Why is Miller 64 being pushed so hard? Anyone try this at all?

[wheathead]

Does that include all that they own? Widmer, Shock Top, Goose Island, Stella and it goes on and on

Absolutely. Have you seen the documentary ‘Beer Wars’? I highly recommend it. The Big Three have virtually cornered the market on beer. Any upstarts or microbrewery doesn’t stand a chance to market their beer to the public. The Govt condones the triad distribution of brewery – distributer – consumer, with the help of distributer lobbyists that keep the craft beer out of the stores.

Since I have been AG brewing, I haven’t bought anything except Yuengling on occasion.

 

[Henry22]

There is a lot of good beer that's been bought by BMC. Sucks but true. If I don't want to spend a lot of money I buy fosters. Same price as bud.sometimes cheaper. At least is has flavor for 11.99 a 12pk. I'm not ashamed to admit I like a cheaper beer.

Fosters is owned by BMC.

edit: They are owned by Fosters Group and Heineken I think. My bad.

 

[msa8967]

Part of me would really like to find a non-PBR beer that tastes today similar to something of quality my grandpa might have enjoyed after and hard days work on the farm. Every few years I try a Miller High Life bottled beer and decide that this below is the best thing I related to that beer.



Several years ago I discovered Grain Belt Premium which I find fairly OK on a hot summer day after doing yard work but I just have not yet found a BMC that is that great. I am by no means a beer snob (that is much more my wife's area) and I drink less than 12 homebrews/store beers a week. Something just kind of bugs me that as a country we soend billions of dollars on beers that are made very cheaply and seem to get worse rather than better with every new product these big companies introduce.

Anyone know if Stroh's is being made anymore?

 

[bob1852]

Absolutely. Have you seen the documentary ‘Beer Wars’? I highly recommend it. The Big Three have virtually cornered the market on beer. Any upstarts or microbrewery doesn’t stand a chance to market their beer to the public. The Govt condones the triad distribution of brewery – distributer – consumer, with the help of distributer lobbyists that keep the craft beer out of the stores.

Since I have been AG brewing, I haven’t bought anything except Yuengling on occasion.

I highly recommend "Ambitious Brew" by Maureen Ogle. It is a lot more factual about the history and current state of beer in the US. If "the man" were suppressing craft beer, why are their record numbers of new, or in the works, micro breweries right now?

 

[bob1852]

http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/number-of-breweries

 

[whitehause]

What I don't get is they say" we removed the filler".....what filler? The taste filler? I understand that craft brews are not for everyone, but the "triple filtered, removing the fillers, cold aged," talk really gets me.

 

[wheathead]

I highly recommend "Ambitious Brew" by Maureen Ogle. It is a lot more factual about the history and current state of beer in the US. If "the man" were suppressing craft beer, why are their record numbers of new, or in the works, micro breweries right now?

A 1.88% increase since 2007. Just think what it would be without restrictions. All I am saying is that the Big Three have a stranglehold on the throats of the beer-drinking public.

 

[Henry22]

What I don't get is they say" we removed the filler".....what filler? The taste filler? I understand that craft brews are not for everyone, but the "triple filtered, removing the fillers, cold aged," talk really gets me.

I enjoy the punch top can and vortex bottle.

Also bud light platinum is "triple filtered" and has "top shelf taste"...what a joke.

 

[whitehause]

I enjoy the punch top can and vortex bottle.

Also bud light platinum is "triple filtered" and has "top shelf taste"...what a joke.

lol....we need a "what ridiculous claims have you heard thread"(though it's probably been done....10 times)

 

[ABrewingApe]

Every summer there's a plague of billboards for COLD-FILTERED this and FROST-BREWED whatever, and it just makes me laugh. If you don't know that lager is brewed cold already, doubleplusfrosticecold and so on sounds like a great thing! Because beer stays at the temperature it is when you brew it, right? Forever? Especially in crappy minimart fridges?

 

[BrutalBrew]

They spend a lot on advertisement and the average weak minded zombie goes and buys the product. There's nothing wrong with buying BMC products if you actually like the beer, but if you think you will be the worlds most interesting man because of a beer , that's a different story.

 

[bob1852]

A 1.88% increase since 2007. Just think what it would be without restrictions. All I am saying is that the Big Three have a stranglehold on the throats of the beer-drinking public.

Actually it is a ~33% increase going from 3.8% to 5.68% of the market share...

How do they have a stranglehood? How many brands of beer are in your average supermarket? Ten years ago it was bmc and maybe fat tire. Now, I can get ~50 different craft beers at my local Safeway, and I live in the middle of nowhere. This is the best time period for beer in the history of this country, and it is only getting better.

 

[ron,ar]

It has to be the low calorie, low carb appeal to a lot of the female persuasion drinkers, particularly the SIL's. I tried it, worse than most. I won't drink lite beer, won't drink Bud under any circumstamce and don't like Michelob either. I will and do consume Miller Genuine Draftm, cans only, with reckless abandonment in the summertime. To each his own.