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Sam Adams and Why We Need To Stop Listening to Hipsters

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Post by groulxsome »

TheSevenDuffs wrote:
midlife crisis wrote:
matt7215 wrote:having a Boston Lager right now, its really lovely
I was trying to think, what would be the Ontario equivalent? Creemore? The problem there is the ownership by Molson. Creemore pre-takeover might be a rough parallel. Steamwhistle? Too bland, but maybe. I settled on Beau's Lugtread, as an example of a perfectly good beer, becoming ubiquitous, that the cognescenti love to hate.
Honestly, this is probably unfair to Sam Adams, but our closest example is probably Mill Street.
Yah, I think Tankhouse is the closest parallel. Look at some old Bar Towel threads about Tankhouse versus the current opinion. And look at the places where you can get a pint (like faux-Irish pubs).

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TheSevenDuffs wrote:
That was great! Thanks for posting!
The Millenial superiority and condescension just oozes out of every word, doesn't it? Quite the read!

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Post by Belgian »

groulxsome wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:Honestly, this is probably unfair to Sam Adams, but our closest example is probably Mill Street.
Yah, I think Tankhouse is the closest parallel. Look at some old Bar Towel threads about Tankhouse versus the current opinion. And look at the places where you can get a pint (like faux-Irish pubs).
Although I've had excellent Tankhouse, and pints that were not all I had hoped. Sam Adams Lager is always good and always the same.

Creemore IS closer in parallel, actually I like a number of Creemore brews as well.
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midlife crisis wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:
That was great! Thanks for posting!
The Millenial superiority and condescension just oozes out of every word, doesn't it? Quite the read!
The attitude coming out of both sides of the "debate" reeks pretty strongly of "You don't like what I like, so you're wrong."

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So if craft beer drinkers are so hip, why is it that I've only seen stereotypical "hipsters" swilling cheap retro brew like PBR and Labatt 50? Is there a beer out there that's completely unhip?

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shintriad wrote:So if craft beer drinkers are so hip, why is it that I've only seen stereotypical "hipsters" swilling cheap retro brew like PBR and Labatt 50? Is there a beer out there that's completely unhip?
Miller Genuine Draught. It's actually tolerable, meaning there's not even anything to complain about.
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