Toowoomba in Queensland. Young people aren't the ones to ask about good beer. They tend to drink whatever is fashionable at the time, or can get them hammered for the least amount of money.
Dave On 12/10/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Budweiser, Miller, and the others are the result of catering to a > certain audience that wants beer that is sufficiently light to allow > the consumption of huge amounts without feeling full. Thus, the > popularity of these watery, icy cold beers with minimal flavor but > sufficient alcohol to get the job done. An interesting footnote to > international beer preference: Five years ago I shot a commercial near > a medium sized Australian farming town. I think it was called Towamba. > It was about 150 miles or so from Brisbane. Anyway, my partner and I > were drinking in a local bar with a half dozen young guys from town. I > asked them what their favorite beer might be, thinking I'd get hooked > up to a locally brewed favorite. "Budweiser!" they unanimously > exclaimed. What can one say? > Paul > On Dec 10, 2005, at 8:19 AM, Don Williams wrote: > > > You can get decent beer in the US; Amstel and Carlsberg are available > > in New York and San Francisco -- and hundreds of other places I've > > never visited, I guess. > > > > I once drank a bottle of Miller's in Ballston Lake, or Saratoga > > Springs I can't be sure. It was atrocious. Why is beer making so > > difficult? Or do they make it right and then bugger it up before > > bottling? > > > > Don W > > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Coors was very popular among east coast and midwest auto racers, > >> particularly drag racers, during the sixties. It wasn't available > >> east of the Rockies, so it was essentially an "import." In those days > >> the fastest dragsters were all from California, and the California > >> racers used empty Coors cans to cover their eight exhaust pipes went > >> the car was shut off. Their eastern counterparts wanted everything > >> the fast guys had of course, so getting a set of Coors cans was a > >> major achievement. Some apparently took the leap of logic that if the > >> cans were good for covering your pipes, the beer must be good for > >> pouring down your personal pipe. So guys driving back from the west > >> coast used to pack as much Coors as they could into their trucks. I > >> guess for folks who grew up drinking Bud, Miller and Strohs, it > >> probably tasted okay. Like most other beers, I would guess it's not > >> the same brew today that it was forty years ago. I can't remember > >> ever trying it. > >> Paul > >> On Dec 10, 2005, at 6:26 AM, graywolf wrote: > >>> An allegedly alcoholic beverage brewed by a neo-Nazi company in > >>> Colorado. The main virtue of it was it was 3.2% beer and thus > >>> legally buyable by use underage GI's back in the early 60's. > >>> Definitely not for anyone who likes the taste of beer. AKA cow piss. > >>> > >>> As you probably can tell I did not like the man, the company, nor > >>> the beer. > >>> > >>> graywolf > >>> http://www.graywolfphoto.com > >>> "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > >>> ----------------------------------- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Boris Liberman wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi! > >>>> > >>>>> Here's a pic of little April enjoying a Coors. I'm wondering which > >>>>> rendition you prefer, and why. If you've the time and > >>>>> inclination, I'd > >>>>> appreciate any comments. Thanks! > >>>>> > >>>>> http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/april-2up.html > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> What Coors is, please? > >>>> > >>>> I prefer the right one... I generally tend to tone my b/w stuff to > >>>> warm sepia tones... Feeling warm towards the child can only enhance > >>>> the photo. > >>>> > >>>> Boris > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > > > > -- > > Dr E D F Williams > > _______________________________ > > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > > See feature: The Cement Company from Hell > > Updated: Print Gallery -- 16 11 2005 > > > >
