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You're all out of beer, but you can drink my river of tears instead

YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
edited February 2010 in Social Entropy++
So this is a thing that is happening.
"Running dry: Belgium's looming beer crisis"

Anheuser-Busch InBev is trying to fire 10% of it's European workforce for a couple of reasons. Mainly what it boils down to is they're going for a high volume, low quality business, and business is bad.

I think we can all agree that Bud itself is no better than cold, boozy dog pee, BUT...
This
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is a great thing.

So are these
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Here is a list of all the beers they make. It is many.
Yet the biggest problem AB InBev faces is the downward trend in beer consumption in Europe. The company says that European drinkers have been gradually switching to wine and spirits in recent years, causing sales of beer to decline sharply. In beer-loving Belgium, the problem has been particularly acute: beer sales plummeted by 20% between 2000 and 2008.
Now is when I blame the Europeans for getting us into this mess by not being the raging alcoholics we need them to be.


Beer is probably older than Young Earth Creationists think the Earth is. It is the third most popular beverage behind tea and water, as in H two O. Hammurabi wrote laws about it.

It is an Important Thing.


So: thoughts on beer and it's boozy competitors, wine and liquor. Do you hate InBev like I do, and go for local microbrews? Or are you a Real Man(TM) who only drinks whiskey? Do you just put on your tight, rolled up hipster jeans and guzzle PBR without caring who makes it? (Pabst Brewing Company is awesome, incidentally. They make Schlitz, OE800 and Old Milwaukee to name a few. They make the best terrible beers in the world). Alternatively, why do corporations ruin everything and who wants to go into the woods and make booze in a rusty pot with me?

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    SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I very much enjoy Franziskaner and Hoegaarden, so no I do not hate Inbev and boycott them.

    Also those protesters sound like massive cockbags.

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    the cheatthe cheat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2010
    i'm not in the business of caring about beer economics. or beer, really.

    i do like red stripe. finally found one that i like!

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    simosimo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    stella, st pauli girl and labatt?

    basically the worst beers

    simo on
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    YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    simo wrote: »
    stella, st pauli girl and labatt?

    basically the worst beers

    You're the worst beer.

    I can see how Stella and st pauli are an acquired taste though.

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    SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Well Stella is a very decent beer. I've never had the others, but Labatt just sounds terrible, like the Bud of Canada.

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    3v3v Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    These:
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    Trumer.jpg
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    delicious

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    PantsB wrote: »
    Koreans 4 Gate like this
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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited January 2010
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    SupraluminalSupraluminal Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I don't exactly hate InBev per se, but I don't have any interest in any of the beers on that list, so I guess I boycott them by default.

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    simosimo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    here are some good beers

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited January 2010
    stella is pretty good though

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    CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I only get drunk maybe 2-3 times a year, but when I do

    it's never with beer

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    SupraluminalSupraluminal Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Smuttynose IPA is the bee's knees.

    Here's one of my personal favorites:
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    http://www.northcoastbrewing.com/beer-rasputin.htm

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    SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Crashmo wrote: »
    I only get drunk maybe 2-3 times a year, but when I do

    it's never with beer

    That's good, I don't often get drunk with beer, since beer is for delighting the taste buds.

    Septus on
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    JayvohJayvoh Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I love me some beer.

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    CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Septus wrote: »
    Crashmo wrote: »
    I only get drunk maybe 2-3 times a year, but when I do

    it's never with beer

    That's good, I don't often get drunk with beer, since beer is for delighting the taste buds.

    i've yet to have a beer that delighted my taste buds

    maybe i should try one of these fancy ones and not the awful crap my friends try to push on me

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited January 2010
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    JayvohJayvoh Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Good at drawing, bad at beer.

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2010
    simo wrote: »
    stella, st pauli girl and labatt?

    basically the worst beers

    certainly not the worst, but calling them the best is just confusing the hell out of me
    I like Stella Artois, but the best? Really?

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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
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    SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Quoth wrote: »
    hey guys

    guess what

    Chicken Butt

    Septus on
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    YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I like these guys
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    The Sweetwater brewery is awesome if incredibly tiny. If you are ever in Atlanta the tour is mandatory. You can hang out with your dog on the patio and listen to live music while you drink and be happy.

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    NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    my girlfriends dad started brewing his own beer

    fucking went and got a whole fridge just for his beers and it literally has no room in it now.

    like, you can't even fit one more glass anywhere.

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    UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    simo wrote: »
    here are some good beers

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    Allagash is excellent

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2010
    Septus wrote: »
    Well Stella is a very decent beer. I've never had the others, but Labatt just sounds terrible, like the Bud of Canada.

    Labatt is the beer that even Canadians laugh at us for drinking.

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    SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Crashmo wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Crashmo wrote: »
    I only get drunk maybe 2-3 times a year, but when I do

    it's never with beer

    That's good, I don't often get drunk with beer, since beer is for delighting the taste buds.

    i've yet to have a beer that delighted my taste buds

    maybe i should try one of these fancy ones and not the awful crap my friends try to push on me

    That could work, or your taste buds have not yet shaped up. It was like a switch for me, one day I just started enjoying beer. The same has not happened for wine though.

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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    so i have this beer blog

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    JayvohJayvoh Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Quoth wrote: »
    hey guys

    guess what

    BEER REVIEWS

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited January 2010
    Quoth wrote: »
    hey guys

    guess what

    shouldnt you be writing decision points or something, gumshoe?

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    Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Stella is the fucking wife beater of beers, you shit twats.

    I need to drag all your asses out behind the barn and shot gun you in the mouth to euthanise your taste buds.

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    Fuck off and die.
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    denihilistdenihilist Ancient and Mighty Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited January 2010
    Stella is malt liquor. True story.

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    UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    if we're talking about awesome beer, I have to mention Bell's because Oberon may very well be the beverage of the gods

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    RedZeroRedZero Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    These are pretty good and usually easily available:

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    They also feature nifty artwork.

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited January 2010
    Peter Ebel wrote: »
    Stella is the fucking wife beater of beers, you shit twats.

    I need to drag all your asses out behind the barn and shot gun you in the mouth to euthanise your taste buds.

    no, budweiser is blatantly the wife beater of beers.

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    simosimo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited January 2010
    I don't know why I thought a website called tokecity wouldn't be blocked here at work.

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    PeenPeen Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I got a variety pack of Tommyknockers and it's pretty good.
    This in particular is delicious:
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    YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Usagi wrote: »
    if we're talking about awesome beer, I have to mention Bell's because Oberon may very well be the beverage of the gods

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    I used to live in Michigan. The day they start selling Oberon again is pretty much a holiday.

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    NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Hoegaarden

    so good they had to give it two A's

    Nogs on
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    MorgensternMorgenstern ICH BIN DER PESTVOGEL DU KAMPFAFFE!Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    As long as my Oregon/Washing State micro-brews are still available, I could care less. Unless this affect Trapist beers. Then I'm going to lose it.

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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Nogs wrote: »
    Hoegaarden

    so good they had to give it two A's

    best when mixed with lindemann's framboise

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