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PBR lowers alcohol content....

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dunny
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PABST BLUE RIBBON is now 4.9% whats the deal.....unfortunate we lost another strong beer... now its just cheap instead of strong and cheap
Sep 4 2011 1:32PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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thats whats up
Sep 4 2011 6:47PM
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Blindsurfer
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brewdog end of history 40% beer. it even has a real dead squirrel wrapped around the bottle. get the fuck at me.

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Sep 4 2011 6:52PM
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RICK_ROSS
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$15 dollar 30. pbr is $20
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Sep 5 2011 12:12AM
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the.cheat
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i toured a belgian style brewery in central ny and they had some great beer. what was it called.... ommegang. we have a bottle left in the fridge.
Sep 5 2011 12:26AM
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Ryan.Street
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I am an avid pbr drinker and in no way would i have ever considered it a "strong" beer. Its not a light beer so it might seem heavier than the other shit you have been drinking but it is still not a heavy beer. 4.9% is not bad for the style of brew... its the same as bud and mgd, just tastes better and cheaper.
Sep 5 2011 1:03AM
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Ryan.Street
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they use the same quality ingredients as Budweiser and very similar brew styles. The only reason its cheaper is because you don't pay for the shitty "here we go" and "man up" commercials, vortex bottles and cans that tell you what you hand can.
Sep 5 2011 1:07AM
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Literature
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A couple decimals fall off of PBR and you care? You'll just have another one anyway.

Getting concerned about cheap beer is like arguing about the angle of the review mirror when your headlights are broken and it's midnight.
Sep 5 2011 1:24AM
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deleted5
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if your a pussy breck brew has a 15% it"s awsome.
Sep 5 2011 1:26AM
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MANDER
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This man knows whats up, respect!
Sep 5 2011 1:28AM
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Logey.
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and be ready to drink what tastes like vanilla coke that has said out in the sun for a year.. OPEN, then gone through a harsh winter with acid rain, then a yeti came and drank it and pissed it back in the can. THATS WHAT IT TASTES LIKE TRUESTORY
Sep 5 2011 1:28AM
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dunny
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PBR was the best bang for your buck at bars... at least in BC.... thats not the case anymore.
Sep 6 2011 12:59PM
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2_fadez
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STELLA
Sep 6 2011 3:23PM
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skiingute
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King Cobra, Steel Reserve, Mickey's, Olde Enlgish, 40's for life

Sep 6 2011 3:28PM
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SirShane
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FOUR LOKO TASTE LIKE SHIT
Sep 6 2011 3:33PM
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technique.
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skiing tricks is my alcohol
Sep 6 2011 3:44PM
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jabroni.
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this makes me sad guys.. pbr used to be shitty and cheap and now its unnaceptably shitty...
Sep 6 2011 4:07PM
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eldridge
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solution: save your money, drink a beer with taste and volume.
Sep 6 2011 4:23PM
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eldridge
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i lold
Sep 6 2011 4:25PM
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kamron_708
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There is a polish tequila or vodkas that's 193 proof (96.5 alcohol content) /claim sorry for spelling or mathematical errors
Sep 6 2011 4:46PM
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drumbumocdp
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super beer! thats the way to go
Sep 6 2011 5:15PM
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hoodratz47
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brew your own.

problem solved!

Sep 6 2011 5:22PM
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iLLbiLLy
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I know you guys have good beer, but you should try some of the american micro brews. We have thousands of great beers in this country now.
Sep 6 2011 5:25PM
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i.ski.troll.
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captain is effing horrible. go buy a handle of Jack.
Sep 6 2011 5:28PM
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Broseph_Stalin
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winning
Sep 6 2011 5:33PM
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thebeesknees
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I bet that's what they drink at bates
Sep 6 2011 5:35PM
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Stan_Darsh
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you like the taste of piss?
Sep 6 2011 5:40PM
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PBRasap
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I like you.
Sep 6 2011 5:47PM
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Willard
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go to hell
Sep 6 2011 5:51PM
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nkmo.
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Budweiser is a rice beer?
Sep 6 2011 7:54PM
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-ROY-
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fuck that nasty garbage anyway
Sep 6 2011 8:01PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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harpoon impeerial ipa. 10% and delicious.
Sep 6 2011 8:22PM
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BmoChop
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quoting for emphasis.


and conveniently located right above jabroni's post.
Sep 6 2011 9:35PM
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casual
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these threads always turn into the biggest pissing contest (no pun intended) and it's obnoxious.

Anyone playing the "I only drink 10% obscure microbrew IPA's" game is a dipshit. Anyone who actually drinks, goes to bars, etc. is drinking really cheap/shitty beer from time to time. Those 10% beers in bars cost like fucking ten dollars. If you're a ski bum like me, you come to depend on cheap beer specials/happy hour.

Sure, it's great to drink a really great beer, and I try and buy a 6 or 12 of something special now and again, but come on.

Some of the stronger beers with a ton of hops and barley also fuck up your stomach and fill you up really quickly. Nothing worse than bubble guts and an uncomfortably full feeling when you're trying to send it.
Sep 6 2011 10:21PM
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jason...
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once again on point.
Sep 6 2011 11:34PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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Every single beer by Unibroue is fucking boom. Quite possibly my favourite brewers.
Sep 7 2011 12:12AM
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KAS
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Thank you! This guy is the  one of the only people who is right in here.

You all sound stupid, trying to say you don't drink cheap beer. College or (high school)= cheap fucking beer. I'm not gonna care if it's PBR if I'm trying to get drunk. Why waste money on expensive nice beer when you may not even remember it the next day?
Sep 7 2011 12:15AM
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Dosh
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perfectly stated! sometimes you just want a good ol' chug beer like pbr, or rolling rock. and i guess i never really checked tha alcohol % before, but at least here in quebec i believe the pbr i have been drinking has been 4.9% for a while. of course you can always go with a pbr dry (5.9%) if you're looking for that extra kick.
Sep 7 2011 8:57AM
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1990
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Thank you Germany for your great beer
Sep 7 2011 9:12AM
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PacificRimJob
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Any "great'' German beer I have had could EASILY be trumped by a great American beer...



The Americans are finally starting to show up in the world's beer war... and it's starting to absolutely dominate - especially being most of the popular (IE: overmarketed) beers in Czech-Germany are all owned by Inbev anyways now... and all thereby SUCK.
Sep 7 2011 9:36AM
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1990
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It's called "Reinheitsgebot", google it. Every beer I had in the US tasted like it was mixed with water …
Sep 7 2011 10:36AM
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PacificRimJob
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...and you don't think that many American breweries don't abide by reinheitsgebot? Please.

And on top of that... reinheitsgebot had little to do with making sure beer was 'better'... it was put in place as an economic regulation... For the most part, it killed many many brewing traditions that have been able to thrive in other places...

Yes, there are many German lagers that are pretty dang good, as lagers... but at the same time - they are still wimpy ass piss coloured lagers.


I detest anyone who says that a German beer is automatically better because of tradition...
Sep 7 2011 1:15PM
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theabortionator
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Keystone was better anyway.



I just stopped drinking 2 weeks ago so I really don't give a fuck anyway though
Sep 7 2011 1:17PM
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PacificRimJob
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And on that note, I give you a lager that would likely downright thrash anything in it's class from Germany as far as 'purity' and consistency is concerned...

Guess what, it aint no yankee brew.

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Sep 7 2011 1:20PM
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eheath
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Beer 30 light is 3.8% by volume, less than utah beer. Id pay the extra 5 bucks for the extra 1.2%.


PBR was 5.0% before, 4.9% is seriously no change.


And people saying that "keystone is better", keystone is 4.2% by volume.
Sep 7 2011 1:27PM
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1990
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I am not saying every american beer is shit. It is just, if you grab a beer here, you will mostly like end up with something better than in the US. I am not talking about Becks or Warsteiner or anything, I am talking about Rothaus or something else that is not overmarketed shit.
(And Becks ore Warsteiner are stil better than Budweise or PBR or any of that shit)

And I think Germans just build on a pile of knowledge that was won over a few houndrer years. Therefore they have literaly brought brewing beer to perfection …

You guys have great wine though …
Sep 7 2011 1:48PM
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.AR6rider.
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End of History is actually 55%

You might be thinking of Sink the Bismarck, which is their 41% beer

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I've always wanted to try one of their super high alcohol beers, but the new one is like 700 bucks and they're only making 11 bottles haha.
Sep 7 2011 1:52PM
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PacificRimJob
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I believe that entirely depends on where in the USA you are. Go to Oregon, Montana, Vermont, California, or any other state that has a real beer culture and you'll realize that it's not just the typical 'meh' brews you see...

Hell, in California, I consider Sierra Nevada Pale Ale as the sort of defacto "State Beer", and I'm by no means even impressed by it compared to a lot of other brews. It's good stuff, for sure... and very high quality for what it is, but it's by no means the greatest thing ever lol. (that said, I give it to people who've never had it before, and they either love it because its so good and high quality, or hate it because it's not the Bud Light bullshit they were expecting)

...and Becks/Warsteiner/Krombacher are vomit in a bottle right up there with Bud, Miller, Coors, PBR, Corona, or any of that other crap. Hell, Becks and Budweiser are the same company now anyways

Germany's highest selling brew is Oettinger... that speaks in itself for how much better Germany is as a Beer drinking country than USA is with Budweiser, Canada's with Molsen, Britain's with Carling, or Australia's with VB... Every country has their shitty beers... and I wouldn't focus on those as the pinnacle of the beer culture in a country.
Sep 7 2011 2:02PM
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PacificRimJob
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Oh, and dont get me started on how California wine's are overrated in a lot of ways lol. It's all overhyped to emulate Italy and France... For the most part its 3rd best, if that.

But then again, wine is another discussion.
Sep 7 2011 2:04PM
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.frenchy
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Dude you are 14... Lol.
Sep 7 2011 3:26PM
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k-rob
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man, you guys are a bunch of dorks about beer. just drink what you like and shut the fuck up.
Sep 7 2011 6:33PM
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