Do you remember beer's "dark days?"

The dark days here stopped being so dark about four years ago, so yes, I remember them well. Now the sun seems to have just peeked over the horizon.

 

It's so sad that your high horse is all about your made up "facts." Nobody, huh? And you have people agreeing with you -- man, it's a sad world.

 

Man we drank our weight in Tuborg and then some in high school what a great beer. We really thought we were something and it was not much more then Bud or Miller that everyone else was drinking. Wow I could go for one now at 830 am!!!

 

I would not call them dark days-I tried every beer I could find, some of which I have not seen in 30 years-Prior Double Dark, Black Horse Ale, Leopard Lager from New Zealand, Yukon Gold and Beaver Beer from Canada, Anchor, Ballantine, Neuweiler Cream Ale, Weinhards while in San Fran in the Navy, the original Rheingold.....

 

My underaged mainstays were Little Kings Cream Ale, Mickey's Malt Liquor, and -- if you could find it -- Ballantine Ale.

 

Danish-brewed Tuborg came back to the U.S. in what was it, 2002-2006? When it first hit town there were a half-dozen gentlemen in their 60s (including a former band and choir teacher from my junior high school) who were positively ecstatic to see it return. We had both Green and Gold at first, later only Green.

My dad never really drank imports (or even "imports"), so I never had the opportunity to give either the original or late 1970s Carling-National* brand a taste as a kid. But for a short time I shared the enthusiasm of those older customers, and didn't hesitate to put 'Green' into the rotation at home. I want to say it was above average for the Euro Pale Lager category (and better than the many Dutch varieties we had in that it was clearly Pils-inspired) and I was sorry it didn't stay a while longer!

(*Naturally, I have vintage Carling-National knick-knacks in my collection, including an 'antiqued' Tuborg lightbox. )

 

Jon, your post inspired me to research the BA ratings for Tuborg beers:

· Tuborg Gold: 65 (poor)

· Tuborg Green: 64 (poor)

Cheers!

Jack

 

If we were looking for efficient, economical alcohol deliver devices, wouldn't we all be drinking cheap vodka and grain alcohol? It might not be all about flavor, but I'm certain that taste is a very important part of the equation for most of the people on this board.

 

Wrong.

 

Careful you guys, there's not a lotta room up on this high horse.

 

Started paying attention to beer in the very early 90s; even then, premium beer was largely limited to imports in my neck of the woods, and you really had to seek out specialty beers. My favorite bar in college had one of those beer passport promotions; you'd get each beer "stamped." Point being, specialty beer was a foreign thing. I was partial to DAB. Getting your hands on Molson Canadian rather than the Golden variety was something special. Genesee 12-Horse Ale qualified as domestic "craft beer." I wish I could say I appreciated PBR's character before the hipsters co-opted it, but I suspect I couldn't get that past you guys. Stroh's was another mass market beer that actually had a reputation for some character (fire brewed!) back in the day.

 

My Dad was an avid Genny Creme Ale drinker. 7 bucks a case, returnable bottles. In 1994 I bought him a case of Sam Adams Winter mix pack for 39.99 as a Christmas present. He loved it. He routinely said over the next few days, "Damn, this is good beer, what did it cost you? 12 bucks." He thought 12 bucks was expensive for beer, he wasnt being sarcastic. Wonder what he would say if he knew I paid $20.00 for some bombers? Lol

 

That was the first beer I ever tasted that made me think, "wow, this actually tastes good!" Granted, I was 19 and it was at The Taste of Madison on a day that was probably 85 degrees, so panther piss probably would have tasted good at that point. Up until that point, beer wasn't something I drank for the taste.

 

I guess the high horse isn't a Clydesdale!

 

I said "just drinks alchohol for the taste".

My point being that no matter what anybody tells you about why they drink alcohol, there is the buzz wanting element that comes into play to a certain degree. We don't need to drink this stuff because water is a dicey proposition as it was in the REAL dark ages. I'm not saying that everyone is trying to get drunk but a by-product of drinking alcohol is the buzz.......to what degree is up to everyone's own determination.

 

You know what they say about denial......

 

So if they produced beverages that tasted the same with no alcohol in them you would continue to pay these prices just for a tasty beverage? As I said to someone else, you know what they say about denial.......

 

Yes, I also know what they say about people who attribute their own motives to everyone else as a way of justifying their own beliefs and actions.

 

Wrong again.

 

Hey, look who just woke up -- rough night?

I've said that for years.

And you think people "pay those prices" just for the buzz? As someone said above, that's what Everclear is for.

Okay -- time to lock this thread down for the sake of all humanity...