Pabst won the blue ribbon

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Yuri_Rage said:
The destination of this argument is never a place worth seeing. It's sort of like going on a long drive to find out that the world's biggest ball of twine exhibit is closed. It's destined to be anti-climactic, no matter the outcome, but one or more participants are gonna get pissed.

And PBR's blue ribbon ain't got nothin' on High Life's champagne claim.
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Who's the mightiest Moose of all? Marty Moose!
 
Well, it's better than Busch Light, and I still drink that on occasion. If I drank good beer every time I drank, I'd be fatter, more broke, and more drunk.
 
Synovia said:
Different strokes for different folks.


Its (IMO) worlds better than anything that comes out of New Belgium (besides 1554)
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God, 1554 is just sweet malto/chocolate syrup to me! I'd never buy it.

I don't like the BMC or PBR beers much either.

So this, and the fact BMC or Pabst win the "American Lager" and "American Light Lager" categories each year means I don't generally like drinking American Lager category beers, nor do I like whatever category New Belgium 1554 is in. Not that Coors, Bud, Pabst and New Belgium didn't deserve any awards they got.

So I think the way to deal with differences is to recognize preferences. You like certain categories, I like certain categories, and those friends that drink the BMCs of the world prefer a single category, perhaps from ignorance, perhaps not.

Rich
 
RichBenn said:
So this, and the fact BMC or Pabst win the "American Lager" and "American Light Lager" categories each year means I don't generally like drinking American Lager category beers, nor do I like whatever category New Belgium 1554 is in. Not that Coors, Bud, Pabst and New Belgium didn't deserve any awards they got.

So I think the way to deal with differences is to recognize preferences. You like certain categories, I like certain categories, and those friends that drink the BMCs of the world prefer a single category, perhaps from ignorance, perhaps not.

Rich
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Right, and thats exactly my point. Pabst and BMC are fantastic examples of american light lager. They're not ****ty beers. They just are in a style that most of the people on here look down on.
 
I like pbr for what it is, a commercial lager. If it's the only thing at a sports bar other than BMC, than I will order it.

But, The story of the Blue ribbon is a fascinating bit of marketing lies...erm I mean "selective stretching of the truth"...:D

Here's the version in the PBR marketing stuff...

The famous "Blue Ribbon" label did not get started until 1882. Prior to 1882, Phillip Best Brewing Company had received awards for their beer. In 1876, Pabst won both the highest awards for bottled beer and a gold medal. In 1878 at a Paris World’s Fair, Pabst again won more medals.

In 1882, bottling became significantly important to the brewing business. When bottles were first used, these were generally plain and were not appealing to the public. Pabst decided to add pieces of blue ribbons tied around the necks of Best "Select" beer bottles. It didn’t take long before the public continued to ask for "The beer with the blue ribbon." By 1892, this special packaging idea became so popular that the company was purchasing 300,000 yards of silk ribbons, which workers tied by hand around each bottle. In 1895, words "Blue Ribbon" were eventually added to the label of Select Beer, and in January 1898, the Blue Ribbon label was first used.
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But, To the contrary, there is evidence to suggest that no such award was given, as contemporaneous accounts indicate that many vendors were frustrated by the Paris World fair's refusal to award such prizes.

One account says that the only prizes awarded by the executive committee were bronze medals in recognition of "some independent and essential excellence in the article displayed," rather "than merely to indicate the relative merits of competing exhibits.

The whole dirty tale is in chapter 3 of Maureen Ogle's fantastic and eye openning history of American Brewing, Ambitious Brew - The Story of American Beer by Maureen Ogle

From Ambitious Brew:
Myth: Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was named “America’s Best” at the 1893 Columbian World Exposition in Chicago, a fact still commemorated on the Pabst label.

Reality: Frederick Pabst pronounced himself winner of the Exposition’s grand prize, but there was no grand prize to win. The judges of the brewing exhibits were forbidden from awarding ranked prizes for first, second, and third place. Everyone exhibitor left the Exposition with the same bronze commemorative medallion, regardless of the quality of his beer.
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vinyl_key said:
^ But "Pabst Bronze Commemorative Medallion" doesn't sound nearly as good as Pabst Blue Ribbon :p
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Yep. I wonder though, were those bronze commemorative medallions strung on blue ribbons? Then technically he could have still claimned it. :D

Hey I just got a bronze for one of my beers, but it was on a red white and blue ribbon. So can I claim it to be an all american medal winning ale? Or is that too wordy.;)
 
microbrews are not for everyone. If someone can be satisfied with something so simple, hey go for it. To me that would be like eating rice for everymeal, every day. Variety is the spice of life :mug:
 
Actually pabst is quite crappy and never won anything. All the beersnob remarks are undeserved for someone who was trying to introduce somebody to something better.
 
oh my friggin jeehozifats!

just have a beer with the guy!

I do most of the cooking in my house, cause I like good food, with, like a SAUCE and stuff ( :) ) it doesnt mean i dont eat at mcdonalds once in a while.


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ok. all ranting aside, tell him that beer has a short shelf life, so RECENT medals mean more to you. and based on his response, you may get to drink in peace and quiet.
 
In 1893, there was no World Series. The modern World Series began in 1903.
The 1893 NL Pennant winner was the Boston Beaneaters aka the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves. Congratulations on your buddies new favorite team.
 
olllllo said:
In 1893, there was no World Series. The modern World Series began in 1903.
The 1893 NL Pennant winner was the Boston Beaneaters aka the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves. Congratulations on your buddies new favorite team.
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What? Am I missing something?
 
A lot of the microbrewers in Eugene, OR drink PBR when they want to make a day of it. I do the same. That's why Ninkasi brews its own version of PBR... "Schwag"
 
I'm from Richmond, VA where the PBR flows like flannel shirts and fixed gear bikes.

Great beer to drink on a hot muggy summer day lounging at the river - stay hydrated - but i wish you hipsters would back the **** off so the demand was lower and 12 packs went back to 6 bucks.
 
Well. drinking a P B R is better than a punch in the dick, assuming you have to choose one or the other!
 
on :drunk: nights i work like this:
Drink 3-4 good Homebrews and i cut my self off homebrews because personally i dont dont really get to enjoy the taste of a good homebrew past a certain point so i drink Mostly PBR cause its on the cheap but i love my mickey grenades
 
PBR ROCKS! :rockin:
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steinsato said:
So I was giving a buddy of mine a hard time for stocking up on PBR for his 30th birthday party. He responded by saying something about "I don't see any of your favorite microbrews with a blue ribbons from the worlds fair". What do I say to that?
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What frightens me about PBR and beer like it is its uncanny resemblance to piss.
 

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