Graywolf, This sounds like an urban legend to me. Taste is a very powerful memory and difficult to change. Pabst Blue Ribbon tried to do change tastes in the '50's. It worked out like New Coke - disaster. My dad switched and never came back, They changed back to the old formulation in about 5 years. It was to late and the company died. Regards, Bob S.
On 12/10/05, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I have not told the story of american beer in a while. > > Back before WWII the factory guys used to stop in the bars afterwork for > a few beers while waiting for the streetcar. Everyone remembers > streetcars, right <grin>? > > Then during WWII while the guys were all off getting their arse shot > off, the girls took over the factory jobs. They figured they should get > to drink a few beers just like the guys use to, only they did not > actually like the taste of beer. Miller came up with the idea of making > a beer that did not have that nasty beer taste for the girls to indulge > in after work. Thus Miller High Life was born. The other breweries > slowly followed suit, especially after they realized how much cheaper > beer was to make when you cut it in half with water, and left out most > of the expensive hops. The funny thing, to me, is that Miller's is still > about the same as they made it back in WWII, but most of the others are > even worse now. > > 99% of the time I drink imports. However, in this age of micro-breweries > you can get decent american beer. Not all of the micro-brewed stuff is > decent, not even most of it, but some definately is. > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > > 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > >
