Not only has it been brewed by Miller for years now, but now the people who brought it back to life, and built it through grassroots marketing have gotten the shaft, and are seeing all of their work undone by new owners who are ripping the soul out of it.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... ory?page=1
Not that it was ever the BEST beer, but still...
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WeAintFoundShit
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Fuck Pabst Blue Ribbon (and Schlitz, Old Style, and Colt 45
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Sisyphus
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"My job was to protect consumers from the stupid crap that old guys with gray hair come up with," said Clarke. "The brand is the people who drink it. And we treated it well. We were the stewards of it. We did a good job. We tried to keep from selling it out."
Great article. The new owners sound like a bunch of douchebags. Wonder how long it'll be until Duke is brought back....
Great article. The new owners sound like a bunch of douchebags. Wonder how long it'll be until Duke is brought back....
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Bigshankhank
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Well sonavabitch, I can't even poor one out for them as a fallen homey.
Que sera sera.
Que sera sera.
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
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Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
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"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
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Bigshankhank
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Its only to look cool with the other hipsters. If I want to drink good beer I topple the Girl in The Moon.Metalredneck wrote:I dunno how you guys drink that piss, anyway.
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
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"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
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"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
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Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
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bndgkmf
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Word. I'm sponsored by the High LIfe and everything.Bigshankhank wrote:Its only to look cool with the other hipsters. If I want to drink good beer I topple the Girl in The Moon.Metalredneck wrote:I dunno how you guys drink that piss, anyway.
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Bigshankhank
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Well aren't you just King Shit of Turd Mountain, with your beer sponsorships and all. If I lived in Texas I'd be drinking Lone Star. Well, except that it is part of this whole kerfuffle.bndgkmf wrote: Word. I'm sponsored by the High LIfe and everything.
Bring on the Pearl bitches...
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"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
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Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
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PBR isn't great but for cheap shitty beer it's not terrible either.rolly wrote:Yeah, PBR's not exactly great.roadmissile wrote:+1Metalredneck wrote:I dunno how you guys drink that piss, anyway.
More Guinness please.
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I see that they also own Colt 45. Now, shitting all over Lando's legacy, that's an outrage.
+1,000,000,000,000 etc. on the MOOOOOOOOOOAR Guinness please.
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Rabbit_Fighter
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I love cheap lager from a very cold can on a hot day, and drank many cans of PBR last night while working on bikes (TS185 is running much better now).
I haven't had any kind of brand loyalty since Rainier stopped making beer in 1999 (I still have 1 can of it, but it will never be opened).
I primarily drink IPAs lately. For lager, I usually keep St. Pauli Girl around, as it is about the same price as Bud, and very superior, despite its cheesy label.
I haven't had any kind of brand loyalty since Rainier stopped making beer in 1999 (I still have 1 can of it, but it will never be opened).
I primarily drink IPAs lately. For lager, I usually keep St. Pauli Girl around, as it is about the same price as Bud, and very superior, despite its cheesy label.
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motorpsycho67
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thrasherbill wrote: PBR isn't great but for cheap shitty beer it's not terrible either.
I'll have to disagree with that (ever had one flat/at room temp?)
Look up 'swill' in the dictionary
I'll wait....
PBR is the beer equivalent of McD's...... only worse
Life's too short for shitty beer or shitty 'food'....
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This thread reminds me of one of my favorite Monty Python lines, "American beer is like making love in a canoe... 
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Ames.
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Quid Ita Serius?
You never know how much you appreciate your civil liberties until they've been violated.
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WeAintFoundShit
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- Location: Davis
Mostly I brew my own.
Ain't been drinking much lately, anyway, since I'm working at packing on some muscle.
Working for Burning Man, I seriously overdid it on the PBR. It was the brew of choice out there for years amongst the crew. Now I drink it and it instantly makes me sick to my stomach.
Still, the point is that those in charge of it at least treated the brand with a sense of respect and pride in what they were trying to do. Then three rich fuckwits who truly don't give a shit come aboard, and toss it all on the rubbish heap. It's bullshit.
As a side note, PBR really did make attempts to give back to their consumers. One of the Burning Man crew wrote to them, and explained how much of their beer we drank during the work season (which is a metric fucking lot of their goddamned beer) and in response, they shipped the crew a few hundred cases for free as a way to say thanks.
Stand up way to do business, if you ask me.
Ain't been drinking much lately, anyway, since I'm working at packing on some muscle.
Working for Burning Man, I seriously overdid it on the PBR. It was the brew of choice out there for years amongst the crew. Now I drink it and it instantly makes me sick to my stomach.
Still, the point is that those in charge of it at least treated the brand with a sense of respect and pride in what they were trying to do. Then three rich fuckwits who truly don't give a shit come aboard, and toss it all on the rubbish heap. It's bullshit.
As a side note, PBR really did make attempts to give back to their consumers. One of the Burning Man crew wrote to them, and explained how much of their beer we drank during the work season (which is a metric fucking lot of their goddamned beer) and in response, they shipped the crew a few hundred cases for free as a way to say thanks.
Stand up way to do business, if you ask me.
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Bestguess
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This is the best beer.... well for me anyway.
Das seit 1731 in der eigenen Klosterbrauerei hergestellte und viel gerühmte Klosterbier wird zusammen mit gutem und preiswerten Gerichten den Pilgern und Besuchern angeboten.
Das seit 1731 in der eigenen Klosterbrauerei hergestellte und viel gerühmte Klosterbier wird zusammen mit gutem und preiswerten Gerichten den Pilgern und Besuchern angeboten.
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DerGolgo
- Zaphod's Zeitgeist
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I don't drink a lot of beer. Well, actually, I do drink a lot of beer, only not often. But when I do, well, it's usually a lot. The air gets into these bottles awfully fast, doesn't it?
When I do drink beer, I either
a) drink the stuff from the local, family owned and run brewery. They are an upstart newcomer to the German beer market, they have been around for only 275 years, or
b) whatever is available. For crying out loud, it's beer. If it's cold, any beer becomes a good beer after the fourth bottle.
So, from what I understand, their product was between bad and mediocre while their customer service and public relations were outstanding.
Which means that, as long as there's another beer maker with great customer service and PR, and their beer is no worse than "bad", you can just switch brands and go back to being happy.
Worst possible outcome would be that you'll be forced to drink an equally bad or maybe even better beer made, like almost anything in the world, by a greedy soulless company.
When I do drink beer, I either
a) drink the stuff from the local, family owned and run brewery. They are an upstart newcomer to the German beer market, they have been around for only 275 years, or
b) whatever is available. For crying out loud, it's beer. If it's cold, any beer becomes a good beer after the fourth bottle.
So, from what I understand, their product was between bad and mediocre while their customer service and public relations were outstanding.
Which means that, as long as there's another beer maker with great customer service and PR, and their beer is no worse than "bad", you can just switch brands and go back to being happy.
Worst possible outcome would be that you'll be forced to drink an equally bad or maybe even better beer made, like almost anything in the world, by a greedy soulless company.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
I said I have a big stick.
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Ames
- Megachiroptera Übermench
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calamari kid
- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Lake Shitty
This.motorpsycho67 wrote: Life's too short for shitty beer
Thank Dog that I live in a region with a healthy microbrew marketplace. American lagers have never done it for me, give me a good ale any day. My everyday is Kingpin from Bridgeport and we recently discovered a tiny brewhouse a half hour or so north of us, Skookum Brewery, that has some really tasty beers. I've brewed a couple batches over the years with mixed results. A buddy of mine just got a bunch of brewing gear in exchange for some work, and we're looking to see if we can make something drinkable this summer.
Hooray BEER!
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dozer
- Hammer Time
- Location: umbc
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Good beer is good. I dunno about all this corporate who controls who shit, but the cutie sales rep that came by and stocked my boh vending machine with beer for free last week, in addition to giving some free, and totally gross colt45 Blast fruity juice drank to get drunk as a skunk with was pretty cool.
"All you lazy bastards, you don't build no castles!"
-Jim Bishop.
-Jim Bishop.
Sisyphus wrote: If, on the other hand, a full-on revolution starts within one year, you will provide me your mailing address and I will send you the balsa wood box for you to eat. Provided I haven't already eaten it. In which case I will send you an object of equal or lesser value that hasn't been eaten, provided it is as edible as balsa and is of nearly equvalent volume (empty).
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Sisyphus
- Rigging the Ancient Mariner
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Bigshankhank
- Fully Autonomous Cock-Puncher
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+1Sisyphus wrote:See? Beer is for drinking. Doesn't matter what flavor.
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
-Davros
"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
-Davros
"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
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xtian
- Le coureur de lames chasse Tinti...
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Whiskeywrist
- Barista of Doom
- Location: Seattle, WA
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I'll take the low road and confess I drink almost nothing but dirt cheap Busch light tall boys.
Once I accepted that I prefer lots of watery brews over fewer richer ones, and that, "beer cred" is right up there with eyebrow grooming on my list of personal priorities, the give a fuck abruptly vanished!
Plus, at 75 cents a can, that leaves a healthy budget for my single malt scotch agenda.
Once I accepted that I prefer lots of watery brews over fewer richer ones, and that, "beer cred" is right up there with eyebrow grooming on my list of personal priorities, the give a fuck abruptly vanished!
Plus, at 75 cents a can, that leaves a healthy budget for my single malt scotch agenda.
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Bo_9
- Ayatollah of Mayhem
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"Every accident involving machinery begins with a single defect. Never forget that defect can be between your ears." - E.J. Potter
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"Well, he never ever smiled, but he always seemed pleased."
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stiles
- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Mid Atlantic
While this turn of developments is shitty for those directly involved (and I feel for them on a professional level, having had somewhat similar types of things happen to me at various jobs), I can't really care that much about the beer. It's PBR.
If this was Yuengling being bought from the family that has made it for the last 100+ years and being turned into a shitty Bud-style pisswater, *then* I'd get mad, but it's not. It's PBR.
If this was Yuengling being bought from the family that has made it for the last 100+ years and being turned into a shitty Bud-style pisswater, *then* I'd get mad, but it's not. It's PBR.
"If we cannot be free, we can at least be cheap" - Frank Zappa
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motorpsycho67
- Double-dip Diogenes
- Location: City of Angels
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WeAintFoundShit
- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Davis