Meme Thread... no politics

Ian F (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to Duke :

Not wrong...

Beer Baron said:

In reply to No Time :

Okay... I fully agree with this, but Celebrator should be on the slope up, not the peak. That should be their pilsner... or better yet... their Jahrhundert anniversary beer which I maintain is the finest pale lager ever.

But Celebrator is a fantastic beer, and Ayinger is handily my favorite German brewery.

Darn you all to heck! I'll let you know what I think about it tomorrow night. 

In reply to CAinCA :

If you don't love it, check the date coding.

I believe it will be something like "L3123". The first numeral will be the last digit of the year it was brewed (2023 = 3, 2024 = 4) and then the three digits are the day of the year. So like January 29 of 2024 would be L4029. Beer doesn't really go bad, but this is definitely a beer that is best enjoyed the fresher it is.

Their Pils is very good, but the Jahrhundert is better.

CAinCA said:

Beer Baron said:

In reply to No Time :

Okay... I fully agree with this, but Celebrator should be on the slope up, not the peak. That should be their pilsner... or better yet... their Jahrhundert anniversary beer which I maintain is the finest pale lager ever.

But Celebrator is a fantastic beer, and Ayinger is handily my favorite German brewery.

Darn you all to heck! I'll let you know what I think about it tomorrow night. 

 

Nearly 25 years ago, this converted me to German beers.  Mmmmmm good.

In reply to Appleseed :

Disagree.

Taking a little bit of time in the middle of a day to enjoy small everyday pleasures is very important.

A good friend of mine also held strongly to the philosophy, "If I can only afford to drink cheap beer, I shouldn't be spending my money on beer."

All that said, there is nothing wrong with commercial macro lagers. If that is what you enjoy drinking. Enjoy yourself. I enjoy them sometimes. I think American macro lagers (at least the full strength ones) are better than a large proportion of "premium" import lagers. I prefer corn adjunct lagers (Coors, Busch) over the rice adjunct (Budweiser).

Obligatory, related meme: 

Beer is actually becoming more expensive than liquor. Even cheap beer. Probably has to do as much with the shipping, weight and bulk of it as anything.

Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) said:

Oh that's some sleeper E36 M3 to do.

GCrites said:

Beer is actually becoming more expensive than liquor. Even cheap beer. Probably has to do as much with the shipping, weight and bulk of it as anything.

For $$ / unit of alcohol, of course it is, and pretty much always has been. The biggest cost is shipping and labor. Beer is mostly water and get packaged in single-serving containers for retail sale. It's also a LOT harder and more expensive to package beer than liquor.

The standard size of a liquor bottle is 750 ml, which is roughly 25.4 oz.. That is 16.9, 1.5 oz servings. Call it 17 pours.

Budget liquor ~ $10 = $0.59/pour
Name brand (e.g. Bacardi, Jose Cuervo, Jack, Stoli) ~ $20 = $1.18
Premium (Four Roses, Basil Hayden, Glenlivet) ~ $40 = $2.36

That crazy "I'd never spend $120 on a bottle of booze" whiskey? ... $7 / serving.

A six-pack of Bud Light ~ $8.50 = $1.42 for 80% of a serving of alcohol.

Your standard craft IPA is ~ $12.

However... that IPA is $2 of 7% alcohol as opposed to $1.42 for 4%. If a standard serving is 12oz of 5%, that craft ipa is $1.43 per serving, and Bud Light is $1.78

All that is to say... treat yourself. Buy what you want to drink. You're not actually spending nearly as much per serving as you think you are. I'd wager I get more pleasure from a 1 oz pour of my $100 whiskey ($4) as Bubba gets out of 2.5 Bud Lights.

Enjoy yourself.