Comments | den_down_unda: Should I take Paul Lynde for the win or George Gobel for the block?

den_down_unda

Should I take Paul Lynde for the win or George Gobel for the block?

Jul 26, 2007 09:06

As as beer drinker, I face a bit of a quandary. I recently found out that Blue Moon Belgian Wit is brewed by none other than Coors. Not only is Coors a garbage beer, but the president of the company, Pete Coors, is a loathesome right-wing ideologue. The problem is that Blue Moon is good. There's an interesting malt profile complemented, but not ( Read more... )

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jeditigger July 26 2007, 16:20:29 UTC

I feel blah by this, since Blue Moon is one of my default beers.

den_down_unda July 26 2007, 17:04:27 UTC

Wow, I'm sorry for adding to your stress level today. :(

If you like it, drink it. anonymous July 26 2007, 23:51:03 UTC

There was quite a tempest-in-a-beer glass last month when Lew Bryson posed the question "what is Craft beer?" as part of tasting notes for Beach Bum Blonde Ale, which is an Anheuser-Busch product.

http://lewbryson.blogspot.com/2007/06/b-beach-bum-blonde-ale.html

As far as I'm concerned: drink what you like. Yeah, it gives money to one of my not-favorite brewers, but that's okay. If more people drink more of their flavorful stuff, they'll make more. Their beer might not be something that I want, but they sure aren't idiots. They make what MOST people want.

Your plan sounds good, though. Although, Guinness is owned by Diageo, which is its own kind of evilness. Did you know they're planning on closing the St. James Gate brewery in Dublin and moving operations outside the city? "Let's just dump 200+ years of tradition and scrap what is, if nothing else, the biggest tourist draw in the city."