Is America facing a beer crisis?

Yahoo/Marketwatch ^ | January 31 2014 | Quentin Fottrel

[gooblah]

As it’s done for nearly a quarter of a century, Anheuser-Busch (BUD) will once again roll out splashy commercials during the Super Bowl to get people talking about Budweiser and, hopefully, drinking it. But a new report suggests that young adults—the prime demographic for these advertisements—will need a lot of persuading.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

A beer is a beer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyWm8USVRoU

[Benito Cereno]

Fat Tire is from the New Belgium Brewery up in Ft. Collins, which is still independent, but your Blue Moon is a Coors product straight out of Golden, CO.

[No.6]

Yep. All the major brands need to realize is that they need to produce quality.

Sure, they’ll be a segment that wants the sort of beer you can drink in 6-packs and hardly notice that anything happened, but more people want flavor and quality. It’s called “a changing market,” guys.

Side note: frequently we (FR) like to sneer at Euro values, often rightly; this is one time when they’ve been right all along, and we ought to acknowledge it properly as fellow spirits (pun intended!) and appreciators of beer.

[Monitor]

Last 1/6th barrel in the kegerator was Fat Tire. What next? It won’t be AB.

Rogue's Dead Guy ale.

[Hugin]

although some liquor stores carried Anchor Steam.

Ah, the real San Francisco treat! America's original craft beer, and still my favorite.

[Fiji Hill]

I discovered Anchor Steam beer in 1973. The manager of the liquor store that carried it said that it was a new arrival. I considered far superior to Michelob, supposedly the best American beer at the time.

[Fiji Hill]

Everyone I know here in Vermont drinks local craft beer.

When I visited Montreal, relatives of mine who lived in Vermont would pay me to bring back some Labatt's--the real thing.

[cripplecreek]

Cars are another thing Europeans do better. (Mostly)

[smalltownslick]

Is this the reason for the Clydesdales?

[bikerman]

Is this the reason for the Clydesdales?

what did you think was filling the bottles?

[Maigrey]

If I'm drinking a beer (and the resulting asthma reaction from it) it's not anything related to AB. Mine preferences are towards darker beers - (including local brewed ones) as well as Shiner Bock, Abita, and most of the Sam Adams line.

Gimme a real beer if I'm drinking one. (Sadly, now, it's Redbridge and that's not a real beer either!)

[american_ranger]

COuld you post your sweet potato beer recipe, please.

[JRandomFreeper]

When I get around to making it next fall, I'll post it. Maybe even do a thread on it.

All that stuff is buried right now, as I'm giving the house a make over. I can't find anything. ;)

/johnny

[dhs12345]

I have grown fond of IPAs in recent years. Not cheap, though.

[dhs12345]

I remember sitting in a bar in Stockholm looking over a list of their “imported,” “foreign” beers. Strange to see Blue Moon on the list. I live in Colorado. :)

[Sirius Lee]

Boddington’s from Manchester UK. It’s a cream ale. Thick and carmely - not too alchoholic. Think of it more as a meal supplement, or even a substitute.

[Cicero]

Anything but Miller or Pabst. Actually, I used to like Molson, before it went south. And I like the local beers of Maine—Shipyard, and several others.

Two of my sons-in-law brew their own beer, and that’s good too, although a little hoppy for my taste.

[Yorlik803]

9 bucks for a 6 pack?
Spend a extra 7 dollars and get a 30 of PBR. It all goes the same place anyways.

[djwright]

With the micro brews you don’t need to drink as many.....