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Old 07-09-2018, 09:17 AM
 
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Pretty much any mass produced American beer - anything labelled Miller/Coors/Bud/Michelob/Bush/etc - is absolute crap. Watered down, utterly flavorless junk.
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Old 07-09-2018, 04:40 PM
 
Location: SW OK (AZ Native)
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Pretty much any mass produced American beer - anything labelled Miller/Coors/Bud/Michelob/Bush/etc - is absolute crap. Watered down, utterly flavorless junk.
I grew up on the stuff, when there were no real choices, and did not know the difference. Now there are so many craft brewers to choose from, so no reason to drink light macrobrews... they're served cold to differentiate from urine.

This past Friday, I noticed the service date on this sign was broken, or maybe not, since most macros, especially the 3.2 stuff served here for a bit longer, would be passable substitutes for water for an infant. (The wait staff assured me that this was broken, but you never know.)



A recent article extolling the vices of American macrocrap:

https://www.delish.com/food/a2091724...nk-light-beer/
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Old 07-09-2018, 07:21 PM
 
Location: 912 feet above sea level
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They say it is the champagne of beers! Has anyone here ever had it?
Uh huh ... and a Big Mac is the 'filet mignon of burgers'!

It's a generic lager made cheaply with a corn adjunct that's indistinguishable from countless other generic lagers made cheaply with a corn adjunct.
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Old 07-10-2018, 01:11 PM
 
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I might be in the minority here, but I like generic/light beers. Every time I tried "craft" beers, they taste too flavorful to me, but I also don't like organic or grass-fed steaks, they just don't taste right.

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Old 07-10-2018, 01:32 PM
 
Location: Middle America
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Ah, the beer snobs finally arrived!

I like both micro and macrobrews.

Unless they're IPAs. Then they can all go to hell.
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Old 07-10-2018, 01:54 PM
 
Location: San Diego CA
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It’s an old school beer that’s been around for generations way before imports and micro brews became popular. Probably one of the most widely sold brews in the country from the 40’s into the 70’s. By today’s standards a little bland but still hits the spot ice cold straight from the bottle. Decent blue collar working guy’s drink and nowhere as pricy as more popular beers on the market.
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Old 07-10-2018, 09:04 PM
 
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Well I tried the high life version tonight and enjoyed it! I like stouts and porters but lately it has been so hot that I enjoy refreshing beers.
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Old 07-11-2018, 02:21 AM
 
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I’m old enough to remember when most restaurants only sold Miller, Budweiser, and Schlitz for generic brews and Michelob (and possibly Heineken or Lowenbrau) for premium beer. That was it, too.
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Old 07-11-2018, 11:35 AM
 
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I had it by itself and with clamato yesterday! Not bad but clamato is better with A tout le monde beer!
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Old 07-11-2018, 12:25 PM
 
Location: Middle America
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I’m old enough to remember when most restaurants only sold Miller, Budweiser, and Schlitz for generic brews and Michelob (and possibly Heineken or Lowenbrau) for premium beer. That was it, too.
Plenty still do, in largely blue collar areas. Outside of urban/suburban areas (and working class areas within those), I might see a tap or two dedicated to a craft brew (tops). But I'll see far more patrons drinking your basic, ubiquitous "yard" beers.
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