You, clearly, have never been to Nebraska. Legend has it, the NEB is the only state in the union where Busch Light outsells Bud Light. Most townie bars have it in can, bottle, AND tap form. It’s all I drank in HS (because it was all any of our dads had in the fridge).

Rusty Kuntz is a national treasure.

To take it a step further, when I moved to Kansas City nine years ago you could say “I want a Boulevard” at a lot of bars and they’d give you a wheat.

My rule of thumb is $1-2 per entree. Someone boxed that shit up for you and you’re going to make up for it in soy sauce packets.

I wasn’t aware of the practice until I started reviewing other people’s expense reports at work. It is a real thing. I usually do it if a) it’s a nice hotel (anything better than a Holiday Inn Express) b) I stay several nights (I don’t want the shit stained sheets on night 2) or c) I somehow manage to make a fucking…

Somewhere between “makes your eyes water” and “brain freeze” is the proper serving temperature for High Life. They should* change the tag line from “The Champagne of Beers” to “The Slurpee of Beers.” *no they should not

You disparage macro companies yet manage to perfectly fulfill their misogynistic male marketing stereotype. Cool story, bro.

If I ever see this, I will buy it if only for the Warren Zevon reference.

If you haven’t seen the commercial that’s taken from, it’s pretty great.

Danner approves.

Very good list.

I picked up the Gose yesterday... so good. Don’t forget Saison Brett in the sour category.

My three beers were a Boulevard (Tank 7), a Deschutes (Black Butte Porter), and a Firestone Walker (Union Jack). I don’t see any reason my three brewery choices wouldn’t follow suit.

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My guess is you’re going to see a lot more acquisitions and consolidation... and not just like InBev buying Goose Island. Breweries need cash to expand. Soon someone is going to own five breweries who all make three IPAs and they’re going to do the math and lop off the ones that don’t make money.

I don’t know about Everest. I read Krakauer’s book about it, and he broke his fucking ribs from coughing after sleeping in a smoky tent. Then a bunch of people died. It takes weeks to acclimate and climb Everest while dealing with oxygen deprivation and freezing cold. At a walking pace, you’re done with a 100-mile…

American Patriot is worse than you can even imagine. A favorite bar of mine has an old soda machine that’s filled with an assortment of yard beers (Hamm’s, Genesee, PBR, etc.) and the occasional canned micro. For $2 you get whatever pops out. The ONLY beer I ever dreaded was American Patriot. It’s overly sweet and…

They do some pretty cool stuff with graphics. I believe that's one of the reasons they package in cans... there's more canvas to work with.

I don't think they distribute much outside of Illinois. I believe it's mostly a factor of production capacity. When I took a tour about a year ago, they hinted at a facilities expansion, so maybe the distribution will follow soon.

If you're ever in Chicago, their brewery tour is a pretty good one. Yes, it's the where they filmed "Drinking Buddies." And yes, they're tired of answering questions about Olivia Wilde.