{"id":188,"date":"2008-11-10T17:44:56","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T22:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rubright.com\/basement\/?p=188"},"modified":"2008-12-08T11:21:01","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T16:21:01","slug":"beer-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rubright.com\/basement\/beer-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to say right up front that I am a big Schalfly<\/a> fan. They are the upstart microbrewers in St. Louis that brought full flavor beer to our fair city. I have mugs and a hat which I often wear, advertising their barley pop for free. <\/p>\n

I’ve not been the biggest fan of our other, bigger brewery, the behemoth on Pestalozzi Street<\/a>. Long ago I was a bartender and I served many knee jerk Bud Light drinkers, but I’ve never been one of them. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s like I said before: I’m into full flavor beer. <\/p>\n

Lately I’ve been seeing ads for Michelob’s new line of suds (mostly as I Tivo through the ads on recorded shows). My first reaction is to doubt. Yes, I doubt. I think that the beverages must have that characteristic metallic quality that I associate with A-B products. Now I’m eating crow. Caw. <\/p>\n

I picked up a twelve pack sampler of the new Michelob craft beers<\/a> because, well, they were cheaper than everything else–a couple of bucks cheaper. What could I do? Times are tough. Anyway, upon popping open the wares, I was very pleasantly surprised. “Whoa,” I said to myself. “Whoa Nelly the horse! This is not your grandfather’s Michelob,” which I recall as Budweiser in a curvy bottle. “This is the real deal!” <\/p>\n

Now I’m no Michael Jackson<\/a> (the late great Beer Hunter, not the nose-challenged one) but I know a some good liquid corn flakes when I stumble on them. The next time I’m restocking the beer vault, I will not hesitate to add the big brewer’s latest to my collection. <\/p>\n

Heck, I’ll even tell a friend.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/p>\n

Well, as of Dec. 6, they’ve jacked up the Michelob prices. I guess I’ll run back to Schlafly brewskies and beg forgiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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