Pabst won the blue ribbon

[k47k]

$10.99 for 30, nuff said.

 

[olllllo]

Everyone that judged that beer and gave it a Blue Ribbon is DEAD.

 

[IceFisherChris]

This isn't the Beeradvocate forum over here

I was afraid to say that

 

[Marsdude]

My son's friend brought over a case of Blue Ribbon and was encouraging me to have one. I kept saying "no I like good beer." Finally I gave in - and was surprised! It wasn't bad. I actually enjoyed knocking back a few.

I encounter somewhat of the same thing when my wife and I are at bar where they the choice is Bud or Coors. If I am drinking either she asks me "how can you drink that?" My come back is Bud & Coors isn't bad beer, it just isn't great beer.

 

[CrystallineEntity]

Taste awesome when it warms. lol...

 

[Yuri_Rage]

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.

 

[PhelanKA7]

Old Milwaukee is a much better alternative to PBR, IMHO.

 

[uechikid]

$10.99 for 30, nuff said.

$3.99 for a 24 pack of water. Ditto!

 

[northernlad]

If the World's Fair had a Pile Of Shyt contest, the blue ribbon winner would still be a pile of shyt.
Plus, most of the competitions we know as "Worlds" have nothing to do with anywhere outside the US which certainly says something.
But, at a time when other beverages were carbonated drinks of the same sort and dung infested water, what do you expect?

 

[SPLASTiK]

They actually make a half decent ale. Better than Bud's American Ale attempt.

 

[bob1852]

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.

Who's the mightiest Moose of all? Marty Moose!

 

[Monty420th]

anyone else remember Lucky Lite? weeeeeeeeeee

 

[Peace11uehman]

PBR ftw Its our beer of choice at the on campus bar haha.

 

[FreeM80s]

PBR- drink it while wearing your converses and listening to old vinyls. Quick! before it become popular again

 

[blizz81]

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]

They actually make a half decent ale. Better than Bud's American Ale attempt.

I think Bud's American Ale is better than about half the brewpubs and micros I try.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

I think Bud's American Ale is better than about half the brewpubs and micros I try.

Thank God I haven't come across though brewpubs and micros. Honestly I'd rather drink regular Bud.

 

[Synovia]

Thank God I haven't come across though brewpubs and micros. Honestly I'd rather drink regular Bud.

Different strokes for different folks.


Its (IMO) worlds better than anything that comes out of New Belgium (besides 1554)

 

[olllllo]

Its (IMO) worlds better than anything that comes out of New Belgium (besides 1554)

You're getting macro sour's like LaFolie, Eric's Ale and Dark Kriek?
It must be awesome.

 

[bigolbigbelly]

http://www.samueladams.com/news_awards.aspx

Show him all the awards Sam Adams has won!

 

[bigolbigbelly]

Forgot Sierra Nevada
http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/awards.html
This page is longer then my arm

 

[RichBenn]

Different strokes for different folks.


Its (IMO) worlds better than anything that comes out of New Belgium (besides 1554)

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

 

[Synovia]

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

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.

 

[neovox]

 

[Revvy]

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"...

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.

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.

 

[vinyl_key]

^ But "Pabst Bronze Commemorative Medallion" doesn't sound nearly as good as Pabst Blue Ribbon

 

[Revvy]

^ But "Pabst Bronze Commemorative Medallion" doesn't sound nearly as good as Pabst Blue Ribbon

Yep. I wonder though, were those bronze commemorative medallions strung on blue ribbons? Then technically he could have still claimned it.

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.

 

[mightynintendo]

I know a guy who tattooed the stag trademark graphic on his arm. of course this is also the same guy who got a huge tattoo of his face on his chest.

 

[Heckle]

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?

I would simply say "give me the empty bottles!

 

[FreeM80s]

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