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59. I used to hate craft (micro) brews. I worked for a beer distributor that sold both
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 09:15 PM
Feb 2014

Bud and Miller products. I didn't know about real beer I realize now, I just knew what we thought. It was kind of understandable for guys that make their living selling half-racks of crap to alcoholics that are going to suck the whole 12 beers down in one night. I would only say that kind of American light beer is really ideal for hot days on the river when you're out to pound a bunch down fishing. A higher alcohol heavier beer is a Little harsh under those conditions.

It was 1994 in Seattle for the "Stones" Voodoo Lounge show that I really drank my first craft brews. I think the first I really liked may have been Coos Bay Amber Ale if I remember the name right. The guys I was with took me to a little bar they knew where we played shuffle board and drank mostly pounders of that. I had to admit it was really enjoyable.

At the beer distributor we hated anything that made things harder on us. The micro brews were cutting into our sales and then Anheuser Busch bought out the Red Hook brewery and forced that on us. We also really hated the high alcohol "ice" beers we had to start pushing. We were really right about that one I think. Good call corporate guys! Sell cheaper high alcohol beer to alcoholics, make them drunker faster, get them in more trouble and manage to lose more money! The same guy might have had to been satisfied with the lower alcohol stuff or would have had to buy more beer and spend more money. WTF were they thinking there?

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Weren't the times a-changin', or something... Blue Owl Feb 2014 #1
The Times have changed and German beer sucks ass............. Bennyboy Feb 2014 #9
Bob Dylan's 115th Cream Stout... Chiyo-chichi Feb 2014 #17
You got it..... Bennyboy Feb 2014 #19
"oh, how does it feel...how does it feel...to drink on your own..." Ken Burch Feb 2014 #63
I used to hate craft (micro) brews. I worked for a beer distributor that sold both brewens Feb 2014 #59
That's among the stupidest comments I've ever read. tabasco Feb 2014 #65
I always look to Bob for beer advise, who wouldn't? LOL n/t brewens Feb 2014 #2
About as often as I look to Bob for car buying advice.... Bennyboy Feb 2014 #10
The Answer Is Blowing In The Wind Fumesucker Feb 2014 #3
As a former home brewer all I can say is Warpy Feb 2014 #4
I heard Ol Neil put him down... adirondacker Feb 2014 #5
I remembwer that one...Brillinant send up by ol' Neil Armstead Feb 2014 #66
Bill Hicks artistic roll call: Initech Feb 2014 #6
! adirondacker Feb 2014 #8
I can only imagine what he would have said about the coke ad. CBGLuthier Feb 2014 #11
"Another corporate fuckin' shill" nails it. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #32
Bit of a stretch. evlbstrd Feb 2014 #7
Shhhhhhh! More for the rest of us. nt bemildred Feb 2014 #12
LOL cbdo2007 Feb 2014 #13
What is this about? Do you have a link or something? MineralMan Feb 2014 #14
Seems to be referring to a Super Bowl ad tkmorris Feb 2014 #18
Oh, OK. MineralMan Feb 2014 #21
It's from a Superbowl ad cyberswede Feb 2014 #22
Thanks. MineralMan Feb 2014 #23
While I think the OP's conclusion is a bit of a leap... cyberswede Feb 2014 #26
Advertisers make lots of mistakes. MineralMan Feb 2014 #29
Nor mine, in fact... cyberswede Feb 2014 #30
The "German beer or nothing!" crowd is demonstrably wrong and pretentious! Dash87 Feb 2014 #15
I'm not sure about 2013, but in 2012 the top selling beers in the US were hughee99 Feb 2014 #31
The Belgians and Czechs make better "everyday beers" than the Germans jberryhill Feb 2014 #35
Oh Belgian beer is so good! Initech Feb 2014 #45
Budweiser is no longer an American beer. Glassunion Feb 2014 #39
Did you leave any pretension for anybody else? Paladin Feb 2014 #43
Amen! Throd Feb 2014 #46
And your high-quality beers of choice would be... skepticscott Feb 2014 #61
I tend to favor canned Tecate with a lime slice. It tastes good. (nt) Paladin Feb 2014 #64
context? G_j Feb 2014 #16
Bob's Super Bowl Chrysler ad.... Bennyboy Feb 2014 #25
'Cause they suck... lame54 Feb 2014 #20
Um, no........ Bennyboy Feb 2014 #27
i spent years exploring these beers... lame54 Feb 2014 #38
Sorry, no. Just no tkmorris Feb 2014 #28
I no I'm in the minority on this... lame54 Feb 2014 #42
Nobody here can account for the quality of your palate Trajan Feb 2014 #53
Bob "Anything for a buck" Dylan n2doc Feb 2014 #24
That is the winning reply, and what better spokesperson for the boomers than him? Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #33
Excuse me? You're talking about MY generation, your snarky comment I greatly disagree with. 2banon Feb 2014 #37
Just another Boomer sellout. nt msanthrope Feb 2014 #40
Boomer icon, but technically not a boomer himself. Born in '41. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2014 #57
^^^Yep^^^ Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #44
Good to know later generations solved that whole 'feet of clay' problem. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2014 #48
As opposed to selling out from age 18, like succeeding generations. Or did I MISS all those WinkyDink Feb 2014 #49
I don't think that entering show business already pre-sold is any better. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #52
I imagine a lot of diots believe that accurately applies to any generation but their own. LanternWaste Feb 2014 #56
hmm. horrible ad with a very disappointing message. 2banon Feb 2014 #34
Does he hate craft brewers, or does he simply like German beers? Glassunion Feb 2014 #36
You hate America.... Bennyboy Feb 2014 #54
Riiiiiiight. Glassunion Feb 2014 #55
Horrible Ad, but the OP is greatly misleading. There's No "Hate Craft Brewery" msg in that ad 2banon Feb 2014 #41
Forget Bob Dylan and listen to Kraftwerk. Quantess Feb 2014 #47
How precisely, does preferring A lead to hatred of B in this particular illustration? LanternWaste Feb 2014 #50
"Positively 4th Street" comes to mind. Hoyt Feb 2014 #51
Our taps don't work Spirochete Feb 2014 #58
Yeah, I gacked at that too skepticscott Feb 2014 #60
Somewhere out there, Phil Ochs is pissed off, too. Ken Burch Feb 2014 #62
I am not. Craft beer tastes exactly like Budweiser to me--Crap. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2014 #67
He's hated them ever since he caught Johnny in the basement mixing up the medicine. Orrex Feb 2014 #68
you actually tnink he wrote the script himself. dembotoz Feb 2014 #69
"you only rent your beer" sound advice. mulsh Feb 2014 #70
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