From: rpaolino@polisci.pol.umn.edu (Robert Paolino)
Newsgroups: alt.beer
Subject: Re: Name a beer! Any beer!
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:12:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: polisci.rpaolino.215
Organization: Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota

In article <1992Apr9.171456.1735@news2.cis.umn.edu> ewk@kraken.micro.umn.edu (Eric Kimmel) writes:

>In <1992Apr3.211703.1@amherst.edu> mbfeld@amherst.edu writes:

>>I am sure that you beer drinking folks have got this question a MILLION times,
>>but here it is again:

>>What is a good beer to drink?

>>To qualify that statement:

>>I am looking for a beer which
>>(1) is no more than $5 per six, maybe less;
>>(2) is (of course) very good;
>>(3) has a flavor on the mild side, so that I can drink a few without being
>>overwhelmed;
>>(4) is either
>>      (a) a brand that can be obtained at any well-stocked liquor store
>>(although it need not be the kind of brand advertised on TV), or
>>      (b) a brand that would be available in New England (Western
>>Massachusetts in particular).

>>Please! Be opinionated.  Mail, post, whatever. Thanks!

>>Marlon Feld
>>mbfeld@amherst.edu

>>P.S. A really good beer to drink is Upper Canada Dark Ale, although it passes
>>only (2) and _maybe_ (3) of the four criteria above.

>Most good beers brewed in America are brewed in micro-breweries.  They will
>usually cost around $5 for a six and most of them are far superior than your
>average Budmilloors-type beer.  In Minnesota we have fine brews from
>Summit and Schells.

>One surprisingly good beer I came across was Miller Reserve.  They probably
>just took an old recipe from regular Miller and put a different label on it,
>but it's still a good beer.  Says "100% Barley Draft" on it.  Not really
>sure if that's significant or not.

>-Rick

I'm presently living in Minnesota also and agree with the recommendations, 
but let's not forget Wisconsin.  Of those bottled and fairly readily 
available regionally, my picks are from the Capital Brewery, but some of the 
Monroe, WI brews are okay also.  But because the person posting is in 
Massachusetts, let me suggest one originally from my home town.  Newman's 
Albany Amber!!  Bill Newman now brews by contract in Utica (when he brewed 
in Albany, it was available only on tap or in gallons and larger sizes in 
local stores.  Newman's is fairly widely available in the Bay State.  It 
goes for $4.59 in Albany--I don't know about the price in Western Mass, 
probably a little more just because beer is more expensive in Massachusetts, 
but worth it.  Better than Sam Adams.  That's not a slam on S.A., because I 
enjoy that too.
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