Brewers reviving beers from the ancient past

Marshwheeling said:
After years of sampling beers from all over the country, I finally had the realization that all the American lagers are the same, and that you are essentially drinking the label. Your perception affects how the beer tastes to you. That taste may or may not be good on any given day, depending on a number of factors, many of them having more to do with you than on the beer itself. Now, whenever I order one of these beers, I get a glass of ice and pour the beer over it.
Ice is the great equalizer, and even something as nasty as a Budweiser becomes drinkable.
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Stop the presses! I have a long time friend that taught jazz guitar and theory at my shop. For as long as I've known him he has put ice in his beer. I thought he was the only one to do that.

This ole world's gettin' smaller by the minute.
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
Jax, Dixie and Falstaff were the big three of my yout growing up in New Orleans. Throw in Ballentines at .89 a six pack. Now if I'm gonna drink a beer, it's Abita Amber preferably on tap
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I am with you on the Abita, although I prefer the Andygator myself.
Little hard to find sometimes in North Alabama, but we have a great
Italian joint five minutes from the house that keeps it on tap.
 
Here's a recipe.........

We were just watching one of those medical 'whatisit' videos. It seems that prisoners in jail save potatoes and keep them a few weeks, ferment them in a plastic bag, mix it up in the toilet and strain it through a sock to make 'wine'. (I can't remember what they call it) Somebody ate one of the three week old potatoes and got botulism.
 
Question

In college we routinely bought half-barrels of Michelob Beer for any kind of larger get-together or party. Reason being that although not everyone loved Michelob it seemed, after fastidious and lengthy research, that virtually no one complained about it either. At the completion of the careful research we could not say that about any other commonly available beer - so Michelob became our "go-to" even though it was relatively more expensive.

The question is; has anyone seen "regular" Michelob Beer lately? Sure Michelob Ultra, but I'm curious what happened to plain, old, gold label, lava lamp shaped bottle, Michelob.

Bryan
 
swsig said:
Back in the '60s, I used to drink Rainier Ale, aka "The Green Death" out of bottles like this one. It was affordable and had far more flavor than the typical watered-down 3.2 American beers of that era. Unfortunately, it no longer is brewed. R.I.P.

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Later Henry Wineheards Private Reserve was about the best replacement and until the smaller brewers started producing excellent local beers it was always my favorite.
 
If its not hoppy I probably wouldn't like it. A friend introduced me to IPAs fifteen years ago or so and warned me that it might make all other beers obsolete. He was right, you either love them or leave them. I warn people that if you don't like grapefruit juice you probably won't like an IPA. I do still like a ice cold Corona or Stella after mowing the lawn but otherwise all I drink are IPAs. I hate to admit being a beer snob but if offered a choice between a Coors Light and water I will take the water, I'm not after the alcohol, its all about taste and I like water first and foremost.
 
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