That does it! Boston Mayor disses the Broncos and Colorado Beer!

[El Supremo]

...Menino told reporters Thursday morning that he and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock are going to work out a wager later in the day over Saturday night’s game at Gillette Stadium

“He wants me to do the Tebow expression. I do that every Sunday in church,” said Menino, referring to Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow’s habit of taking to one knee to pray after big plays.

Instead, Menino was thinking about offering a sample of local beer.

“We have the best. I mean, you know, Colorado beer? It hasn’t even made it east yet. Sam Adams has made it to the west and Harpoon has made it out there, but Colorado Rocky beer? Uck,” Menino said.

But Menino was confident he wouldn’t have to give away any Boston brews, saying Denver’s game is about as weak as its beer.

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/east_boston/2012/01/menino_ready_to_bet_beer_on_pa.html?comments=all#comments

[trumad]

1. Uhh let's see.

Coors Light--- Or Sam Adams?

Snarf

[El Supremo]

2. I feel sorry for those who don't get New Belgium brews.

But they are opening a new brewery in Ashville, NC soon so maybe the rest of America will be able taste the difference.

[trumad]

3. Sammy Adams

especially in their new glasses...is my favorite beer ever.

[El Supremo]

5. UPDATE

Colorado Governor and former brewery owner John Hickenlooper on Menino’s statements. ““Tom Menino is one of the great mayors in America,” Hickenlooper said. “Obviously he hasn’t had enough time to learn about Colorado beer.”

Colorado is home to 120+ breweries. How many Boston breweries can you name off the top of your head?

[HuckleB]

11. Yeah, it's just as bland and boring as the crap from Boston.

Poor deluded fools in Colorado. I yi yi.

[fishwax]

21. New Belgium has some good beers

I like TommyKnockers too.

I was drinking LeftHand for the game this last weekend. I haven't been a fan of their beers in the past, but I had a sampler pack and thought the Milk Stout was pretty good.

[hughee99]

4. I'm surprised he stumbled through that well enough that people could make out

what he was saying. He might be the worst public speaker in the history of the world.

[El Supremo]

6. "Mumbles" Menino?

[El Supremo]

7. The final wager:

If the Denver Broncos win, Menino has agreed to drape a Tim Tebow jersey on the famous statue of Paul Revere on his horse and send Denver Mayor Michael Hancock a lobster dinner.

If the Patriots win, Hancock has agreed to wear a Patriots jersey to a public event and send Menino Colorado beef.

[El Supremo]

8. Why the hell would he do this?

[HuckleB]

10. He should not have the power to degrade Paul Revere in that manner.

This is a national disgrace!

[HuckleB]

9. Why are either of these mayors pushing beer?

Please.

[madinmaryland]

12. So is this what the mayor of Denver does if the broncos loses...

[HuckleB]

13. +1,000,000,000,000

[DinahMoeHum]

14. If Menino's talking about Coors Piss, he's right.

Craft brews are a whole different thing, though. I can find Flying Dog and Fat Tire in several stores in my area (NY metro). Pretty good drinking there.

[HuckleB]

15. Those are serviceable, but nothing to write home about.

It's odd that Colorado's exports trend to the boring side of things.

[DinahMoeHum]

16. True enough. It's better to drink them in or close to Colorado. . .

where you can get them at their freshest on tap.

[HuckleB]

17. That's better, but not the way to go if one wants a truly great beer.

[DinahMoeHum]

18. So do tell. Is it brewing it yourself?

If I had the room in my 1-bedroom co-op, I'd give that a try.

[HuckleB]

19. That's a good way to go, but it takes practice.

On the other hand, heading to the northwest, northern california and select spots in the midwest and northeast will serve one far better than the bland offerings the rockies tend to dish up.

[DinahMoeHum]

20. Well, as I live in the Northeast, that's no problem!

[fishwax]

23. meh -- different strokes, but I'll take Great Divide over most of the offerings I've seen from West

of the Rockies. Of course, it could be that there are great beers from those areas that aren't easily available here in the Midwest, so I haven't tried them.

[JonLP24]

24. I gotta say

Rainier Beer was some crap that tasted worse than Coors. However, Widmer Brothers in Portland make great beer.

[HuckleB]

25. And Widmer is one of the lamer Oregon breweries.

The northwest is the real birthplace of craft beer, and it shows.

[fishwax]

29. their beer may be bad, but their commercials were among the best

[fishwax]

22. Flying Dog has moved -- they're out of Maryland now

They were originally a Colorado Brewery, but no longer.

I was a bit surprised to find this out pretty recently, but apparently it happened a couple of years ago.

[El Supremo]

26. Some stats for the haters:

Colorado boasts more than 120 craft brewers, is home to the headquarters for the Brewers Association and hosts the annual Great American Beer Festival, the largest such event in the country.

If Colorado and Massachusetts faced off in the brew house rather than on the gridiron, history shows Pats fans would be left crying in their less-prestigious beers.

Colorado breweries have won 491 gold medals over the course of the three-decade-old Great American Beer Festival. Massachusetts brewers? Just 94.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_19732876

Oh, and Coors Light just became #2 in US beer sales.

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_19732881

[hughee99]

27. Colorado hosts the Great American Beer Festival so people will bring good beer to them.

And beer sales doesn't equal quality. Coors Light is now second behind Bud Light and ahead of Budweiser. Does that list scream "quality" to you?

In all honesty, though, Colorado does have some excellent beer. The problem is the perception, because they are more well known for the mega-brewery than for the good beers.

[HuckleB]

28. That might be true.

The majority of the winners from Colorado are in fruit beer and other lame categories. It's a bizarre beer culture there, and it's not meant for true beer lovers.

[Jack Rabbit]

30. Sam Adams sí, Coors no

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