Thread: Beer of the Day !

I know of PBR by reputation only.
Proper "riot juice" I believe

Living in NH since I was 11..... And by the time I was of legal drinking age back then ( 18 )...If you had a 6 pack of the HOLY GRAIL of beers ( COORS ) you would be God like and anyone that saw you with COORS beer in hand would bow down. Iam serious...cus back in the Mid 70's and living east of the Mississippi...it was almost impossible to get your hands on it !!!!! Iam sure some of you my age remember this ....

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Living in NH since I was 11..... And by the time I was of legal drinking age back then ( 18 )...If you had a 6 pack of the HOLY GRAIL of beers ( COORS ) you would be God like and anyone that saw you with COORS beer in hand would bow down. Iam serious...cus back in the Mid 70's and living east of the Mississippi...it was almost impossible to get your hands on it !!!!! Iam sure some of you my age remember this ....

I remember! Tasted like Cr#p but good advertising and limiting supply.

Originally Posted by nessmuck

anyone that saw you with COORS beer in hand would bow down. Iam serious...cus back in the Mid 70's and living east of the Mississippi...it was almost impossible to get your hands on it !!!!! Iam sure some of you my age remember this ....

I do remember that. I think it was 1978. I was still in the Navy, stationed at Sub Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. One of my shipmates brought some Coors back with him when he returned from leave. It was the gold colored can. He offered me a sip and it just didn't live up to all the hype. I did come to like Coors in the silver can though, once they started selling it in New England.

I seem to remember it didn't have a regular pop top (back then, pop tops separated from the can when you pulled them open). There was a vent in the center of the can top that you opened by pushing it into the can. Once the pressure bled off, you opened the main tab by pushing it into the can with your finger. No lever on the can like we've got today.

My go-to brew these days when funds are tight is Grolsch, a decent dutch lager.

Yuengling is my fridge stock beer,

Now give me a Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout, a Hardy's Ale, Duvel, Scaldis, Chimay Grande Réserve, Orval, or Ayinger, especially Celebrator Doppelbock,
well I guess a Big beer by American standards and I am in heaven.

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Living in NH since I was 11..... And by the time I was of legal drinking age back then ( 18 )...If you had a 6 pack of the HOLY GRAIL of beers ( COORS ) you would be God like and anyone that saw you with COORS beer in hand would bow down. Iam serious...cus back in the Mid 70's and living east of the Mississippi...it was almost impossible to get your hands on it !!!!! Iam sure some of you my age remember this ....

Heck, that was the reason the Bandit battled Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit. Shipping Coors from Texas to Georgia back then was considered bootlegging. I remember when it was illegal in Oregon, but I just checked why. That was due to the Unions being pissed off at Coors for not using Union workers, they pushed Oregon to ban it due to it being unpasteurized.

As I'm only a cider drinker I'll to put forward my beverage of choice a Welsh cider produced just down the road from me, called Gwyn Y ddraig which is Welsh for Black Dragon, I'm also a big fan of Thatchers Katy cider, single variety artisan ciders are the way forward if you want to give this drink a try, a good cider will put some good wines to shame as far as flavour and complexity. This special reserve cider has been hand crafted exclusively from cider apples grown by traditional methods in ageing orchards.The juice pressed from these apples is fermented and matured in oak barrels to produce a cider rich in colour body and flavour with a fresh fruity aroma, Black Dragon Medium Dry, 6.5 abv.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

As I'm only a cider drinker I'll to put forward my beverage of choice a Welsh cider produced just down the road from me, called Gwyn Y ddraig which is Welsh for Black Dragon, I'm also a big fan of Thatchers Katy cider, single variety artisan ciders are the way forward if you want to give this drink a try, a good cider will put some good wines to shame as far as flavour and complexity. This special reserve cider has been hand crafted exclusively from cider apples grown by traditional methods in ageing orchards.The juice pressed from these apples is fermented and matured in oak barrels to produce a cider rich in colour body and flavour with a fresh fruity aroma, Black Dragon Medium Dry, 6.5 abv.

The variety of cider available in the UK has exploded in recent years.
And I totally agree about thatchers. I see they have some new ones out recently too that I'll have to try

A Norwegian Christmas beer

Kinn - Julefred

Genesee Cream Ale.