Dumb-phuck 20-something "hipsters"

[Destitute]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Just had my first Arrogant Bastard this past weekend, pretty good shit!

Stone has some excellent brews. Try the Ruination IPA, Imperial Russian Stout, or Double Bastard Ale if you get a chance.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Dave

lmao i love red stripe. Hooray beer!

But do you think it has a lot of body or flavor? I don't.

[Rider]

Dirty Bastard is a great beer if you like Scotch Ales.

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

While PBR's success stems from its niche, dive appeal, it isn't actually the cheapest of the cheap. PBR is at least $1 a case more than Busch Light and Keystone Light, says Benj Steinman of Beer Marketer's Insights. PBR drinkers may want to look down-market, but they're willing to spend a little bit extra to make sure no one mistakes them for the mainstream.

Really? Around here, it's "hip" because any night of the week, you can find someplace with $1 PBRs (and they're always 16 oz cans, not 12 oz).

I haven't known anyone who drinks it cus they LOVE it, they drink it cus it's CHEAP!

[Homeslice]

Remember 15 yrs ago when "Dicks Last Resort" started growing? The bar where you get treated like shit, and people throw their trash/food on the floor? It was like a staged "dive bar"........for suburbanites who've probably never been in a real dive bar. It lets them pretend to be "down with the struggle", or "in with the common man"

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Remember 15 yrs ago when "Dicks Last Resort" started growing? The bar where you get treated like shit, and people throw their trash/food on the floor? It was like a staged "dive bar"........for suburbanites who've probably never been in a real dive bar. It lets them pretend to be "down with the struggle", or "in with the common man"

Actually a friend of mine made that exact same point about PBR - the area where he lives is old (big) money, and has more Dollar PBR nights than ever - and he said the same thing - rich kids in their Bimmers trying to be one with the working man.

[Ineffable]

Originally Posted by neebelung

Actually a friend of mine made that exact same point about PBR - the area where he lives is old (big) money, and has more Dollar PBR nights than ever - and he said the same thing - rich kids in their Bimmers trying to be one with the working man.

That is exactly the problem. I have noticed that here in Boulder (not a cheap place to live) a lot of the bars have actually raised prices on PBR because it is so popular so there is no longer the excuse of it being cheap it is just trendy. I weep for the future every time I see some 'hipster' paying $4-5 for a PBR at a bar.

P.S. I can't wait to get back to Dallas since there is a Flying Saucer right down the road from my apartment.

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by Ineffable

That is exactly the problem. I have noticed that here in Boulder (not a cheap place to live) a lot of the bars have actually raised prices on PBR because it is so popular so there is no longer the excuse of it being cheap it is just trendy. I weep for the future every time I see some 'hipster' paying $4-5 for a PBR at a bar.

Oh GAWD... THat's just fucked up.... I drank a ton of it this weekend cus.. well... it was FREE (and there were thousands of them available )... but if I'm PAYING for it, I'm gonna go Yeungling, Blue Moon or Bass...

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Ineffable

That is exactly the problem. I have noticed that here in Boulder (not a cheap place to live) a lot of the bars have actually raised prices on PBR because it is so popular so there is no longer the excuse of it being cheap it is just trendy. I weep for the future every time I see some 'hipster' paying $4-5 for a PBR at a bar.

P.S. I can't wait to get back to Dallas since there is a Flying Saucer right down the road from my apartment.

Arent there some good brewpub/beer bars in boulder though? We went there on a trip when we went to the GABF and went through there one year.

Tom

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

I remember when a case of PBR was $4. and it tasted like it.

But, like us, you drank it, because it was 4$ (except in my time it was 9).