More on cheap beer...

rick1zoo2

dang thats expensive. back in college, we would get Blatz for $5 a case. It was all about volume

Kel Varnsen

Dissidentman wrote:

Kel Varnsen wrote:

JK_Livin wrote:

Stouts and IPA's aren't made for drinking in outdoor warm/hot weather.

I don't know, I think a fresh well balanced IPA is awesome in warm weather. I made an IPA with galaxy hops and it is awesome, I wish I had more for the summer. I mean there is a reason British dudes drank these in India back in the day.

Yes, the high alcohol and high hops kept it from spoiling.

It is actually a bit of a myth that it was about spoiling since poters were just as popular with british people in India at the time (if not more). The added hops was more about maintaining the flavour for pale ale that people liked. As far as the higher alcohol goes beers IPA's at the time weren't that much stronger than other British beers.

http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/four-ipa-myths-that-need-to-be-stamped-out-for-ipaday/

Cliffy6745

Budweiser

rearviewross

rick1zoo2 wrote:

dang thats expensive. back in college, we would get Blatz for $5 a case. It was all about volume

What year was that? I used to get 30 packs of Old Style classic draft for like $8 in Lacrosse in 1996.

$8 for a case in 2013, I did not think that was possible.

Dissidentman

Kel Varnsen wrote:

Dissidentman wrote:

Kel Varnsen wrote:

I don't know, I think a fresh well balanced IPA is awesome in warm weather. I made an IPA with galaxy hops and it is awesome, I wish I had more for the summer. I mean there is a reason British dudes drank these in India back in the day.

Yes, the high alcohol and high hops kept it from spoiling.

It is actually a bit of a myth that it was about spoiling since poters were just as popular with british people in India at the time (if not more). The added hops was more about maintaining the flavour for pale ale that people liked. As far as the higher alcohol goes beers IPA's at the time weren't that much stronger than other British beers.

http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/four-ipa-myths-that-need-to-be-stamped-out-for-ipaday/

Damn, would ya look at that!

Go Beavers

We used to get this stuff for $2.49 a case in 1990. It was the absolute worst ever! It would make me beg and cry for some Old Milwaukee or Keystone.

rearviewross

Go Beavers wrote:

We used to get this stuff for $2.49 a case in 1990. It was the absolute worst ever! It would make me beg and cry for some Old Milwaukee or Keystone.

$2.49!!?? Oh my God, how broke were you? Did you get a return on the bottles?

Go Beavers

rearviewross wrote:

Go Beavers wrote:

We used to get this stuff for $2.49 a case in 1990. It was the absolute worst ever! It would make me beg and cry for some Old Milwaukee or Keystone.

$2.49!!?? Oh my God, how broke were you? Did you get a return on the bottles?

It was our desperation beer. We would just keep it in the trunk of the car in case of an emergency where we couldn't get anything else.

john roach

I see they sell labatts blue in the u.s. What they charge for a case of 12? Just wndering how much less it is down there , as an import, compared to domestic here.

rearviewross

Go Beavers wrote:

rearviewross wrote:

Go Beavers wrote:

We used to get this stuff for $2.49 a case in 1990. It was the absolute worst ever! It would make me beg and cry for some Old Milwaukee or Keystone.

$2.49!!?? Oh my God, how broke were you? Did you get a return on the bottles?

It was our desperation beer. We would just keep it in the trunk of the car in case of an emergency where we couldn't get anything else.

Well the trunk is the best place to store your beer. Wow. Gotta love the college years.

MaxGoldenrod

john roach wrote:

I see they sell labatts blue in the u.s. What they charge for a case of 12? Just wndering how much less it is down there , as an import, compared to domestic here.

About 10-12 bucks.

Kel Varnsen

john roach wrote:

I see they sell labatts blue in the u.s. What they charge for a case of 12? Just wndering how much less it is down there , as an import, compared to domestic here.

The funny thing is Labatt USA has no corporate connection to labatt in Canada. When Inbev bought Anheuser-Busch awhile back one of the conditions that the US government put on the sale was that Inbev had to sell off their rights to sell Labatt in Canada. Labatt USA is owned by North American Breweries Inc (who also own Magic Hat and Pyramid among other companies). Inbev still owns Labatt in Canada. The other funny thing is that I remember reading awhile back that North American Breweries was looking for someone to brew Labatt Blue for import into the US. They weren't allowed to have connection to Labatt so it ended up that they were brewing Labatt Blue at the Molson plant in Toronto.

https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/beerownership.html

http://www.thestar.com/business/2010/08/19/coming_soon_labatt_blue_brewed_by_molson.html

john roach

That shit about "blue" being made by molson so it can be sold down there is fucked . Laughed my ass off. Blue is shit in my opinion, but the whole fucking deal makes me laugh. I was just curious about cost . In n.s. it would run you about $23 for 12 pack and that's domestic.
Thanks for the other info though, its nuts how that shit works sometimes .

madtowndave

Go Beavers wrote:

We used to get this stuff for $2.49 a case in 1990. It was the absolute worst ever! It would make me beg and cry for some Old Milwaukee or Keystone.

You can still get it in shorties! I honestly prefer it to some Old Milwaukee or Keystone.