dont quite remember wrote:
All of these beers taste the same, and should only be used for drinking games:
Rolling Rock
Red Stripe
Killian's Irish Red
PBR
Corona
Tecate
Modelo
Dos Equis
Heineken
Fosters
Beck's
Molson
Labatt
Peroni
Budweiser
Bud Light
Miller High Life
Miller Light
MGD
Coors
Coors Light
Busch
Busch Light
Michelob
Michelob Light
If you think Miller and Budweiser taste the same you are a moron with no tast buds. Miller is made from corn, Bud from rice.
Making love in a canoe.
I did think that Rolling Rock was heavenly when I was a college kid. Everyone would be drinking Busch, Keystone, and other convenience store garbage. MGD was for special occasions. Rolling Rock was pretty cool in that it actually had a smidge of flavor.
But, then I graduated from school, and could afford to spend a few bucks on booze. I went from true German lagers and pilsners to mass market micro brews like Anchor Steam. Then, true micros like Great Lakes (someone please send a case of Dortmunder Gold my way), IPAs and finally Belgian ales with huge ABTs.
Rolling Rock now taste like a glass of water. If you like Rolling Rock, do not try anything else. It is the only way to remain a Rolling Rock fan.
It's not brewed in Latrobe anymore. The bottles say St. louis. The company was bought Anheuser-Busch which is owned by the evil beer conglomerate INBEV, a Belgian/Brazilian corporation.
Davidd wrote:
Unless things have changed a lot since I drank cheap beer, this is far from correct. RR was THE beer at all the 'hip' parties in the 90s.
Fuck that shit. Pabst Blue Ribbon!
Rolling Rock is indeed the beer for people who don't like beer.
Biggest problem is the light green bottle so it's often skunked. Otherwise it's the kind of beer that tastes ok ice cold on a hot summer day.
YES. IF YOU ARE WHITE TRASH AND LIVE IN THE USA
as a college kid i can appreciate rolling rock. $18 for a 30 rack? helll yeahhhh. got an 18 pack right next to my desk.
Could not be more wrong. Best beer of all time is Row 2, Hill 56, brewed by Russian River brewing company in Santa Rosa, CA
Seriously? Not even ONE mention of AVGN? tsk tsk
fvck this place I'm goin to kona
This is why I recently switched to micro's. Not that I drank Busch crap to begin with, but the same thing is going on with MillerCoors. Long, but intersting read, as usual it comes down to being a game to some schmuck CEO, and not about quality.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-25/the-plot-to-destroy-americas-beer
There are some solid posts on this thread. I wish the trolls would just stop commenting.
Thanks for that link, dookie.
If I am going to drink GOOD beer I am going to order a nice IPA. There are a lot of good IPAs, it's hard to find a bad one. If I'm at the bar watching a football game and drinking beer I generally go with Miller Lite though I'm not picky as none of them stand out as 'good'. Coors Light is about the only beer I wouldn't drink.
But for cheap beer, Leinenkugel is a good one. I remember having RR years ago and liking it but that was before I knew what good beer was.
I might have to have a taste test tonight while watching the election results. Maybe play a little drinking game with the results.
For $18. I can brew 2 cases of a decent clone of Pliny the Elder, which is truly one of the best beers of all time.
heres the deal yo wrote:
as a college kid i can appreciate rolling rock. $18 for a 30 rack? helll yeahhhh. got an 18 pack right next to my desk.
Go to any European bar and the cheapest beer is nicer
Except for the UK where they don't know how to serve it (lager) for some reason.
For your personal research.
" 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."
You are almost right. Rolling Rock was the quintessential blue-collar longneck in its heyday. Sadly, Anheiser bought it out and it is now Budweiser in a green bottle. It is still one of the coolest bottles out there though. I still remember Deniro buying Meryl Streep a Rolling Rock during the wedding reception scene in The Deerhunter. In its prime, Rolling Rock was one of the best.
WTF Im injured and ask a question with no response but the Beer thread numerous response! Blah I asked the wrong question!!! :)
ukathleticscoach wrote:
Go to any European bar and the cheapest beer is nicer
Budweiser is the cheapest beer at many European bars. In Rome, many bars have signs advertising that "we have Budweiser." I'm no Rolling Rock fan, but Bud is undrinkable.
Like Monty Python said: American beer is like making love in a canoe - f*cking close to water.