Re: That's Just Wrong

I think Beck's is entirely different in Bavaria than it is in the US. Two entirely different tastes.

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com wrote on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:55:39 -0700 (PDT):

If I'm drinking Mexican beer, I prefer Modelo especially the Negra variety. The rest aren't bad but there are often better beers from those countries and also there are really a lot of different varieties of Sam Adams. The last keeps introducing new types and, unfortunately, discontinuing some of them. Their Scotch Ale was a case in point.

Beck's isn't from Bavaria, and it's not often found there. In most of Germany, local brands take precedence.

No, it doesn't. It does in a couple states, but it is not a nationwide thing.

-Steve

Although Liqour Laws have been updated, years ago malt liquor was anything over 3.2 ABV in some States.

Malt liquor is a American name for high ABV lagers made with cheap adjuncts. Europeans refer to it as superduper lager. Not all high ABV lagers qualify as a malt liquor. An immediate example is Eisbock.

Dick

I like Bohemia from Mexico. That might be just a bit off target if you are into Negro Modelo or Dos Equis, neither of which are bad choices at all.

Suds

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com wrote in news:185569a0-44f7-44ce-9afa- snipped-for-privacy@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:

All depends on the state. In Texas, a beer over 6 or 7% (I forget the exact number) is called an ale. Other states have other goofiness.

It does vary by state. Here in TX anything over 4.9% (I think), must be labeled Ale, Malt Liquor, Lager, or Malt Beverage. And some states you can't even buy any beer over 5 or 6% (South Carolina, eg.)

-sw

It's 5% in TX. Alt, malt liquot/beverage or lager. Anything but 'beer'.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote on 15 Jun 2008:

South Carolina fixed their law (following NC and GA). I think Alabama failed their last state legislative session, but that'll go soon. Mississippi? Utah?

But "Malt Liquor" as a legal term still persists in but a few states, much like "Ale" as a strength designation.

Witzel

Not Utah. Uinta has been making a BWSA for years and their state liquors stores don't have a cap on alcohol, iirc. On draft? It can only be 4%abv, or is it by weight?

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It's 4% ABV. The next time you are in Park City, UT stop at the Wasatch Brewpub for a few glasses of Polygamy Porter - Why have just one? And take some home for the wives.

Dick

So UT's like some other states with some odd rules surrounding beer strength (3.2%ABW=4%ABV; you've probably heard the term "3.2 beer")

- Tennessee comes to mind, where over a certain ABV it must be sold in a different type of store (often the same building, but wholly separate).

Not to start a thread about arcane beer laws or anything.

Witzel

Too late.

Minnesota is as you describe: anything over 3.2% abw must be sold in a separate liquor store. The liquor store can be in the same building, but must have a separate entrance and a definite doorway into the main store, if any transfer between grocery and liquor is allowed. And so you end up with groceries that have liquor stores that keep separate hours and that you have to go outside to get in (and you have to check out in the liquor store; no bringing it into the grocery).

-Steve

Sqwertz wrote in news:150608.140444rfc+rfdb+ snipped-for-privacy@sqwertz.com:

I should have gone with my gut response, but I thought it was too low. I guess not.

I do remember it being discussed in here back in the mid 90s. It was more or less the start of the microbrewery revolution. I was sure hoping it would lead to a breakup up of the iron fist the beer distributors control the American market. Things got better, but nowhere near as deregulated as I had hoped. AB and their ilk still have firm control. Let them be bought by the Belgians, perhaps it will finally free us.

Sqwertz wrote in news:150608.140346rfc+rfdb+ snipped-for-privacy@sqwertz.com:

And that's what you get when morons elect morons.

Dave Witzel wrote in news:Xns9ABEE83FB65D9djwitzelnycroadrunne@66.250.146.128:

I moved from TN 11 years ago, but back then what they had of the stronger stuff was sold right next to Bud Lite. No double Bocks or the like though.

That's what you get when bible-thumpers get to make the laws. Look at Nevada, for example. Different kind of holy Rollers there and you can drink in public and buy beer at all hours of the morning.

-sw

Look at a 6-er of Bud Ice. It doesn't actually say it's beer, but it says "Ale in Texas" on the bottom of the carton (maybe that's only the Texas labeling though)

Latest word is that Bud is trying to get Modelo of Mexico to merge with AB so that InBev won't be able to absorb the combined wealth of both companies.

Duh. I'd rather have AB owned by a Belgian company than by a Mexican company. Of course I couldn't really care less what happens to AB, but I do have a weak heart for the Belgian ales.

-sw