First off, just in case you're new to this blog - I don't want to scare anyone away. Reviewing beers like Budweiser is not what we normally do. This is a one off project.
As I explained in an earlier post, the Retro Beer Challenge is a tasting of the common beer heavy hitters. Over the course of the next couple months we'll be reviewing all the "regular" beer we can get our hands on, in a tournament bracket sort of format to find out which readily available beer is the real king of common beer.
And now, on to the beer.
I'm sure you're dying to know what beers A, B, and C are. Here we go:
Beer A: Mike - 3, Jim - 2, Gina - 3, Kelly - 2, Total: 10 points - Budweiser
Beer B: Mike - 2, Jim - 3, Gina - 2, Kelly - 3, Total: 10 points - Rolling Rock
Beer C: Mike - 1, Jim - 1, Gina - 1, Kelly - 1, Total: 4 points - Pabst Blue Ribbon
By the rules of the competition, Budweiser and Rolling Rock move on to the next round, and PBR gets tossed. I don't know if the results were a surprise to us; I guess we thought that PBR, being the hipster cheap beer of choice, might have a better showing.
This is only round one of the challenge, and we've got a lot of bad beer to go - Do you have any early favorites? What do you think of the current results? Any surprises for Hoosier Beer Geek readers?
I think this basically explained why PBR is the hipster cheap beer of choice. It's all about the look, not about the beer.
ReplyDeleteI assume this is on the docket, but I vote Schlitz! I used to pick that up for $7 per 24 pack back when I was broke. Fine swill.
ReplyDeleteI have a cool old Schlitz pitcher. I think my parents picked it up at a "Chicken and Beer dance". I'm not sure if they had those here, but they were all over the place where Mike and I grew up.
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