Used to be, there's a reason why it's not. By the 1980]s it had been purchased by Falstaff, even the locals where it used to be brewed, (Rhode Island), would rather have drunk Miller, now it is Miller...
frank theriault wrote: > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 3:45 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Bud's the worst of a bad lot... >> Obviously you've never had a Narragansett. >> > > Narragansett is a mainstream beer? I've not seen it advertised lately > on the Buffalo TV stations. Perhaps Buffalo is behind the times. > > Actually, the worst American beer I've ever tasted was Milwaukee's > Best. Coming from a country where we pay something like $30 for a 24 > (I'm guessing, it's likely been a decade since I've bought a twofour > of beer), my eyes grew large when I went into a grocery store in Upper > New York State and saw two dozen Milwaukee's Best for something like > $6.99. > > "How bad can it be?" I wondered. > > My question was quickly answered; clearly this was a case (no pun > intended) where one gets what one pays for. > > OTOH, I got drunk just as fast as I would have with premium beer - > maybe faster; this was hardly beer to savour. > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
