Really Keystone? "Smooth Brewed?"

[Joos]

Ok here goes nothing Let me preface my comments by saying i prefer to drink micro/craft beer Non-light beer...............anyway Ive heard in the past and continue to here, in this thread, comments on how light beer is this, that, and the other. I would be willing to bet that most of the people trash talking have never brewed a light beer to see just how hard to brew they are. Not only are they lagers but they are light. Which means no hiding mistakes made by the brewer. I use to talk tons of trash about light beers and not until i actually brewed one of them did i stop. Light beers (BMC's)are hands down some of the hardest beers to clone. I challenge those who think light beers are for novices to brew one.................Let me know when you are done i will be happy to drink them for you

It's not about "light lagers" it's about BMC sh!t! Tell a german/czeck brew master that they should respect BMC.Their style has been raped by american brewers over the past 60 years and turned into flavorless crap.

I said I was done.Now I really am.Sorry again.End rant.

 

[Fracturedman]

I agree with joos and all that agree with him. Also BMC has gotten where they are because they have money and they lobby for laws that work for them but hurt the small guys. These mass produced breweries could care less about what beer is all about. They see the money and could care less about taste, craft brews and what beer is all about.

They want people to be get drunk, party, and be stupid. I mean if alcoholism wasnt an issue they wouldnt make any money. They say drink responsibly, but none of their advertisements show that. If they cared about beer, and it was their passion and not just a paycheck they would be producing better beers, they would educate people about what beer really is.

 

[magnj]

I am with you, Joos.
I sure as hell could never build a Hyundai... but I would rather build and drive a Hot Rod any day of the week.

BMC makes their beer the way people want it, what are they gonna do change the recipe and make it real malty or hoppy? Budweiser even tried with American Ale and no one wanted to drink it(it did suck).

 

[MistyMountainHops]

But that comment is like the chicken and the egg convo - People want it that way because that is all they know, and this is all they know because BMC has created this perception as to what beer is/tastes like.

I saw a sign at 7-11 the other day promoting some new Bud Light Hefe or something of the sort...is this a good thing or is it going to be another commercially brewed POS?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

BMC makes their beer the way people want it, what are they gonna do change the recipe and make it real malty or hoppy? Budweiser even tried with American Ale and no one wanted to drink it(it did suck).

I think that a good many people drink the BMCs that are advertised as being American simply because they are well, "American" This is also the reason that most Americans think that Harleys are the best motor cycle in the world.

There is nothing wrong with being proud of one's country if inclined that way, but when that pride makes you blinkered to other styles and makers in whatever product......Well, then it is just dumb, and you are losing out on some rewarding life experiences.

My 90 year old FIL will take a tiny sip of my homebrew after first stating that he won't like it because it won't be how beer is "Supposed" to be.