Beer ...I Drank Some.

The Miller Brewing Company brewery in the San Gabriel Valley along side the 210 freeway is now scheduled to cease production in September. So sad.

 

It's Miller. And they also brew for PBR. 'Nuff said.

Besides, PBR may buy it.

 

I heard that Coors owns it.

It would seem that you do not like PBR? Thats is very unAmerican. Many of us cut our beer drinking teeth on PBR. Its a national treasure and should treated with respect.

 

You've obviously never climbed Acton Trail to the summit. Several of us can attest that ice cold PBR is fantastic after a ride like that.

 

Zzzactly!

 

Not a fan of their beers but I had a pretty cool experience at the Miller Brewery in Milwaukee years ago. I went on the brewery tour which is a completely sanitized experience ending at their tasting room. The brewery was enormous, something like six blocks by six blocks, and the tasting room is at the far end from where the tour started. I was checking out some architecture on the walk back when a worker randomly came out of a side door. He asked me if I was on the tour and what I thought. Then he told me he was the maintenance super for the whole place and asked if I wanted the real tour. Hell yeah! I got to see all the areas the official tours don't go, like the old swimming pool sized open air fermentation tanks where beer used to ferment back in the day, got to go on the roof with a cool view of the Brewer's stadium, and later we appeared in the old cellar where they used to store casks. On the official tour you go past that but it's behind cast iron bars. We were behind those bars. Really cool to see all that, though I can see why the real tours don't go to most of those places. I used to have pulp & paper mills as clients up in BC and the the modern part of the brewing facility reminded me a lot of that.

 

Pabst Blue Ribbon begat Karl Strauss

Blue Moon descendant of Coors...

 

Just goes to show the offspring often outdo the progenitors.

 

12ers of Lagunitas for $11.99 at Ralph's. Thought I'd stock up.

 

Does whiskey count as beer...

 

With a chaser it does.

Never thought I’d say it, I miss the Front Range just for the beer. Tahoe-Truckee has the Bay area craft influence. SoCal has everything. Plus I’ve lived in legal rec MJ states for years. It’s gonna be one long winter...


PS: @UPSed, nice price. That is one decent (IMO) ale that has gotten a toehold into retail stores. I see it regularly and the token craft beer in convenience stores now. Thankfully!

 

Giving this a try.

 

Well my Jerky recipe only called for 12 oz so I'm not gonna let it go to waste... Jerky on grill #1, jalapeno poppers on grill #2 and chicken wings on grill #3... How many laps are these guys racing...?

 

You went from PBR to Guiness in, like, five posts. Careful with that stout...you might end up making jerky more often.

Last few days I've been recreationally sampling Lumberyard Brewing's (Flagstaff AZ) offerings. Decent stuff, but I'm thinking these Zonie brewers need to spend some time in Petaluma and points north. The emerald triangle is good for more than just buds.

 

I like the Lumberyard stuff. I have been drinking more of the four peaks because they carry it at my local store. I tried a new small local brewery that just opened 3 months ago, Front Porch Brewing and liked their stuff too.

 

Nice, I like that angle. Support your local brewer!

I'm going to prop Chandler again with their Moonjuice IPA, I can walk to buy it. I'll keep eyes peeled for Front Porch. While I'm in AZ

 

I don’t think front porch has distribution. You have to get it from the source but they have crowlers.

 

Pbr.. the best beer in the world.. when u only have 1000 dollars to ur name and have no place to live...
Still remember drinking pbr next to Klamath river.. sleeping in my Corolla.. no place to live... But w pbr in a sack cooling in the current..
Man I was rich!

 

Another one I’m giving a try. I am much more adventurous out here. California was PBR and Coors.

 

Sorry you missed out.

 

Seriously, what happened at the Colorado River?

I saw some Grand Canyon Brewing pilsner at my local store. No ABV on the packaging, wtf. Not interested in hydration fluid, so I went up the street f0r Voodoo Ranger. I haven't been much of a New Belgium guy, but that is exemplary and doesn't taste like Fat Tire Ale. And I get done drinking quick with 9%.

 

Lagunitas FTW. The anti-Coors-PBR-Buttwiper-etc.

 

One of my go-to brands without question. Somehow the IPA has gotten great distribution. I see it in lots of markets as the token craft beer. Saved my ass a few times.

 

new state, home and adventures. Born and raised in Orange County and never lived out of it till I was 43. A little late in life but enjoying the new adventures and beers. You should see my home bar “Rick Kanes’s” it’s stocked.

 

Yeah, but to think OC was what you said above....just, no!!

 

Congrats on busting out! Way better late than never. Plus, you're still young.

 

Tried this for the first time. Very good stuff.

 

Looks wintry!

I've avoided stout all winter. Got a few weeks to pull it together...

 

I might have posted about this beer before but it’s so tasty it bears repeating

 

My neighbor hooked me up with some of this Left Coast Hop Juice... It's some pretty high alcohol content stuff! Not my favorite, but what's a guy to do??? I poured it in insulated pint glass and just sipped at it over the day.


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