More proof of tasteless American beers

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Coors is not an american beer. It's made by nazis.

[Shi Huangdi]

Rolling Rock, an American mass-market beer brewed in Latrobe, PA is also very good. Molson isn't that great.

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Originally posted by Last Conformist
Having never drunk anything from those 'Mercan microbreweries, I can't comment on their quality, but, if true, why do your typical American nonetheless gulp down trash beer in sufficient quantities to make them major brands? Are they stupid? Masochistic?

a lot of my friends drank budweiser because it's cheap. People want to get drunk for as little money as possible

Me, I'd rather drink good beer, even if I have to pay more.

[DanS]

So why doesn't a large american brewery start brewing something with a bit more taste. It doesn't have to be a world-class beer; just a little bit more flavourful than water...

I think it's a matter of time. Big companies won't innovate until they start getting their hats handed to them from competition. People are increasingly using their discretionary income to buy better beer, so I'm sure it's hitting the big boys' bottom lines.

Overall, I think we've got OK micro-macro beers (Sam Adams, etc.) that sit right beside the bad ones. Over time, this situation should improve.

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Originally posted by Timexwatch
That's an excellent question. Probably because good beer requires more ingredients. I'm betting all the American breweries would have their margins squeezed if they stopped certain practices like using rice in their beer. I'm guessing it's a matter of money.


However, thumbs up to the Canadians and Molson XXX. It's the smoothest malt liquor I've ever had....

Bud, however, does beat the pants off many of it's European mass budget equals. Try taste-testing Bud vs. Mahou, Moretti or any of the light stuff...

I tried Molson XXX. Horrible stuff

[Last Conformist]

Originally posted by monolith94
I work in a supermarket in New Hampshire. We get alot of Canadian vacationers.

They tend to buy the American beers most of the time.

It's worth noting that they do tend to buy healthier food.

Also, it's amazing the sheer volume of beer that passes through our doors. I never realized... This is indeed a job that has educated me.

Must resist temptation to say "have a nice heart attack" instead of "have a nice day" as person walks out with the sixteen pints of ice cream.

I don't work there, but I see some worrying people in the local supermarket here.

The worst was a black woman, maked-up (messed-up) to Michael-Jacksonian paleness, who bought two (2) leeks, several bottles of wine and spirits, and a ****load of beer. This after having to hand back most of her booze, 'cos she didn't have enough cash on her to pay for it.

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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Molson Export Ale is a very decent beer. It can't compete with the better microbrews or some of the Euro mass-market beers, but it most definitely destroys any mass-market American beer.

Nope. Sam Adams is a better beer and I think that has reached 'mass-market' status.

I love Sam Adams

My favourite american beer. Though I like Newcastle drafts a little bit better.

[DanS]

DO Americans actually drink any bitter?

Not commonly, although I bet TimexWatch is familiar with Abita Bitter, which I think is served on tap at a GW campus pub (I know they serve Abita Turbodog, which totally and utterly kicks ass). I went to the brewery outside New Orleans.

Edit: Hmmm... They don't have the bitter on their web site. Maybe they dropped it?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Have you never heard of Samual Adams, Pete's Wicked Ale, or Sierra Nevada? They are all fairly large breweries which sell nation wide and offer very good tasting beer.

Me thinks you simply have no idea what you are talking about.

I can take or leave Sierra Nevada. Sam Adams, as I've already stated, is a very decent beer. However, has it not only recently begun to crack the mass market? It's still somewhat (20-25%) more expensive than the base-level beers (the big three). I have actually never tried Pete's. Maybe I'll buy some tomorrow...

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Rolling Rock, an American mass-market beer brewed in Latrobe, PA is also very good

Go to jail. Go directly jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect 200$.

I can't take you seriously when you say stuff like this...

[Ming]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I can take or leave Sierra Nevada. Sam Adams, as I've already stated, is a very decent beer. However, has it not only recently begun to crack the mass market? It's still somewhat (20-25%) more expensive than the base-level beers (the big three). I have actually never tried Pete's. Maybe I'll buy some tomorrow...

Sam Adams is about as mass market as a "real" premium beer will get. And yeah, it's more expensive than the big three for obvious reasons... they use far better ingrediants and it's not mass produced like the big three. That will limit it's appeal. The people with money usually go for wine or the quality hard stuff... there is a only a limited market size for expensive beer.
The "average" beer drinker in the US wants to slam down a lot of beers, and cost is a issue... and this keeps the big three in business. The people that like the quality beers have just a few at a time, and don't generate the type of buying power needed to make a real quality beer a best seller. Sam Adams has done quite well for itself.

[monolith94]

This is also why the average beer drinker has a beer gut. Sooo many calories!

[KrazyHorse]

I agree that Sam's is definitely a very drinkable beer.

But what you have to realise is that costwise you have to compare Molson, Labatt, Moosehead and Sleeman's to Bud, Miller, Coors and ( ) Rolling Rock.

The 4 Canadian beers I mentioned all have much more flavour (though I dislike some of them) than their base-level American counterparts. If you're willing to spend an additional 25% you can start to buy stuff like Belle Gueule or Unibroue beers...

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Rolling Rock, an American mass-market beer brewed in Latrobe, PA is also very good. Molson isn't that great.

Rolling Rock isn't beer. If you put beer in the freezer, it doesn't freeze. Rolling Rock freezes.

[chequita guevara]

You know what . . . I think I'm going to have a beer.