fishkin@ucbvax.UUCP (Ken Fishkin) (03/27/84)
1 : Point beer, Steven Point, WI 2 : Henry Weinhard's, Portland OR (?) Ken Fishkin ucbvax!fishkin
citrin@ucbvax.UUCP (Wayne Citrin) (03/28/84)
1) Anchor Steam Beer, San Francisco 2) Ballantine IPA (India Pale Ale) 3) Ranier Ale (I don't care what anyone says, I like the stuff.) This probably doesn't count, but two of my favorites are the light and dark ale brewed specially for McSoreley's Old Ale House in New York. It's not the same as the stuff of the same name that you can buy in a bottle. For those of you who haven't been there, McSoreley's is a true New York institution, the oldest bar room in the city. Make it a point to stop there next time you're in New York. It's on 7th Street between 1st and 2nd avenues, right on the edge of the Village. Currently it seems to be a NYU hangout, but people from all over come to drink there, too. Also worth noticing there: the waiters who can pick up >20 mugs at a time, and the lethal mustard (best consumed with a cheese and onion plate and lots of beer on the side). Wayne Citrin (ucbvax!citrin)
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (03/28/84)
[] My choice for beer is Olympia, brewed only at Tumwater(next to Olympia), in the quart size. "It's the Water". T. C. Wheeler
robin@uwvax.ARPA (03/30/84)
There is a great small bar in Chicago at the corner of Fullerton and Western called Quenchers. It carries over 70 different imported beers in bottles and many others on tap (Kroner and Harp for example). The beer there is somewhat expensive, but they also have a special of the week that is usually about half the regular price. If you live in the Chicago area I strongly recommend the place. My favorite 'beers' are as follows: Beer: 1. Molsens (Canada,eh) 2. St. Pauli Girl Light (that's color folks, not calories) (Germany) 3. Harp (Ireland) Ale: 1. Whitbread (England) 2. Coopers (Austrailia) 3. McKewens Export (Scotland) Stout: 1. Coopers (Austrialia) 2. Guiness (Ireland) And of course David Ihnat's homebrew ... Robin Beal
paul@uofm-cv.UUCP (Paul 'da Kingfish' Killey) (03/30/84)
Best by test: Anything by the Real Ale Co. Porter Ale and stout. What I really like about them are the mega-calories! While I am at it -- death to Lite and "Why does Anhueser-Busch buy all that rice", he asked inoocently.
notes@iuvax.UUCP (03/30/84)
#R:ucbvax:-50300:iuvax:500007:000:549 iuvax!apratt Mar 29 19:51:00 1984 I'd like somebody to confirm something I've thought ever since the ads came out: the beer that "tastes just as good as Budweiser (sp?), but costs less" is actually made by the same company as Bud. Is that so? If so, it sounds like the situation in Denmark: Carlsburg and Tuborg are the two big rival brewries there, with ads that blast the other company's product, but they are in fact owned by the same parent company. No matter who wins the taste tests, the parent company still comes out ahead. -- Allan Pratt ihnp4!inuxc!apratt
rtf@ihuxw.UUCP (sparrow) (03/30/84)
<blank line> Allan, The suggestion you made that Meister Brau, "tastes as good as Budweiser, but costs less", is owned by Anheiser-Busch, the parent company of Budweiser is incorrect. In fact Meister Brau is brewed by the Miller brewing company, so the fight is real. I heard a story on the news that Miller used to brew Meister Brau several years ago but stopped because it was not very popular. They have reintroduced the brew with the current ad campaign as a direct assalt on Budweiser. Budweiser is the most popular beer in this nation with Lite beer running a close second. I think Miller is unsatisfied with this second place rating. sparrow
ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) (03/30/84)
-- > like the situation in Denmark: Carlsburg and Tuborg are the two big rival > brewries there, with ads that blast the other company's product, but they > are in fact owned by the same parent company. No matter who wins the taste > tests, the parent company still comes out ahead. > -- Allan Pratt > ihnp4!inuxc!apratt As I recall, this was not always the case. The owner of Tuborg bought out Carlsberg. But, curiouser and curiouser, old man Tuborg left his estate to the Royal Danish Academy of Science, which now owns both breweries. I always loved that story, and both beers, so I hope it's true. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 30 Mar 84 [10 Germinal An CXCII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7261 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***
rcd@opus.UUCP (03/31/84)
<> > ...like the situation in Denmark: Carlsburg and Tuborg are the two big rival > brewries there, with ads that blast the other company's product, but they > are in fact owned by the same parent company. No matter who wins the taste > tests, the parent company still comes out ahead. This is partially correct, as far as I can tell: Both brewers are owned (held?) by United Breweries. However, it unwittingly does a serious disservice to Carlsberg, which is nonprofit! That's right, all of the profit from the Carlsberg brewery operation is donated to charity. Overall, rather than interpret this case as some sort of under-the-table collusion of the godfathers of Carlsberg and Tuborg, I'd say it's a welcome non-interference of a parent organization which by chance has acquired interests in two old and venerable breweries. -- Relax - don't worry - have a homebrew. {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd