OT- Support your nation and the Great Lakes State
I decide to celebrate the USMNT win with a delicious six pack of USA beer. I'm feeling kind of festive tonight so I pick up a 6-pk of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat since they are largest US owned brewery since Bud was sold to those Godless commie bastard Brazilians.
Anyway, I take a reading to the neck label and lo and behold, the cherries used in the beer are said to be Michigan cherries (balaton to be exact). So I call my buddy in traverse city who's married to the daughter of the Cherry Baron of Northern Michigan (kind of like the Beer Baron, but 30% less Rex Banner), and sure enough Jim Koch (owner of Sam Adams) makes yearly trips to TC to find his supplier for cherries for the year. The contract supplier to the brewery per the contract gets the first keg of Cherry Wheat brewed at the Boston brewery for that year and as many cases as requested.
So if you're looking for a way to celebrate our nation, our state, and beer, try a six pack of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, it's delicious, good for Michigan football (the Cherry Baron's daughter is a Michigan grad and a significaant donor), and good for you.
Budweiser was sold to InBev, which is a Belgian company(not Brazilian).
Sam Adams is great though. I definitely buy more of it now that everyone else has sold out.
and whoever neg'd you is a douche and a half.
Plus, Belgians are also Godless commie bastards. Along with the Dutch. Freaky deaky Dutch- they smell like cabbage.
But Belgians make great beer. Just not Bud.
of fruit, yes.
Soulless eurotrash executives with a meglomania complex? no.
You're half right. InBev SA is half Brazillian and half Belgian.
I offer you the Michigan Brewers Guild:
http://www.michiganbrewersguild.org/findbeer.asp
If you haven't visited any of their Michigan Beer Festivals, I highly recommend it. Damn good beer, even better times.
I have spent many a glorious afternoon in the Ypsilanti public parks for the Michigan Brewers Guild festivals. good times. good times. I still wear my "Drink Michigan Beer" oxford button up to work.
Unfortunately, I'm in DC this week away from my usual beer store near home, so I defaulted to what I know of the availables, the always acceptable Sam Adams (Cranberry Lambic excluded of course)
My parents founded Arcadia Brewing co. In Battle Creek. Just thought I would throw that out there.
For 100 cases of Scotch Ale, I can guarantee them a spot in every single one of my posts for the next year.
/potentially-serious
for the next year for a case of Nutbrown Ale. Absolutely serious, but not as attractive as FA.
Deal.
I can't get 100 cases for myself let alone you. How about two cases and we have a deal.
Are now on the list of my favorite people, alongside J. Leman, Ricki Stanzi, and Landon Donovan.
Buy Bell's. IMO some of the greatest beer in the world based in Kalamazoo.
I think everyone here agrees with your assessment of Bells (looking around table and seeing heads nodding). I do not have access to that delicious nectar here at my crappy hotel overlooking the outer loop of the Beltway tonight, though.
I used to live in the area. You'd be surprised as to how well traveled Bell's is. I imagine since you are in a hotel room that you are quite bored. Might want to go on a stroll to the nearest grocery store.
Those in need can try: http://www.vintagecellar.com/
I called to order Oberon through them last year for a friend and I. It worked really well.
a 6-pack of Soft Parade from Shorts out of Bellaire. It's an ale brewed with berries. Admitting that I drink an occasional fruity beer might get me some negs but, damnit, I've been hooked on it ever since my wife and I spent our last anniversary in Bellaire.
Everybody is selling out these days, good for Sam Adams. Seems pretty ironic you got the cherry wheat beer and it led you to your cherry connections. Cool story, and Go USA!
I love me some Bells, and maybe it's the fact that I live in GR, but I like Founders the best out of the Michigan microbrews.
....but, the last part of your post (about it being good for Michigan football in addition to TC) just sold a six-pack. I can share them if it becomes too much.
I just bought Oberon in Tempe AZ. Does that count?
To hell with political correctness. We're the Wolverine State.
Eh, I don't see it as PC. We're claiming the Great Lakes as ours. All the Great Lakes. The only worthwhile thing about our otherwise pathetic state quarter is the inclusion of Lake Ontario.
If the state of Michigan locked its own borders and mandated that we could never drink beer from outside the state ever again... we would be in damn good shape.
Bell's, Founders, New Holland, Short's, Arcadia, that little place off 96 near Webberville. Yes.
the MIchigan cherries are stlil flourishing. I read an article a while ago that a lot of the Traverse area cherry folk are switching over to growing wine. Not that I have anything against wine... But I guess that's OT since we're talking about beer.
I think you're talking about the Vanilla Java Porter by Atwater Block
I haven't had Cherry Wheat in a while, but it was probably the first "interesting" (i.e. non piss-water) beer I drank on a regular basis, which inspired me to try all sorts of other stuff later on. You could almost call it my "gateway beer".
Glad to hear that there's a beer-synergy (beernergy?) between Traverse City and Boston -- I traveled to both cities last year and loved 'em both. I'll have to pick up a 6'er of Cherry Wheat for old times' sake.