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White Russians with added espresso at the min...gonna be reaching for a beer soon though.
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Slowly making my way through the last of the Old Forester.

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Franzia Chillable Red. The price went up one dollar per box since a few days ago. It's now $11.99 on sale.

A few months ago I had a $25 Visa gift card that I didn't really know what to do with, so I used it to buy two boxes of wine which was $23.98. Now it's $25.98. If I had waited I would have had to find something else to use that gift card for.

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Hugh wrote:
Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:39 pm
If I had waited I would have had to find something else to use that gift card for.
Cheap beer?

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scream ale wrote:
Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:46 pm
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If I had waited I would have had to find something else to use that gift card for.
Cheap beer?
If I could get it in a quantity that would come to almost exactly $25 - YES!

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Ever pick up a sixer of porter and get home crack into it and wish you had bought something like a scotch ale instead?
Better a porter that tastes like a porter than an IPA that tastes like fruit juice.

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benitobeast69 wrote:
Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:29 am
White Russians with added espresso at the min...gonna be reaching for a beer soon though.
You are proof that one espresso doesn`t wake up a drunk hippo. Or one whisky bottle doesn`t make a dead whale float


I`m having vodka. Or the vodka is having me. Who cares, right?!
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My hunt for the cheapest beer continues. I picked up a 12-pack of Tecate and wasn't worried about the fact that there was no price tag - because it was on the bottom shelf of the cooler near the Rolling Rock and Natty Ice. Got quite a surprise at the register though - it was $13.57. Budweiser is only $12.49. Why would Tecate, only at 4.5 ABV, be more expensive than Bud? Oh, well. Tonight it will be cans of Tecate and later I'll throw in the Gran Legacy whiskey.

There are a lot of beers missing from the liquor store that used to be there. No Natty Ice, no Miller in cans, and there are a few empty spots in the cooler that is usually fully stocked. I can't believe this is related to the supply chain crackup, but what else could it be?

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I think I taste corn in this Tecate beer?

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I brought this home from the liquor store hours ago, but every can I open spews over.

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Hugh wrote:
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I think I taste corn in this Tecate beer?
yeah it uses corn as an adjunct....also as to its price I'd assume it's imported from Mexico rather than brewed domestically on licence.
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Been on a bender since Wednesday night. Tonight it'll be Franzia Chillable Red. I went looking through my folders of stories and poems and found 7 stories and essays that have just been sitting there for months, forgotten about. They're too long for most places these days, but I'm going to try them out anyway.

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benitobeast69 wrote:
Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:45 pm
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Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:33 pm
I think I taste corn in this Tecate beer?
yeah it uses corn as an adjunct....also as to its price I'd assume it's imported from Mexico rather than brewed domestically on licence.
Yep, says right on the box that it's brewed in Mexico. Sometime back I wanted to try English beer and they had a six pack of Bass at my liquor store. I sat there all night thinking I was drinking English beer until I read on the bottle that it was brewed in New Fucking York.

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^^^ I've noticed that too. What is Bass trying to pull?

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Hugh wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 6:40 pm
benitobeast69 wrote:
Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:45 pm
Hugh wrote:
Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:33 pm
I think I taste corn in this Tecate beer?
yeah it uses corn as an adjunct....also as to its price I'd assume it's imported from Mexico rather than brewed domestically on licence.
Yep, says right on the box that it's brewed in Mexico. Sometime back I wanted to try English beer and they had a six pack of Bass at my liquor store. I sat there all night thinking I was drinking English beer until I read on the bottle that it was brewed in New Fucking York.
I'm not sure I've seen Bass ale in a pub/shop in the past 5 years. Their wiki says "Bass Ale is a top ten premium canned ale in the UK"...I'm not really sure that's saying much though as the vast majority of ale is sold bottled or casked in the UK.

Your NY brewed product is still no less authentic than the Bass Ale I would buy anyway as they now brew their UK beer under licence at Marstons brewery.
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