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Old 07-23-2016, 03:26 PM
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Dixie (or the skeletal remains thereof) is privately owned by Joe and Kendra Bruno who bought the struggling company in 1985. I remember when I lived in NOLA (75-78), Dixie put out a bad batch of beer (it got exposed to floor cleaning chemicals) and suffered a lot of bad publicity. As a result, it sent beer trucks out through the neighborhoods of New Orleans giving away free beer. It's now brewed by Huber Brewery in Monroe, WI.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21872115/n...ck-dixie-beer/



Yuengling is from Pottsville, near Allentown. Rolling Rock used to be another, but it has sold out and is no longer brewed in "the glass line tanks in Latrobe, PA," but in Newark by InBev.
Good old Rolling Rock. An old roofer I knew used to bring a cooler full of ponies to work back in the day.
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Old 07-24-2016, 10:23 AM
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It was not until the craft breweries started up that I drank beer here, prior to their good brews the rest was like making love in a canoe.
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Actually, wanting to make love in the worst way involves standing in a hammock in a sandstorm.
You can brag about having done it but there is absolutely no erotic pleasure derived from doing it.
Many things in life are like that, and usually involve poorly thought out wagers or becoming involved with a fraternity.

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It was not until the craft breweries started up that I drank beer here, prior to their good brews the rest was like making love in a canoe.
Drinking American beer made you fall into the water?

Frankly, I never saw an appreciable difference between American swill and beers like Labatt's and Molson. Moosehead was okay but Anchor Steam was better.
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Drinking American beer made you fall into the water?

Frankly, I never saw an appreciable difference between American swill and beers like Labatt's and Molson. Moosehead was okay but Anchor Steam was better.
I guess you never heard the expression before, simply means it is 'f**king near water'. Guess you never tried Labatt's Fifty or Molson's IPA. Never could understand why Moosehead was so popular down here it sure was not up north. If I wanted a beer from the Maritimes I would go with Oland.
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The only truly world class Canadian beers that I've had (and I've had quite a few) are those from Unibroue from outside Montreal. Most, if not all, of their beers are Belgian clones, but really good ones that all rated near the very top of their respective styles.
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Griesedieck Brothers was very big in St.Louis before Anheuser-Busch came along. In fact, Harry Carey did broadcasts for them before Busch bought the stadium.
The name couldn't have helped. Yes, it's pronounced nearly as bad as it looks. The family later expanded and also produced Stag and Falstaff, both of which I remember folks consuming when I was a kid. Both tasted like crap.
My first place, my best friend/roommate came up with a metal sign that covered the entire wall. It was the Falstaff symbol, but said Griesedieck Bros.
Can't find an image like it on the net. Sure wish I had it now, probably worth a few bucks.
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I guess you never heard the expression before, simply means it is 'f**king near water'. Guess you never tried Labatt's Fifty or Molson's IPA. Never could understand why Moosehead was so popular down here it sure was not up north. If I wanted a beer from the Maritimes I would go with Oland.
I'm no judge of ales since I never liked them. Lagers were my usual tipple. Oland is another ale made, as it happens, by the makers of Moosehead.
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