Union BEER

[Earth_First]

Just in time for the holidays:

http://www.labor411.org/blog/post/union-beer

[MrSlayer]

1. I drink a lot of Beck's.

Bass, Stella and Labatt are good too.

[Warpy]

28. Don't knock Rolling Rock

As I recall back in the day, it was much better than Coors, Schlitz, or any of those "lite" beers.

[MrSlayer]

29. I'm not a fan of RR.

But it is better than the ones you've named.

[Grantuspeace]

35. Budweiser bought out Rolling Rock closed the brewery in PA

and I think they changed the recipe, because it hasnt been the same since.

[Warpy]

51. That's a shame. It used to be cheapo beer that was palatable

back in the 60s and 70s when I was poor and thought I could drink. Ripple was the house wine, it was cheap and drinkable.

I'm still a little shocked that Sam Adams isn't a union shop. The original Sam Adams would be disgusted.

[B Calm]

44. My favorite beer is Spotted Cow, but

it only can be bought in southern Wisconsin. If you haven't tasted Spotted Cow, you're missing a great tasting beer!

Labatt Blue is great tasting beer, so is Pacifico (Mexico).

[Capt. Obvious]

2. Do they have a poster for good beer?

[OriginalGeek]

5. lol, I wondered that too

although I don't turn down a Bass ale...Did they come here recently? I thought Bass was a British beer.

[Capt. Obvious]

7. Union or not - most of those beers I wouldn't water plants with

[JVS]

13. Goose Island is on there (top right). It's good.

[Lightbulb_on]

3. No Sam Adams....

Oh well...

[hrmjustin]

36. I love Sam Adams! I hope they just forgot to post it.

[Omaha Steve]

37. Sam Adams is not union brewed

Sorry.

[Lightbulb_on]

46. Guess not...

Right now it's my favorite mass produced American beer.

I brought a case into work the other day and the first words I heard when I walked in the door was "What?! Where's the Bud Light?!"

Sigh...

[madinmaryland]

4. What the fuck?? You left out Pittsburgh's Iron City Beer. (IUE-CWA)

http://www.unionplus.org/union-made/beers

[Earth_First]

6. Well in my defense...

it's not my list, nor do I believe it to be completely comprehensive.

If someone feels the need to add to the list, by all means!

Also, there are a lot of cottage industry and employee owned microbreweries around the country which deserve mention, too!

[T_i_B]

58. The Microbrewery point is important

There's a heck of a lot of microbreweries out there.

To be honest even a brewery like Thornbridge in the UK, which is tainted in many people's eyes by family links to the hated "workfare" provider A4E is actually a very good employer.

The one brewery I've heard bad things about from a worker's rights perspective is actually Rogue.

[RagAss]

8. Stella !!!!!!

[pinboy3niner]

9. Heh

[Atman]

10. Stella is a Budweiser brand.

Sad to say.

[JVS]

14. Other way around.

[Atman]

33. Not according to the fine print in the Stella ads.

Or their Wiki entry...

Stella Artois ( /ˈstɛlə ɑrˈtwɑː/), informally called Stella, is a 5.2%(4.8% in UK) ABV lager beer brewed in Leuven, Belgium, since 1926. In the UK, Republic of Ireland, Canada and New Zealand, a 4% ABV version is also available.[1] Stella Artois is one of the prominent brands of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer.

I realize InBev bought AB, but technically, Stella is now a product of Anheuser-Busch.

Not that's it's really important. Beside Bass Ale, it's one of the only beers on this poster I would drink. Had a lovely Stella draught at lunch today, in fact.

[Capt. Obvious]

11. They could have saved space on the poster

by just listing the parent companies

[JaneyVee]

12. Bass Ale is delicious. I also like PBR & Stella.

[T_i_B]

59. I've never been keen on Bass

My lack of fondness for Bass goes back to cans of Bass Shandy when I was growing up. Didn't like it then and I've never been convinced by cask Bass either.

There's plenty of other bitters I prefer ahead of Bass.

[LeftyMom]

15. Sorry, I only buy beer that doesn't suck.

Budweiser.

[Capt. Obvious]

16. Word

[sabbat hunter]

17. I generally drink

locally brewed microbrews.

Hell the place I bought from today only has about 10 workers today (including a couple of office people)

You want a really good beer, buy local microbrewed beer.

Often these places have the owner working on the brewery floor, and while may not be unionized, do keep the money local to help your local economy.

[Earth_First]

18. Right there with you...

Two local micros in the area are well worth the accolades that they have received at GABF.

One of them are good friends with a buddy of mine, deadheads taboot.

I also homebrew, so I understand right where you are coming from.

This thread was mostly geared towards individuals with a less discerning palate with the holidays coming up, to serve their guests union produced products.

[FSogol]

19. Good Gawd, are you trying to make everyone hate Unions?

What a crappy list. It was really sad when Anheuser Busch bought Rolling Rock and stopped making it in Latrobe.

[Capt. Obvious]

20. But they brought us the Bud Bowl

[Earth_First]

21. Yeah, yeah, yeah...

[FSogol]

22. Us beer snobs should start a Union!

[Earth_First]

23. +1 nt

[Release The Hounds]

25. We're beer geeks, not beer snobs

[Capt. Obvious]

26. I consider myself a beer elitist

[Thav]

48. No no, Beer Conniseur

It sounds way more diginified.

*Barney Belch*

[pinboy3niner]

52. Sudsipicurean

Has a nice ring to it, and is less snobbish. And kinda makes me thirsty.

[OneGrassRoot]

24. Ha! A most excellent emoticon!

I like the idea of a beer snob union, too. I'm not a beer snob; I just like the idea of more unions.

And worker-owned co-ops.

[T_i_B]

57. A beer snob Union?

You can always have the Campaign For Real Ale, although CAMRA is a consumer group http://www.camra.org.uk/

[Release The Hounds]

27. Here's another union brewer:

http://minhasbrewery.com/

[Omaha Steve]

49. I'm glad to see them starting to put it out in bottles too

A very good selection at great prices.

[hunter]

30. Hamm's is union made.

Heck, if Bud Light, PBR, RR, etc,, are on your list.

I am no kind of beer snob. Hamm's is much preferable to some of the crap I've brewed myself...

[Bombtrack]

31. Damn, is Sierra Nevada anti-union?

Cause that would be sad news

[XemaSab]

45. I'd be truly surprised if they were actively anti-Union

http://www.sierranevada.com/

Their restaurant is one of my favorite places in Northern California.

[MineralMan]

32. Budweiser? Are the Clydesdales

union horses. Making beer is hard work, and they've earned it, I think.

[Omaha Steve]

34. Grain Belt is also union and that is what I drink!

http://www.grainbelt.com/home.php



Tour the brewery from your PC: http://www.grainbelt.com/tour.php

We have one of these in our bar. It is also my avatar :

[frylock]

38. that's pretty..

the sign, not the beer. a little too diamond clear for my taste. of course, i do live in the mecca for IPAs, so i may be just a bit biased.

[Omaha Steve]

56. There is a tube of sodium in the sign

You can't see the bubbles rising in the photo.

[hifiguy]

43. Woo hoo!

I am a die-hard Grain Belt drinker!! Support your local union brewer!

[backscatter712]

39. Unfortunately, New Belgium isn't unionized...

Though the owner and founder's a huge Democrat (I've been to Democratic fundraisers in their Fort Collins brewery) and New Belgium is from what I hear, a very decent place to work.

[frylock]

40. i can't imagine any of our local breweries are unionized either..

but everyone i've spoken to that works at any of the many breweries here in san diego all enjoy their work. some of the macro breweries have waiting lists for volunteers!

[justanidea]

41. I could bottle my own piss and it would be higher quality beer

than the stuff on that poster.

I'll stick to microbreweries. In fact I'm enjoying some Double Bastard Ale from Stone Brewery right now.

[Omaha Steve]

54. The 2012 US Open Beer Championship

Several union beers scored very well!

http://www.usopenbeer.com/

[Scuba]

42. Miller is unionized, but Miller is also one of Scott Walker's top donors, resulting ...

... in the Repuke-controlled legislature in Wisconsin passing a law that protects Miller against the ravages of micro-breweries that might take a few pennies away from the giant.


http://whohijackedourcountry.blogspot.com/2011/06/scott-walkers-newest-target.html

http://www.salon.com/2011/06/14/wisconsin_beer_wars/

[Omaha Steve]

47. Lake Maid is union brewed too (the Northern fisherman's beer)

http://www.lakemaidbeer.com/#home

http://www.lakemaidbeer.com/#lore

[sarcasmo]

50. Labatt Blue is my favorite on that list.

[The Wielding Truth]

53. Has anyone tasted the White House Honey Brown Ale ?

[Omaha Steve]

55. Here are over a dozen nobody mentioned yet

And a few got medals at the (posted above) 2012 beer championship.

http://www.grainbelt.com/ourbeers.php