White people don’t like stuff that’s easy to acquire. Beer is no exception.
They generally try to avoid beers like Budweiser, Labatt’s, Molson, Coors, and Heineken because if it’s mass produced it is bad. No exceptions.
So when they need a beer, they turn to microbrews who seem to be located almost exclusively in New England, Ontario, Quebec and Colorado. Being able to walk into a bar and order a beer that no one has heard of makes white people feel good about their alcohol drinking palate.
A friend of mine once met a white guy who brought a notebook with him to every bar. He would then keep a record of all the beers he drank and his experience with them. He called it his ‘beer journal.’
Also of note: most white people want to open a microbrewery at some point. One that uses organic hops.
Stuff White People Like 
You forgot California and Oregon! Soooo many microbrews… many of them very very good 🙂
AND St. Louis has a ton of awesome microbreweries: Shlafly, Morgan Street Brewery, Trailhead, Square One, Wm. D. Alandale, City Grille, we loooooooooooove microbreweries in St. Louis!
The snobbery is embarassing, but you have to admit Bud is like drinking piss.
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i have a beer journal, i’m all IT, so it’s on excel
Pacific northwest is the best place for Micro-brew period! I now question all of your “white people wisdom” based on your lack of knowledge surround this ever important topic!
Pacific northwest is the best place for Micro-brew period! I now question all of your “white people wisdom” based on your lack of knowledge surrounding this ever important topic!
Skateboards are awesome though…
There are some exceptions for teenagers, liberal arts students, and poor white people: PBR (for hipsters who are watching their pocketbooks); High Life (it’s, like, the Champagne of of Beers); Mickeys grenades (it looks like a grenade!); OE, Iceman, Colt 45 (Lando Calrissian), or other malt liquor (’cause it’s old-school, and actually messes you up nicely if you can drink the whole 40 while it’s still cold.)
He misses the best microbrews because this blog is written by a canadian I am sure.
Educated people are ALWAYS beer snobs. If they drink beer at all. Though most major beers are pretty poor.
Cheap beer gives me the runs….and that’s good!!!
Yes, this author is obviously not white enough (or is too Canadian). The west coast has many microbrews, especially northern california and the pacific northwest. In fact from what I’ve been told, the hipster, yet commercial microbrew trend started on that coast during the 70s and 80s before becoming ubiquitous everywhere else in the 90s and 00s.
Quote: A friend of mine once met a white guy who brought a notebook with him to every bar. He would then keep a record of all the beers he drank and his experience with them.
These people are called “tickers”. They are similar to trainspotters, except they are usually less knowledgeable about the subject.
this one is somewhat true…i mean the snobbishness with white people is unbearable at times, especially when it comes to wine…but like seriously budweiser and coors light and all that shit is actually bad, like pisswater….not all the big companies are bad though…miller is pretty damn good and heinken is alright….but it actually is true that imports tend to be better…..for the record, i’m black
Most microbrews are from Colorado because they are produced by Coors (out of Golden, CO). Coors produces beer under something like 300 names, so that they can trick people into thinking that they are getting beer from some local brewery.
I’m actually glad this blog told me that I’ve lost status of being white (not because I’m not proud of being white, but because I’ve found about 3 things that apply to me…)
And yet, even though you list New England, Ontario, Quebec and England as preferred places for whites to get microbrews, at least three of the beers pictured are from Mendocino County, California.
All of you are clearly forgetting one of the most concentrated beer producing regions of the country, the midwest and in particular, Michigan.
BELLS Brewing Inc!
(i needn’t say more according to Michael Jackson, but I will…)
Arcadia Brewing Co
New Holland Brewing Co
Summit Brewing Co
plus dozens of others…
http://www.midwestmicrobrews.com/
I hate those snobs! LOL! anything less than New Belgium is absolutely horrid though! LOOOOOLZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
pooooooooooooop
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I’m white and my favorite beer is Thunderhole Ale that you can only buy in Maine, and I live in NC. I am so lame. I’ll stab myself in the dick 100 times with a broken microbrewery bottle in shame.
YES they DO!!
Are you all kidding me? In 2006, 30 microbreweries, more than one-third of the state total, were located in Portland. With 46 microbrew outlets, Portland has more breweries and brewpubs per capita than any other city in the United States. Many have won nationwide and international acclaim. Oregon has the most breweries per capita in the U.S. In addition the Portland-Metro area has the most breweries per capita of any city in the world. The Oregon Brewers Festival is the largest beer festival in North America.
Michigan and the midwest. LOL
have a lick on me stick nigger fuck
Yeah this guy is from Ontario, Canada (heard him mention Lakeport)
and the first thing I thought was ‘oh hey Great White is in that picture. Good stuff’
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I live in Vermont. You do not know microbrews until you’ve lived in Vermont. (S)he is not off about the new england thing. There’s Otter Creek, Magic Hat, McNeils, Rock Art and tons more. When a big storm is brewing Vermonter’s run to the supermarket not for food, but for beer. For a state that has 8% of the population of New York City they have a ton of freaking beer. If (s)he is Canadian than (s)he is east coast.
from a beer making veiwpoint, bud,miller and coors are actually the highest quality beers out there. Now you might not like the taste, but it is a fact they are of the highest quality. The reason for this is because they are mass produced, so every batch has to be precisley the same. Mention this to a beer snob, and they will be silent(its priceless). I wouldn’t really call it a microbrew cause you can get it at almost any 7-11 but Blue Moon is my favorite beer.
Portland is all microbreweries, and every white person there seems to work in one as a bartender… now that is one white city!
“A friend of mine once met a white guy who brought a notebook with him to every bar. He would then keep a record of all the beers he drank and his experience with them. He called it his ‘beer journal.’”
Sounds like he belongs to the new breed of anoraks, their reports are usually published on ratebeer (rather than shared at the usual pubs near a station, like the Doric Arch, previously known as the Head of Steam at Euston Station, London).
To #10
Also – if you live in Austin – which is a very Liberal White city, Lone Star is the alternative to PBR which is not as common in Texas.
Lone Star says it is the “National Beer of Texas”, and white people love irony.
Te one with the shark on it….Great White…from lost coast brewery here where i live
it is good
I submit my white-man beer journal as evidence.
You missed Pennsylvania — we have some of the best beers in the world (this is speaking as a longtime UK resident who honeymooned in Belgium) thanks to some outdated liquor laws (so they are good for something). It’s hard to beat a Victory Storm King Stout or Festbier. The Iron Hill Pilsner Barleywine I had at the beer festival I attended the other day was very much of the tasty too, even though it’s not one of my favorite styles. Did I mentioned I’m a certified beer judge, even though I’m female? Or that I grow my own hops? I admit I am probably the whitest person I know…
Highly amusing. I have linked to this from my beer blog. Cheers.
For the sake of your credibility you really need to update this post to include Portland, which is not only the microbrew capital but is also the whitest city of its size in the country.
This is fun enough. I will definitely use this post as a citation for a thesis that I am producing, “Which Way went the Wealthy White’s Whimsicalness.”
Now, that’s friggin’ funny!
And, for all that mess about how BudMillerCoors are the highest quality beers out there, don’t start with that. They may have the highest quality control because they need that consistency, but do not confuse quality control with high quality. In other words, they may be tough to brew, but that does not make them any good. They are just, consistently, the same bottle of garbage over and over again.
On that, I do applaud some of Coors’s efforts to get some good stuff out to the masses.
pshhhh. There are microbrews in utah too! buuut i do enjoy a good Squatters IPA!
I’ll try pretty much any beer. Not all microbrews are good and not all mass produced are bad. One of the shittiest pretentious beers would have to be Stella.
Ugh… Blue Moon is made by Coors in Colorado. So many people think it’s a Belgian import, and it drives me CRAZY. Drink Hoegaarden, and you’ll never think of Blue Moon as a Belgian white again. Regardless, my regular rants against Blue Moon are what landed me my job at… you guessed it… a microbrewery. Well, that and the fact that I’ve worked about a million beer tastings. Again… I’m so white it hurts.
Seriously, there is no good beer that was not brewed in Cascadia (Washington, Oregon, California North of Redding).
I have never set foot in BUDWEISER. It is like drinking urine as far as I concerned. I ONLY drink microbrews, Santgria from Jaleo, where I have eaten 319 times and Bison Grass vodka from my native Poland.
Just for the record, I am a lifelong Chicagoan who has lived most of my adult life in D.C. The microbrews are BETTER out here, but I still enjoy a BERGHOFF each year during my annual trip to Wrigely Field! Go Sox (I am a lifelong Sox Fan since 1974 anyway) but I love WRIGELY and am now also a NATS fan as my second team. I have season tickets and enjoy MICROBREWS at the stadium!
beer is tasty and worth trying, and we progress as we grow older. Oh the days of dry heaving natural lite in the woods in the morning. No more for me. PBR is bland and it appears everywhere in PGH. I would rather shed an extra buck and go for the ever friendly yuengling. One learns what to drink and not to drink. Drink the Bud and you get the shits and a shitty headache. It is funny cos everyone is a beer snob in their own way. the greatest thing i heard when purchasing colt 45 double malt, old bum in 40 shop says, that shit gets you to’ up. truth to that. remember camo?
at least four of the beers are from northern california.
I love Bud.
Nothing wrong with Miller, Coors or Budweiser. After working up a good sweat in the summer nothing at all wrong with one of them (even though I prefer a LaCrosse Lager or Old Style).
The attitude many people have against those beers is EXACTLY what is being lampooned here.
Microbrew is one thing, wine is another. Your most expensive beer costs ten bucks, your most expensive wine ten thousand. Whiteness spans this distinction (i.e. lower-middle class through upper-middle class), for sure, but a beer snob is very different from a wine snob. Ever wonder why there will never be a post on here that reads “White People Love Garth Brooks”? That’s the blindspot of this whole blog, entertaining as it is.
No blindspot. People who listen to Garth Brooks and drink Bud Light are never going to be mistaken with those who drink bordeaux wines and make a big deal of listening to The Kronos Quartet.
Microbrew drinkers can be every bit as snobbish as wine drinkers as is evidenced by some of the commentary here.
I have brewed my own whole grains, am on the Old Chicago world beer tour, but am not going to turn down a cold Old Style or Bud Light either.
You make it sound like appreciating quality is bad. Have you never had a hamburger that wasn’t from mcdonalds, or ate a meal that wasn’t a frozen tv dinner?
The next trend will be nanobrews or even picobrews–brewed through the urine specimen cup of a microbrew connoisseur, the same way they do with coffee passed through the digestive tract of a monkey who select the finest beans.
Wow, I’m white, and I didn’t know that white people were doing all that fun stuff. I have to get with the program. I feel so stupid. Anyway, your website is so informative, it’s fantastic! I’ve been white for 48 years, and I can’t believe what I’ve been missing. I’m such a looser. I just hope I can catch up before I go to my grave just a shadow of the white person I should have been all these years.
God Bless You,
Tom Reitz
I was just thinking of getting a notebook to keep track of which beers from the specialty section I had tried… I’ve got it bad :oD.
to all those who think budweiser is like drinking piss (that’s the comparison I always here when someone mentions budweiser or bud light), how do you all know what piss tastes like, and why is this the most widely used comparison?
people are snobbish about beer, when you shotgun them, they all taste the same.
The comparison is grossly unfair to piss. Piss has much more character than Bud.
Beer is one of mankinds greatest discoveries: The originators being the Sumarians: modern day Iraqis…..
I have found this to be true and accurate. Almost every lunch has had one white person ( usually male ) asking for some off the wall beer and then explaining it to everybody.
I love a good Microbrew, but I’m whiter than most. See, I’m a homebrewer and yes I am a beer snob.
I am white & proud and I LOVE microbreweries and brewpubs. Its nice to be economically successful enough to afford brews other than 40oz containers of malt liquor I tell ya.
Not all white people avoid Bud and Miller and the such. Some have turned their back on their whiteness and partake in the cursed stuff. We pray for them.
i guess this doesn’t apply to college kids.
my favorite beers are keystone light, miller high life, and if I want to splurge I’ll get some Yuengling
Miller Lite is the best beer made and the best place to drink it is in the garage with your buddies shooting the bull and sandwiches, the old lady makes a mean sandwich, but who eats when their drinking beer…………..that comes afterwards. Micro breweries are for yuppies who have to spend their bucks on something. No respectable hard working white man would be caught in a microbrewery.
lol @ all the commenters clamoring to get their regions’ microbrews mentioned.
BMC sucks. So do beer snobs.
#64 is on it. Those of you identifying with the “white” on this blog (i.e. commiserating with the posts or getting panties in a bunch because of them) are the target audience (you have money and light skin).
If you look at beer sales, microbrews make up an tiny portion of total beer sales. In Oregon, which drinks tons of microbrews, they only account for 8.9% of total sales.
The majority of the country (white, not wealthy, not interested in microbrews) drinks Bud, Coors, Miller. Anheuser Busch, which makes Bud and Bud Light, sells almost 50% of all beer consumed in the U.S. Coors is 21%. Etc.
refs:
http://www.realbeer.com/redbrickpress/ore.html
http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-000466.php
Read some Joe Bageant people.
i like busch light, and i’m white, mostly.
Wow there really are a *shitload* of “nonwhite” white people out there then!
Actually in Portland all the white yupsters drink *Miller*, because it’s “so ironic” to drink what they imagine all the poor whites drink – same principle as the wearing of the mesh trucker’s hats and the “white trash parties” they love to throw as well; you folks are precisely as clueless as you are self-absorbed.
I am still white and I also like “cask” ale (“real ale”). It used to be popular in Britain and requires much more maintenance to have on tap at a bar than regularly kegged beer, and often costs more, but all of this extra expense makes me feel more legitimate to more inferior beer snobs who merely drink microbrews.
I like to go the extra step for cask ale. It helps stratify my social standing at the top of the beer drinkers hierarchy. I also like the fact that your run of the mill Joe six pack has no idea what cask ale even is, further differentiating me from him.
pffft! only an idiot would drink beer brewed by someone else. homebrewers are even more exclusive.
Beer good.
Just to clear up a few things…
1 – All of those beers pictured are from Northern California, with the slight exception of the Red Nectar, which used to be brewed in NorCal but is now brewed on the Central Coast.
2- The largest beer festival in North America is the Great American Beer Festival.
3- One can find a good microbrewery in almost every state of the union. The only region where this is tough is in the South.
I brew my own beer as well. I use converted Bud/Miller/Coors kegs in my system. I like to say that this is the best thing that ever happend to them. I have friends that actualy made beer using Bud instead of water. They said it was ok.
There are NOT many non-white people in my brewing connections. More Asians are showing up lately, and just last night, I saw a black guy at a home brew club meeting.
There is a guy in Henderson Nevada that brews for Barley’s Brewing Company that is Black. He is a great guy & brewer. Really friendly. He may be gay.
Come on you other races. Join the fun. Make some Kwanzaa Ale, or Chineese New Year Beer.
If you were as smart as me, you’d be a beer snob too.
You have to put an exception for Pabst Blue Ribbon. White people drink that up. It’s so cheap that it’s trendy.
My two cents:
I’m white and I truly enjoy a good Belgian style beer (goldens, reds, bruns, blonds, trippels, abbeys, etc.) mostly because they have a ton of flavor.
My favorites:
Unibroue (Fin du Monde, Maudite)
New Belgium (Fat Tire, Trippel, Abbey)
Ommegang (Three Philosophers)
Chimay (Red, Blue)
Elliott Bay Brewery & Pub (Red Von Boorian)
For those who are poor whites aspiring to full whiteness there are some great ways to use irony to your advantage.
1 – Always order the cheap beers at bars. people will think you are cool for drininking out of a can, especially when you know better.
2 – Go to a bar and dont drink. Say you have such high standards that nothing they have will live up to your expectations. This will make the other white people drinking microbrews feel like tools. Not drinking at a bar is also like not having a TV.
This isnt irony, but it relates to the entry on farmers markets and local produce. ONLY order local brews when you drink beer. Even if the beer sucks, you will be a popular white trend-setter for being a part of the local (non-mainstream) scene. You can say things like, “When you take beer across the Mississippi, it ruins the flavor.”
This is half-way explains white people. I know they love beer. The white people who avoid drinking beer are old. They livers can’t contain it anymore. Especially after years of drinking like a mexican. I gave a survey to the white people in my class and they told brew is nasty. Budweiser is the beer of choice. Who ever wrote this needs to do some more research on white people and go to the heart of white people in America which is the White house, rodeos, the cops, bars, bums on the street, and suburbs.
You are all misguided. Wisconsin Micro brews and, if one must, Wisconsin Mass brews are the only game in town if one wants only the best outside of Deutchland. I have great pity for anyone living West of the Mississippi. It must be horrid!!!
In Wisconsin, young lads break into beer by drinking PBR, Miller, Miller lite (NEVER Bud lite), Point, Leinnies. As their palates mature and they find gainful employment, they graduate to Capitol, New Glarus, Sprecher and other higher test beers. Unless it’s a real hot day and there’s nothing but Coors or Molson around. Then it’s any port in a storm….
I’m from Milwaukee and I outta know, Blatz beer taste great, where ever you go. Smoother, richer, less filling that’s clear. Blatz is America’s finest beer!
Duck Rabbit. A Brewer in Farmville, NC
Lots of white guys drink Bud. I tend to like variety, so I will go to brew pubs and try new things, but I usually buy Rolling Rock for a reliable ale that doesn’t contain adjuncts (corn and rice) like Bud does.
Philocrates: The Sumerians did not technically brew beer, having no access to hops. A fermented barley wort without added hops is called a gruit.
Mass produced beer is shyte and for people with an unrefined palate like me 🙂
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Huzzah for Great White from Lost Coast Brewery! Go Humboldt!
Their Downtown Brown is even better, and an absolutely necessary way to prove your coolness if you live in North California (SF does not count– It’s not north enough, but everyone in N CA wishes they could afford to live there.)
Vive le Québec libre!
Another exception: Guinness. But you have to maintain that it tastes far better in Dublin.
i am a combination of the two of the major white beer drinking cohorts… beer snobs and drunken college kids. Let me tell you that it is a constant struggle, as part of me yearns for a Sierra Nevada IPA every time i chug a Keystone Light, and similarly I find myself wishing i had a lighter, “piss-water” type beer while sipping my bold, hoppy ales with fruity aromas and not getting drunk fast enough to keep up with my friends.
while at home i enjoy homebrews that i make with my dad, and have to sneak my Keystone in the house for when i get wasted with my friends later on… i always fear that he will check the back of the basement fridge and disown me.
i guess making my own beer, trying every microbrew i can get my hands on, and even going as far as enjoying History channel shows on beer history/production makes me the whitest type of beer drinker… but i can’t help it!
Also, don’t forget to mention the nicest vancouveritte micro brewery: Granville Island. Their Irish cream is just perfect. If you see one don’t hesitate
Portland is the city for microbrews. No other city compares and should be the first city listed in this article. More microbreweries then any other city. and some of the best in the world.
hah, wisconsin is where it’s at. portland comes in second. second! hell, portland-oregon-magazine.com even rates the city as second to entire state of wisconsin.
in the 2006 great american beer festival, wisconsin brewers (sans Miller Brewing, since portland doesn’t have a major brewery) won a staggering 8 gold medals, with most winners situated in or around Madison, WI. Portland won 2.
oh, and hayward, wi has the most breweries per capita in america with around 1 per every 1100 residents.
Feigning hurt that the blogger left out a reference to your state (the horror!!!) in his brief, not-pretending-to-be-comprehensive run-down of places that have microbreweries is something that white people like to do. I used to fall for that microbrewery bullshit. The occassional hefeweizen or ale is wonderful, but I’ll take Busch Light all day. And not just for the irony! I usually drink it by myself, so nobody would be able to observe my uber-coolness anyway. And I’m an alcoholic so fuck it.
(Wow. That was a really white paragraph. Pointing out that you are doing something white is really white too. Fuck me. I’m in a vicious cycle … you’ve sent me into a tailspin, clander.)
I don’t know about microbrews being exclusive to white people’s taste, but how about the fact that Coors, MGD, Bud all taste the shit!?
gimme corona or sol in the summertime. hot sun cold beer.
winter, guinness smithwicks IPA
i love when people put forth their superior tastes in beers by saying that so&so “tastes like piss”. i wonder how one acquires a comparative palate to the familiarity of pee.
live and let live beer snobs
I’m sorry (–> haahaaaahaaaa !!!), but I am Belgian and as we are all experts on Beer (Belgium being the country with the best beers in the world), I am allowed to say that any American beer tastes like ‘sh*t’. Period
If you really want to impress wit your taste for beer or your knowledge about it, there is just no substitute for going on a trip to Belgium and drinking yourself lazarus with a bunch of Belgian ‘dudes’.
In fact, saying anything like, I really like that beer from “insert American state” will only get you frowned upon by Europeans and we all know Americans just want to be like Europeans! Instead say something like, I really like a: Westmalle Tripel
Duvel
Chimay
Leffe
Stella Artois (when drunk as a draft beer in Belgium only)
Orval
Westvleeteren (best beer in the world in 2005, and current best brewery in the world)
Rodenbach
Kriek
Grimbergen
Kwak
Delirium Tremens (best beer in the world in 1998)
or any of the other 1000 different beers our only 10 million people large country has to offer !!!
😀 😀 😀
greetz
Yeah, hard-to-come-by or lesser-known beers are the best. Is it trendy or do we really like them? Are we trying to be beer snobs or do we genuinly enjoy these alternative beers?
Oh, and I agree with Vertigo. Belgian beer is the best. But not all American beer tastes like shit.
I worked at a microbrewery (Butterfield’s) for 6 years.
I can safely say that the majority of the customers were white (usually yuppies).
@ike
yeah well i had to make a point, with or without exageration 🙂
I live in Beligum. I can say without any pause that Budweiser and Coors taste like ass.
Gimmie a Trappist beer ANY day of the week. It is SO good to be white…
Vertigo. .
As much as most brewers and drinkers in the US respect Belgian beer, your blanket statement (‘tastes like sh!t”) sounds like a wimpering cry of a country losing it’s hold on the market.
California, much like it’s done with wine, has taken beer to new heights. Beer here is an art form. Just look at the Belgian producers coming out with awkward versions of a west coast IPA. The average homebrewer here can make a better beer than Leffe.
There will probably never be another Orval or Rochefort 10. But the influence and reverse influence of their products will ultimately benefit breweries worldwide. Relax Belgium brewers, you’ll still be the magical place we all hope to replicate.
@Benway,
first of all as i said in a previous post after the one you quoted, i had to exaggerate to make a point. Of course the smaller less-known breweries will make fine beer. But almost all the bigger american brands of beers, like bud, coors, whatever, they are absolutely worth nothing. And if you are the serious beerdrinker that you seem to be, you should agree with this.
Btw… what market were you talking about? We never had any international market for beers in the first place (well maybe except stella artois). Have you recently looked on the map of the world? Belgium is that small country behind the letters of the of the capital of France… We never really produced worldwide, even beers like leffe, or kriek which are more commonly known are still and have always bin nothing compared to gigantic output of american and british beers… We never cared so much about quantity, we just wanted quality….
anyway, peace and keep up the good drinking!
V.
Someone mentioned it…but Oregon and Washington have so many microbreweries they make the NE look like Texas.
The majority of white people who don’t drink Bud, Miller, etc. love Stella and Fat Tire. That’s it. Their knowledge of other beers such as the ones Vertigo and Benway discussed does not exist.
Oh people please. This whole website is about one particular sub-species of white, liberal arts degree holding, ironic, I’m so witty and superior that I can even poke fun at myself annoying creep who is so full of pretentiousness there is nothing reflected in the mirror.
All this b.s. about one beer being superior or one region being superior is just more regionalism.
Yes, Belgium is the Disneyland of beer but you would be a fool not to extend your trip to include Germany and the Czech Republic (yes, I am planning a bicycle tour of Belgian breweries and staying in hostels along the way)
American burp water is bad but not as bad as Canadian burp water though Canada now has some mighty fine Belgian style breweries.
There are some really crappy microbrews because the investors forgot that brew is the first word in brewpub.
There are some great brews in almost every area but the Pacific Northwest has probably the greatest concentration of high quality brews. BUT, there is a sameness to many Cascadia beers – the same hops and, oftentimes the same yeast.
The IPA craze is becoming annoying. I like a good IPA but, c’mon people, there are so many more styles to choose.
How come Dogfish Head isn’t mentioned? Some of the best and most unique as well as highest (over)priced beer in the U.S. Talk about snob appeal.
All said and done – the best beer is brewed in my basement.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Portland has more microbreweries per capita, but San Diego wins more awards than any other city. Year after year, it’s been proven. Portland was doing it earlier, but now San Diego does it better. I have been to both cities, as well as Philly and Boston which are great in their own right, but San Diego is the best. And whoever wrote this about microbreweries is a stupid fuck. Their beer (for the most part) tastes better than the shit that mainstream brewers piss into while drinking a local microbrew themselves. I hate when people think sticking up for craft beer is snobbery, or to feel unique. Don’t make fun of me just cause you’re scared to experience new things. Actually, fuck that, go ahead and pay $17.99 for a 12 pack of Newcastle and think you’re drinking world class beer. More left for me! Beer Journals are the shit! And by the way, I am not even white, you idiot!
Growing up in Vermont forces nearly everyone to appreciate microbrews…and Vermont happens to be mostly white people! A chicken and the egg conundrum!
this one is fine… who in their right mind likes drinking piss out of a bottle? I guess the people who don’t have white corporate jobs
Samuel Adams is the best microbrew because it’s nationally available and big enough to run TV ads, proving that nationwide distribution isn’t reserved for the carbonated piss everyone else makes.
There *is* a pretty strong correlation between people who namedrop the most obscure microbrews possible and their white arrogance factor, though. White people few things more than one-upping another white person on how unique and cultured they are.
Microbrews are nice. I like them (when they taste good to me).
Sam Adams is ok. I kind of like Smithwick’s.
But it definitely gets better. I didn’t think that I liked beer at all until I moved to Michigan.
I’m pretty sure white people make up the entire market for Budweiser, Labatt’s, Molson, Coors, and Heineken. Who else drinks it?
No no no. You assume too much although I am sure there is a small minority of white people who do fit into your logic but most white people do drink that mass market beer. Thats why they are so rich. No there are elitist people who prefer taste to their beer but it can be mass marketed like Sierra Nevada or Sam Adams. Micro brews are good because they are artisans and they make good flavorful beer. It is more an elitist thing than a white thing. The man that owns some of the best Micro Brew is the owner and brewer of Brooklyn Brewery. He is a black fella who loves good beer and I thank him for his beer.
The only exclusive places are breweries near their homes not where you proclaim.
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this site is hilarious, though i think it would be sound to note that most of this shit applies to yuppies or rather upper class urban whites. by the way “microbreweries” would have gone nicely with “imported beers, wine, liquor, etc….”
also for so many white teens/20 somethings its now hip to be poor, trashy dirty. for them (and me actually) a pabst blue ribbon will do the trick.
I live in Beertopia (Portland, OR) and I don’t really like beer. Give me a good port and a Macanudo Cigar anytime.
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregan. They dry-hop the hell out of their beers.
There’s something called Dale’s Pale Ale (from Colorado, I think) and it’s a microbrew IPA that comes IN A CAN.
Now, is that white because it’s quirky, or not because it’s… well, in a can?
It should be taken into account that it is relatively expensive and it comes in a strange box in which the cans are arranged like bottles so that none of them sit atop each other.
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Vancouver and British Columbia have some pretty good microbreweries.
im really surprised philadelphia did not really get mentioned. we have some of the best breweries and are frequently mentioned in imbibe (magazine for beverages). plus yuengling…americas oldest brewery is right here in the keystone state. either way….beer is good.
wisconsin’s microbreweries are amazing. tyranena, ale assylum, berghoff, new glarus…
even leinenkugel’s seasonal offerings are delicious.
3/4 white is enough to make me love IPAs and Belgians…
Its more expensive I know why minorities wouldn’t understand… but hey stick to those 40oz and malt liquor and remember go straight for the cash in the registar, dont worry about the safe… HA
I was going to make big thing about the absurd racial polarization going on here…
… but on further reflection, fuck it, this thread just makes me want to go get a beer. 😀
So I will. Import AND domestic, just to please everyone.
The northwest owns the microbrew scene
if you’re friend lives in chicago… its a shame but i think i know that guy.
Beer is beer, it all tastes good, cheap or expensive
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This is pretty funny!
I live in Seattle and all you folks that say the northwest is best for microbrews are CORRECT!
Even funnier though is the fact that we dorky white people are only confirming this blog by the fact that we all have beer journals and all like our microbrews and hate bud..
Go us!
I miss Leinie’s Bock (sp?). Move from the midwest (MN) to Pittsburgh about 12 years ago. We do have the Church Brew Works which isn’t bad. It is in a church and the brew vats are up on what was the altar (is this irony, or do we really worship beer?).
But, microbrews are not new. Until prohibition killed them, most breweries were local and small (i.e., a microbrewery). The larger ones just happened to have the financial ability to switch to stuff like soda, and yeast, and come up with that horrid near beer crap.
I live in Fort Collins, home of New Belgium, and it is actually cheaper then regular draft beers.
There is nothing wrong with beer snobbery. In fact I think that it is a good alternative to wine snobbery. Everybody is a wine snob these days and a good bit of beer knowledge can make you seem “edgy”. But in all honesty, there are few things better than a Stone Ruination IPA on a cold winter night, or a cold Chimay Blue (or Roquefort 10 for that matter) on a hot summer day.
Aside: if you need a notebook to keep track of the beer you drink then your palate sucks (as does your memory) and you should stick with michelob or some other crap.
Also a bit of respect to the damn quebecois: Tre Pistoles and La Fin du Monde are pretty great belgian approximations but a whole lot cheaper.
Maybe it’s because bud and the like suck, and our government wont allow us to have some of the traditional brews from europe unless they are watered down. Microbrews allow us to taste the full bodied beers instead of the sissy yellow beers produced by most US companies.
By the way which white people are you talking about, I go to bars and people are drinking those comercial beers?
The way I see it we microbrews are a minority of white people.
You forgot the fact that the Pacific Northwest has the greatest amount of different microbrews per capita than any other area of the country. I’m now doubting your “white person know-how” which was sounding reasonable thus far.
Having traveled all over Canada, especially BC, I can honestly tell you, Canadian beer sucks. The Northwest is the microbrew capital, and strangely, just crossing the border into Vancouver and the quality of beer goes into the toilet. And if you tell Canadians their beer sucks, they get highly defensive and think you must like American beers like Bud or Miller.
Like others here, I’m a homebrewer and nothing tastes better. But I’ll second the nod to Deschutes. I’m a fan of McMenamins’ beers too.
Screw em all & give me a Guinness. I did taste a microbrew in Utah once that was almost as good as a Guniness. Called Polygamy something or other.
It’s worth noting that of those seven legible labels, SIX of those beers are from Northern California — the home of the best beer in the world, with SoCal (Alesmith, Stone, Oggi’s, Pizza Port, Greenflash) having perhaps better individual brewers but lacking the concentration to make it the best beer region. Yeah yeah, Oregon’s famous for having a lot of breweries and brewpubs, but that’s like being the world’s tallest midget. Who cares if the beer’s mostly crap? (And they’re serving a lot of NorCal beer?)
Sierra Nevada (pictured), North Coast (pictured), Lost Coast (pictured), Lagunitas (pictured), Drake’s, EJ Phair, Moylans & Marin Brew Co. (combined, most awards for single brewpub owner at Great American Brew Festival), Anchor Brewing, Speakeasy (pictured), Magnolia, Anderson Valley, Bear Republic, Butte Creek, Mt. St. Helena, Russian River Brewing (home of the Plineys, and the brewer there INVENTED double IPA), Mad River, Mendocino, Beerman’s.
Sorry folks, it’s not even close. Clear winner: Northern California. All we need is a reliable distributor for Dogfish Head, Magic Hat and Victory Brewing from New England and we’re golden.
Ok, I am still light brown, but, I like Summit Pale Ale. And when I travel, I always ask for a local beer. What’s the point of traveling if you don’t try something new? When I was in SE Asia I drank San Migel and `33`. When in Denver its Flat Tire and in Texas, it’s Shinerbach(?). Live a little people, try something new. Try a Taj Mahel, a Tsing Tao or a Sapporo.
us people from the mid-atlantic region take exception to you calling dogfish head (delaware) and victory (pennsylvania) new england beers
As a honky, I love my craft beer. Shit, when I was in college I prefered hard alcohol and pot; since you were exposed to urine (Bud, Miller, Coors products).
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Grolsch ftw!
Oregon must be mentioned first–not only is it microbrew central (particularly Portland), but it’s also “white people” central, i.e. white liberal central. You might even consider including “The Pacific Northwest” in your list.
This is hilarious, comments on all the other blogs are comically racist, offensive, and pretty funny as long as you have a sense of humor; but on this blog everyone is just agreeing that microbrew is better than budwiser. And everyone seems to think that they have the best microbrew in their home town; which is impossible because I have the best mircobrew in my home town D-town, MN, so ha. I am going to chock this blog up to everyone on the face of the earth regardless of social status, race, or sex thinks bud tastes like shit. This is my favorite blog though because just the other day someone was telling me how they wanted to start up a mircobrew and I totally agreed, I am so white.
So by your definition, all the white, inbred rednecks who *love* coors, mgd, and so forth are not technically “white”?
“inbred renecks”
I have had enough of this ‘insult the Whites’ stuff.
The Jews are far more inbred than Whites, especially the ‘cohen’ and ‘levi’ surnames. Look it up. Many of these people lived in small settlements n Europe and and screwed each other for centuries on end.
Sh*t i’ll drink any type of beer but if given the choice why wouldn’t you drink something that has this little something called…flavor? If I didn’t have anything else i’d eat a rice cake but I sure as hell wouldn’t pick it over a pizza.
Thank god for microbreweries. Before they changed the lame prohibition-period laws to allow microbreweries in the late 1980s I made my own home brew — part of the Real Ale movement — so I had beer that tasted like something other than a carbonated fizz. Making good ale is an art, and I’m am definitely a supporter of the brewery arts.
Also, as many have pointed out, good hand-crafted beer and ale is not limited to New England, Ontario, Quebec and Colorado. If you’re ever in Mississippi you have to have a Lazy Magnolia. The brewmaster does wonders with rye ales (Southern Pecan, Amberjaque) and the Jefferson Stout (a sweet potato stout) is fantastic. And if you are in the Cleveland, Ohio area suck down a Dortmunder or Blackout Stout.
Bottom line, where every you go, simply ask if there is a local beer to try. Every neighborhood should have their own brew pub.
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“The mouth of a truly happy man is filled with beer.”
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You also forgot Chicago! Wonderful bunch of microbrews come out of the Windy City!
Real Texans drink Shiner.
Portland (and Oregon in general) is beervana. No other place like it on the planet for good ale. Other places may have a good brewery in their town but no place is there one on about every other block as in Portland. If you like and know good ales, you may want to make way for a two week vacation in Portland and vacation your way from one brewery to the next.
Look what you’ve done! Got all these folks arguing over which micro is “best”. Forget war, gas prices and politics. It’s about the BEER!!!
To further this riveting debate, Stone Brewing (CA) and New Belgium (CO) are by far the best. The rest of you know naught.
RJ
You might want to take a little trip to Colorado before making a statement like that.
Mircobrews are real beer! Bud is made from rice among other things. There is no shame in IPA. This blog is very funny… do you know where the link to “Stuff Black People Like” is? That would be a riot as well!
So true. Proving my whiteness, completely: http://www.brewdudes.net
Real white liberal arts college students once drank $7.20 cases ($1.20 deposit included) of Rheinlander in bottles with their white friends. The few Asian friends were too busy studying the sciences (and if you were conversant in chemistry and biology, would you knowingly continue drinking Rheinlander?).
The best microbreweries are out west. Sorry all you Canadians and East Coasters but West is Best when it comes to beer and small time brewers. A word to Californians, it sucks that your state is so damn liberal, but you do make the best microbrewed beer. I would narrow this field down to only liberal whites open microbreweries.
Isn’t this whole blog just “stuff snobby, over-educated people like?” I know a shit-ton of white people who fucking love to drink Budweiser. Sales-wise, I’m pretty sure also, all the microbreweries together couldn’t hold a scented candle to sales of Budweiser. And by the way, that stuff tastes great.
Budlight works for me or just about any Mexican beer
I don’t drink Bud, Coors, or that other stuff because it tastes like shit. I don’t drink to get drunk, I enjoy beer.
And from some of the replies in this blog, the “Pacific Northwest” (home of that great, white institution “Starbucks”) should be next on the list of the things white people like.
Of course, the main reason they like the Pacific Northwest is the (perception anyway) it has only ‘token” numbers of black poeple, and they are mostly rich-bourgie blacks.
For the record I’ve been to That white shangri-la, Portland Oregon several times and the locar fancy beers no better than those in Philly or Harrisburg.
While white myself, I DO enjoy seeing how whites sweat and shake if they have to pass through a black neighborhood.
i do love micro-brews …. i love them so much
funny, 168 comments and no one has yet wondered if beer snobbery is nothing more than another example of intentionally trashy rejection of wine snobbery?
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If I can afford delicious beer, why would I drink beer that tastes like pee? I don’t eat mac and cheese from a box anymore, and I don’t eat at McDonald’s either. Because it’s disgusting!!!
Hah hah hah hah, I’d love to see the source of this information.
God Dammit I’m white. I love microbrews.
Ohhh so true!! I took some friends (mostly white) to a brewery restaurant and none of the non-white guys liked it except the Kenyan guy, who has a LOT of white tendencies.
Again, this only applies to American whites, which are a minority of white people around the world. Because mass-produced American beer is shyte, people with rudimental taste have no choice but drink microbrews, really. In Europe, most breweries are medium-size and excellent, but even larger ones make decent beer (Carlsberg, Becks, Stella Artois, 1664, etc).
But the whole microbrew concept, rather than having more medium sized breweries that are competitive, is definitely a white-American phenomenon.
B- for the post.
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There are a lot of shitty beers in Europe, and American breweries (Sam Adams comes to mind) have won some nice awards. Is Heineken a good beer??
The Pacific Northwest is Hillbillys with foreign cars.
Dumbasses, you left out Michigan as a microbrew capital, duh.
you are wrong. the big breweries get their malt from rice, not barley. quality is in the malt.
you are an idiot
Heineken is indeed a shitty beer. It also happens to be the most imported foreign beer to the US… There’s obviously a huge demand for the only big-name crap European beer in the US, isn’t there?
My personal experience tells me that there is explaination for beer taste. A cross section of my friends of all colors plotted against their race, education and income show no relationship to beer and for that matter, wine and liquer. Some people just do not have taste BUDs! I was at a corporate event with an open bar – most were drinking cheap domestic beer. Only a few were drinking Bass Ale, Guiness Stout or local micro’s.
I love Microbrews, I have a home beer kit and am trying to make Cider (emphasis on the trying) but Macrobrews have a certain charm. When you just want “a beer” they are just fine. I’ve had many a miller lite and thought it was just fine for the occasion. The big beer companies analyze their beer all the time and make changes to flavor when they can. At the bottom line, flavor probably takes a backseat to other considerations, but it’s still alright. A LOT of microbeers are foul tasting anyway. A fresh miller light or coors can taste just fine, especially when you compare it to some micro that’s been sitting on the shelf.
Not having a cable TV subscription frees up valuable time and money for fine, fine beer, no?
I’ve been thinking about what this blog would include if it were tailored more around us White folks here in southern Indiana; Stock cars, yard maintenance, yard art, riding mowers, lard, Dr. Pepper, satellite television, expensive trucks/inexpensive housing, hunting, fishing, Oakley’s, morel mushrooms, tanning salons, venison, courthouse squares, DQ, Ernest Tubb/Tammy Wynette/Buck Owens, Limestone carving, Van Halen/Black Sabbath, compound bows, skeet, self-sufficiency, bowling, etc.
p.s., extra points will now be awarded for the statement ‘I’m not White, I’m Jewish.’
True enough! When did it become so damn popular to become a beer snob? In college Miller was just fine (my fav is Miller High Life Light – cheaper and sweeter). Now if I have white friends over, they will refuse to have a beer unless it is New Glarus or some micro-crap. I do like some microbrews (Lakefront) but micro’s are too heavy and give you “beer bloat”. I need a power-beer like Miller to get me through a nights worth of drinkin. Also, who the hell has the money to pay $24 for a 12 pack of beer with a name like “Moose Drool”? I’d rather spend that money on another white beverage: wine 🙂
St. Louis Microbrews are love. Cya at Square One =P
Love Miller love Micros–but about half suck. I think White People like Hefeweizen now too? That stuff is really, really good and a mass produced version can be found in Blue Moon–even though you have to contend with the embarrassment of the gay little orange wedge.
But I forget, this Blog is aimed at “good” white people, not us bad ones lol.
The macrobreweries have excellent “quality control” – in that its all exactly the same. Quality control and quality are NOT synonymous.
Hello Dennis Leary.
White people in the U.S. of A. also like to refer to beer as ‘pints’…It lets others know that they’ve spent some time in Europe…
In addition to organic hops, fair trade malt is also prefered.
when i was studying abroad in england (another majorly white activity), one of the kids on my program set a goal for himself to drink 100 different kinds of beer during the semester. he also did not own a TV.
Heineken is a good beer if you’re drinking it in Amsterdam. It comes out of the tap with more bubbles than champagne and they have to cut the head off a few times. Bubbliest beer ever and most delicious, but only in Amsterdam. Nice when paired with Supa Skunk.
This may be true for some people…and not just whites. However, I’m white and I like handcrafted brew. To me, it just has taste(try it and you’ll understand why it’s hard to go back to the macros) where all the macros taste the same. My favorite style is IPA, yes…I’m a beer snob and my friends drink pissy miller lite brewed with corn and other adjuncts. And they think the stuff I drink tastes like cough syrup. So I can say I don’t try to look cool drinking some off the wall crap. Geez…just put some ajax in a beer bottle and give it a name. I certainly won’t drink it if it’s different. Give me miller. The german beer puritan law states beer should only be brewed with hops, malt, barley and yeast.
I pooped my pants
That is right Delaware is not NE, and might I add that Brooklyn Brewery is owned by a black man.
and, I see lots of folks drinking at Dogfish Head, not all white
This is not true. Coors does make a few beers that some people consider microbrews (Blue Moon). But most of the microbrews made in Colorado are from independent breweries. Coloradans hate Coors as much as any other white person. We prefer our beer to come from organic wind-powered breweries like New Belgium.
So true. HILARIOUS!!!!!!!
Oregon is definitely a big one. Dogfish Head makes a killer 120 minute I.P.A. It’s dry hopped every day for a month and is like 21% alcohol.
dogfish is delightful. and in delaware. snob!
Yes, Dogfish is great. The bar/restaurant is only a few blocs from the beach too. Covers the living by water thing too. Ahhh, but everyone knows the only GOOD beer you can get in from the Czech Republic.
“The german beer puritan law states beer should only be brewed with hops, malt, barley and yeast.”
Oh, the Germans. Well they’re also experts on the proper contents of chlorine and mustard gases, Xylon B too.
whatever dude
Yes indeed! Bridgeport IPA is my favorite! I love beer, especially IPAs, and Oregon is beer heaven, Portland is beer bliss!
Germans do everything better.
“Germans do everything better.”
Especially genocide and unrestricted submarine warfare. Oh, and beer.
I avoid Budweiser, Labatt’s, Molson, Coors, and Heineken because they taste like shit.
I like beer. And butts. I like big butts and I cannot lie. You other brothers can’t deny.
Maybe white people wouldn’t be the only ones who loved microbrews if the beer companies would make their products taste more like apples, cotton candy, or whatever fruity flavor of the day St. Ides is coming out with.
Ha, damn right.
Most important thing to remember about microbreweries and Canada. you only have to be 18 to get in and enjoy , which is all those preppy lads from NYSU-Plattsburgh drive up to Montreal everyweekend, oh that and the easy french Canadian girls.
Don’t forget the great state of Washington! We have at least 3 nationally known Micros: Hale’s, Pyramid, and RedHook. We also drink a lot (we drink more beer per capita here than anywhere else in the US). We drink double-fufu-lattes in the morning and fufu craft beer at night. If I’m gonna have to go to the gym to work off my beer belly, I might as well enjoy what I’m drinking. Prost!
Why are white people so angry? This site is funny and you people need to lighten up and learn to laugh…
Yeah, at least two of those beers pictured are from the North Coast of California. Old Rasputin is from Mendocino County and is one of my favorite beers. Great White is from Humboldt County but isn’t as good. Now I want to go get a microbrew. Damn, this entry is so true.
Dogfish Head is from Delaware
Prohibition is brewed in San Francisco, CA
Sierra Nevada is brewed in Chico, CA
Great White is out of Eureka, CA
Umm how do you know it’s all white people? I see a lot of other folks trolling on here. Besides it’s making fun of people like you, I’m sorry if you haven’t realized it.
I’m white and like Newcastle Brown Ale.
I also like PBR.
Every single one of the beers pictured is from Northern Cali,
Snowshoe- Sonora
Sierra- Chico
Lagunitas – Marin
Speakeasy – SF
Northcoast – Fort Bragg
The white persons interest in select microbrews inevitably leads to an interest in homebrewing. The white person takes pride in distributing homebrew in social gatherings and never hesitates to give a lesson on the brewing process whether or not the subject gives a flying f$#k.
I can say this because I am a white homebrewer. This site has made racial stereotyping so much fun! Yeah stereotypes!
I don’t hate beers like Budweiser or Miller because they’re mass produced. I hate them because they fucking suck. It’s just watered down bullshit.
Why do you say “people like you”? You have no idea whether I’m black, white, yellow or red.
Because you are white, you can no longer like “Brown” Ale.
skin color isn’t a determining factor in whether or not someone is an annoying douche.
Ahh, and once again the comments section acts as a beautiful counterpoint to the blog post. Lack of self-awareness + ridiculously thin skin + functional illiteracy = good times.
Clearly, what white people like the MOST is telling everyone else they don’t know what they’re talking about.
Living in Ontario, I have to say that they don’t do micro that well, (Mill St excluded) and one thing it is shameful for a Canadian to admit is that America does make better beer. BC though is okay.
Sierra Nevada is the standard I compare all ipa/hoppy ales to. And Portland (probably the rest of Oregon for all I know) is Beer Nirvana.
Just ma 2 cents, Cheers.
Pyramid is brewed in Berkeley, CA. Accross the street from the infamous “Gilman” club.
Very true, salliemae, because I don’t know the color of your skin, yet you are a most annoying douche.
dont people realise that all beer tastes the same?
Do I get extra points for keeping one beer bottle of every microbrew six pack I have had as a memento of my relationship with the beer. Going on about 100 or so so far. Running out of room in my apt…need a bigger place.
Is collecting useless stuff a topic..it should be…and of course I keep all my fav dogfish head varieties prominently displaced on top of the fridge along side my collection of knappogue castle irish whiskey bottle collection.
“The Northwest is the microbrew capital…”
No arguments here.
“…strangely, just crossing the border into Vancouver and (sic) the quality of the beer goes into the toilet.”
But what were you drinking? Blue? Moosehead? Canadian? Kokanee? These are the Millers, Buds and Coorses of Canada.
British Columbia has an abundance of great microbreweries. The aforementioned Granville Island is one, also Vancouver Island, Lighthouse (the best IPA I’ve ever had – eat your heart out, Alexander Keith!), Russell, Whistler, Tin Whistle, Gulf Islands, Old Yale, Dead Frog, Fernie, and more.
Okanagan Spring, though no longer a microbrewery since being acquired by Sleeman’s (I think the powers that be classify it as a ‘regional brewery’), still makes a pretty good beer.
The funny thing about BC is that the local microbreweries are popular even amongst the Kokanee- and Bud-swilling masses, so a lot of beer snobs like to run them down because they no longer have that cachet of exclusivity.
Don’t forget homebrewing. My roommates and I just finished brewing a pretty good wheat beer.
wanky yanky black white or whatever fuckin colour u like. u know fuck all about beer what the fuck is your gnats piss, leave it to the europeans i’m not racist in the least i just hate narrow mined cunts that blogg shit like this so fuck off wit yo cornbread and 40’s cunts
haha, we like beer that doesn’t taste like watered & horse piss.
I know this site is to be taken as tongue-in-cheek, but the people in charge need to ad a category: White people hate fact checking. The majority of Mico-breweries are actually found in California, Oregon & Washington State. California & Oregon alone have more that all other 48 states combined.
White (American) people hate facts. They will routinely take any misconception or misconstrued notion and go to bed with it because if the “good story” or joke for them is in the misconception or misconstrued notion, then the actual fact become irrelevant.
As an American history professor once said, “There are two versions of American history: The (mainstream) White one and the right one”.
Now, if the rumors I hear are true, that this site is run by two Asian guys, two Jewish guys, a Black guy and a Jewish girl, then disregard the above statements…because the very insinuation that White (Americans) and facts don’t go together makes for a much better story/joke in the end.
Philly has more than anyone!
I won’t call you racist: Dipshit
Why, mercedesdriver, I do believe you’re forgetting the good people of Belgium. Why, when I was visiting Brussels, during my junior year abroad, I tasted some wonderful organic trappists from a microbrewery just outside of Bruges. Both myself and my gay friend Devin really enjoyed the experience. It was so… authentic, you know?
Lib Arts students only drink piss beer until they spend their junior year abroad. Then they (by they, I mean we) start to get all snobby about European “styles” of beer (Pilsner/Lager, Ale, Stout, Porter, Trappist, Abbey, Wiessbier, etc.). If you see someone drinking Leffe or Hoegaarden, there’s a good chance they’ve been to/know someone who’s been to Belgium or France. If you see someone drinking Grimbergen, that’s a step up, and you know this white person has actually been to Europe. If they’re drinking something from Witkap Pater or Wychwood, you are dealing with an advanced white person, and should ask them about their beer immediately. They will appreciate the opportunity to discuss their time abroad and how they came to have so distinguished a palate.
On another note, it is perfectly acceptable to drink Heineken in the company of white people, so long as you make sure to complain that it “tastes better in the Netherlands (be sure to pronounce the ‘th’ in Netherlands as a ‘d,’ as this is more ‘authentic’).” See the discussion of Guinness in the entry on St. Patrick’s Day for more on this phenomenon (although, to be fair, it actually does taste better in Amsterdam, because they don’t have to pasteurize it; also, light beers and most macrobrews actually do taste like watery piss in comparison to microbrewed beers, because microbrewers take more time to make sure their beer tastes good; this is not just a snob thing).
I love how this post began as a critique of microbrews and (white) people who love them, and inevitably turned into a somewhat informed discussion on superior beer.
ps. you know what white people love… irony & blogging.
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Yeah, Oregon!
Microbrew Capital of the World! ( I think…)
Black Butte Porter
funny, “black” beer – SWPL!
What, nothing about Wisconsin?
Redhook is owned to a large extent by Anheuser-Busch so in my elitist opinion its not really a micro-brewery
With a hoppy microbrew in my hand I finally accept my utterly bad dancing whiteness.
shut up, you made that name up!
i drink hoegaarden. i have never been to college or out of this country (i’m not going to count canada when i was 5). i simply like the fact that it comes with an orange slice and it’s half-price during happy hour at the mexican restaurant (which is actually a hip, locally owned, downtown establishment owned by white people. awesome mahi mahi tacos).
Boulevard destroys anything in St. Louis. But O’Fallon brewery is pretty good.
Someone stated earlier that the German Purity Law allows yeast. Technically, this is untrue, as the law was passed before the scientific community knew what yeast was and understood it’s importance in brewing. All the beers did have yeast, they just didn’t go to enough college to be white enough to understand it.
“They generally try to avoid beers like Budweiser, Labatt’s, Molson, Coors, and Heineken because if it’s mass produced it is bad. No exceptions.”
like i said. this referes to the “en voge” bullshit of eletist twits.
It’s 12% retard!
Oregon? “Like” Rehoboth, Delaware. At least they know their stuff.
na! mi barista!
You’re such a “looser” that you can’t even spell loser. Who’s whiter than thou now?
I am not white but i LOVE microbrewery beer!! Dog Fish Head def tops the list, Stone Beer, Oskar Blues. And yes, California has some good brewerys. After the abovementioned beers, the mainstream beer (which i never liked until i discovered microbrewery) tastes like fermented piss.
White person here: Rogue brewery from Oregon, Stone brewery from San Diego, Magic Hat from Vermont, and Dogfish Head from Delaware are the greatest microbreweries around.
belgium does make some amazing beer, surprisingly so does japan, but my favorite beer is still from england
Go Badgers! The best place to drink beer in the US is on the Terrace in Madison (This is the outside portion of the student union at the UW which overlooks Lake Mendota, for those non-Sconnies.) On a nice day in May just before school is out, the guys rolling kegs off the beer truck can barely keep up with demand. In that setting (especially with the girls that have been wearing parkas all winter, now in their bikinis) any beer tastes great (less filling). But it isn’t just the popularly-priced macrobrews. When I left the University in 04 there were two local breweries that were producing beers exclusively for the Student Union. You’re lucky to buy a beer on most US campuses, let alone having beers that can be purchased nowhere else but on campus.
From the Terrace you then head over to the Essen Haus and drink a few “boots” of Spaten Optimator followed by some Spaten Lager. But don’t plan on making it to the farmers market the next day, cause you won’t be moving.
If you’re really luck you know someone that works at Capital Brewery and you drink liter mugs of Maibock (Mindblock) from the 10,000 gallon tank. Good stories from that night.
No doubt there are great beers all over this world, but except for Wisconsin’s Motherland of Germany, you’ll be hardpressed to find a group of people that can drink more of it. If you really want to learn an appreciation for all types of beers, come to Wisconsin.
Go Badgers! The best place to drink beer in the US is on the Terrace in Madison (This is the outside portion of the student union at the UW which overlooks Lake Mendota, for those non-Sconnies.) On a nice day in May just before school is out, the guys rolling kegs off the beer truck can barely keep up with demand. In that setting (especially with the girls that have been wearing parkas all winter, now in their bikinis) any beer tastes great (less filling). But it isn’t just the popularly-priced macrobrews. When I left the University in 04 there were two local breweries that were producing beers exclusively for the Student Union. You’re lucky to buy a beer on most US campuses, let alone having beers that can be purchased nowhere else but on campus.
From the Terrace you then head over to the Essen Haus and drink a few “boots” of Spaten Optimator followed by some Spaten Lager. But don’t plan on making it to the farmers market the next day, cause you won’t be moving.
If you’re really luck you know someone that works at Capital Brewery and you drink liter mugs of Maibock (Mindblock) from the 10,000 gallon tank. Good stories from that night.
No doubt there are great beers all over this world, but except for Wisconsin’s Motherland of Germany, you’ll be hardpressed to find a group of people that can drink more of it. If you really want to learn an appreciation for all types of beers, come to Wisconsin.
White people, how can we forget about the great state of Vermont? As a state who annually competes with Manie for “whitest” state in the union, currenly at an astonsihing 98%, and brewery names such as Magic Hat and Rock Art, nevermind Long Trail Ale, which is brewed to be drank during another truly white activity, hiking the Long Trail, is Vermont not the Mecca of microbrews? Did I metion it boarders Quebec, a misterious white land, laden with microbreweries and arguably the whitest of the white french-canadiens?
We love microbrews and we are Italian, so far from the world you’re describing in this blog… But beer is better. And I heard that American microbrews is often very special…
how can someone be TOO canadian?,,,
Best micro, TNT, IronHorse,Sask Gold….umm unless you’re a wimp then you can drink BigRock
I agree, Vancouver wasn’t all bad. I had some good brews at Yaletown too. But for some reason, most restaurants just don’t have the good beers on draft – they opt for the Canadian “Budweisers” that you mention. And what’s with the fascination with Cream Ales up there? I’ve never seen more of them on tap anywhere. I’m an IPA guy, and aside from the brew pubs, they were few and far between in greater Vancouver.
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Does the kind of Stuff White People Like include things like
Truth, Equality, and Justice?
http://www.survival-international.org
Wow.
San Diego is actually labeled the Microbrewery Capital of the world by multiple beer authorities including the late and great beer critic Michael Jackson. Stone Brewing, Alesmith, Alpine, Pizza Port, Lost Abbey and Ballast Point all rank in the top 20 in the Nation. 5 of the highest rated beers are from San Diego. Nor Cal also has some phenomenal breweries such as Lagunitas, Moylans, Bear Republic etc. Bottom line, I am white, and OBSESSED with microbrews!
Please, what a pedestrian list of beers. What about Foothills Brewery? Bell’s? North Coast? Maredsous? Terrapin?
Yes, Dogfish90 is good, but it is no HopSlam. Get over your white bread Delaware fanboy phase. Let’s see some real beers from you supposed white people. : )
i hate you
Mudi-B,
If you think plowing through 1 “40” is tough, may I suggest playing a round of Edward 40 hands. I did but a shorter life expectancy and this projectile vomit photo are all I have to show for my efforts.
that’s because you’re an idiot
yah… If i were going to bring up washington microbrews i wouldn’t mention pyramid or redhook.. cause they’re not really micro anymore, and they’re not that good.. But much like portland seattle has infinate nooks and crannies of sweet little microbrew pubs and a bunch of sweet little spots to pick up belgians and german beers… But yeah, they definately missed the boat on not mentioning the west coast and our brewerys.. labats, molson? those are canadian beers.. uhhhhhh, last time i checked canada is full of white people..
Macrobreweries like Anheuser Busch and Coors produce cold piss that gives American beer a bad name. Our microbreweries can compete with the best in the world. I have to admit that I exclusively drink beer from microbreweries, have a “beer journal” with tasting notes, and have the desire to produce small batches of my own beer someday.
White people also use alcohol differentiation as a means of hiding their alcoholism. If its more expensive and obscure then you’re not so much of a drunk.
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Portland is definitely the micro capitol. The ubiquitous hipster vegan bike messengers here will undoubtably be hoisting tall boys of Pabst that can be gained for 1.50. Not a bap option and the only respectable non-micro for white Portlanders.
Brandon Said…
“San Diego is actually labeled the Microbrewery Capital of the world by multiple beer authorities…”
ARE YOU SHITTING ME? Portland is #1 followed by Colorado which outdoes Portland in quantity but not quality. Colorado has a long history of microbreweries – they are everywhere. And ANY brewery you visit forks out at least one free pint if not three. Don’t get me wrong Stone is one of my faves but if you want the true micro experience spend a weekend in PDX.
P.S. much love for San Diego, where I was born and spent most of my childhood.
Tall boys of PBR for $1.50? I’m moving to Portland!
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Finally, someone with some fucking sense. Us Milwaukee Hamen & Dames know what the difference between a pilsner and a stout by the tender age of twelve. WE ARE THE OG’s (for all the misguided white people this means: Original Gangsta’s) OF THE BEER INDUSTRY!!!
AMEN TO THAT.
Yes, pyramid is brewed in cali now, but it originated in washington in 1984….then later on went to cali. There’s also one in sacramento and walnut creek.
don’t hate cause washington microbrews have gone national…although i would agree that there microbrews throughout the entire state of WA that are better.
the fact that most of the comments are people arguing about microbrews and where they come from
makes this entry even more hilarious to me.
awesome.
thank you for clearing this up you fucking douchbag
I hate white people.
Actually, every beer in that picture is from northern California. From left to right:
Old Rasputin, North Coast Brewing, Fort Bragg
Acme, North Coast Brewing, Fort Bragg
Snowshoe Ale, Snowshoe Brewing, Arnold
Prohibition Ale, Speakeasy, San Francisco
Great White, Lost Coast, Eureka
Lagunitas Pils, Lagunitas Brewing, Petaluma
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, Sierra Nevada, Chico
or because most mass produced beers aren’t that good…
All American IPAs are shit – mostly because they hop them waaay too much, including the Dogfish 120 min. Only the English know how to make them. After all, they did invent them for export.
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I just made a list of Washington microbreweries on blist. Check it out!
http://app.blist.com/#/blist/aamitchell/Washington-Breweries
Yes, the author clearly isn’t “white” enough. The truly elite know that the Pacific Northwest is the top region for microbreweries; even the breweries from other regions (like New England) will brag about their Cascade hops, which are from (naturally) the Pacific Northwest. The very white city of Portland is microbrewery central.
Microbreweries rock. Especially when they’re homemade. There’s a little place in Guadalajara where you can homemade beers, and trust me, it absolutely rocks.
PS: As strange as it might seem, Guadalajara is a Mexican city, yet the west-central part is exactly the kind of place where a white person would feel at home!
PS: That place is called Der Krug.
Its easy… Micro brew is the strongest and best beer available.
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White people in Portland are also quite loyal to Pabst Blue Ribbon. PBR is the exception to the microbrew rule for sure.
Can I just say in a total white person power play, that while on a 5 day camping trip in the Wallowa Mountains, my white friends and I enjoyed some great microbrews at Terminal Gravity on our trip into town.
(outdoors, supporting local economy, microbrewing: check, check and check!)
+1
Can I just say in a total white person power play, that while on a 5 day camping trip in the *Wallowa Mountains* my white friends and I enjoyed some great microbrews at Terminal Gravity on our trip into town.
Laughs. *Wallowa Mountains.*I am sure these are real mountains/mountain ranges! Sorry I find this funny.(This sentence fits perfectly well with this site.) If you did not mean it intentionally sorry! Don’t mean to offend!
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I just saw the book today at borders book store, and when I saw the beer section I knew something else that followed the same logic. White women love to make soap.
http://www.whoisjosh.net/blog/stuff-white-people-like/
Why has Wisconsin not been mentioned yet?! Whitest, beeriest state ever.
Ive come on this to the conclusion that the reason white people like all of the shit on this website is the following:
If you got it like that why not experience more with your life.
Shit I golf, snowboard, rockclimb, mountain bike, live in manhattan, drive a fat asS bmw suv, fuck asian women, have plenty of black friends, got sweaters and motherfuckin t-shirts that I’LL wear on a plane to San FraCisco if I damn well fell like it. Shit Ill Even invite my lawyer to my beach house on a sunday for coffee maybe some tea while we read the fuckin New York Times. Yes the Liberal rag that sweats Barack Obama. After that we will indulge in some microbrews on my vintage sail boat.
When I get Bored ill travel the fuck where I want probably to snowboard somewhere usually Utah the whitest fuckin state there is. Ill take in some wine before I watch a film at sundance while I am there.
Just for a challenge I will go to a farmers market get some organic shit go home and order some sushi. You see I am trying to get in shape to run a fuckin marathon. After I finish the first thing I am going to do is shut of my i-pod loaded with free music, grab some bottled water and spark a fat mother fuckin spliff!!!!
YEAH I LOVE BEING AWARE OF DIVERSITY.
HOWEVER THE IRONY OF THIS WHOLE THING IS BEING WHITE FOR ME ONLY FOR ME!!! kICKS BIGTIME ASS!!
The only thing white people love more than microbreweries is to brew their OWN beer!
I only drink beer from brewing companies that treat their employees fairly
Hell yeah beer journal.
I don’t fully agree, especially now in the lame economy. A majority of white beer drinkers will be consuming the cheap lagers that do the job, don’t toss much weight around, and don’t cost more than $5 a six pack. Micro-brewed ales are not something that everyone will appreciate, though the market is growing by leaps and bounds. I bet 6 out of 10 white guys might drink an ale, but the rest could consider it too heavy or too bitter.
To state that “White people don’t like stuff that’s easy to acquire” is completely false. And what the hell is this about white people? Who cares what color people are anymore? Aren’t we just people?
I’ll drink a cerveza with anyone! Bravo Negro Modelo! Bravo Dos Equis!
You my sir, deserve a medal. Or a microbrewed beer /clap
Brewologist,
This site is meant to be humorous. Whether you agree or not is not the point. My suggestion is that next time you feel the urge to get offended, save the energy and talk it out amongst your white friends. Thanks.
That is possibly the best response I’ve ever heard to any article ever.
Amen brother….. AMEN.
White people like beer because then they don’t have to think about how white they really are.
I would agree that white people like to sound impressive when talking about microbrews in places like bars with a bunch of friends, especially when there are girls around. It makes them sound like they’ve been around the world and are versed in the art of beering.
I also think white people like microbrews because it makes them feel they accomplished something. Like eating the hottest, spiciest wings at some wing joint and getting your photo taken for the Wall of Flame. Being able to drink a whole beer that is very bitter and GROSS makes them feel proud of themselves. They think, “Hey! I ate those worms, let’s see if YOU can eat them!”
Or something like that.
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or maybe they drink it because they have acquired the taste for it. Like coffee for example, or wine. Some people like it, some don’t. Either way I see more white people drinking Bud Light and other carbonated water than microbrews. The “bitter” taste you are experiencing are called hops. Maybe if they put some in ur tonic water it would have a little more flavor to it. Drink what you want but don’t put race into the type of beer they drink because I’ve seen plenty of saltines drinking plenty of that other shit. I personally will drink just about anything put in front of me. Some I just like better than others is all I’m saying
You ——————————————> o
. <——– The Point
White people did not exist prior to the multi-culture movement. White people did not fell compelled to distinguish their group from ethnic groups of the same income level.
Other groups do not appreciate the the trouble and expense white people go through, just to distance from non-white people.
Oh yea, white people love to go about the little Chineese, or African American, Latino, and other groups their little snowflake brushes by during the day. Their worst nightmare is that very same snowflake going to public school with the diversity. Asians get accepted to top colleges from urban public schools; snowflakes have a harder time.
OMG–this totally applies to my brother! We live in Vermont and he recently completed going around to all the microbreweries in the state and getting a “punch card” all punched. He submitted said punch card to receive microbrewery swag: a set of pint glasses with microbrewery logos printed on them, a t-shirt, etc.. He (considers himself) the beer aficionado. ROFL!
Open Mind, THERE YOU GO AGAIN, posting your same catch-all silly comment. You have posted the same silly comment on every message board on this site!
The first time I read it, it was almost funny and slightly amusing. But it’s NOT funny to encounter it EVERY TIME I read another message board.
Stop it already!
Bud and the others aren’t bad because
they’re mass-produced. Sam Adams’
proves that. Bud and the others only
seem bad once you’ve had better, because
Bud and the others taste like watery
beerlike soda pop when compared
to most microbrews.
Other than micros, what would your discerning palate recommend, King Cobras and Schlitz? Alcohol is meant to be enjoyed for taste not its intoxicating effects, this is why we don’t kill our brain cells by drinking large quantities of shitty malt liquor an 151. We like to make our own beer, which is a tradition that started in Babylon (oh my god!!!!!!!) and then spread to AFRICA. Even those of us not fortunate enough to attend Ivy League schools know that not many white people lived in Africa at the time (or the Fertile Crescent). I know these are jokes and comedians aren’t known for their cerebral abilities, but come the fuck on. (ended last sentence with a preposition to show that white people don’t care the least about grammar LOL).
“…microbrews who seem to be located almost exclusively in New England, Ontario, Quebec and Colorado.”
What?!? You are mistaken, these are NOT the most exclusive places. Come to Portland, Oregon where brewing is a catch all past time. Whether you are lucky enough to own the millionth brewery in this area or you just brew at home, P-town and surrounding areas (and PNW in general) is where it is at.
Yes, we homebrew and yes we want our own brewery!! 🙂
I LOVE THIS BLOG!! Just found it last night and I am laughing my ass off!
HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
I don’t think white people like micro beers at much as foreign beers. Mostly German and when they come back from Europe and saying how American beers just don’t have any taste.
I hate white people!
It’s true, I wanted to open a microbrewery at one point. I’ll just keep it in the kitchen until then. 🙂
I think microbrews have spread much further. I prefer sweetwater in atlanta. Also in Decatur of hip hop fame i recomend the “mad-Happy” at Twains billiards and brewery. I too long to start a microbrewery with organic hops.
That’s actually pretty funny. Grossly inaccurate for the most part but it is funny. You can find a microbrewery in pretty much every state in the country though.
LOL! This is exactly my fiance… and yes, he is white. I have to tell him about this blog.
I attended a craft brew festival here in Savannah, GA this past weekend, and I can say that these festivals are definately “stuff that white people like”. It was like a comic book convention for beer geeks. Lots of pasty white legs, full graying beards, leather sandals, hawaiin style shirts and blueblocker sunglasses.
and we hate you too
Guilty as charged. I live to visit microbreweries and find new beer. I never turn down free beer , but will never pay for a Bud. Life is too short to drink crappy, wattery brew.
What’s that gigantic microbrewery in Auburn Hills, Michigan (I used to live there)…
All of their beer is NASTY!
But yes, most of the people (but not all) that go there are white.
-Thomas (an iPod-less white guy who hates that microbrewery)
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I am a white person and I do indeed love microbrews!
But I record my thoughts on cocktail napkins (which I then transfer to my blog).
Aaron
http://www.theviceblog.com
I’m white. I used to think I liked microbrews, until I realized how pretentious it is to act like you enjoy a beer that tastes like shit. Give me a Budweiser any day over some of those fancy schmansy organic hoppy whatever the hell they are’s. Go to Europe and they love Budweiser. Why? Because it tastes good.
actually, in Europe the budweiser is a completely different beer than what americans or canadains drink
american budweiser is only named so and isn’t brewed in the fasion from where it comes from
which would be budvar, czech rep.
because the czech brewery sold the name to an american company, they’ve been forced to rename the original budweiser beer to czechvar
so really, all us europeans think that you’re budweiser is a poorly made phony of what a budweiser is
I am a brewer for a large microbrewery (If you are from the northwest I guarantee that you have heard of us). The general consensus among my brethren is that not only 99.6% clientele are white and are far more annoying than the remaining .4%. We all like great tasting beer but then again we all like fizzy yellow water too. To emphasize my pretentiousness I will break down the flavor profile of some popular macros
Bud: tastes like sour apples
Coors: tastes like sour pineapple
PBR: tastes like water with CO2 bite
Rainier: tastes like 100% awesomeness
hmmmm… Is it sad that I’m sort of proud that my favorite beer (Miller High Life) wasn’t mentioned as one of the ” more generic” kind
It’s too bad you can’t enjoy both. Maybe you’ll figure out later that you just don’t like beer. (Beer is a good example of how taste becomes an unavoidable trap without an either/or here.)
This is definitely true. My favourite is Blue Point.
blah blah blah “europeans think” blah blah blah.
i like beer and sometimes i pay more for it, like a nice Bells Two Hearted Ale. (ahhhhhh). and sometimes PBR. But I could give two shiiites about what europeans think, about anything. stop assuming because they don’t live here that they got the drop on us. if you’re paying attention, europe is the home of white trash and racism. fk’n stay over there already!
drunk in indy and reeeeeely white.
All beer is delicious in their own way – but there’s nothing better than beer that actually has flavor and is smooth. Now, when i want to drink 12 beers on saturday watching football – I might not be drinking Oberons or Fat Tires
Really? Because I’m an American living in Europe and the consensus of the natives I know is that no, they don’t love Budweiser. Why? Because it’s dull and tasteless. That said, not all commercially produced beers are bad. Sam Adams, for instance, has won international awards. They’re not called “America’s World-Class Beer” without reason. I even know Belgians who like Sam Adams–they order it when in the States (and not Stella Artois, which is a boring Belgian beer commonly available in America–Hoegaarden is also available in the states some places, but it’s a much better Belgian if you like blond beers.)
As for microbreweries, I know one in PA that rocks. Not all microbreweries are pretentious. The one I know describes its beers well and serves great food like pizza, cheese-steak, and this killer maple-glazed salmon, and the beer is incredible. Their “Storm King” stout blows Guiness away; it’s rich and flavorful, with a hint of bitterness, not an agony of bitterness. Then again, if you’re drinking stout when you’re not the type of person who likes dark beers, you’re of course going to be miserable.
Not every microbrewery is good; if you sample one thoroughly and nothing strikes you, then you might as well move on. You should go to a microbrewery for samples, not to look cool, and just try things until you find something that truly suits your tastes. Because, yes, it is pretentious and silly to act like you enjoy a beer which isn’t for you. Hell, that’s why there are objective beer-rating websites, so that it’s easier to find a good beer locally without getting caught up in generalized microbrewery hype. Search for “rate beer” or something like that on a search engine and I can about guarantee you’ll be able to find a beer within a half-hour’s drive that you’ll like a lot better than Budweiser.
Ah, but there are exceptions: hipster white people LOVE old-timey working man’s beers such as Pabst Blue Ribbon and Miller High Life. And don’t forget the regional working man’s beers, like Iron City and National Bohemian. White people love regional foods and beverages.
large microbrewery = full sail or rogue?
Victory is an amazing brewery…good call! Good to see there are those that enjoy a truly well made beer!
Prost.
I think you’re confusing Budweiser from the States with Budweiser Budvar which is from the Czech Rep.
Hilarious. Homebrewing needs to go on the list as well.
To the folks that are angrily defending mass produced, artificially carbonated beer made with all sorts of chemical additives, rice, and things other than the only necessary ingredients of barley or wheat malt, yeast, water, and hops– the reason that microbrews taste bad to you is that they are actually real beer, something the macro American-produced variety can’t really claim to be. Those are more of an alcoholic soda, which fail to train the American palate to the real thing.
HAHA,
That is a very ture, but little known, fact!
Save for the last two entries (good observation of the outdoorsy car dressings), these entries are all so white.
Or Pyramid or Redhook?
indeed
Yeah, Seattle has almost as many as Portland. And I’m sure the rest of the area as well.
You know the Wrong kind of White People.
If “white people” did not exist, why did “Asians” exist?
Are you saying that there is not as much diversity within the “Asian” category as there is within the “white” category? They are both words used to describe a group of nationalities that share a few of the same features.
Didn’t Charles Bukowski have a beer journal?
“if it’s mass produced it is bad. No exceptions.”
This is not true. White people love Pabst Blue Ribbon (but pretend to be ashamed by it).
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Give me my Budlight any day of the week. When I drink beer that’s all I want. That or Bud Select.
It’s really because most of us would like to separate ourselves from all of the normal people that drink Bud Light. We’re cooler than them and our palettes are more discerning. Beer is delicious but only when its made in small batches.
First of all, you sound like a dick.. a dick with a shitty palate. Being Belgian I would expect you to have more of an appreciation for finely crafted beer, and an understanding of the differences between American and Belgian styles. No, you won’t find a quality Lambic or Belgian Strong Ale coming from America. But show me a good IPA or Imperial stout and ill find you 10 that trump it, brewed right here in America.
And of the 10 or so breweries you namedropped above, us Americans might take 5 seriously. Westy is legit, no getting around that one. But.. Kwak, Chimay, Duvel, Leffe(basically Bud Light in Belgium).. i mean, really?
Three Floyds, Founders, Port Brewing, AleSmith, Great Lakes, Russian River, Bells, New Glarus. Those are true breweries, not one dimensional Belgian breweries that have the ability perfect one style.
To reiterate, No disrespect to Belgian beer, just to you sir. I love Belgian beer, in fact Abbey triple is my favorite style! But to make an ignorant comment about American breweries is absolutely retarded. I am white, and microbreweries are something that I like.
It isn’t really a matter of being white, it’s about growing up and your tastes maturing. Instead of the crap that college students die from binge drinking, you want a brew that is complex and takes effort to appreciate.
Holly crap, I’m so white.
TWKOWP
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White people in Wisconsin definitely prefer Wisconsin microbrews. They are both microbrews and locally produced, and are thus closely related to #5 Farmer’s Markets, as well as #82 Hating Corporations. Michigan and Minnesota microbrews are favored as well.
I frequently turn my nose up at Colorado beers to grab a few low profile Oregon and Montana microbrews. My brew journal is full of them.
do you have ales in america or is it all lager? I’d love to ask for a pint of sussex best or a pint to mild only to find out you had know idea what i was talking about so i could explain talk about the brewing traditions of the uk and get some points on the board early…
We have tonnes of ale , I don’t know the metric volume over liter but that doesn’t make a good pun. Heineken has a good pale ale.
what the fuck? i love budweiser and miller. and im a honkey
I think its fair to wager that the vast majority of consumers of Budweiser, Labatt’s, Molson, Coors, and Heineken are white, albeit working class whites. While I appreciate this blog’s satire, it seems to suffer from a masochistic conceit that applies only to liberal cosmopolitan whites; conveniently ignoring the majority of whites [more than half] who aren’t fortunate enough to afford a good hefeweizen.
It’s funny because it’s true. And vice-versa. In my defense, though, micro-brews just TASTE better.
Flynn – Most of our mass produced beers (i.e. Bud, Coors, Miller) are lager (crappy lager) and most of our microbrews are ales. Most common style is probably pale ale. Pretty easy to find a good stout, porter or ESB.
there is no such thing as a good hefeweizen
Firstly, Heineken is hardly American.
Secondly, a very common misconception is that because a Lager is pale [like Heineken, Coors, Miller, Bud, Rolling Rock, Stella Artois, etc.] then that means that its a Pale Ale. Wrong.
There are hardly no mass produced Ales in the United States, unless you count Samuel Adams, Sierra Nevada, or the like.
However, microbreweries are quickly popping up everywhere and breweries that were part of the surge like Dogfish Head, Troegs, Victory, and Sly Fox are now taking home awards for their Ales and Lagers alike.
America, hands down, has the best beer ever.
No good hefeweizens? Are you crazy? Paulaner, Schneider-Weisse, Erdinger, Ayinger, Franziskaner…I could go on and on. Don’t talk if you don’t know what you’re talking about.
a vast majority of this blog applies to the liberal cosmopolitan group. and i gotta agree with you- any beer advertised during professional sports (bud, coors, molsen) panders to the blue collar community.
also, they should have mentioned in this article ” they more obscure and mirco the brewerie, the more distance they wedge between themselves and the working class”
your obviously talking about the wrong type of white people, which this blog doesnt pertain to.
Dude, Microbrews are better then your shitty Euro import beer, don’t think because your European that for some reason you have some sort of superior knowledge of beer, sure America has alot of shit beer, but we also have great microbrews.
read the most recent new yorker story on the resurgence of american microbreweries, before making your snob european comments. american brewers throughout the country are experimenting with some of the most seminal and daring recipes to be called beer. There may be some fine microbreweries in the Old Continent, but most of the european imports found in the states are some second-rate, mass produced beers such as stella, bass, kronenbourg, and chimay. (I love how they all advertise their multi-century traditions and how their recipes have never changed)
What about the fact that white people think it is cool to drink PBR?
I have a token black friend who is a beer critic. And we went to the Great American Beer Festival together, in Colorado -lol. We live in New England! You got the states right but don’t know the difference between a micro-brew or a craft brewer which is what you meant to be saying. I actually wouldn’t care if you weren’t so damn right about everything else!! You got some funny shite here.
No….never.
I find this quite amusing due to the fact that I work at a micro-brewery/pub! And for those of you concerned about price differences alienating the blue collars, we have a $2 pint night! It saddens me greatly, however, when people come to our bar and order our Blonde – our version of the typical domestic light beer. It makes me sadder still when people actually order a typical domestic light beer – in a bottle. What is this world coming to?
[…] Microbreweries White people don’t like stuff that’s easy to acquire. Beer is no exception. They generally try to avoid beers like Budweiser, Labatt’s, Molson, Coors, and Heineken because if it’s mass produced it is bad. No exceptions. Also of note: most white people want to open a microbrewery at some point. One that uses organic hops. […]
As a white person and a beer geek, I’m qualified to tell you that Chimay does not belong in this list. The Chimay beers are quality Belgian ales brewed in the Trappist Monastery of Chimay under the direction of the monks. It’s one of a half dozen Trappist breweries still in existence (along with other big names like Westmalle, Rochefort, and Orval). Their beers are complex, yeasty, subtle, and fantastically well made.
maybe its cuz im Irish… but in my opinion all american bears suck. haha!
Yep, you got me! I live in a little town in Colorado and fiercely proud of our four microbreweries. I’ve even learned to brew my own!
Hehe true. I live in Milwaukee, so you can only imagine the sheer amount of unique beer available here, and I try new ones all of the time. To be honest though, most microbrews suck as much as the big names. Though, in all fairness, I like sweeter, dark beers, and most big companies don’t really make good ones, so microbrew is about the only way to go. This sucks pretty badly since microbrew is also stupidly expensive for the most part….I might as well just be drinking wine.
man im goin threw the list of things and i keep finding stuff that i hate! i think u might be thinking of hippies, i support commercialism and hope 1 day that america is run entirely by uncontrolled unmonittered businesses with no competition! and i drink budlight, miller light, and miller high life, cuz i like the commercials DUH
As a (white) microbrew junkie living in Wisconsin is amazing. New Glarus rocks my world even if they are technically a craft brewery.
Guilty of #23, but not a beer snob.
/coors in hand
Obviously grammar is on that list.
So not that it matters, but the beer in the back right corner is a Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale ‘microbrewed’ in California… Maybe California should be a location listed in the post so as not to undermine the overall point… (and yes i did read the ‘almost exclusively’ part of the post…) But, on the positive side, I suppose that furthers the point that microbreweries are liked by white people… (i’m white in case you didn’t follow…)
and to further defend my comment, there are other beers, namely the great white beer located in the front of the photo, that are brewed elsewhere.. (great white brewed in cali…) i don’t know… it just takes away from the humor when the article doesn’t match the photo… splitting hairs…
mmm Ontario microbrews *drules*
First stop: The Granite Brewpub. The ESB is superb! Pick up a growler!
2nd: Mill Street Brewery. Drink the Organic Lager! Or would you prefer Tankhouse Ale? Unless it’s before noon then it’s got to be the Coffee Porter!
3rd: Great Lakes. Devils Pale Ale warms even the coldest of hearts. And a winter ale you can drink with your grandma.
4th: Neustadt Springs. 10W30 = best beer EVER! forever.
5th: Cameron’s Brewing Co. Don’t miss cask night!
6th: Cool Beer Brewing Co. Cool Lager and Millennium Buzz Hemp Beer are the whitest of beer. Best drank in dive bars across from the punk rock show.
7th: Trafalgar Brewing Co. 9 full-time beers, 3 seasonal, 6 different meads, premium craft brewed, countless World Beer Championship awards.
Honorable Mentions: Brick Brewing Co., Church Key brewing Co., County Durham Brewing Co., Heritage Brewing Co., Hockley Valley Brewing Co., King Brewing Co., Lakes of Muskoka Cottage Brewery, Niagara’s Best Beer Co., Robert Simpson Brewing Co, Walkerville Brewing Co., Wellington Brewery, Steam Whistle Brewery, Creemore Springs Brewery, Amsterdam Brewery.
Drink OCB! Because real people drink real beer!
Michigan also has a lot of very admirable microbrews! Check em out!
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Don’t criticize the American bear. So many species are approaching extinction, the American bear certainly doesn’t need the additional prejudice of a Mic. (Was that a prejudiced comment?)
Even members of the beer equivalent of the oenophile slum with PBR. I don’t understand the attraction. If craft brew is unavailable, I’ll gladly settle for Budweiser or Miller Lite.
Kindly note that when a beer is imported from Europe, Asia, or another continent, it often is pasturized first in order to condition it for the journey. So the new flavor of the import does not always conform to that of the original product, which would stay in the home country unpasturized. If a beer is not pasturized before it makes the journey to The States, then the conditions of the shipping process might corrupt the beer. Europe has amazing beer, as does the USA. I can’t say the same, yet, for Asia, though. I tried product at the Sapporo brewery and one microbrewery on the Satsuma Penninsula. It couldn’t hold a candle to even modest American craft brew.
The “Great White” is brewed in Humboldt County, CA and is real tasty…
In the back of the pack is a seasonal winter release beer, “Sierra Nevada Celebration”, also very tasty.
Wanting to drink good beer over cheap crap isn’t a white thing…
If your ever in Ft. Collins, CO. Stop by New Belgium Brewery for a pint of Fat Tire.
Some of these articles have some pretty truthful and amusing criticism of today’s society… but microbreweries? “Hey I have a friend who knows a guy that keeps track of all the microbrews he drank!” Wow, is that the best thing you could bitch about? That’s on the same level as the pop-drama nonsense from a modern day teen sitcom.
I’m white and I love microbrews. Don’t see too many balck people at microbrewerys. Probably cause they cant afford it. Or they’d just rather stick to what’ll get ’em fucked up on the cheap. Like Olde English HG800. I went through that phase as a white person.
British Columbia a land of micro breweries, but try TNT; $10.00 for eight cans and 8% alcohol by volume. A smooth brew.
haha.
My (white) uncle just started his own micro-brewery about a year ago in Horseheads, NY
I’m not sure if he uses organic hops or not though.
Ha, I hate microbrew but I get harassed a ton about this! So it definitely belongs!
Ha… I just went to a festival of nothing but microbrews… thousands of white people.
Yes, and that is why I moved to Colorado! Screw my job I am going to be a microbrewery taster. So, far I have tried three breweries. I suggest Agave Wheat from Breckenridge Brewery or Never Summer from Boulder Brewery. Now, where did I leave my keys? 🙂
lol. I work at one.
The NW should be added to the top of the list for microbreweries….there are more microbreweries in the great North West per capita than any other part of the US…proven fact, care to discuss over a keg of Rubinator??
Not just organic hops — organic malt, too!
This has prob been mentioned, but the one mass-market beer that white people love is Pabst. That is because of *Irony*. They drink it straight from the can and would never dream of drinking it from a glass because then you wouldn’t be able to tell that they were drinking a Pabst.
Pac NW beer rules. Screw Belgium. The lymies are the only decent brewers in the world after Oregon brewers.
Suddenly brewery hopping seems less cool. Thanks white people.
Oh, if only I could hold my head up high and judge the budlight drinkers along with the other self described “beer snobs” but sadly, I do not drink beer. Despite this shameful admission, I long to join my fellow white peers in their quest to find the most obscure brew in the land. My solution? I buy beer that looks as though it might taste good (based solely on fancy name, label, and price) and force my husband to drink them and tell me what they taste like. I’ve even given up even trying a sip of said beer as it all just tastes like ass to me; and I have enough respect for the microbrew drinker to not waste ridiculously expensive beer. So, please fellow white people, don’t kick me out of the overpriced picturesque hole in the wall bar when I order a rum and coke instead your house microbrew.
Rum and coke? Please at least get a whiskey…you don’t have to order a scotch on the rocks or an Irish whiskey-bourbon is pretty sweet.
You’re an idiot!
mmm….I waited two years to try New Belgium’s Abbey Grand Cru….absolutely scrumptious
We got Micro Breweries here in the south…. There called Moon Shine Stills…. Remember For every X that means how many times its been Recirculated in the still and that means more alcohol content … so if it has 3 X’s on it then thats at least 101 proof… any more than that and you can put it in your truck instead of gas. Yep Distilleries are fun!
you are a tool, plese stop visiting websites.
The guy above me, man you funny
I am of the natty light persuasion, $14 a case is hard to beat.
You’re clearly showing the limits of your knowledge of white people here, because you should know that The Pacific Northwest tops any list of microbrewery (and homebrewing) hotspots in North America. Sam Adams is not a microbrew, maybe that was skewing the statistics?
The map on Wikipedia knows better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Craft_Breweries_Per_Capita_(US).png
I remember an episode of the Dukes of Hazzard television series where the Good Ol’ Boys submitted their moonshine recipe to the Department of Energy as an alternative energy source. The government clerk turned down their proposal as ” not viable.”
Charlie,
You’re clearly showing your ignorance of the microbrew culture. I don’t know anyone that would consider Sam Adams a microbrew. There are many microbreweries and brew pubs throughout New England. You can reference your map for the stats that Twain would refer to. The point is to enjoy the creations that these artists have produced as well as the variety of geographies.
Umm this is completely untrue. And therefore not very funny. I think the bulk of what the major mass produced beers are purchased by white people. This website would be funny if the stuff on here was more accurate, this being one of the not funny ones.
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I always wanted to brew beer within a whale’s stomach so that the gastric juices would tantalize a white person’s tastebuds.
But then I would be forgetting about the Asians and the African Americans. And I love them because Jesus Christ loves them.
Life is so complicated and sometimes just doesn’t make sense. There is a nonsense factor that makes three-sided squares appear to be very useful in our geometrical pursuits. Just wake me up when its springtime in Heaven.
White is not a nationionality, just so you know….
Molsen and Labatt’s are produced in Ontario and Quebec, non?
Although, ‘Le Fin du Monde’ by Chambly, Quebec with 9% alchohol is liquid velvet I doubt most white people know about it. They usually prefer Amstel or Heineken.
Sickitten is right, La Fin du Monde is probably the best beer I’ve ever had.
Correction: people don’t avoid beers like Coors and Budweiser because they’re easy to acquire, but because most beers that are easy to acquire also happen to taste like lightly flavored water.
it’s funny to me!!! have a cold one on me!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yes, and a six pack makes everything right in the world.
can you say alcoholics?
-. – i’m not white, and I like exotics with a fruity or chocolatey flavor. Tis love. So this is true. hahahaha.
the lebanese beer “almaza” is the greatest beer in the world
too bad its so hard to find in north america.
One thing you need to understand about the meaning “white people” for the purposes of this gag. “White people” means college-educated/politically liberal/preferably urban white people.
This is the dumbest statement I’ve ever heard in my entire life. Yeah, an imperial stout tastes the exact same as a hefeweizen and pale lager tastes the exact same as a Belgian Quadrupel. Brilliant!
Oh man, so so true. I even started my own blog for this: http://www.bestbeerbuzz.com/
If it were at all possible, I’d have sex with a microbrewery.
I read this and laugh, as I’m a budweiser man. Well, actually me and my friends are a poor ass bunch, so we stick with Keystone, budweiser is reserved for special occasions. Why buy a six pack of fancy beer for $50 when you can get two thirty-racks of Keystone for $25 and get just as drunk?
Of course, I also think people who drink beer for taste are idiots. I mean come on, the endgame is to get hammered, so it doesn’t really matter the taste. Except Rolling Rock. I’ll kill the sonuvabitch who brings that into my home.
I go for alcohol % myself
mmm beeeeeeerrrr
You know, if all you really want is to get hammered quickly and cheaply. . . . . there’s all kinds of other stuff you can put in your body that’ll give you more bang for the buck.
Just sayin.
You know. Maybe the endgame doesn’t have to be to just get hammered. Just maybe. Social lubricant, you know…
Just sayin.
I agree with you about Rolling Rock, though. And I did think the way you did when I was 17. I’ve gotten older since then. I prefer to nurse a few delicious full-flavored beers over the course of an evening rather than slamming countless fizzy light beers. Truth is, if you do the math, you get roughly the same percentage of alcohol in fewer beers. And fewer calories overall. That’s why it’s just as often the light beer drinkers who have the guts.
which is a lot of folks are arguing that american ipa should be called SD IPA (San Diego) to distinguish it from Brit IPA. So I was told by a Stone Brewery employee last nite 🙂
to get away from the size factor – the term is now craft brewer. then you can argue on merits of the beer itself.
i love beer for the effects AND the taste. of course i love getting my buzz on, but i also love the taste of a finely crafted brew. so comments like “people who drink beer for the taste are idiots” is pretty silly, imho. if i want to get drunk, i’ll drink the mass produced stuff. for taste however, micro brews are the way for me. usually no more than 3-4 of the microbrewed stuff. everyone has their opionion, and thats ok. cheers!
There was a time when American beer was associated with having sex in a canoe (its f-ing close to water- Monty Python).
When are you going to make fun of white people for liking British humor as well?
finally one that’s a perfect fit for me.
No need for the beer journal… they make an app now. 😉
and Portland, OR!!!!!!
Although I don’t know the difference between most beers, Jolly Roger microbrew from Seattle (Ballard) is in a league of its own. What a shame I have to travel 8400 miles to get the stuff!
Magic Hat!
I live in Massachusetts, beer is everywhere.
Heck, I have 7 gallons of beer fermenting in my basement right now.
He’s so right!
Every one of these beers is from a craft brewer or microbrewery:
http://www.bestbeerbuzz.com/Best_Beers.html
If I could find a way to make it fit, I’d have sex with every one of these beers!
Chainsaw the night!
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Who doesn’t love a tasty brew? Surely everyone can agree on this! Although, I don’t know about white people not liking cheap beer. I’m not sure Miller Hi Life or PBR would still exist at all without the help of middle class white hipsters.
Boulevard Sir KS and Liquid Bread in HaysKS
Beer journal… great idea!
http://www.beabetterproducer.com
only the cool white people like microbrews…
Yes, but these are the WRONG kind of white people. As such, they don’t qualify. Let me clarify: if they shop at Wal*mart they are likely fans of PBR or MHL and probably Nascar too. If they shop at Eddie Bauer or Hollister or , they likely enjoy Microbrew and probably F1.
Not if you are a hipster who is slumming. This plays into the t-shirt, trucker hat irony schtick. hmmm… Yiddish.
Amen bro
My friends and I meet at a brewpub in Bend, OR for Beer Church. It is a Sunday ritual that I’m blessed to be a part of. The things we anonymously confess are great (and usually damn funny).
oh man! whenever i go to a bar, i always order “your cheapest beer”–so, i always end up with PBR. the troubles of being a brown person who is the wrong kind of white people.
I WANT A MILLION DOLLARS!!! Can one million RICH WHITE PEOPLE send me one dollar apiece, puh-lease????
I don’t want money from any Asians, or Blacks or Hispanics. You guys NEED your money. I only want one dollar apiece from RICH WHITE PEOPLE who seem to WASTE their money on microbrews.
Waste it on me instead. Thanks so much! (First person who comments “You ARE a waste.” is a rotten egg. You thought it. I know you did. Stop lying. See? I knew it.)
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I went to your website and it’s the whitest website ever. The whole idea is hipster and ironic and “The Pig Has Curly Hair”? Trying too hard, are we? And while yes, you are a waste, I also think you’re an ignorant self-hater. Fuck off begger.
I was going to say that’s harsh. But I went to the site and now want my two minutes of life back.
How is it a waste? You buy what you enjoy. You enjoy slamming cheap alcohol to get wasted. Some enjoy TASTING their beverages, which tends to require you purchase something that doesn’t taste like CRAP
I beer that doesn’t taste like ass.
It doesn’t have to be obscure, it just has to taste better than liquid sawdust and urin.
I wonder the Cal. state law permits microbreweries or have a brewery in ones’ home for sale, because it was illegal for over 100 years in much of the US. New England, Colorado, Oregon, Washington State, Alaska and Canada may have them so much, because it’s legal in these state or national jurisdictions. I wonder if its legal in Mexico, the country of drug trafficking, illegal gun sales and underage drinking. +
American beer wasn’t the same since WWI, then came the Depression, WWII, the 1950’s homogeneous conformity, and the cheapening of beer made by Anheuser-Busch, Miller company or Pabst (tastes like pee). Prohibition in the US in the 1920’s & early 30s put nearly all beer companies out of business while it’s illegal. Beer in America is like an adopted German child reminded you’re “American, never a German” or worst, nothing more than a very unhealthy thing after thousands of years of being more valued than pond water. +
No, cheap bear is for Mexicans, American Indians, Baptists or Mormons known to break their church doctrine, ghetto-dwelling blacks, or ethnic Catholics. Yeah, the WASPies now want to drink beer! As long it’s imported, microbrewed and served along with other white people by the likes of who’s the guy who played Frasier was also on Cheers on TV? +
17 is illegal to drink any alcoholic drink, but next year you’ll be drafted in the US armed forces and sent overseas to die in a battle in a war we know we can lose. The American way. Thanks to a bunch of rioting spring breakers in 1986 Palm Springs, pushed the country more than the MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) can dream of. +
…or crazy blond white girls on a web cam thought it would be cool to drink a six pack invididually, get all “loaded” and show the world they urinate or defecate their pants (I’m not joking, seriously, college campus life). The worst way to promote yourself to college admission deans, employers in a future job and law enforcement officials. Flush away life, my pretty drunks…and it’s on the internet for-ev-vah. +
The French flavor of Quebec and my father from France, the exposure and familiarity with alcohol. Since when Quebec is appealing to bigoted WASPs? My Dad had friends who are French-Canadian straight out of the “le belle province” and are admirers of Quebec separatism or secessionism. They love America, the kind of immigrants we wanna have, and they do speak English!!! WASPs love to speak French, but when in Rome, do as the Romans do…or SPEEK FRANGE. +
Alcohol is not just a white thing, though Europe is the leader in alcohol production, consumption and trade of alcohol to all the farthest corners of the world. However, the WASPs only tried a drop of the “hard stuff”, I mean that’s not all. Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Jamaica, Mexico, Japan and Israel have their own local beers, wines or alcoholic drinks the WASPs have not yet tried. +
Samuel Adams, like Starbucks to coffee, did so friggin’ well they are now mass-produced. Bad news for people like C. Lander, but good news for beer fans everywhere. If you’re in California: be thankful our 3 top beers sold within the 5 western states, Anchor Steam of San Francisco, Sierra Nevada of Chico (college town, in the mountains and very white) and Arrogant Bastard ale of San Marcos north of San Diego, hadn’t gone downward in its quality.+
And you thought the South and Midwest are prohibitionist. Parts of Oklahoma have moonshine stills where the laws declared them “dry counties”. Utah has the Wasatch micro brewery in Salt Lake City, most of the sales are in Park City across from the mountains (Timpanogos, the “old lady”) has no real bars or liquor stores: Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah is the birthplace of the straight edge rock scene in a heavily Mormon community. However, I think a Timpanogos microbrewery exists in hip-posh Heber. +
Hops is a botanical cousin of the almighty Marijuana weed. Just like tobacco is related to the deadly nightshade, so is tomatoes, potatoes and other edible pieces like the hot-red or sweet-red peppers. I worked in a garden department of an “evil corporation” the white people own, invest in and make the cash I should been paid for in my hourly wages. But I looked Mexican or Filipino, the two large ethnicities in California’s agricultural industry (once it was Armenians or “Cher-okies”) brought gardens and greenery to a state known for dry semi-desert climate. Ironically, California was a “free state” prohibit slavery of black people in the 1850s. But black people move here to pick cotton anyways. +
I tried “Great White”: heavy like coffee, but tastes like tea & feels like a soda pop. Not bad, but my preference is Coors (Californian Coors taste “fresh”, depending how far away it is bottled to your town), and whenever I travel to the Midwest again, the local Millers and Budweisers may taste not like @$$, but kick @$$. +
Coors contains mountain-glacier-stream water, except in a world where people pay a micro-liter $5-10 for WATER not from a certified natural artesian well or spring, you can’t trust advertising under those “NO false advertising” laws.
Thanks to rap or hip-hop videos, malt liquor is glamorized the same way champagne, grape soda and kool-aid are to black people. Boones’ farm strawberry wine is definitely a marketing tool for black people (“look, we didn’t put an uncle Ben black-face on it”) akin to Popeye’s fried chicken. +
Not really, but I knew a person lives in America and got off on a forum rant about Canada allows people never to learn English, and said something about hurting French-speakers to end up violating Canada’s public anti-hate speech laws.
Btw, a popular stereotype in Quebec developed in the 80s when Celine Dion, “zee greetest seengnair en ze vurdle” appeared in several good-quality TV commercials for PEPSI. Today, French-Canadian jokes includes HOT PEPSI mixed with Bacardi rum for breakfast before a sunday mass.
Note: I’m half-French, my Cherokee-Osage Indian side is worst in drinking…that may be a prejudicial statement too. +
Now you’re talking about Belgian ales, beers like Stella Artois and the choice of drink in Nord/Pas de Calais, France is beer, not so much wines…all my Father tells me about the quality of beer is excellent in Belgium. The climate up there is different from Central and southern France where wine-growing vineyards thrived with low risk of freeze/frost and more periods of sunshine. Northern France is colder, less sunny and moist for the majority of certain wine grape types, though some vin’d’ordinaires are cultivated in Nord/ Pas de Calais, local wines adapted to the region’s climate. +
Beer in Japan is of different quality, the alcohol production in Japan involves alot of rice wine or “sake” served in meals or ceremonies (i.e. rituals, weddings or religious holidays). The consumption rate per person in Japan is said to be much higher than in the whole developed world, and more Japanese seem to be sensitive to alcohol, probably a gene made them feel “sicker” or more reactive to intoxication. Sapporo beer isn’t too bad, but has a weaker taste fit for certain dinner choices in a way red wine, white wine or a dessert wine is fit for what kind of meat you’re having. +
More of a matter being exposed to different alcohol drinks or can afford them without worrying about breaking a bank. Alcohol to me is expensive, addictive and enjoyed when you won’t come to work or in company. Not everyone drinks, some people can’t have alcohol due to medications (it can interract with them) and ones’ personal convictions based on health, and those in some religious groups (i.e. Baptist, Mormon, Pentecostal, Adventists and Jehovah’s witnesses, as well the Islamic faith) typically abstain from alcohol. +
Test: how white are you if you comprehend what the chat speak initials stand for:
A. A new way to rudely tell people to be quiet.
B. A little kid shouldn’t be here in an adult-themed blog.
C. Not in the Roman alphabet (Greek or Cyrillic?)
D. NONE (instead of “all of the above”). +
President Obama LOVES beer on the side with Aragula in his Prime-rib steak (but has the money to order filet mignon when not with the media reporters). I think he’s into Bud, then Miller, next a Pabst, followed by Coors, has a Sam Adams or a Heineken, and finally a “chaser” of a non-alcoholic O’Douls. Once a day in a 7-day-week is good for you said Guinness (the 1930s-era posters in trendy bars). +
We all have different tastes, must be my taste buds lie.
Bud: tastes like vegetable oil mixed with water.
Miller: tastes like heavy water about to go stale.
Coors: tastes like water with a deeper malt taste.
Heineken: a more classic beer taste, yet lighter.
and PBR (never had a Rainier): Something strong. +
Had both of them, Pyramid has a more wheat bread taste and Redhook is a superb beer in between dark and light. Sam Adams has a deep-honey taste (sweet), Guinness is a heavy froth (like an espresso), Peroni is a Coors with a bit more malt, the original Pilsner Urquell (light as a feather) and finally, Arrogant Bastard ale (sour, but flavorful). +
Pennsylvania, Missouri and Colorado are settled by the volk who love bier (the almighty Germans, LOL). One can find the Germanic influence in these states by the presence of beer companies, the bottling factories and local bars where they are mostly served. “Cerveza” in Northern Mexico is a byproduct of German immigration there, where else Tecate, Corona and Pacifico are from? Good light beers, preferably with a slice of lemon or lime in a glass or on top of bottle.+
Last post about micro-brews. The original light beers came from a monastery in attempt to create a beer enjoyable in hot summer weather, the town of Pilzen (Plsen), Czech Rep. when it was part of Austria-Hungary in the 1820’s.
Not only Catholics love to drink, Jews have a tradition of wine making for ages, and we all heard of Manischewitz grape wine (more like a heavy grape juice) known to be served in Jewish holiday meals. I’m sure other Protestant groups and Eastern Christians are cool with alcohol, but this American prohibition/drinking habits are what they are: Americans are taught to drink by not drinking at all. +
BEER!
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NO, sorry bud is damn white bud
VINO! BIER! SAKI! VODKA! WHISKY Y’ALL! LATTE! TEQUILA! and good ol’ American JOE. Pick your favorite liquor/drink. Multiculturalism is like a great bar to go to, but try not to pick fights with each other over things like skin color, one’s race, politics, religion and sports team rivalry (I picture them Red Sox-Yanks fans, Celts-Lakers fans, 49er-Cowboy fans & Leafs-Habs fans)…and don’t look at their dates the wrong way. +
You what?
So true this is pretty funny but i’ll stick to my natty ice or steel but you should’ve mentioned at least coors light or natty light younger white people feed off of it.
Crap. This white guy is feeling less and less special the more he reads this site.
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Sorry, that’s how I get through life. At work, in school and with other people. More of a Californian thing, if I wasn’t in the state of Cal. I wouldn’t be required to, then I’m one of those autistic nerds or something tries to get by in life. I’m a product of my own environment, middle-class people get down on their luck and have to face reality. I share this guy’s sarcastic sense of humor on how he perceives the world through a “white man’s” comical point of view. +
See autism boy, I can dig up alot more on your dumb ass if you continue with this race shit that you started.
Test me bitch.
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Is there a stuffjewishpeoplelike.com ??
This is so true-
I’ve even come up with a best beers list that gives you the best beer buzz:
http://www.bestbeerbuzz.com/Best_Beers.html
If it were at all possible, I’d have sex with microbreweries!
Chainsaw the Night!
No mention of Oregon…?
seriously oregon brews the best
There ain’t nothin wrong with opening up a craft brewery. It’s the american dream….for white people…
You obviously wish you were white since you are on this page reading everything.
This is retarded. Get your shit straight and know your facts before you blurt out about people enjoying good beer. People like good beer just like good wine. If you like the macros, then go for it. I know plenty of people that aren’t white that prefer good beer over the macros.
I don’t care to read most of the comments on here, but I’m sure plenty of people have busted you out for sucking at knowing where the good breweries really are.
So congratulations on sucking at life, friend.
The WRONG TYPE of white person drinks Bud. Stay away from them. 🙂
its a joke you uptight jacktard its from a book. so take your nose out of your snifter of pliny and crack one open.
I suppose, if you like piss.
Hey you stupid twat, why do you post this on every thread? You get paid by the click or something?
A friend of mine likes brewing beer… Haha…
Although this is true (I love microbrews), I feel like there are a lot MORE white people only drink cheap bear. There are hundreds of thousands of rednecks chugging bud light at hockey and football games to be considered.
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Don’t forget Austin, TX micros. Also microdistilleries, such as Tito’s.
White people also love Austin, TX in general.
this blog should disallow comments. most of you people suck major ass.
Speaking of New England microbreweries, my two favorite Live Free or Die state breweries are Manchester Brewing and Redhook Brewery.
http://manchesterbrewing.com/
http://www.redhook.com/
@Betsy. No we don’t. Actually we tend to hate Texas. Except white texans, obviously, but they are a minority among white population.
You should have mentioned California as a micro brew top. Due to the fact that the picture has a majority of brews from there. Also it goes further then you mention because mass produced micro brews like sierra nevada and Lost Coast brewery are frowned at and generally considered white trash brews.
Too true.
@ Spanish Guy, you must be from Spain to not understand the white hipsters love of Austin. They HATE HATE HATE Texas but they see Austin as some sort of mecca. If you ever go there you will see so many fuckin hipsters
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I literally never get sick of this web site!
Here’s another good one: http://www.SomethingYouShouldRead.com
and another: http://www.bestbeerbuzz.com/
Honestly man I love good beer and I thought this one was great. I’m pretty sure this is all meant in good fun. There’s nothing wrong with embracing white culture with a little satire. Hell I even want to open a microbrewery. In addition budweiser is horrible beyond reasons of mass production, though the cheap ingrediants used which makes mass production easier is the core of the problem with budweiser.
I know that it goes against this rule, but what about domestic beers that were popular in the ’60s. What white person doesn’t like the novelty of drinking PBR or Schlitz?
The Calender White People Like gives a pass to PBR
Lol, yeah I’m from the hill country and every item on this list applies to the general populace of Austin.
I was going to open a microbrewery with an old college buddy but we couldn’t find a cheap source of organic glass bottles so we decided to let that dream slide, for the time being.
New England, Ontario, Quebec and Colorado aren’t the only ones. There’s actually several in Atlantic Canada as well, especially Newfoundland and Labrador. Black Horse and Jockey Club for instance.
White people love pbr. Im from portland and every hipster drinks pbr. And they also drink other domestic beers ironically, tall boys of Hamm’s.
Lakefront Brewery – Milwaukee, WI.
Because drinking throughout the tour while listening to the tour guide give his drunken rendition of a brewery tour followed up with a fish fry and a live polka bands makes too much sense not to.
By far N. America’s best microbrews are located in Oregon. Europe outdoes even those in many cases. Of course I know, I’m white. 😉
we do enjoy a good microbrew, but lets be honest, if white people tended to avoid molson and labatt’s, they would be out of business. When was the last time you saw a black dude drinking a canadian? haha
Nor Cal, specifically Bay Area, more specifically Northbay, has got to be a top 5 micro-brewery region for the US. Although known mostly for its Napa wine tours, nestled in the crevices of the area is a slew of some of the finest microbreweries in the US.
Granted, Stone Brewery of Escondido (near S.D.) takes 1st place in my “Beer Journal” Lagunitas (Petaluma) is a close second. Followed by Bear Republic, Moylans, Anderson Valley, Marin Brewing Co. Mendocino Brewing Co. Lost Coast, North Coast, Russian River and there are many more. The only Oregon breweries I know of with the quality and range of style of the above list is Deschutes, Rogue and maybe Full Sail. Being white I still love what Oregon has to offer, but its not the hotbed for quality breweries like the Northbay is.
I don’t get all the fuss over Stone. Sure they make some great beers, but I can name dozens of microbreweries that are just as good. The fact that they make a beer with the word “Bastard” in the name, and that they mostly offer in-your-face intense brews (with cute descriptions) seems to be what make them popular.
What’s wrong with good beer? Racists.
Now am I going to have to start a blog about stuff black, mexican,indian,muslim,christian,not so black people like? Please tell me you are joking cuz I can do this in a hearbeat. I am not a racist but I can laugh along with the best of ya…let me know.
did you know you can get that in cans now?
i can’t get enough chimay, we get it at the British Beer Company restaurants. if you’re ever in massachusetts you need to go check it out!
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I like that in the post you mention New England, Quebec, Ontario, and Colorado as brewing states yet every beer in the associated picture is brewed in California.
Oregon is home to the majority of microbreweries. Go Oregon!
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I like that you actually know this information.
Shut the hell up valerie and have a beer.
Agreed. California, Oregon and Washington along with the Northeast have some of the most amazing micro and craft brewers. Don’t think I’ve ever had one from Ontario or Quebec.
I can’t but so totally agree that it would make all you emos turn to a whiter shade of pale. Without my daily fix of Liberty Ale from Anchor Steam in no less than San Francisco, the capital of California whiteness (Bakersfield and Stockton don’t count, on account of their Budweiser taste inclination), I can’t make it through my self-employed day.
What a bunch of snotty bullshit. Are we supposed to like bad beer?
Wow, Mark, this is actually a satirical blog. You’re obviously so White that you can’t appreciate self-deprecating humour. Get a life.
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Heh. I took the quiz and got 13% This was like the ONLY thing I really do like in the whole list.
No wonder hardly any of this stuff is actually what white people like. It was written by a white man! A white man won’t actually know his own stereotype since it is normal to him. Next time have a black person write it.
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I’ll take the wine over beer, I used to guzzle beer in my 20s but gradually lost the taste. Nothing worse than having a hangover AND having that bitter hop oil in your mouth even oozing out of every pore. Now I prefer sour drinks, mostly red wine but I also enjoy sour lime drinks like margaritas. As for beer I prefer a clean lager like Becks over the overly sweet and yeasty microbrews. After going through a “Ooo, Microbrews!” phase I soon noticed almost all of them are Ales that even an amateur can whip up at home. In addition the CALORIE content of them are WAY over what you get in a glass of Becks style lager. I tried to like Pabst after watching Blue Velvet, but man…That stuff is pure HANGOVER juice. Fermented drinks based on Corn produce the ultimate hangover, and unlike a bland cheap beer like Hamms or Budweiser, Pabst has so much bitter hop oil you can taste it for the next three days. Still, I hear the beatneck type white hipsters this website lampoons love Pabst just because of Dennis Hoppers line in that movie.
I noticed about 20 miles south of the Portland metro area, near Hubbard and St. Paul, are vast fields of Hops. I drove through during winter and was wondering why every field was covered in telephone poles and wires. I thought perhaps it was for radio communication with satellites. But the mystery was solved in the summer when I went back and saw they were in fact trellises for hop vines. I heard of a monopoly drinking game they play where landing on certain spots on the board requires the participant to down various drinks. As punishment for landing on the Jail segment you had to down a can of….warm Olympia Beer. That was considered the absolute epitope of badness. I tried a six-pack back in ’08 and it was in fact a dreadful experience, though I thought Rainier Beer was slightly worse.
It’s ironic how all of the beers in the photo are from California, yet you only mention “New England, Ontario, Quebec and Colorado”.
White people also like being right.
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Take it from him, Stephen Colbert. Big Flats is the hip beer, cheap and tasty, and widely available near you. Buy a 6-pack of Big Flats (the beer that stinks like skunk) from any Walgreens for $3. Not local or regional, and not a big-name. This year during the super bowl, watch the game and have a Big Flats. “It’s the water that makes it”.
James Boags, Stella Artois & Peroni Nastro Azzurro are my beers of choice, but they do taste better than the mass produced beer like Bud or Victoria Bitter. It’s not all about looking hip.
Stella is the most mass produced beer in Belgium, nice try bud.
Correction: It’s the water that runs it. The logo on the can showed a big copper wheel powered by hydro-energy. How ecologically green, and white.
Not surprisingly, I am a white person guilty of liking microbreweries. My current favorites are Rogue, Deschutes, and Three Floyds (none of which happen to be located in any of the places mentioned in the article…two of them are in Oregon, heh). I feel like the luckiest beer snob alive, as I managed to across a box full of Rogue Chocolate Stout (22 oz bottles, none of those sissy 12 oz) for $8. Normally that stuff is about $6.50 per bottle, so I’d say it was pretty much the beer deal of a lifetime.
This stereotypical white guy with the beer journal happens to be a close friend of mine. His philosophy is that being a connoisseur of beer places him in a slightly less snoby class than the wine connoisseurs that annoy all of us. Being white, myself, I must admit, supporting local micro breweries is a sound practice. I cannot claim to know all the reasons for this but when faced with the alternative of supporting ‘big beer’ companies and their stinking rich grandchildren who inherited them, I choose local beer.
Very good website!
And this is really true about the beer! I am french and here every men want to find at first THE unknown beer. For example, i live in a small medieval town names Sedan, and here you can find the “Sedane”, a very good local beer! And Sedan is near Belgium, where we can find the most famous beer: the Orval, the Chimay, the Super des Fagnes…
Very very very good website! A white european like me can only recognize himself into the comments!
Being that there are more microbreweries in the US than there are breweries in the rest of the world combined, it is somewhat difficult to not have experienced a microbrew
um no, here in seattle we have all the microbrews, ALL OF THEM. Anything made outside of Washington is dogshit. I know this because I just typed it and if its on the internet its true.
Also we have skookum brewery here they dont even have a liquor license. Best IPA in the world and I have tried many, many IPA’s. If your french and you want to find that unknown beer come here. We show you pleasure………
People who have respect for their taste buds.
What about portland? its has the best micro in the world!
Of course i’ll use organic hopps when I get my microbrewery up and running.
False, it’s all about Colorado:
New Belgium (Fat Tire, Abbey, 1554, Mothership)
Odell (90 Shilling Ale, Easy Street)
Blue Moon
Left Hand (Sawtooth)
Oskar Blues (Gubna, Gordon)
Boulder Beer
Breckenridge Brewery (Avalanche)
Mountain Sun (Illusion Dweller)
Great Divide
Yes, we might even be whiter than Portland, I daresay.
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On this post, I’m gonna have to show out…The important thing about the beers is that finally, after the horrible damage done to American brewing by Prohibition and the grain rationing during two World Wars, in the new millennium REAL American Beer is coming back. The people who settled in this land brought with them–and innovated–a fine craft with a long and rich tradition. Today Americans are waking up to a post-“slightly-alcoholic-urine-flavored-water” age.
As for the microbrews themselves or where they were made…It’s not important how rare the beer is–only that in 2011 freedom reigns and real beer is back, and it tastes GOOD! And in good company, with every sip of that delicious brew, life is good. After all, “Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy.”
….BTW I am white and I love my beers. Can you tell?
no, Olympia, Washington does! We have nothing else to do over the cold, wet days of our year-long winter then to find richer and fancier brews to get us through the nights nice and plastered. We also have the best pot cafes north of San Fran.
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Hilarious! My beer journal is online!
I love it! I guess that’s because I’m white and grow about 300lbs a year of organic Cascade hops in Minnesota.
How could this entry leave out Portland and San Diego? Especially, San Diego, because only beer nerds (white people, one of my black friends, and a scattering of lesbians) know San Diego beer is the shit. Not to mention, every beer in the graphic is from NorCal. He needs to brush up on his whiteness, still dead on though.
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Millions of Americans drink Bud Light, which is scary enough. The whole microbrew craze has left me scratching my head. These microbrews are more expensive than a six-pack of good European beer. I don’t need their spices and all the crap they add to them. Just give me a Beck’s Dark or a Guinness and I’ll be perfectly happy.
Beer is stinkin beer… after one they all taste the same…
You are an idiot.
Almost right. You need three or four to get there.
This article needs to explicitly mention Portland or Oregon at large. As a white person the omission of Portland offends me, but I strangely like it
Actually DFH is brewed in Milton, DE. The Mid Atlantic region has a plethora of very good micro brews
Many things on this list have struck a cord with me. But this, this is something else, I’ve been working for Ontario micro-breweries since I was 18 years old.
No organic hops, but one powered was by solar panels.
Guilty of predictability, yet again.
Sheepish, you are an ignorant jackass.
You know, I’m extremely offended by this post– as is the prerogative of every white person. What about microbrews in Oregon, Washington State, and my own native Idaho? Write that in your Moleskine, right after the entry on how Pabst Blue Ribbon is enjoying a hipster revival in New York.
https://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/28/101-being-offended/
hahahaha awesome!! I started making my own beer a month ago.
So every blog entry I’ve read is completely accurate and hilarious. Scary..
Bad looks having a wal-mart ad on here… white people hate big-box stores.
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Just came across your site. Readers may have an interest in the Oregon Beer scene. Portland has more microbreweries per capita than any city in the world!
In the spirit of being very white, I’d like to point out that while OR may have the most breweries, they don’t have the most breweries per capita. That honor belongs to New Hampshire.
And the best beer comes out of CO…
Well, who wouldn´t try to avoid Budweiser? That thing is disgusting. I cannot even call it a beer. Of course I mean American Budweiser, not the Czech one.
Sorry Matt but I think you meant Vermont not New Hampshire. It’s usually Oregon, Colorado, Maine, Vermont and Montana…not necessarily in that order.
As far as the best beer goes it is obviously debatable, hopefully you have had enough Oregon beer to form a respectable opinion and you are not some New Belgium homer or something.
Another thing white people like…correcting each other over stupid shit.
However, Guinness is a mass produced beer that is perfectly acceptable.
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I wouldn’t really say beers like Budweiser and good micro beers are even the same beverage. I think the people that enjoy Budweiser etc. don’t drink it because it tastes good, they just drink it because it’s cheap and refreshing after work or whatever, and/or it gets you drunk at a bar/party. The people that like micro beers like them because they taste good, but they’re not something you pound when you want to get wasted. If I’m at a concert/bar/party I’ll just drink budweiser. They serve different functions…
I love craft beers, but I will say that after a while you can’t really tell the difference between them, it just becomes a quest to collect’ em all.
“microbrews who seem to be located almost exclusively in New England, Ontario, Quebec and Colorado”
You forgot California; you know, where almost every beer in this post’s photo is brewed…
I like to drink in places that overcharge a glass of beer by 10 bucks. Place is always packed with white people doing the same thing. If you arent buying they push you out the door. I love white people places. Long live Moose Drool and Alaskan Amber.
i dont like to even consider myself white.i am a human being
You forgot California, Texas, Tennessee and British Columbia – all states/provinces which are home to some kick-arse microbreweries.
I’m late to the party but I tend to like – no LOVE – micro brews once I got hooked it’s hard for a ( black) guy from Michigan now in NC to drink that weak mass produced stuff.
What idiot thinks most microbrews are in Golden, CO? If they’re made by Coors, THEY’RE NOT MICROBREWS.
Ponzi: Stella Artois isn’t a microbrew; it’s made by AmBev, which is the parent company of Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser, Busch, Leffe, etc.). Learn the difference between microbrew and import.
I used to think Microbrews were cool for bit as the Stoughts and the IPA’s have a High Gravity and the atmosphere wasn’t stuffy and or potentially violent. My Fav Microbeer bar went with Country Westen on the Jukebox and extra shiny hardwood floors with high powered overhead lights. Of course I have not drank in a bar in more than 12 years. i don’t know what’s up now.
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Just attended the Great Taste of the Midwest beer festival & it was SO AWESOME but happened to notice that 99% of crowd was white… Saw two black guys and a handful of Asians (& no, don’t think they were related/and/or friends). I know tix are pricey and hard to get but a little surprised that more non-whites were there to enjoy the brews.
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