Thread: Nanny State Strikes Again!

Another reason to NEVER get rid of my tapper!

Originally Posted by HNSB

Is there something special about Coors, or was it just the only beer available?Some of the posts sound like you could get other beer, but Coors was something special - which doesn't make sense to me.

If I'm not mistaken, Coors couldn't be sold in the Eastern states due to the higher alcohol content. I think it's all explained in "Smokey & the Bandit".

I think the "special" thing about Coors was the fact that it was forbidden fruit. When I lived somewhere I could drink it all the time, it didn't take long for the novelty to wear off. I still occassionally pick up a half rack or so of banquet beer but not so much for Coors Light. There are (and were back then) many beers on the market that were far superior to Coors (IMHO).

Originally Posted by HNSB

Is there something special about Coors, or was it just the only beer available?

Some of the posts sound like you could get other beer, but Coors was something special - which doesn't make sense to me.

Coors does taste good, but what makes it special is that it's the only beer that is refrigerated from bottling all the way to the consumer. The beer is more consistent because of this.

Originally Posted by Crotalus

Coors does taste good, but what makes it special is that it's the only beer that is refrigerated from bottling all the way to the consumer.

This depends on where the consumer buys from. I can tell you that when I worked at a supermarket the beer vendors both received and stored their stock at room temperature, Coors most definitely included.

Originally Posted by Theseus

If I'm not mistaken, Coors couldn't be sold in the Eastern states due to the higher alcohol content. I think it's all explained in "Smokey & the Bandit".

I agree with the forbidden fruit thing and if the statement above is true(higher alcohol content) then that seems even more nanny state to me! In Canada the beer is 5% + on average or was when I grew up there. To ban Coors in certain areas due to a slightly higher content just doesn't make sense to me as you'd just drink more of the lower percentage to compensate if you're a menace to sobriety...

Some friends of mine from the UK drove Route 66 a few years back and stopped somewhere for the night and grabbed a 6 pack. They consisted of three adults, as it was a hot day they soon finished the 6 beers and went back for another 6 to last them the rest of the evening. Apparently the lady behind the counter said she couldn't sell them any more beer as they'd already bought enough that evening! Wtf? They had to sweet talk her into selling them another 6 pack. That just doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever, who is she to decide their limit?

Back to the op, in England we can't purchase alcohol before 11 AM. The tins you can get off the shelves here go up to about 9.5% and down to 2.8%. Thesedays I prefer a Stella Artois 4% over most other lagers for some reason. Cans are 440ml, 500ml or 568ml(pint). All this talk of drinking beer has me spitting feathers right now as I'm at work. Can't wait to get into a tin after work now as I've got that Friday feeling. All the best this evening, may your shaves be close and smooth and you beer cold and even smoother!

Originally Posted by Theseus

If I'm not mistaken, Coors couldn't be sold in the Eastern states due to the higher alcohol content. I think it's all explained in "Smokey & the Bandit".

Interesting, i was under the impression that back when Coors was not legal on the est coast was it was filtered beer not pasteurized thus it had to be kept cold or the alcohol content would go up and bottles and cans could burst but more importantly.... Coors was not a unionized brewer and most of the state where you could not get it were big on unions and had unionized breweries... non-union meant that Coors cost less to produce and if properly kept cold tasted better, and sold for less.
Of course it could just simply be that there one brewery in golden could not handle the volume to stock the whole country. we used to have a good number of regional breweries, before micro breweries came on the scene, with just Miller and Bud as the nationwide brands.

but that was a long time ago and i have impaired many brain cells since then. today i can find beer from 18.4% down to NA... i almost never want either of those extremes.

enjoy,
jim

Originally Posted by commiecat

This depends on where the consumer buys from. I can tell you that when I worked at a supermarket the beer vendors both received and stored their stock at room temperature, Coors most definitely included.

Maybe that's the way it is now. I was told that part of the reason for the limited distribution was the problem with keeping it refrigerated. If true, Golden probably just said to hell with it at some point.

This is how it was when I stocked shelves.... 13-14 years ago.

Originally Posted by commiecat

This depends on where the consumer buys from. I can tell you that when I worked at a supermarket the beer vendors both received and stored their stock at room temperature, Coors most definitely included.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

This is how it was when I stocked shelves.... 13-14 years ago.

When Coors had limited distribution was 35 years ago.