ALL of your good stuff.
Actually beer like many things are really subjective for example I think Coors is overrated some people love it. I'll drink Miller Lite occasionally other people might think it tastes like crap.
I generally refuse to chat about religion or politics but food can be that other third rail like:
List all the beers (or pizza) you love and ones you hate......and wait for the results, hmmmmmm, good idea try it go ahead!
I'll start my comments with Coors. Back in the early 70s Coors had cult status when it was only available in the West. We almost kissed the ground when we crossed the Wyoming state line for the first time in '71. Really, really distinctive back then. I could pick out Coors from a lineup of 5-6 other domestics without fail- and won a fair amount of money doing so. On the way back from a climbing trip stopped at one of the drive ups in Riverton Wyoming- guys asks us- what you want? Coors. How much? We'll tell you when the car is full. I swear when Coors went national- it's not the same as it was back then. I still pick up a six pack on occasion to reminisce.
Regarding Miller- I have one rule when it comes to beer- ABM Anything But Miller. My opinion of Lite beers is when they took out the calories, they took out the flavor along with it. Except Miller Lite. All the flavor is there- and really bad. I won't drink one if it's the only beer at a party, give me a coke or some water instead.
I should- and will do- a rant on Bud's "Freedom Reserve" they've been selling this summer. Definite step up from regular Bud, but not really worth the extra $$$. Don't go all all patriotic on me either- with the military donation capped at $500,000- peanuts for A-B. They spend five times that on Super Bowl commercials.
Now as to beers I drink, from the Great Lakes lineup Dormunder, Elliott Ness, Conway's seasonal, and an occasional Edmund Fitzgerald or Blackout stout. Just no to those hop monsters like Nosferatau. Imports? Dos Equis amber or several other Mexican brews (not Corona) in a Mexican restaurant. BTW, if you're ever in Dayton stop by Elsas (several locations) and have a Bad Juan margarita- people drive for miles to have one, and they blow the ones Maya serves up for Stan in Berea away. Pilsner Urquel, or most of the Belgian Abbey ales- St. Bernardus Abbot 10.
Several good pizza places in Dayton. Top of the line is Flying Pizza. Late night (till 4 AM) you can't beat Cousin Vinny's for price and quality. When I'm up in Cleveland I like Romito's. Of the National brands- Dominos is OK, but MHO is Pizza Hut should have gone out of business long ago, and Papa Johns isn't exactly great either.
Now as to beers I drink, from the Great Lakes lineup Dormunder, Elliott Ness, Conway's seasonal, and an occasional Edmund Fitzgerald or Blackout stout.
Now I noticed you did not mention Great Lakes Christmas Ale. Did you do this on purpose, because you agree with me that it is vastly overrated and tastes like someone ground up a poinsettia in a beer or was it just an oversight?
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Great marketing, but I too will be interested to see how the distribution of said free beer pans out. If it were my bar with one of em, I'd go a voucher basis (i.e. first 300 get a free beer). Although I'm just reading several of the fridges will be AT the stadium. How TF is that going to work?
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Now as to beers I drink, from the Great Lakes lineup Dormunder, Elliott Ness, Conway's seasonal, and an occasional Edmund Fitzgerald or Blackout stout.
Now I noticed you did not mention Great Lakes Christmas Ale. Did you do this on purpose, because you agree with me that it is vastly overrated and tastes like someone ground up a poinsettia in a beer or was it just an oversight?
Now I noticed you did not mention Great Lakes Christmas Ale. Did you do this on purpose, because you agree with me that it is vastly overrated and tastes like someone ground up a poinsettia in a beer or was it just an oversight?
It wasn't an oversight, I mentioned earlier I don't like any additive crap in my beers, I avoid flavored beers like the plague. Christmas Ale has Honey, ginger, cinnamon in it. Down Dayton way, we have a wonderful Chocolate store- Esther Price. They've won best chocolate in Ohio several times. Some genius found a way to not only ruin perfectly good chocolate, but beer on top of it, brewing "Esther's Little Secret". Beer with chocolate in it. Yuck.
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Great marketing, but I too will be interested to see how the distribution of said free beer pans out. If it were my bar with one of em, I'd go a voucher basis (i.e. first 300 get a free beer). Although I'm just reading several of the fridges will be AT the stadium. How TF is that going to work?
Great marketing, but I too will be interested to see how the distribution of said free beer pans out. If it were my bar with one of em, I'd go a voucher basis (i.e. first 300 get a free beer). Although I'm just reading several of the fridges will be AT the stadium. How TF is that going to work?
Anyone here old enough to remember what happened at the Indians Dime beer night? Wow people getting crushed in the the stampede for the freebies...
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/142952-ten-cent-beer-night-the-worst-idea-ever
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Great marketing, but I too will be interested to see how the distribution of said free beer pans out. If it were my bar with one of em, I'd go a voucher basis (i.e. first 300 get a free beer). Although I'm just reading several of the fridges will be AT the stadium. How TF is that going to work?
Anyone here old enough to remember what happened at the Indians Dime beer night? Wow people getting crushed in the the stampede for the freebies...
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/142952-ten-cent-beer-night-the-worst-idea-ever
Anyone here old enough to remember what happened at the Indians Dime beer night? Wow people getting crushed in the the stampede for the freebies...
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/142952-ten-cent-beer-night-the-worst-idea-ever
Definitely the first thing I thought of. According to this article: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/08/browns_fans_free_beer_coming_t.html
"Several of about 10 Bud Light Browns 'Victory Fridges' approximately 8 feet tall - "they're not small dorm sizes, they are full size," Goeler said - will be put inside FirstEnergy Stadium."
Wouldn't this also violate the "no beer after the 3rd quarter" too? Putting those inside the stadium just seems really dumb to me. Even if you have an organized plan (say first 1000 fans get a voucher) you KNOW drunk fans are going to bull rush those fridges.
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Anyone here old enough to remember what happened at the Indians Dime beer night? Wow people getting crushed in the the stampede for the freebies...
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/142952-ten-cent-beer-night-the-worst-idea-ever
Definitely the first thing I thought of. According to this article: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/08/browns_fans_free_beer_coming_t.html
"Several of about 10 Bud Light Browns 'Victory Fridges' approximately 8 feet tall - "they're not small dorm sizes, they are full size," Goeler said - will be put inside FirstEnergy Stadium."
Wouldn't this also violate the "no beer after the 3rd quarter" too? Putting those inside the stadium just seems really dumb to me. Even if you have an organized plan (say first 1000 fans get a voucher) you KNOW drunk fans are going to bull rush those fridges.
Definitely the first thing I thought of. According to this article: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/08/browns_fans_free_beer_coming_t.html
"Several of about 10 Bud Light Browns 'Victory Fridges' approximately 8 feet tall - "they're not small dorm sizes, they are full size," Goeler said - will be put inside FirstEnergy Stadium."
Wouldn't this also violate the "no beer after the 3rd quarter" too? Putting those inside the stadium just seems really dumb to me. Even if you have an organized plan (say first 1000 fans get a voucher) you KNOW drunk fans are going to bull rush those fridges.
I thought they were just gonna have those at bars around town where everyone was already id'd I agree having em in the stadium is a bad idea
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Great marketing, but I too will be interested to see how the distribution of said free beer pans out. If it were my bar with one of em, I'd go a voucher basis (i.e. first 300 get a free beer). Although I'm just reading several of the fridges will be AT the stadium. How TF is that going to work?
Anyone here old enough to remember what happened at the Indians Dime beer night? Wow people getting crushed in the the stampede for the freebies...
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/142952-ten-cent-beer-night-the-worst-idea-ever
Anyone here old enough to remember what happened at the Indians Dime beer night? Wow people getting crushed in the the stampede for the freebies...
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/142952-ten-cent-beer-night-the-worst-idea-ever
I can't for the life of me figure out how having damn near free beer at a sporting event in a blue-collar town would turn out bad... ?
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