Chicagoist: More Blue Ribbons for Pabst

Spook

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:16:07 -0600

When I go cheap, its all about the Mickey's wide mouth, whooot!

SAMiller

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:11:12 -0600

Pabst was, and always will be, a Milwaukee beer. (It is still contract brewed at Miller breweries in Milwaukee)

the new guest number 2

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:00:01 -0600

When I go cheap I gotta go with the Champagne of Beers.

djpaul

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:07:56 -0600

One great local brew that was not mentioned was the Bronze that Pete Crowley from Rock Bottom-Chicago received for his Terminal Stout. Congrats Pete!

annieF

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:29:51 -0600

nice to see Three Floyds in the competition!

Spook

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:19:22 -0600

as in "beer"

Spook

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:18:54 -0600

why don't we just do away with all lite/light?

matty

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:43:30 -0600

I don't like old style that much. it's too malty tasting - though my dad drank it by the case. (ditka!) i like PBR - it's crisp, refreshing and delicious. even better with a lime - that's called a pbrito. and i agree about pbr light.

Chuck Sudo

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:33:15 -0600

One tidbit about Old Style that didn't make the cut on the cheap beer chart I wrote for another publication, JP: Old Style isn't the beer we (or at least I) remember it to be. Pabst doesn't own the original Old Style "krausened" recipe; that distinction goes to LaCrosse Lager. And to the guest who managed to get in, Two Bros. was listed. I forgot the link to the site.

guest

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:21:28 -0600

nothing for Two Brothers?

Chuck Sudo

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:13:19 -0600

With those Goose Island medals, there was a distinction between the brewery and the brewpub. The regular and Bourbon Wheatmiser won awards for the brewpub. So load up your strollers with growlers and head down. One other notable awardee I forgot to mention: Louis Glunz Beer Company took home the Craft Beer Distributor Achievement Award, given by the National Beer Wholesalers Association and the Brewers Association.

JP2

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:10:34 -0600

Finally some recognition for my Old Style. After college, a few friends and family started methodically revisiting the "cheap" beers that were bought for us in high school by kind strangers. We went through dozens, and most of us came to the conclusion that Old Style is sorta like a perfect American beer. Just gotta get over the stigma of being one of the cheap beers ya drank in high school. And, I should note, that someday you will miss it when, for example, you move to the east coast where its not sold.

Walrus

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:01:21 -0600

Since when does Pabst qualify as "beer"?

Stephen

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:44:16 -0600

I think it's worth noting Goose Island's other awards, since (personally) I'm tiring of the 312 hype. Their Bourbon Wheatmiser took a gold medal for wood- and barrel-aged strong beers, also Wheatmiser (bronze - American-style wheat wine ales), and IPA (silver - English-style India pale ales).

Thunderbelly

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:39:56 -0600

I am not a fan of 312 at all. Sure it is much better to have a street fest than Bud or a Miller, but I find it to be not much better. It does not taste like most wheat beers to me, much more summer aley. I never quite understand why its found everywhere here in the summer.

Margaret Lyons

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:28:20 -0600

I love cheap, disgusting beer, but PBR Light is an abomination.