Originally Posted by
iapetus
Hey, I
love me some Shiner Bock!!!
However, I have to say that I am loathe to put it in the cheap beer category. Shiner is
far better than most of the beers that I think of as cheap.
And, out here in California, it isn't necessarily cheap.
I'll jump on the Shiner Bock bandwagon, too. It's not the standard pale cheap beer swill, and you can (gasp!) actually taste some hops.
I think they're really ramping up their distribution efforts recently (I even saw a Shiner billboard in rural Delaware!), so the national availability might be going up (and the price may be going down for you at some point iapetus). The price from my local distributors here in Pittsburgh ranges from $20-$24/case.
(Of course, it's not the same as fresh off the tap at Willie's Pub, but whatcha gonna do?)