VApatriot
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Has anyone tried the Third Shift Brewing Amber Lager yet? I've been seeing commercials for it on TeeVee lately but never heard of it before. Curious to know what those who have tried it think about it. Thanks everybody.
I posted about that beer a few days ago, in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/great-beer-coors-398741/
I didn't buy it, so I can't say how it tastes. I was just so mad about the deceptive marketing that I just couldn't get myself to buy it.
What you guys are missing is that it's made by Miller Coors brewers who really care about their beer! This is what they make when they aren't making that crap they sell en masse to the masses. It's the GOOD STUFF!
Sheesh! Did you even read the box??
The ad campaign made me suspect. Not a lot of real craft brewers can afford super bowl ads for their product lauch.
Didn't see the Superbowl ad-
Nothing against MillerCoors, they're just a parent company of many breweries. Blue moon is among my favorite mass produced beers and in the summer, Linenkugal (sp?) summer shandy is awesome! Maybe Third Shift will expand their brews and go after more flavorful styles. It'd be nice to be a craft brewer with the money backings of a huge company.
I picked some up a couple weeks ago and called to ask about ingredients. It's made with high fructose corn syrup. It tasted okay, nothing special.
point is, they are not a BMC owned craft brewer (like goose island), they are a fictitious brewery marketed as a craft brewery.
VApatriot said:That's enough for me, if it's made with HFCS then I wouldn't touch it if it's the last beer on earth. There are two ways to make HFCS and the most polular way involves using mercury, yeah that sutff that the FDA now says it's ok to eat.....
Thanks for the feedback everyone, the ad on TeeVee looked good but I'll stick with mine instead.
point is, they are not a BMC owned craft brewer (like goose island), they are a fictitious brewery marketed as a craft brewery.
this isn't new. PLANK ROAD BREWERY makes Icehouse and Red Dog
and was the name of the brewery that Frederick Miller bought in 1855 to start the Miller Brewing Company
hatedheretic said:I saw it in a store here in Alaska, saw a commercial on the TV; knew it must be bull****. No craftbeer makes it up here without having a firm hold in the lower 48 (we literally just got New Belgium a couple weeks ago).
Why is no one complaining about Redd's Apple Ale (Redd's Brewing Company)? it's a Miller product and not advertised as such.
The ad campaign made me suspect. Not a lot of real craft brewers can afford super bowl ads for their product lauch.
I think most people automatically discount Reds Apple Ale as the apple flavored wine cooler that it is...
Although, to be honest, I don't like fruity beers, and generally don't like cider most of the time (but sometimes I like it), but I'm very curious to see what it tastes like. My gut feeling is that it's made because someone in a beer company felt the time was right to revisit the 80s.
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