"I'm drinking a lot of Budweisers after the game."

[Marsh01]

Whoever said it did??

I'm talking about a love of bud light and the smart way to buy and consume it.

If I want a stronger buzz, I supplement my bud light drinking by doing shots of the liquors i love...Jameson, Jack Daniels and Patron. Hell, I do that often even if I don't want a stronger buzz, I just like the taste.

I enjoy having a beer during an entire game, at certain points I always end up slamming one...

why would I want to be slamming 8% beers??

Why would I want to waste $$ on good beers, have 9, do a few shots...and not remember anything??

Ive got a system, the system works and I've given 'classes' on how to work it.

Granted, it's not for the 1 or 2 day a week drinker, but whatever.

There's a time, a pace and a place...for everything.

Hoity-toity beers in a bottle at a tailgate...isn't 1 of them.

amen. Id rather drink 8 beers at 4% then 3 beers at 9% because afterall its 5 more freaking beers.

Its not complicated

 

[IthacaBarrel]

amen. Id rather drink 8 beers at 4% then 3 beers at 9% because afterall its 5 more freaking beers.

Its not complicated

Time and place, I like to drink wine with a good dinner but you wont catch me dead drinking it anywhere else, sitting at a bar, tailgating etc.

With that said, give me a miller lite with patron side car, no need for triple bock wheat cherry stout lager aged in bourbon barrels lined with LSD, Ill be just fine with a 16 oz miller lite and a few patrons.

 

[Marsh01]

Time and place, I like to drink wine with a good dinner but you wont catch me dead drinking it anywhere else, sitting at a bar, tailgating etc.

With that said, give me a miller lite with patron side car, no need for triple bock wheat cherry stout lager aged in bourbon barrels lined with LSD, Ill be just fine with a 16 oz miller lite and a few patrons.

Maybe its just me but I never got a hard on for beers with high alcohol %. To me that means you have to drink less to get a buzz and who the hell wants to do that? So I am going to drink 3 Triple IPA whatever lagers or a 12 pack of Miller Light?

Not really much of a decision.

 

[TheCusian]

Is it pretentious to bring a cheap microbrew? Like Saranac for instance? BTW, just because you buy cheap beer and get more doesn't mean you get a better buzz. Bud light is 4.2% x 12 cans = 50.4 for what about $9.99? Saranac Legacy IPA is 6.2% x 12 bottles = 74.4 for about $14. Basically it takes 8 bottles of Saranac to equal the buzz from a 12 pack of bud light. I'm consuming about 48 oz less liquid so I won't be in the pee trough nearly as much as some of the other guys. Saranac price is about $1.17 per bottle. Bud light price is $0.83 per bottle. My 8 bottles of Saranac cost $9.36, the same buzz with of a 12-pack of bud light costs $0.63 more. Who's beer is cheaper now? Oh yeah, headaches are far less brutal with mircobrews because they allow the yeast time to clean out alot of the nasty leftovers that macrobrewers leave behind in the sake of churning it out faster and being more profitable.

And it tastes less like piss.

 

[TheCusian]

Maybe its just me but I never got a hard on for beers with high alcohol %. To me that means you have to drink less to get a buzz and who the hell wants to do that? So I am going to drink 3 Triple IPA whatever lagers or a 12 pack of Miller Light? Not really much of a decision.

I cannot believe this is a thing.

Drinking awful beer a lot because it tastes bad warm and pissing every five min < Drinking good beer at a steady clip and actually enjoying what it tastes like and getting a better buzz

But to each his own, I guess.

 

[Marsh01]

I cannot believe this is a thing.

Drinking awful beer a lot because it tastes bad warm and pissing every five min < Drinking good beer at a steady clip and actually enjoying what it tastes like and getting a better buzz

But to each his own, I guess.

Maybe some people actually like the taste of cheap beer? I know I am one of them.

Like you said to each his own.

Call me crazy but drinking a beer that has 90-100 IBU's tastes like I am drinking 100 year old vinegar with urine mixed in.

 

[OrangeTown]

I don't think I've ever seen a thread where I actually kind of agreed with so many parts of so many individual posts.

I think TheCusian said it right - to each their own. I probably drink at least 6 Bud Lights a day - more on weekends. I love the taste and I look forward to putting my feet up with one when I get home from work. I love being able to take a big pull of one every time Syracuse hits a 3 pointer.

I also enjoy other beers and will always order Syracuse Pale Ale if it's on tap - a big reason I love the Upstate Tavern at the casino.

I'm also not afraid to order a Bud Light even if it's with a $100 dinner plate.

Bottom line is I like what I like, you like what you like - we're all Cuse fans so let's get drunk together.

 

[Orangejet]

Any openings ?

buschjobs.com

 

[KaiserUEO]

I don't think I've ever seen a thread where I actually kind of agreed with so many parts of so many individual posts.

I think TheCusian said it right - to each their own. I probably drink at least 6 Bud Lights a day - more on weekends. I love the taste and I look forward to putting my feet up with one when I get home from work. I love being able to take a big pull of one every time Syracuse hits a 3 pointer.

I also enjoy other beers and will always order Syracuse Pale Ale if it's on tap - a big reason I love the Upstate Tavern at the casino.

I'm also not afraid to order a Bud Light even if it's with a $100 dinner plate.

Bottom line is I like what I like, you like what you like - we're all Cuse fans so let's get drunk together.

i got no problem with the 'i dont give a F' guys.

true beer drinkers, dont give a F.

order whatever the hell you want, flaunt it and be damn proud.

its the clueless morons that order 1, that i laugh at.

they order a bud in a panic, then look around, realize the mistake, feel small, drink it fast...then order a water and pray dinner ends.

if you realize you screwed up...either double down and go for it, or slam it and move to a mixed drink.

but in reality, you shouldve just gone with the wine like barrel said.

yes, i discriminate when it comes to who, what and how people drink.

 

[Pyle]

Time and place, I like to drink wine with a good dinner but you wont catch me dead drinking it anywhere else, sitting at a bar, tailgating etc.

With that said, give me a miller lite with patron side car, no need for triple bock wheat cherry stout lager aged in bourbon barrels lined with LSD, Ill be just fine with a 16 oz miller lite and a few patrons.

Sooooo you spring for the best tequila, but grab cheap beer? I would have expected Sauza or Cuervo lol. I tip my hat, love me some Patron as well. Just want to mention, I like good beer, but it doesn't have to be that horribleness you just mentioned lol. There are simple Lagers, brown ales, red ales, etc in the craft beer world. Not everything is quadruple dry hopped with 100 IBU's. Don't like hops? Try a marzen, about 16 IBUs but made with excellent malts. High drinkability and great taste, there's a reason they serve it in 1L dimpled mugs at Oktoberfest, because you can pound it.

 

[TexanMark]

Let me say this for Bud...they have a huge choice of brewskis under their family. To dismiss them off hand is foolish. OrangeJet brought over a couple Goose Island types for the Louisville game and they were really good. I loved the 312. Bud has many really good beers from their own breweries and from brands they have bought up.

Bud has a very special brewery in the Syracuse area that makes a lot of original offerings. At a tailgate I want something smooth that goes down easy and won't pucker my mouth up with bitterness. The beer hipster douchbags can have their pretentious over hopped 60+ IBU bitter crap on game day...give me a Bud Light, LaBatts, Utica Club, Miller Lite, Shiner Bock, Shiner Ruby Redbird, just about any hefeweizen...all tailgate long. I look for a clean finish and I want to drink several cold ones and keep my head about me.

http://www.gooseisland.com/allBeers.html

 

[Pyle]

Let me say this for Bud...they have a huge choice of brewskis under their family. To dismiss them off hand is foolish. OrangeJet brought over a couple Goose Island types for the Louisville game and they were really good. I loved the 312. Bud has many really good beers from their own breweries and from brands they have bought up.

Bud has a very special brewery in the Syracuse area that makes a lot of original offerings. At a tailgate I want something smooth that goes down easy and won't pucker my mouth up with bitterness. The beer hipster douchbags can have their pretentious over hopped 60+ IBU bitter crap on game day...give me a Bud Light, LaBatts, Utica Club, Miller Lite, Shiner Bock, Shiner Ruby Redbird, just about any hefeweizen...all tailgate long. I look for a clean finish and I want to drink several cold ones and keep my head about me.

http://www.gooseisland.com/allBeers.html

Goose Island is not Bud, they are owned by In-Bev. Bud, Bud light, etc are specific beers. I don't think anyone has demonized In-Bev. Some of us just don't like rice beer. If that makes me a hipster douchebag then so be it. I've drank plenty of BMC in my day. Used to put away a decent amount of tall ones at Tully's on Sundays. But then I discovered that beer CAN taste better, a lot better. So that's what I prefer. And I pee less.

 

[TexanMark]

In-Bev/Bud...whatever...it is all under one huge family.

Time and place...tailgates IMHO is made for the lighter beers not the over hopped crap.

 

[Cuseregular]

Let me say this for Bud...they have a huge choice of brewskis under their family. To dismiss them off hand is foolish. OrangeJet brought over a couple Goose Island types for the Louisville game and they were really good. I loved the 312. Bud has many really good beers from their own breweries and from brands they have bought up.

Bud has a very special brewery in the Syracuse area that makes a lot of original offerings. At a tailgate I want something smooth that goes down easy and won't pucker my mouth up with bitterness. The beer hipster douchbags can have their pretentious over hopped 60+ IBU bitter crap on game day...give me a Bud Light, LaBatts, Utica Club, Miller Lite, Shiner Bock, Shiner Ruby Redbird, just about any hefeweizen...all tailgate long. I look for a clean finish and I want to drink several cold ones and keep my head about me.

http://www.gooseisland.com/allBeers.html

Man crush post here...

 

[Millhouse]

Time and place, I like to drink wine with a good dinner but you wont catch me dead drinking it anywhere else, sitting at a bar, tailgating etc.

With that said, give me a miller lite with patron side car, no need for triple bock wheat cherry stout lager aged in bourbon barrels lined with LSD, Ill be just fine with a 16 oz miller lite and a few patrons.

i'll drink a capri sun shandy with my wife at home because she likes it and whatever . but when i'm at a tailgate, i don't want to be some hipster with a pubestache talking about hoppy hop hop. i want to feel young again. and that means drinking crappy beer

 

[721Comstock]

I cannot believe this is a thing.

Drinking awful beer a lot because it tastes bad warm and pissing every five min < Drinking good beer at a steady clip and actually enjoying what it tastes like and getting a better buzz

But to each his own, I guess.

THIS.

You can take the boy out of college, but you can't take the college out of the boy.

I'm a beer snob. Sue me.
I drank tons of cheap, crappy beer all thru HS, college, and most of my 20's.

Even then, I always preferred the limited alternatives that were available back then, stuff like Becks Dark, Dinkelacker, Molson Brador, and eventually Sam Adams and then Sierra Nevada.
(R.I.P. Pete's Wicked Ale)

But - THANK BOEHEIM - there are now a bazillion other options available, which I much prefer to the mass produced Bud/Miller/Coors/PBR/etc stuff.

I'd rather enjoy 1-2-3 beers that taste great, than swill down 6-9-12 that taste like watery urine.

 

[Pyle]

i'll drink a capri sun shandy with my wife at home because she likes it and whatever . but when i'm at a tailgate, i don't want to be some hipster with a pubestache talking about hoppy hop hop. i want to feel young again. and that means drinking crappy beer

When I was young, I ate Bar S hotdogs, I sure as **** ain't bringing those to my tailgate. I don't have a stache of any kind, I don't talk about IBUs or aromas at a tailgate(except the aroma of dead animals cooking), I drink beer that has flavor and won't make me piss all day. Hipster? You guys watch too many Bud commercials and believe that people actually act like those dbags on the brewed the hard way commercial doting over their apricot whatever crap. Craft beer doesn't mean fruity, and it doesn't mean hoppy, although those styles do exist. FWIW, I can't stand fruit beer and that includes the Corona crowd with their damn limes, wheat beers with their oranges and lemons, etc. You BMC guys calling others hipsters, pretentious, etc are out of line. Nobody's calling you guys names, just saying adding rice/corn to a beer doesn't make it excellent which is what started this whole debate in the first place.

 

[Chip]

100% agree.

i drink ungodly ammounts of BudLight.

i buy 2 cases at a time of the 24oz cans (more beer, cheaper the cost and who drinks out of a 12oz mug anyway??)

but when i go out to a nice restaurant, if i even drink beer...which is rare, it most certainly would not be a BudLight.

and if i see someone drinking one, i think to myself...low class POS.

and then ill go home and have a dozen watching sports till 2 am.

as for the tailgate, damn straight.

dont be the fool, dont try to wow anyone with your taste buds, just bring more than 1 12 pack because you should drink 12 yourself and then have some left over for stragglers and passerbys.

and NEVER bring bottles of anything.

Yeah, to me, it's pretty simple. When I'm at home, and need to function the next day, I'll drink a couple nicer beers. They taste very good. I try to avoid anything over 6% because it just leads to trouble (for me personally).

If I'm at a restaurant, I order a nicer beer. Send me over a Stella in a proper Stella glass, I'm happy.

If I'm out with the boys (and not in the sinful way you are thinking), or I'm at a tailgate, or I'm at home and have the morning off from kid duty, like the day after an SU game, I'm getting something in the Bud Light, Miller Light, even Silver Bullet family, and I'm drinking them until my stomach nearly explodes. I still feel like crap the next day, but I've mistakenly spent a bender drinking the 5-6% ers, and that's a hell I wish on almost no one.

The upside of the Silver Bullet is that any expert will tell you that part of the hangover cure is to stay hydrated while you're drinking. Silver Bullet becomes one stop shopping.

I avoid PBR because when I have more than 6, I'm batting a thousand in sh!tting my pants. Marsh can have that laxative all to himself.

 

[Marsh01]

I avoid PBR because when I have more than 6, I'm batting a thousand in sh!tting my pants. Marsh can have that laxative all to himself.

You are dead to me

 

[TheCusian]

Maybe some people actually like the taste of cheap beer? I know I am one of them. Like you said to each his own. Call me crazy but drinking a beer that has 90-100 IBU's tastes like I am drinking 100 year old vinegar with urine mixed in.

That's cool man. Taste buds are wildly different.

And you're saving cash. So good job by you.

 

[KaiserUEO]

speaking of PBR's we are officially under the 60 day window to Opening Day. (baseball officially starts after the Yankees 1st home pitch, everything up to that point is just window dressing).

and Opening Day now means $2 PBRs at the Dugout, while a lot of fools all buy $5 Bud Lights, Coors Lights and Miler Lites.

School is in session:

no sense in being a big $$ guy that day.

its about vast quanties of beer, the speed in which you can drink them & ultimately, the speed in which you can get them.

smart guys will go the bank the day before and get at least $100 in $10 bills.

when you get to the bar you buy 4, and tell the bartender to keep it.

if you and your crew do that everytime...instantly, you will be on the A list.

no matter how many people are in front of you, some of them idiots and not moving, some of them real idiots trying to find out what kind of beer they have and some them bigger idiots trying to get a mixed drink...as soon as the bartender spots you with a $10 in the air, 4 PBRs are coming your way without having to say anything.

buy backs are not out the question either.

shitting yourself is part of the experience Chip.

 

[Chip]

shitting yourself is part of the experience Chip.

That's what I kept telling myself in my 20s.

Ok, and 30s.

This decade, I'm moving on.

 

[Marsh01]

speaking of PBR's we are officially under the 60 day window to Opening Day. (baseball officially starts after the Yankees 1st home pitch, everything up to that point is just window dressing).

and Opening Day now means $2 PBRs at the Dugout, while a lot of fools all buy $5 Bud Lights, Coors Lights and Miler Lites.

School is in session:

no sense in being a big $$ guy that day.

its about vast quanties of beer, the speed in which you can drink them & ultimately, the speed in which you can get them.

smart guys will go the bank the day before and get at least $100 in $10 bills.

when you get to the bar you buy 4, and tell the barkeep to keep it.

if you and your crew do that everytime...instantly, you will be on the A list.

no matter how many people are be in front of you, some of them idiots and not moving, some of them real idiots trying to find out what kind of beer they have and some them bigger idiots trying to get a mixed drink...as soon as the bartender spots you with a $10 in the air, 4 PBRs are coming your way without having to say anything.

buy backs are not out the question either.

shitting yourself is part of the experience Chip.

I am framing this and putting it in my office

 

[Bayside44]

Don't drink a lot of beer anymore, when I do want it to be something nice or at least regional. Agree with Mark on Shiner Bock. At UVa went native and did Devil's Backbone (bottles Kaiser, you just need an opener and garbage bag). Love trips back to the Cuse and can drink LaBatt's Blue for 14 straight hours. Don't mix liquor with soft drinks, at least not in your 40s unless you're grilling and are out of beer - or it was something smuggled in at one of our away football games in conference.

The high alcohol content beers are death at sporting events and concerts.

 

[Toga]

Don't drink a lot of beer anymore, when I do want it to be something nice or at least regional. Agree with Mark on Shiner Bock. At UVa went native and did Devil's Backbone (bottles Kaiser, you just need an opener and garbage bag). Love trips back to the Cuse and can drink LaBatt's Blue for 14 straight hours. Don't mix liquor with soft drinks, at least not in your 40s unless you're grilling and are out of beer.

The high alcohol content beers are death at sporting events and concerts.

Also not a big beer drinker anymore but when I need one I need one. and Blue makes me a happy man. IDK if Labatt is a CNY thing but recently was at a restaurant in Union Station in D.C. and the owner sees I'm an SU fan (he's a grad). Takes us to our table and I says I want a beer. He says we don't have what you want. I says how do you know what I want? He says Labatt Blue. I says Damn.