The PBR Thread

[bvibert]

Pour it in a glass!

:beer:

 

[Cannonball]

I hate drinking from a can. Snobby, I know.

Oh brother! Never mind.

 

[Puck it]

Oh brother! Never mind.

I know it takes all types. Doesn't it.

 

[twinplanx]

I hate drinking from a can. Snobby, I know.

You can find it in bottles too...

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[dlague]

I have thought Nick. - PBR comes in a keg too! So you buy one and we will supply the solo cups! Let us know when and we will be there!


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[drjeff]

I don't know if I've ever had a PBR.

(runs and hides).

Seriously though. I don't know why, I just don't think I have. It seems it's had a revival everywhere recently. This is sort of interesting

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610998

I guess it appeals to the hipster types for it's unpretentious, unapologetic beery-ness

Take a bud/miller high life/Coors, and then add some sugar - that's pretty much what a PBR does for my pallate!

I try and limit my PBR consumption to either when I ski at Bromley (gotta have one there out of respect for Fred Pabst's roll in Bromley's history, when I'm at Glenn's place or when Vcunning is in charge of getting beers from the cart girl during charity golf tournaments!

 

[dlague]

I hate drinking from a can. Snobby, I know.

You can find it in bottles too...

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Then drink it this way - from a bottle as mentioned by twinplanx!






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[octopus]

pbr sucks ass! drink narragansett for cheap beer

 

[dlague]

pbr sucks ass! drink narragansett for cheap beer

Not as nostalgic!

 

[wa-loaf]

Not as nostalgic!

There's nothing nostalgic about PBR except marketing.

 

[thetrailboss]

pbr sucks ass! drink narragansett for cheap beer

Ohhhh! A dissenting voice in the wilderness!

 

[dlague]

There's nothing nostalgic about PBR except marketing.

Or lack there of! They stopped marketing themselves and the hipsters jumped all over it like it was something they discovered but they actually drank it because they were not in your face marketing and in the end sales sky rocketed.


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[wa-loaf]

Or lack there of! They stopped marketing themselves and the hipsters jumped all over it like it was something they discovered but they actually drank it because they were not in your face marketing and in the end sales sky rocketed.

Just because there is no TV or print advertising doesn't mean there wasn't marketing. Before the hipsters picked it up they really pushed into bars and started offering it as specials all over the place really cheap.

 

[ctenidae]

I had a meeting several years ago with the guy who ran the private equity shop that "owned" PBR (I know, the charitable trust actually owned it, but they couldn't/didn't do much with it, and the guy was connected to them somehow, so his firm handled contracting production, etc etc. Details less important, and I can't remember the guy's name anyway, and am not going to go back through my notes to check). They also owned Schaefer, Strohs, and a few others like that (Olympia, too, maybe?). Anyway, they were very pleased with how PBR had turned out, but were saddened, though not surprised, that the others hadn't enjoyed the same success. I commented something to the effect that it wasn't surprising, since they suck ass, and he agreed. Didn't stop PBR's success, but maybe it's not quite as nasty.

PBR's not all that good, but it's not terrible. Given a variety of other options, I'd be unlikely to choose a PBR. Given options where PBR was the best, I'd probably not have a beer.

 

[steamboat1]

Wasn't sure whether to put this here in the PBR thread or in the bacon thread. This is actually happening today.

PBR Tournament Events TODAY

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We're celebrating the start of the 2014 PBR Tournament today at two locations in New England!

Join us today from 1-4pm at Poor People's Pub in Block Island! We'll have plenty of swag and giveaways for all that attend the 1st Annual Block Island Bacon Festival! Come meet & greet fellow fisherman and conservation enthusiasts as we toast to Summer, Fishing, and Bacon!!

If you're on the Cape join us from 4-6pm at Trader Ed's at Hyannis Marina in Hyannis for great food and lots of PBR!

 

[Cannonball]

Nice spontaneous hike this evening (see Hiking in Flip Flops thread). Enjoyed a PBR Along the way. Love the new can concept.

 

[octopus]

sheeple

 

[Cannonball]

Spongle

 

[xwhaler]

Boating with the family and enjoying a PBR

 

[thetrailboss]

This one's for you AZ! Hipster yard work!


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