Beer Tasting Ups and Downs
A few nights ago, I went to a beer tasting here in town. The tasting was kind of sponsored by the local Anheuser-Busch distributor, and George Reisch, who is a brewmaster and director of brewmaster outreach for A-B, was the speaker/guide for the tasting. I expected, going in, to taste a few beers made by A-B and maybe hear a little about how they're made. However, the tasting was much more interesting. Not only did we get to taste some A-B beers (i.e., Budweiser, Bud Light, Shock Top), but we got to taste them next to their competition (i.e., Miller Lite,...
Drinking It All: #9 Budweiser Tallboy
Drinking It All is a document of my attempt to try every beer in circulation. It's a Herculean and tragic attempt at best. But it's the means, not the end that counts here. -- Even though I've previously said that PBR and High Life are my go-to beers as far as domestic cheap beer is concerned, I've got to admit that there's another domestic cheap beer that gets heavy rotation so to speak with me. Budweiser, the self-titled king of beers, is a beer that I'll get if the bar doesn't have PBR or High Life or if I'm not interested in...



