Actually, prohibition hurt the big breweries worse. Most of the small
breweries were producing bootleg beer during prohibition and simply went
legit in 1933. The big breweries were monitored much more closely. BTW,
prior to 1920 there were literally thousands of breweries in the US.
Almost every town of any size had a local brewery. Prior to
pasteurization and refrigeration most beer did not travel well, India
Pale Ale being the noted exception. I do not believe there were any
national breweries prior to prohibition.
graywolf
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Gonz wrote:
I brew beer, and thats the story I've read about in the brew books.
But , there is one additional piece of data: prohibition. Prohibition
killed off all the original unique breweries the US used to have.
Brewed beer more like you get from Europe. The big breweries survived
by selling barley off to other clients. The small breweries died.
Then WWII came and the nature of beer changed once the big breweries
came online again and their market, women, demanded lighter beer.
Bob Sullivan wrote:
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
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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
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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
