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Ricky
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R.Wreck
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 Posted - 11/22/2004 : 14:19:37 [Permalink]
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Ricky wrote:
Its around 30 cents per can for us. That's right, Milwaukee's Best is 30 cents a can. And thats not even in bulk...
According to this site 13 cents of that is taxes. Of course that depends on what state you're in. |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 11/22/2004 : 20:45:10 [Permalink]
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15 years ago, Ricky, I worked with a guy fresh out of Virginia Tech who said that he and his buddies there drank M*A*S*H 4077 beer (camoflage can with yellow stenciled logo), which ran them $2.47 a case. That was a hair over a dime a beer.
Ugh, I'm too lazy right now to go find an inflation calculator...
Anyway, you're probably right, R.Wreck, in that I just need to tune out the beer tech talk, but the problem is I happen to like my cheap American brand of choice (Rolling Rock), so perhaps I take the whole thing too personally. |
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R.Wreck
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Posted - 11/22/2004 : 21:08:39 [Permalink]
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DaveW wrote:
Anyway, you're probably right, R.Wreck, in that I just need to tune out the beer tech talk, but the problem is I happen to like my cheap American brand of choice (Rolling Rock), so perhaps I take the whole thing too personally.
Believe it or not, there are those here in the midwest that consider Rolling Rock to be somewhat exotic. Well, anyway, to each his own. The important thing is that you're drinking something! |
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H. Humbert
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Posted - 11/22/2004 : 21:19:47 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by R.Wreck
Believe it or not, there are those here in the midwest that consider Rolling Rock to be somewhat exotic. Well, anyway, to each his own. The important thing is that you're drinking something!
I was thinking the same thing! I consider Rolling Rock to be "high octane," not the regular unleaded stuff I subsisted on in college. Milwaukee's Best is a cheap beer, as is Natural Light and PBR. My favorite cheap brand was Shaffer's. My dad's a Genesee Cream Ale afficionado.
Once I started working and had some money in my pocket, I upgraded to Miller Light. Anything swankier and I feel out of my element, although I confess to splurging on the occasional black and tan. There is also a local brewery that has some fine cheap ale. $6 gets you a "growler," or really big ass bottle of either the civil war-themed "Blue and Gray" pilsner or "Fred Red," an amber bock.
Mmmm, Growler...I'm sorry, what was my point again?
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satans_mom
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 11/22/2004 : 21:41:06 [Permalink]
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I have to say, that I am a wino at heart. I have always preferred wine over beer, and never have I been one for liquor. I'd like to say that some of the best beer I've had was Oktoberfest. Mmm, mmm, mmm....
Back to the topic, I think air conditioners and heaters are the best inventions of all time. Man's triumph over nature continues to progress at staggering levels. |
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filthy
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Posted - 11/23/2004 : 02:37:08 [Permalink]
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I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call it a triumph just yet......
How 'bout glass, in all of it's various forms; from picture windows to the Hubbel Telescope, to microscopes, to alcoholic beverage containers.
A cheap beer I used to like but haven't seen in decades was Hamm's. I'm not sure it's still being made.
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Dave W.
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Posted - 11/23/2004 : 07:25:37 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by R.Wreck
Believe it or not, there are those here in the midwest that consider Rolling Rock to be somewhat exotic.
I believe it, since I'm pretty sure that Rolling Rock has a limited distribution around Pennsylvania (I'm lucky I can get it in VA). So far as I know, it's no more expensive than Miller or Bud.quote:
Originally posted by H.
I was thinking the same thing! I consider Rolling Rock to be "high octane," not the regular unleaded stuff I subsisted on in college. Milwaukee's Best is a cheap beer, as is Natural Light and PBR. My favorite cheap brand was Shaffer's. My dad's a Genesee Cream Ale afficionado.
And yet, if I'm not mistaken, all of those brands - Rolling Rock included - have the same alcohol content.quote:
Originally posted by R.Wreck
Well, anyway, to each his own. The important thing is that you're drinking something!
Many years ago, I and some friends went to a bar in D.C. which had an entire beer menu, with some 300+ different brands. With all this weird, foreign stuff to choose from, my girlfriend orders a Carling Black Label. "Where the heck did you find that?" I asked, and she pointed to the back page of the menu, which was titled "American Canned Beers*". And at the bottom of the page, "* Management will not be held responsible for the quality of these beers." I was pretty sure that the waitress had to blow the dust off the top of the can. |
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R.Wreck
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Posted - 11/23/2004 : 14:53:46 [Permalink]
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Schaefer, Hamms, Carling!! Quick, somebody get me a chocolate stout!
(glug glug)
Urrrrrrrp!!!
That's better. |
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satans_mom
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Posted - 11/23/2004 : 14:59:13 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by R.Wreck
Schaefer, Hamms, Carling!! Quick, somebody get me a chocolate stout!
(glug glug)
Urrrrrrrp!!!
That's better.
Chocolate stout, eh? Not unheard of, just like coffee brew isn't unheard of either, but I'd be timid to try it. I wouldn't turn it down, but I would be timid. Do the ingredients contain milk? Wouldn't that somehow make one sick easier?
I like Hornsby's Hard Apple Cider. |
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R.Wreck
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Posted - 11/23/2004 : 15:35:31 [Permalink]
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satans-mom wrote:
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Originally posted by R.Wreck
Schaefer, Hamms, Carling!! Quick, somebody get me a chocolate stout!
(glug glug)
Urrrrrrrp!!!
That's better.
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Chocolate stout, eh? Not unheard of, just like coffee brew isn't unheard of either, but I'd be timid to try it. I wouldn't turn it down, but I would be timid. Do the ingredients contain milk? Wouldn't that somehow make one sick easier?
No milk, but real chocolate.
(Dave, avert your eyes)
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Pale ale malt, crystal malt, roasted barley, chocolate malt, special blend of sugars, Fuggles and Goldings hops, real dark chocolate and chocolate essence. Melted chocolate bars are added to the boil and the essence is added after filtration.
It is a rich brew. Closer to an iced coffee than to an American mass produced lager like Bud etc. And hard to pound down in mass quantities. But hey, you only live once (as far as I know, anyway) and I believe in trying new tastes, as long as they don't gross you out just thinking about it (chocolate covered cockroaches anyone?). |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
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R.Wreck
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Posted - 11/23/2004 : 15:39:21 [Permalink]
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We now take a quick break from "Beer Talk" to go back to the original topic:
Rain-X.
It takes a little elbow grease (its essentially a clear polish for your windshield) to apply, but water just flies off! Cool stuff. |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
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Ricky
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filthy
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Posted - 11/23/2004 : 18:00:47 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
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It takes a little elbow grease (its essentially a clear polish for your windshield) to apply, but water just flies off! Cool stuff.
As opposed to the water some how sticking to your car? I never really understood the point of that stuff.
It maintains a much cleaner windshield. Not only water flies off, but bug splats wiper off with only little shot of washer fluid. Truckers swear by Rain-X. I used a lot of it when I was driving OTR.
Don't use it on plastics like helmet visors, though. It will fog them.
Vice grip pliers. They come in many sizes and many shapes for specialty use, like welder's clamps.
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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R.Wreck
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 11:00:50 [Permalink]
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| Stamps & envelopes with adhesive you don't have to lick! All others should be outlawed. Bleccchhhhh! |
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