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07-02-2008, 09:21 AM
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I'm with you Larry. I thought the plastic bottles were made for stadiums so if they were thrown, the risk of injuring someone was reduced. What's wrong with pouring a glass bottle or can into a plastic cup? Or just having draft beer? As for the "vented" cans, I haven't even seen them. I'd drink a wine cooler before I'd drink a Coors Light. Also, all these new micro brews are gettign out of hand. I like Sam Adams, Magic Hat, Sierra Nevada and a lot of the other ones, but now there are too many to choose from. And they are outrageously priced. I had to pick up a bottle of wine for someone the other day and grabbed a 6 pack of "Sweaty Betty" blonde ale on the recommendation of the store owner. It cost 12 freakin bucks! I felt like a fool paying that much for a 6 pack. Next time I'm grabbing the 12 pack of Narragansett Ale for $10 and going home with my dignity intact.
On a side note, I was actually considering getting one of those mini kegerators for my bar. But it seems that the only kegs that can be used are Heineken and Heineken light. Anyone know if this is the case?
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07-02-2008, 11:10 AM
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Retired Surfer
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Coors Beer, less gas in tummy, more room for alcohol.  |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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07-02-2008, 01:00 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
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Originally Posted by fishbones
Next time I'm grabbing the 12 pack of Narragansett Ale for $10 and going home with my dignity intact.
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Gansett?? 
You may leave the store with your dignity intact (assuming you carry it out in a brown paper bag so no one sees it) but you won't get through the next morning with your bowels intact 
"Our own New England Whale Piss"--and it isn't even brewed in New England any more. |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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07-02-2008, 01:06 PM
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who needs a vent, I just use a funnel
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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07-02-2008, 01:09 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
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I always thought that was why we poked a hole in the bottom of the can??? |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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07-02-2008, 01:16 PM
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xxx
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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07-26-2008, 06:23 PM
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07-27-2008, 07:39 PM
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Old Guy
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I bet she fishes and baits her own hook too!! |
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07-02-2008, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike P
Gansett??
You may leave the store with your dignity intact (assuming you carry it out in a brown paper bag so no one sees it) but you won't get through the next morning with your bowels intact
"Our own New England Whale Piss"--and it isn't even brewed in New England any more. |
I should have been more clear. I like the bock, not the ale. The Gansett Bock is a very good beer and I haven't been sick from it yet. And I think it is made in RI, not NY like the ales. But what do I know about beer? I still keep PBR's in my fridge in the workshop. |
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07-02-2008, 01:46 PM
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The one that got away
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by fishbones
I'm with you Larry. I thought the plastic bottles were made for stadiums so if they were thrown, the risk of injuring someone was reduced. What's wrong with pouring a glass bottle or can into a plastic cup? Or just having draft beer? As for the "vented" cans, I haven't even seen them. I'd drink a wine cooler before I'd drink a Coors Light. Also, all these new micro brews are gettign out of hand. I like Sam Adams, Magic Hat, Sierra Nevada and a lot of the other ones, but now there are too many to choose from. And they are outrageously priced. I had to pick up a bottle of wine for someone the other day and grabbed a 6 pack of "Sweaty Betty" blonde ale on the recommendation of the store owner. It cost 12 freakin bucks! I felt like a fool paying that much for a 6 pack. Next time I'm grabbing the 12 pack of Narragansett Ale for $10 and going home with my dignity intact.
On a side note, I was actually considering getting one of those mini kegerators for my bar. But it seems that the only kegs that can be used are Heineken and Heineken light. Anyone know if this is the case?
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Many of those microbrews are not microbrews at all. It's a new way of branding the beer. Large companies are realizing that good beer is where all the money is, so theyre making new brands look like microbrews. For example Killians is a coors product. And this one company Ben E Keith Beverages, specializes in making "microbrews" such as blue moon look like microbrews when in fact they are mass produced.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...x#pageTopAchor
So next time you think youre drinking a "Microbrew" you may want to check again.
As for the minikegs, yet another gimmick. Buy a real kegorator, or make one out of an old fridge, you'll be thankfull that hineken isnt the only thing you can drink ou of it |
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. 
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07-02-2008, 02:06 PM
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[QUOTE=hulkyj61As for the minikegs, yet another gimmick. Buy a real kegorator, or make one out of an old fridge, you'll be thankfull that hineken isnt the only thing you can drink ou of it[/QUOTE]
I don't have the room for a full size one, and I don't drink enough for the big kegs to be worthwhile. I have a fridge in my basement workshop which is usually stocked with a nice assortment, but the mini keg on the bar seemed like a nice idea for the card games, etc...
I'll just have to make due with the fridge.
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07-02-2008, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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The first Coors can I ever saw had a vent in the top. Early 80s. My brother Jim and one of his Navy buds brought 2 cases from Colorado while on leave.
I don't think anyone will sober up for lack of gimmicks...
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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07-02-2008, 04:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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Remember the Budweiser ad a few years back that had a guy in a minimart discover that he doesn't have enough money for a six pack or toilet paper? That was a big hit with the "crap-my-pants" crowd.
On average, the beer companies waste millions each year on insulting ads that are not funny and give positive proof that using their product will make you an idiot. Think about car ads where the find print ALWAYS says something like:"filmed on a closed course by professional drivers, do not attempt."
The art of intelligently and comically attracting customers has gone bye-bye. Now they want to "dunb us down" to their level. Well, not this guy, no how, no way! Like the saying goes: "If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and smells like a duck....it's a duck!"
Most ads get my BS alarm chiming like a church bell on Sunday!
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