With so many local small breweries, I'll drink local.

That why i drink good single malt.

What's your fave? Mine's The Dalmore or The Glenlivet. I like a little smoke to my whiskies.

I like the highland whiskey!

beer I would never drink Sam Adams again, either.

For many the bottom line for morals is how much $$$ they will make
What is acceptable in society is based only on that

Sam Adams Cherry Wheat is one of my favorites. No more. Another Koch who can go fuck himself.

Coloured water

They’re both f***ing close to water!


(Actually, this joke is a throwback to the days of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Budweiser; there are actually a lot of great beers to be found in the USA these days...)

Most anyway

My little city sports no less than 4 micro-breweries, all of them good.

Including places in "flyover country" (Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota). Come to the upper Midwest sometime. Come for the beer. Stay to turn us blue (again, in some cases).

"Piss" is the word.

... and yeah, I'm a beer snob.

Molson and Labatt. I’ll stick to my Ommegang and Allagash, thank you. Now, granted you guys gave us hockey so you have us there, and you gave us Leafs fans to laugh at too.

I just spent a week in the Maritimes to attend the Stanfest. I hung with a group from Cape Breton who shared their meals and their beer when we pulled out the guitar and bass, and some of them were drinking - gasp - Coors Light. I did refer to it as 'republican beer'. Given a choice, I had my fill of Molson Canadian. I am just finishing up the 15 pack of Alpine I procured before returning home. I was surprised to see the locals sucking down the Coors and the Bud - especially given the trade situation today.

I usually end up buying imported beer when I stay at our place in Ontario.

And never will

It not bad beer. Now it's off the list.

No more Yeungling and no more Sam Adams. Fortunately, there are some good local beers.

Not no more. Won't buy it. Won't drink it. Not any more!

Tom Schlafly fought his aunt Phylis the conservative icon famous for helping defeat the ERA for rights to the name and won recently. She had sued against his patent arguing Schlafly should represent conservative values and not be associated with drinking. I like their beer.

I was just sayin' if I still drank beer I would not drink another Sam Adams, either. oasis

so be it! Mahalo, oasis!

Anti Union, anti gay, anti Latino, anti black. It all came back to bite them in the ass.

In 1984 a decendent of founder, Adoph Coors, told a group of black businessmen how lucky they were that their ancestors were brought "in chains" from Africa to America. I couldn't believe any CEO would say that shit and still expect business as usual.

During the peak of the boycott years, Coors began sucking up to minorities with t.v. and magazine ads featuring famous black and Latino heroes.

Apart from that, and coming from from a purely anecdotal standpoint, Coors lost plenty of business from the Latino community.Years before, and during the boycott period, I worked in a heavily Latino populated area of L.A., and Coors was their beer of choice. Wedding receptions, confirmations, graduations etc., I would see cases of Coors stacked shoulder high on porches. No other beer. By the peak of the boycott "nada". Word of Coors racist policies undoubtedly got around to the Latino community.

This was way before Facebook, Twitter and DU.

CA Gov. Pete Wilson's Republicans found out the hard way, "Do not to mess with the Latino community". Prop. 187 boomeranged on the GOP, bigtime.

successful beer owners are such racist trump loving idiots.. and with Coors(a little sensitivity goes a long way asshole).. even before trump.

My fave used to be Yuengling, but I won't touch the stuff any more since I heard the owner donated lots of $$ to Dumpy's campaign.

I will add Sam Adams to the list!

There are roughly half a million small craft breweries in the Pacific Northwest. The selection is so huge, I could drink a different one every day and not have to repeat a brew for years.

I haven't had a mass-market beer (which I call 'beer-flavored water') in decades.

The only thing good I can say about it is it helped usher craft brewing into the mainstream.

We don't drink it.

I'll stop now.

I do live in the Pacific Northwest and they used to have really good micro and craft beers, but I find that in the last ten years, it's so predominantly IPAs that I just gave up. I don't care for IPAs, and a bar with 20 rotating taps will often have at least a dozen IPAs. I think the beer makers out here have gotten lazy. I can usually only drink one, maybe two, before I feel so full that I can't take another sip, I don't know if it's too hoppy or too much carbonation, but I don't enjoy them.

I enjoyed the beers I had recently in Ireland, especially the fresh Guinness and a really good one we had called Galway Hooker (Hooker being a type of boat, as we found out!)

Anyway, that's an aside, I'll boycott Sam Adams till they come to their senses.

Maybe they'll rachet it back a bit someday...

At the last beer festival we went to here in Seattle there were a lot fewer IPAs and a much wider range of styles. Seems like the new trend is toward sours and a LOT of fruit infusions (I always hated the idea of fruit and other flavorings in my beers, but some of them are actually surprisingly quite tasty, and I've ben expanding my horizons).

Even among the IPAs there is now a much wider variety of substyles within the style - Northeast IPA (hazy, not so much 'hops in your face'); Session IPA (lower alcohol content, lighter flavor, great for summer); Cascadia Dark Ale (a sort of dark IPA-ish brew), and others that use various combinations of hops to give very distinct flavor profiles. One that is starting to take off in some regions is called 'brut IPA', and from the descriptions I've seen it seems interesting. An enzyme is added after fermentation to eliminate essentially all of the residual sugars, giving it a champagne-like quality.

At our brewery right now we have a Porter, Stout, Brown Ale, Wit, Amber, Session IPA along with our regular IPA and 2 with infusions (one with lavender, one with grapefruit), Peach Kettle Sour, and a few others. (I see that the taplist at https://www.flyingbike.coop/taplist/ is a little out of date; I'll be there tonight and will see if I can get someone to update it.)

Having said that, taprooms do have to put on tap what sells, and our current flagship IPA accounts for fully ⅓ of our total sales, across 16 taps, steadily for over a year.

I loved the original and long, long gone Thomas Kemper with its whiff of blueberry, but not a fan of the wits and most (not all) fruit beers. Reuben's has made some ryes that I like, and I tend to like bitter and to some extent lager.

My main beef is that they are so filling, I get uncomfortable after one or two.

This Flying Bike place is not too far from me; is it open to the public?

kids and dogs welcome, too! We don't serve food, but you can order from 2 places on the block at our bar and they'll deliver to the table, or you can bring your own food, or have anything else delivered.

It's the second fully licensed cop-op brewery in the US (first was in Austin), with about 1900 member/owners. A lot are home brewers, so we have a competition for different styles 3 or 4 times a year that the members get to taste and vote on. Whoever wins gets to work for a day with the brewer to scale up from a 5-gallon homebrew batch to a 7-Barrel brewery batch, and their recipe goes on tap.

Fun place; my wife and I joined before they opened (3 years ago this week!) and helped out in several work parties to build the place. It's become a sort of neighborhood 'front porch' or gathering place.

I'm in Maple Leaf, just a bit to the east of you. I'll put this on my "to-do".

The other two I like are Killian's Red and Blue Moon - I'll have to look up who they are brewed by.

{googles BLUE MOON}Originally called Bellyslide Belgian White, the beer was created by Keith Villa, a brewer at the Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, Colorado (owned by the Molson Coors Brewing Company). Blue Moon brewed at the Molson Brewery in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is sold in the USA, as well as exported to Europe.

George Killian's Irish Red: Premium Lager is a 5.4% abv amber lager brewed by Coors. The brand name was purchased only for sale in the North-American market by Coors from the Pelforth Brewery (Heineken France), who had previously bought it from Lett's Brewery in Ireland, which had closed in 1956.

Not only did Koch show a lack of principle, one has to question his business sense as well. I love their beer, but I won't buy it again. There are some lines that should not be crossed. We have so many choices, why would we drink a fascist beer?

They are a very famous California brewery based in the San Diego area and they've been known to donate large sums of money to LGBT and progressive causes, they're the opposite of Sam Adams.

Lost Coast is another great one - they're run by all women and also have been known to donate to the same causes.

I like supporting companies that I can believe in. It is nice to know that not everything is about greed. I think people/companies can make money and be moral. In some cases doing the right thing is more profitable.

Stone pulled their sponsorship over what Fat Mike said and donated the money from the proceeds of their collaboration beer to a First Responders charity. It was pretty awesome to see:

https://www.sfgate.com/beer/article/Stone-Brewing-nofx-cut-ties-punk-in-drublic-12957386.php

I'll gladly drink Stone IPA over just about anything else!

Nothing better than feeling good about drinking beer!

I love their Arrogant Bastard Ale!!!!

They make Arrogant Bastard Ale??? I have some in my refrigerator right now. I discovered it years ago when we were living in California. I love the stuff and now it is going to taste so much better!

for its hilarious bottle and was surprised to find the beer was excellent. Our Trader Joe's here carries it, so I'll be buying it proudly and often.

No, I won't be missing Sam at all.

Stone, Alesmith, Belching Beaver, Pizza Port, Ballast Point, Karl Strauss, Mike Hess, Lost Abbey, Modern Times and so many more I can't name - all awesome beers!

There's a lot of awesome breweries here in Orange County too. Who really needs Sam Adams? I don't!

There are so many things we can't do, so we should do the things we can. Every little bit does make a difference.

top be able to respond when they lie and attack, or when their opponents and surrogates go on those stations and say things that can be used in debates and ads.

that just got much easier and faster and cheaper by an order of magnitude thanks to artificial intelligence

I won't spend money to support lowlifes.

arrogant, obnoxious asshole (albeit, with a genius for self-promotion), so not unlike the focus of his adoration.

Way too many other good beers out there---no point in willfully funneling money to a trump pimp.

I don't know why they release their Octoberfest in August, but I suppose my liver could use a break anyway. I had too many last weekend.

its a bit over rated ...

I actually do like their beer. But I’m out now...

Supporting anything Trump does is supporting EVERYTHING that Trump does. If the company's owner likes Trump's tariff war, then he also likes Trump ripping babies out of their mother's arms. There is no separating Trump from his deeds, and anyone who is willing to sell his soul for money sure doesn't need mine too.

What's a good replacement beer?

is actually sold in several stores in my locality. Thanks, I'll check to see what's stocked next time I go shopping.

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Leinenkugels was bought out a few years back my Miller-coors. And it's probably a safe bet the Coors family love what Trump is doing.


Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Leinenkugel_Brewing_Company

Well Leinie is now on my no buy list. I used to drink Molsons but after Coors bought them
then I stopped drinking that brand. But in good news lots of really good local brews are all
around me in OH.

I guess its back to Mike's hard lemonade for the summer.

If you’re in the Midwest Schlafly is a good one. The Schlafly who makes that beer is related to Phyllis but is a Democrat.

If you’re close to Wisconsin New Glarus is awesome. But it’s only sold in Wisconsin.

There are good brewers all over who don’t support that orange fuck or what he’s doing.

Also, Surly is pretty widespread throughout the Upper Midwest, I think.

They were listed as a blue company on Buy Blue, so I bought a few shares of stock. I guess I can sell it. I won't be buying their beer again.

they are off my list

let their sales sink and never recover. Everything that tocuhes trump turns to death.

Not a smart buisness move.

I met Curtatone he is a good guy.

It was at a craft brew tavern/brewery and he found out there were none of his beers on tap!

That guys should know better than anyone why his beers don't really belong in a joint like that. He went big-time, nationwide, ads on TV all over. You don't go to a place like that and order what you can pick up at any store. He did a great job back when it was called micro-brews, but making it big doesn't make you king of the craft brews forever.

That was, literally, the only beer I drink! Oh well.

Beer prices have gone through the roof, and now we have this shit. I haven't bought Sam Adams in ages, mostly because I have been able to find better beer for less money. I did like their Cherry Wheat. Oh well.

THIS is what resistance looks like

Get the word out. There are so many breweries and beers out there. I wont drink Samuel Adams again.

I dont get some of these people coming out politically like this and essentially cutting out a large chunk of their customers.

Same thing in the evangelical religious world.

These pastors, priests, etc essentially have cut out all the democrats from paying attention to them. Their following is drastically reduced. Their effectiveness is cut in half or more.

Stupid stuff.

although I doubt many of them drink American brews......

Jim Koch, founder of Sam Adams Beer, says he “misspoke” at a dinner in NJ last week. He really meant to say that Trump’s tax cut wouldn’t help him compete in foreign markets.

This post needs more attention!!

Done

My beers of choice happen to be from Mexico, not for political reasons, but for taste.

My fave is Corona Familiar which only comes in a 32 oz. size around here. It is in a brown bottle, unlike other varieties of Corona, and never ever tastes skunky. No light shock.

I also enjoy Dos Equis Amber. Very rich taste. And as for American beer, I prefer Shiner Bock. But it is hard to find because it seems to disappear fast around here (Virginia). I think there must be a lot of Texas refugees like me living here who still love that taste.

Sam Adams...only liked their Oktoberfest variety and not that much!

beer is like 95% water?

I wish I could speak my mind

Aw hell, now I gotta switch. No excuses.

I guess I’ll be switching as well. Good thing rum is apolitical!

They're rightwing assholes.

I drink mostly local Minnesota beers. We have many here in the Twin Cities that put Sam Adams to shame.

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I don't consume alcoholic beverages so avoiding Sam Adams is a snap.

Sam Adams must be spinning in his grave to see these capitalist pigs sell out America to a hostile foreign government for $$$ and using his name to boot!

F Sam Adams traitor beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

go out and buy a case of Sam Adams and pour it out in the gutter?

It will be much easier to never drink that delicious beer again.

their beer was a little lower on taste.

Since it's pretty much between Anheuser-Busch and Coors pretty much has been buying up the competition since at least the 80's, there isn't much choice when it comes to the National Chains.

Boston Lager is dead to me...

I don't think a lot of their business came from Trumpists.

Plus they have (had) a patriotic image which is destroyed by association with Trump. Maybe they can go into vodka?

At least there are thousands of beers to choose from nowadays.

The real Sam Adams would be spinning is his grave.

small brew (as opposed to AstroTurf beer owned by Inbev).