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 Jul 6 2008, 06:45 PM
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Immortal Elf  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465  |
As a Canadian, this is an important question for me...
What are the brands of Beer around in Shadowrun? |
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Jul 6 2008, 06:52 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 10,105 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
Just by the title, before I read the name, I knew you were Canadian. Sad or what?
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Jul 6 2008, 06:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 15-January 08 From: Milwaukee, WI Member No.: 15,298 |
That's not necessarily so. Beer is a staple here in Wisconsin, too!
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Jul 6 2008, 06:53 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,537 Joined: 27-August 06 From: Albuquerque NM Member No.: 9,234 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jul 6 2008, 11:45 AM)  What are the brands of Beer around in Shadowrun? Um, what brands do you want around? I'd guess that is about what they have, plus the two cheapest and worst beers you have ever tasted, which have a 90% market share between them... |
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Jul 6 2008, 06:53 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Jul 6 2008, 01:52 PM) Just by the title, before I read the name, I knew you were Canadian. Sad or what? Peter No, just an understanding of our Culture. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Jul 6 2008, 06:54 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (kzt @ Jul 6 2008, 01:53 PM) Um, what brands do you want around? I'd guess that is about what they have, plus the two cheapest and worst beers you have ever tasted, which have a 90% market share between them... Eww... Northern Ale. AKA: Wolf Piss. And that's from my own hometown Brewery! OK, let me put it this way. What beers do your groups come across? |
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Jul 6 2008, 06:55 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Jackstand @ Jul 6 2008, 01:53 PM) That's not necessarily so. Beer is a staple here in Wisconsin, too! Just a staple, well, that would explain it. Beer Is Life here. You think Spice is important and must flow, you've never been in a bar that ran out of beer in Northern Ontario! |
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Jul 6 2008, 06:58 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: 25-January 08 From: Can I crash on your couch? Member No.: 15,483 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jul 6 2008, 08:55 PM) Just a staple, well, that would explain it. Beer Is Life here. You think Spice is important and must flow, you've never been in a bar that ran out of beer in Northern Ontario! See, that just proves how unimportant it really is... I've never been in a bar that ran out of beer in Belgium or Germany... |
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Jul 6 2008, 07:00 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I have to imagine Natty Boh is still around, and is still just name recognition attached to rebottled Bud (or whatever the cheap brand of beer of the time is). For the most part though, cheap beer has been replaced with some sort of soy-alcohol drink. So the 'beer' would in fact be 'beer drink product'.
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Jul 6 2008, 07:03 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Pearl Beer, which apparently is only produced in small quantities in Texas, was featured in Lone Wolf McQuade.
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Jul 6 2008, 07:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 584 Joined: 15-April 06 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 8,466 |
Beers I would have to resuscitate if they were gone: Spaten Optimator, Franziskaner Hefe Weizen, Hoegaarden Witbier, New Castle Brown Ale, Guinness Stout, Troegs Rugged Trail Nut Brown, Spaten Lager, Anchor and Steam Imperial Oatmeal Stout, Lindemanns Lambic Fraboise (nummy desert beer), Hacker Pschorr Weisse, Brooklyn Brewery Chocolate Lager, the list goes on and on. Such a sad thing when a fine beer is no longer brewed. Beers I would not miss at all: Any Anheuser Busch, Milwaukee's Best, any Miller, any Coors, any Sam Adams, and San Miguel (the Phillipines finest, make sure you drink it in Mexico (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )
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Jul 6 2008, 07:11 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 15-January 08 From: Milwaukee, WI Member No.: 15,298 |
QUOTE (ArkonC @ Jul 6 2008, 01:58 PM) See, that just proves how unimportant it really is... I've never been in a bar that ran out of beer in Belgium or Germany... Exactly. It just doesn't happen in bars in Milwaukee. I do so love to try, though, with the 10 dollar all-you-can-drink specials that some of the bars around here have. |
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Jul 6 2008, 07:11 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
I cannot believe you rank Newcastle Brown Ale above Sam Adams Boston Lager! Sam Adams Boston Lager's testicles are exactly three times as large as Newcastle Brown Ale's testicles. When I drink Newcastle I feel like I'm drinking Japanese barley tea!
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Jul 6 2008, 07:13 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 10,105 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
QUOTE (ArkonC @ Jul 6 2008, 01:58 PM) See, that just proves how unimportant it really is... I've never been in a bar that ran out of beer in Belgium or Germany... I was at a four day archaeology conference in Milwaukee a few years back. The organizers warned the main hotel ahead of time that they should lay in extra beer, "'cause we're archaeologists, see?" They said, "What? In Milwaukee? Who are you trying to kid?" Five nights in a row we drank them dry of beer. Every brand. Everything. They were nice people, but you would think by the second or third night they would have caught on. Peter |
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Jul 6 2008, 07:14 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Becks, Flensburger, Radelberger, Holsten . . GERMAN Beers . .
i don't even drink beer, but even i know that american beer is . . bad at best . . |
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Jul 6 2008, 07:14 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 15-January 08 From: Milwaukee, WI Member No.: 15,298 |
QUOTE (Faelan @ Jul 6 2008, 02:09 PM) Beers I would not miss at all: Any Anheuser Busch, Milwaukee's Best, any Miller, any Coors, any Sam Adams, and San Miguel (the Phillipines finest, make sure you drink it in Mexico (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ) Hey now. Miller High Life is the champagne of beers! Still, I'd rather have a Hacker Pschorr. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Jul 6 2008, 07:14 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Kirin 2.0
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Jul 6 2008, 07:15 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 584 Joined: 15-April 06 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 8,466 |
Newcastle Brown Ale has to be served at the correct temperature I will give you that, however and this is purely a taste thing Samuel Adams Boston Lager and every other beer they make is entirely too hoppy for most beer drinkers. So all I have to say is you know who did not have hops shoved up his nose I might actually like the beer.
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Jul 6 2008, 07:15 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (ArkonC @ Jul 6 2008, 01:58 PM) See, that just proves how unimportant it really is... I've never been in a bar that ran out of beer in Belgium or Germany... Well, there were extrenuating circumstances. Like a road that was snowed out for close to two months. |
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Jul 6 2008, 07:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 15-January 08 From: Milwaukee, WI Member No.: 15,298 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jul 6 2008, 02:15 PM) Well, there were extrenuating circumstances. Like a road that was snowed out for close to two months. That's no excuse! They should have brought it in by helicopter! |
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Jul 6 2008, 07:16 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 12-April 07 From: Ork Underground Member No.: 11,440 |
As one who brews/ferments his own alcoholic beverages ie Beer, Ales, Lagers, Stouts, Barleywines, Meads, and Wines, I tend to be called a "Hop Head" or a "Chewy" brewer. So 95% of American produced brews to me are pig swill, and yes that includes Buttwiper, Swiller, and Boors. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) Or as those in the Land Of Oz say "Drinking American Beer is like having sex in a canoe......"
In SR4 I hope that the MicroBrewery types would at least be a option if not a growing business. IIRC there are alot of Microbreweries in Seattle in present day. Hmm wonder what properties Awakened Brewing/Fermenting ingredients (Hops, Barley, Yeast, Grapes, Honey) would have...and any fermented beverage made from such would have.... In my games in Seattle the microbreweries are very popular and strong in the market place. That is one thing we have not yet seen in SR in all its iterations is the 2070 version of a Brew Pub with full wireless connectivity. Hmm another idea for my setting. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) I also wonder how many of today's present day Major Corporate Breweries are still in business and or been bought by who? WMS |
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Jul 6 2008, 07:17 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 584 Joined: 15-April 06 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 8,466 |
American beers are actually easily on par with european beers, it is only when you go to the big brewers that you get shitty beers. Try local microbrews or regional brewers and you will find that they compare very favorably.
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Jul 6 2008, 07:25 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,069 Joined: 19-July 07 From: Oakland CA Member No.: 12,309 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jul 6 2008, 03:14 PM) i don't even drink beer, but even i know that american beer is . . bad at best . . Bruce: Hey Bruce, you know why American bear is like making love in a canoe? .... It's fucking close to water. |
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Jul 6 2008, 07:29 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 12-April 07 From: Ork Underground Member No.: 11,440 |
QUOTE (Faelan @ Jul 6 2008, 01:17 PM) American beers are actually easily on par with european beers, it is only when you go to the big brewers that you get shitty beers. Try local microbrews or regional brewers and you will find that they compare very favorably. Interesting coming from one who does not like Samuel Addams because it is too hoppy for him.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) But I disagree on European Beers being on par with American pig swill. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) We Americans are number one in generating vast amounts of pig swill beers, Europe has nothing on us in that category. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) I enjoyed San Miguel Beer (Cerveza Negra), and San Miguel Red Horse. Yes you can find some local and regional breweries or microbreweries, but then I brew my own so I can have a large variety of tastes and flavors in my alcoholic beverages. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) WMS |
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Jul 6 2008, 07:30 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
QUOTE (Faelan @ Jul 6 2008, 09:17 PM) American beers are actually easily on par with european beers, it is only when you go to the big brewers that you get shitty beers. Try local microbrews or regional brewers and you will find that they compare very favorably. and what is IN THERE? in german beer, there are three things, and three things alone . . water, hops and malt . . |
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