Dang...this thread is making me thirsty...too bad it's 1152am, not that this has stopped me before, but all we have in this house are my roomate's Miller Lite's <ugh>...

That may be the 'bourbon cask' whatever that AB has been pushing. I tried some recently at a different venue and found it to be, ummm, lacking. Prolly rice/corn like most everything else AB makes.

Yuengling Lager is actually the only adjunct beer I will drink. Part of it is a local loyalty but it is about the only adjunct beer I've found that actually has some flavor. Yes it is watery but in a pinch will do. I call it 'emergency' beer.

I waited until just after noon to pop a Victory Saison (75 cL). Also on hand is Clipper City Heavy seas IPA, A Grand Cru (both on tap) as well as a selection of Rochefort, Victory (Lager, Pils, Hop Devil, Golden Monkey, 8 year old Old Horizontal, Saisson and V12), some emergency beer, and I think a flying fish or three..., assorted Sam, a buncha alcopops for the girlies...

Hmmm now I am going to have to do some inventory.

Great Lakes Brewing Co here in CLE makes Blackout Out, an amazingly good beer that uses bourbon casks in the brewing process. It's so good they only serve it in small glasses as it packs a punch as well.

Well, unless you are someone like me who takes a growler to be refilled on the way home from work...

:D

It was Sam Adams' sponsorship of a radio gimmick that resulted in one couple receiving play by play coverage of their sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC while Jim Koch was on the air.

Regardless of your hang-up on state colors, it was inexcusable and affected their sales nationwide.

Let's get some Killian's to give me reason to use my coupons.

Beer on airplanes goes thin and frothy, loses a lot of its appeal. Not that you'd notice with CO's beer selection which is always like that anyway.

Even so, Shiner Bock would be a great enhancement for CO.

Killian's is Coors. Not that Coors can't/doesn't make anything good, but IMO Killians is not one of those.

I suggest Pearl in a can. MMMM...good, and good for you!

Northwest used to have James Page, a microbrew from the Detroit area, I think. They had it on the flights and also in the WorldClubs in DTW. It was great. Then, when times got tough: "This beer," said the accountant, "is the first thing to go..." :(

Kudos to everyone's excellent posts on this most-important topic.

Some more thoughts:

a) FAs need better training. When asked "What types of beers do you have on board?" the answer is not "Bud Light and Miller Lite, and maybe I have some Coors Light." None of these is a beer. If asked about "light beers" by someone with a flawed sense of taste, these can be valid options.

b) In terms of beers local to EWR, alas, the most-local brewery is, in fact, the Anheuser-Busch Newark brewery, which can be seen (and occasionally smelled) from the terminals. So just because it's local doesn't mean that it is either good nor welcomed. FWIW, A-B considers Newark to be their premier factory.

c) However, the AB facility today also produces Rolling Rock. Yes, A-B bought the old Latrobe brewery and closed it down, moving production to Newark. It would be a nice gesture to serve Rolling Rock ... but also any of the 25 or so New Jersey microbrews, or those from Eastern Pennsylvania. I would think Yuengling and Rolling Rock would be nice regional choices.

d) I've seen bottles of beer on occasion on various airlines; typically for their "seasonal" or "premium" beers. But cans are obviously more convenient to store, keep cold, and to dispose of. I am sure some microbreweries can be prevailed upon to serve their product in cans. Can technology (including the CO2 capsules used by Guinness) has advanced to the point that it is no longer harmful to the beer.

I think the James Page Iron Range Amber may be back on NW. They were based in Minneapolis, but then went bankrupt and sold the name to a Steven's Point, WI based brewery. I've heard reports of it being back, but haven't flown recently, so can't personally attest.

What's the matter with Pearl in can? Or in a bottle, for that matter? How about some Falstaff?

More seriously, a modest proposal might be to switch to the Foster's bitter (green label), which I think is better (and packs slightly more punch).

I'd love to see Shiner systemwide on CO flights. Having a regional brew like that would be a nice touch that I don't think any of the domestic airlines are doing right now. I don't know how big the Shiner brewery is, but since they are distributing nationwide I'm sure they could handle it.