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Initech

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47. Ha I once had an overnight layover in North Carolina.

Thu May 7, 2015, 11:40 AM

May 2015

I was going to Kentucky and my connecting flight got cancelled because of weather. So the airline put me up in this Ramada in Raleigh for the night. I get to my room and I get bored so I go to the bar. When I get to the bar, I'm sitting and staring at the beer menu for like15 minutes wondering what the joke is. Under "imports" the bar had these listed: Killians Irish Red (brewed in St. Louis), Yuengling (brewed in Pennsylvania), and Sam Adams (brewed in Boston). None of those are imported!

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MillerCoors Sued For Marketing Blue Moon As Craft Beer [View all] onehandle May 2015 OP

It all tastes the same to me, so I totally hope it goes nowhere. ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #1

Craft beer = local beer Trajan May 2015 #6

Grew up in the beer business, so I know what it "means." ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #9

Sadly, most beer does taste the same. I can say the same about coffee. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #10

Agreed. But beer is like super bad. Coffee brings me caffeine even though it's not ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #20

If you think all beer tastes the same whatthehey May 2015 #14

Sorry, but it all tastes like shit. I grew up intelligent enough to notice that at a very young ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #19

Maybe your taste buds don't work correctly Trajan May 2015 #17

Actually, I stick to nothing because it all tastes the same. ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #21

To paraphrase that old beer jingle... Art_from_Ark May 2015 #72

thank you... lame54 May 2015 #24

Whaaa! There's hops in my beer! OnyxCollie May 2015 #27

way ahead of you... lame54 May 2015 #29

Highly-marketed, mass-produced piss water wins again. OnyxCollie May 2015 #33

not my beer of choice... lame54 May 2015 #34

One thing this CAMRA beer snob is not keen on... T_i_B May 2015 #35

I use BeerAdvocate to get an idea of what something's like before I buy. OnyxCollie May 2015 #37

So a smoked porter tastes just like a double IPA? frylock May 2015 #41

Wrong reply Trajan May 2015 #65

whoops! frylock May 2015 #67

Not necessarily KamaAina May 2015 #60

They call liquor stores packies? BrotherIvan May 2015 #68

IIRC it is short for "package stores" hifiguy May 2015 #69

Damn, it better be BrotherIvan May 2015 #70

That is correct. KamaAina May 2015 #73

Idiot. He's been drinking urine the entire time. Buzz Clik May 2015 #2

LOL cyberswede May 2015 #61

Well, they never promised him a Hoegaarden. smokey nj May 2015 #3

! OnyxCollie May 2015 #23

Blue Moon is a poor man's Hoegaarden, and Shock Top is a poor man's Blue Moon. Initech May 2015 #30

Sounds right to me... hunter May 2015 #42

Ha I once had an overnight layover in North Carolina. Initech May 2015 #47

Sure they were all imported. To North Carolina. bluesbassman May 2015 #51

don't forget that kilian's is actually a coors product, to boot. niyad May 2015 #53

That's what made that even more mind boggling! Initech May 2015 #55

ah, the joys of marketing to the uninformed! niyad May 2015 #74

And Hoegaarden is the poor man's Ommegang Wit smokey nj May 2015 #54

well played! frylock May 2015 #44

Dare I say it.... T_i_B May 2015 #4

Craft beer is any beer personally brewed by a guy who looks like this. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #12

LOL! T_i_B May 2015 #15

Craft beer brewed with beard yeast. OnyxCollie May 2015 #22

this Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #32

Does he arrive at beer festivals on an antique bicycle? Initech May 2015 #45

Yep, a pennyfarthing and he works out with big hifiguy May 2015 #58

I went for a tour at a local brewery, and everyone there had twirly mustaches. Oneironaut May 2015 #49

Shaking that money tree... closeupready May 2015 #5

MillerCoors sued for marketing Coors, Milwaukee’s Best, Miller High Life, Hamm’s, Icehouse as beer. OnyxCollie May 2015 #7

LOL! City Lights May 2015 #16

well, then they deserve life imprisonment for Milwaukee's Best. kwassa May 2015 #8

I've had worse. hifiguy May 2015 #71

So he liked the beer up until the moment he discovered it wasn't "craft"? Throd May 2015 #11

Here in Britain... T_i_B May 2015 #18

Wow, what an incredible waste of the court's time. tritsofme May 2015 #13

Craft Beer is booming in Florida... trumad May 2015 #25

Dunedin Brewery is pretty good. nt. NCTraveler May 2015 #26

To play devil's advocate on this one.... Initech May 2015 #28

It's a weird symbiotic relationship for sure - that Budweiser commercial that bullwinkle428 May 2015 #40

I always laugh at that commercial. Initech May 2015 #43

Check out the John Oliver bit on Bud Light voteearlyvoteoften May 2015 #31

No self-respecting San Diegan would ever mistake Blue Moon for a craft brew.. frylock May 2015 #36

"Oh my God, put it back in the horse!" riqster May 2015 #38

I want to sue this guy for making craft beer drinkers look like morons. bullwinkle428 May 2015 #39

Next someone will be claiming Bartles & Jaymes weren't real people... n/t PoliticAverse May 2015 #46

Every time I see Blue Moon on craft beer menus, my soul dies a little. Oneironaut May 2015 #48

Miller-Coors has a subsidiary that invests in so-called "craft breweries". Chances are that they own Erose999 May 2015 #50

Unlikely. For instance here within 100 miles of Philly, there are hundreds of craft breweries. onehandle May 2015 #52

Not so sure. hifiguy May 2015 #64

Terrapin here in Athens was at one point in negotiations with the Coors folks, as they Erose999 May 2015 #66

I drink local beer. hifiguy May 2015 #56

I have a hat made of Grain Belt cans cyberswede May 2015 #62

Far better Grain Belt than Old Milwaukee! hifiguy May 2015 #63

I thought it was just a bad craft beer Gormy Cuss May 2015 #57

Now when are they going to be sued for marketing Miller and Coors as beer? KamaAina May 2015 #59