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Sam Adams Lite
Great White
Rolling Rock Pale Ale before Budweiser bought it and started using New Jersey tap water tainted with medical waste as opposed Mountain Spring water and stopped brewing in glass lined tanks

My first beer was Gennessee Cream Ale I loved it but have not seen it in awhile.

[ZEUS]

Is THAT what happened to Rolling Rock?

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Is THAT what happened to Rolling Rock?

It was privately owned in Latrobe with its own brewery and bottling plant. The unions got too greedy so that not having a wide assortment the company could not make a profit. However, the unions also negotiated that anyone who bought the brewery had to honor their greedy *** contract. So the owners sold the brand to Budweiser who moved it to a brewery they already owned that made their piss water at a price that would have been good for the whole deal, and the owners kept the building and shut everything down. Funny thing is this is a good brewery very recent, and the mayor and council wanted those taxes and jobs back. So they approached several brewers it even looked like Sam Adams was going to go there. However the Democrat mayor and council allowed the union reps to come to the meetings and they told the brewers they would have to hire all the exemployees back at their old wages and senioruty or they would not brew one damn bottle of beer.

Here is a test what do you think happened?

[PittVXr]

It was privately owned in Latrobe with its own brewery and bottling plant. The unions got too greedy so that not having a wide assortment the company could not make a profit. However, the unions also negotiated that anyone who bought the brewery had to honor their greedy *** contract. So the owners sold the brand to Budweiser who moved it to a brewery they already owned that made their piss water at a price that would have been good for the whole deal, and the owners kept the building and shut everything down. Funny thing is this is a good brewery very recent, and the mayor and council wanted those taxes and jobs back. So they approached several brewers it even looked like Sam Adams was going to go there. However the Democrat mayor and council allowed the union reps to come to the meetings and they told the brewers they would have to hire all the exemployees back at their old wages and senioruty or they would not brew one damn bottle of beer.

Here is a test what do you think happened?

Just to update you on that situation: Iron city beer will soon be brewed in the old Rolling Rock brewery. Iron city just ceased production in Pittsburgh last month. Seems they ran up a $2 million tab with the water company that they neglected to pay.

So the Iron City brand is moving out to Latrobe, PA to start over. Hopefully they can find the old Rolling Rock recipe and start making a quality product. Iron City was always

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Just to update you on that situation: Iron city beer will soon be brewed in the old Rolling Rock brewery. Iron city just ceased production in Pittsburgh last month. Seems they ran up a $2 million tab with the water company that they neglected to pay.

So the Iron City brand is moving out to Latrobe, PA to start over. Hopefully they can find the old Rolling Rock recipe and start making a quality product. Iron City was always

The tab was for sewage not water. For those of you unfamiliar with Pa they are truely odd. Your sewer bill is figured out on the amount of water you use not the volume of product you remit. Since 98% of the water a brewery makes goes out in bottles and not form the drains the Sewage company was charging obscene amounts for sewage they never had to treat.

Other PA oddities

When buying beer if you want 1 or 2 six packs you buy at a bar. You cannot buy 3 six packs. But if you want a case you go to a distributor. You can not buy beer in a convenience store or grocery store

When buying alchohol you go to a state owned liquor store and get waited on by snotty over paid union employees who are state employees and cany get fired. They used to all be closed on Sunday until the state realized that they were losing money because people that lived closed to another state would go across state lines and buy there. So they decided that the stores within 10 miles of another state would open on Sunday the rest are still closed.

Whe moving to PA. You go to one place for your license another for road test and a 3rd for vehicle inspections, They do not take cash and do not mention it when you call about coming for a license. They also cannot tell you the cost over the phone so you must make 2 trips. To top it off you have 1 month to get all this done.

[Ldub]

The tab was for sewage not water. For those of you unfamiliar with Pa they are truely odd. Your sewer bill is figured out on the amount of water you use not the volume of product you remit. Since 98% of the water a brewery makes goes out in bottles and not form the drains the Sewage company was charging obscene amounts for sewage they never had to treat.

Other PA oddities

When buying beer if you want 1 or 2 six packs you buy at a bar. You cannot buy 3 six packs. But if you want a case you go to a distributor. You can not buy beer in a convenience store or grocery store

When buying alchohol you go to a state owned liquor store and get waited on by snotty over paid union employees who are state employees and cany get fired. They used to all be closed on Sunday until the state realized that they were losing money because people that lived closed to another state would go across state lines and buy there. So they decided that the stores within 10 miles of another state would open on Sunday the rest are still closed.

Whe moving to PA. You go to one place for your license another for road test and a 3rd for vehicle inspections, They do not take cash and do not mention it when you call about coming for a license. They also cannot tell you the cost over the phone so you must make 2 trips. To top it off you have 1 month to get all this done.

Sounds like a good place to be from,...

Oh yeah, so as not to thread jack...BEER

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Sam Adams Lite
Great White
Rolling Rock Pale Ale before Budweiser bought it and started using New Jersey tap water tainted with medical waste as opposed Mountain Spring water and stopped brewing in glass lined tanks

My first beer was Gennessee Cream Ale I loved it but have not seen it in awhile.

Hey, finally a thread I REALLY know something about!
WOW Dave! You just brought back a ton of fun old memories with the Genny Cream Ale & Rolling Rock! Since we grew up in the same neck of the woods, makes sense we drank the same local stuff! I can't even recall what either tastes like now. Hey Dave remember I.C. Light???? (true piss water!)

I'm also into the Belgium/White/Wheat and almost ANY Hefeweizen....First choice is always Blue Moon! Thrilled to find more & more places have it on tap now! Yippee! Also like:
Sam Adams Summer Ale
Fosters
Pyramid Hef
Widmer Hef
Shiner Bock Hef (after all I did live in Texas for 12 yrs) Yeehaw!

Hey, think I'll make my way to the fridge right now! Cheers!

[circmand]

Hey, finally a thread I REALLY know something about!
WOW Dave! You just brought back a ton of fun old memories with the Genny Cream Ale & Rolling Rock! Since we grew up in the same neck of the woods, makes sense we drank the same local stuff! I can't even recall what either tastes like now. Hey Dave remember I.C. Light???? (true piss water!)

I'm also into the Belgium/White/Wheat and almost ANY Hefeweizen....First choice is always Blue Moon! Thrilled to find more & more places have it on tap now! Yippee! Also like:
Sam Adams Summer Ale
Fosters
Pyramid Hef
Widmer Hef
Shiner Bock Hef (after all I did live in Texas for 12 yrs) Yeehaw!

Hey, think I'll make my way to the fridge right now! Cheers!

Funny things is not only do we have PA IN COMMON we also both lived in Texas (I was in Houston) but now AZ in common as well. Thats a coincidence and a half. I would love some beer but first I need to attempt to get that last yow hook bolt off for my hitch

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Fosters

I knew if i went though the pages i would see someone who likes fosters. To be honest mate there is a reason we export that.....swill....

I am a big fan of Blonde, its low cab but that means you just drink twice as much

edit: i have just been informed that your "fosters" is not the fosters we have over here. the fosters you drink is our crown lagar....now i know why you guys go on about fosters! i shall inform the masses and we will no longer make fun of you

[MSHardeman]

I am not a big beer drinker, but I did just go to the Telluride Blues and Brews festival this past weekend (http://www.tellurideblues.com/). I used to live in Telluride and try to get back as often as I can, and a three day festival with blues music, three hours of free beer tasting from some of the finest micro brewerys on Saturday, and a beautiful mountain setting is as good a reason as any.
I've been eight times now, and over the years I have found some really good beers. One year there was a chocolate stout from a small brewery here in Colorado that was really good. Strange, but good.
If you like beer and blues music you should try and make it out one year.....I'll see you there.

[ojmagg]

We brewed a 2-Harted Clone...it was pretty mild in flavor...we entered it into a local contest...cheers!

[pbkid]

I am not a big beer drinker, but I did just go to the Telluride Blues and Brews festival this past weekend (http://www.tellurideblues.com/). I used to live in Telluride and try to get back as often as I can, and a three day festival with blues music, three hours of free beer tasting from some of the finest micro brewerys on Saturday, and a beautiful mountain setting is as good a reason as any.
I've been eight times now, and over the years I have found some really good beers. One year there was a chocolate stout from a small brewery here in Colorado that was really good. Strange, but good.
If you like beer and blues music you should try and make it out one year.....I'll see you there.

sounds like fun mark...

brewfest in denver is tomorrow... i have a few friends going, but i have to work, and its $60 to walk in the door!!!