"Rolling Rock From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe, we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment as a tribute to your good taste. It comes from the mountain springs to you."
I'm sad.
I don't know if I'll drink the new Rolling Rock or not. I guess I'll give it a shot, but I know that it will never be the same.
I don't blame AB, I blame InBev. THEY are the ones that offered up the recipe/label without the brewery. AB just made a steal of a business deal. I can't blame them, but chances are I won't drink their version.
Damn. This is the end of an era.
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I enjoyed a Rolling Rock today on the golf course. It's a crying shame this kind of stuff happens. :-(
I did the same with Picante Sauce when Campbell Soup bought Pace Picante sauce and moved the production out of San Antonio. I haven't bought a bottle since.
I went from a baby bottle to a beer bottle," said Ewantis, who could see the brewery from his bedroom window as a child. "Rolling Rock is all I've known all my life."
That quote is more tragic than a brewry closing....
There is a world out there beyond your own neighborhood, explore it.
For most of my life, I lived about 10 miles from Latrobe. Arnold Palmer and Rolling Rock beer. It's what made Latrobe famous. If it ain't brewed in Latrobe, it ain't Rolling Rock, and I'm not drinking it. Oops, I forgot. Mr. Rogers was born in Latrobe, although I don't know if he drank Rolling Rock.
This indeed sad news.
I remember from 1975, as though it were yesterday, the cold Rolling Rock six pack ordered to go from a suburban Clevland bar at closing time -- and consumed under the stars in the warm wee hours of a Northern Ohio summer night.
I know how you feel. The Seattle area had 2 regional breweries (Rainier and Olympia) that have been closed for several years now. Olympia Beer is now brewed by Pabst Brewing Company in San Antonio Texas and marketed in WA state but I don't drink it. Unfortunately, the beer market is either very large--ie Budweiser and Pabst, or very small micro breweries
Man you got that right. You'd think they were limosuine libs (Cue the cigarette holder, spectacles, and English accent).
I'll add Rolling Rock to all the Pittsburgh beers that I grew up with but are now gone. Sigh.
My grandfather who lived in East Ohio right on the PA border drank only Rolling Rock. And it's been my beer ever since. Not even being stationed in Germany could change that.
You're totally right about the beer snobs. I'm a wage earner just like my Grandpa. I work in the hot sun instead of the mines. And knocking back an ice cold RR is the perfect end of the day. Unless my lovely wife is beckoning, of course.
Time to stock up on those painted green bottles. They recall hot summer nights when you stuck your face into the refrigerator freezer just to cool off for an instant.
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El Presidente is pretty good too. I pick up a couple 12 packs every time I'm in S. Florida.
Anything Bud is cold soapy water...so nasty.
As of today I had to inform my favorite barmaids ( who knew to "pop a rock "when I sat down at the bar ) that I would prefer Yuengling . (and I am also a diehard Stiller fan )
Never had a bottle of Rolling Rock that wasn't "skunk beer". Nasty stuff.
Dang. Rolling Rock was a staple of my college days.
"Rolling Rock From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe, we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment as a tribute to your good taste. It comes from the mountain springs to you."
I'm a little annoyed at them for continuing to print the 33-word pledge. Even with a disclaimer ("we quote from..."), it's still trying to pretend that a beer's taste doesn't depend on where the ingredients come from.
Newark, NJ?!? I wouldn't drink the water in Newark if it came out of a sealed case of imported spring water. Just the atmosphere in Newark is enough to gag a maggot... Nah, the ol' beer is no more. Damn...
It goes very well with spicy foods like hot wings and mexican.
Rolling Rock was my favorite beer back in my school/early post-school period. Cheap and went down easy, so easy I wondered how much alcohol was really in there....
It's not my favorite PA brew. I always preferred Yuengling over Rock. But still, Rock is far better than the average mass-produced swag beer. It's a shame that a good brand is probably about to get ruined.
My name is RonF and I'm a beer snob. "Hi, Ron!" Rolling Rock is what I drink if I go to a bar and they don't have any imports (other than Corona, which doesn't count) or domestic premium beers. I'm sorry to see this happen.