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Friday, July 3. 2015

Small beer

Small beer has a long history. Basically, it's an innocuous daytime beverage which produces no buzz. Pretty good for driving and boating.


Like horse piss? I wouldn't know but I can say that Bud Lite is not the tastiest beer in the world even though it is America's best-seller.

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that's Bud Light. it's Miller Lite.

I like honey blondes and beer that reminds me of honey blondes, but Bud Light will always remind me of hanging out at the bar across the parking lot from the ice rink after practices --pitcher after pitcher of cheap but icy Bud Light.
#1 Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz on 2015-07-03 15:57 (Reply)
Here in OK we have 3.2 beer that is sold everywhere except in liquor stores. And you buy it ice cold. Strong beer is sold only in liquor stores and is sold at room temp. Most people will occasionally complain about the set up, but nothing is ever done about it. Personally, I like the fact that I can go in a liquor store and know that there are no kids, no lotto heads or anything else for that matter. Everything for sale is required to have an alcohol content.

3.2 beer is perfect after mowing the yard before noon or while enjoying hot summer days outside. You buy it in 30 packs. Unlike most beer, it needs to be served ice cold. I prefer Coors and PBR to Budweiser, though.
#2 Jack Walter on 2015-07-03 16:28 (Reply)
As an octogenarian, a couple of the craft-ish beers are about all I can stomach anymore, Samuel Adams being one. When I was young, I could and did swill almost any of them, with the old Millers, Jax and some other Gulf states brews among the exceptions.
#3 BillH on 2015-07-03 16:48 (Reply)
3.2 beer is nowadays illegal in Ohio. But it never made much sense. Unless the label states otherwise, for tax reasons, American beers are typically 3.8% alcohol.

You can get a buzz off 3.2, but it's hard work.
#4 bob sykes on 2015-07-03 19:08 (Reply)
When I lived in Ohio early '50s, only 3.2 beer could be sold on Sundays. Also, IIRC, 18-year olds could buy 3.2 anytime, but you had to be 21 to buy strong beer on weekdays. It made a lot of sense to me then. Sounds ridiculous 60 years later. As an aside, there must have been 20 brands of midwestern beers in the beer depots back then, many of them Ohio brews.
#4.1 BillH on 2015-07-04 09:40 (Reply)
Session IPA's are just the ticket.

Here are a couple of examples:
Ballast Point Even Keel
Lagunitas DayTime

I like 'em hoppy.

"Session" is the term the youngsters use to denote beers you can drink all day. The typical IPA will give you a nice feeling after only two. Three might be too many...

Happy Independence Day!

I'll be having Ballast Point Big Eye with my carne asada tacos tonight.

Family vacation in San Diego... 'case you were wonderin'...
#5 Mike (Link) on 2015-07-03 20:16 (Reply)
In Germany the beer-lemonade mix is known as a Radler from the bicycle riders who prefer it.
#6 mysterian on 2015-07-04 01:33 (Reply)

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