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Connie
Senior Member
Username: Connie
Post Number: 1216
Registered: 10-2000
Posted From: 76.17.52.96
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 08:40 pm: | 
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In todays Atlanta paper
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2008/06/02/microbreweries.h tml |
Graham Cox
Senior Member
Username: T2driver
Post Number: 1697
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 68.32.253.156
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 09:09 pm: |
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I was looking over the meager beer selection at my local supermarket last night and noticed that BMC is over $5 per sixer. The few American micros are ~$8 per sixer, with Anchor Steam almost $9. The bargain? Pilsner Urquell at $7.49.
I ended up buying the SNPA at $8. I wish now I had bought the PU - the SNPA isn't very fresh or hoppy.  |
bill king
New Member
Username: Kingwj
Post Number: 11
Registered: 04-2008
Posted From: 68.80.1.27
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 10:26 pm: |
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Makes brewing your own all the more attractive. |
Graham Cox
Senior Member
Username: T2driver
Post Number: 1698
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 68.32.253.156
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 10:46 pm: |
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Ain't that the truth. At the risk of being driven off the board, I'm drinking a WinExpert Chardonnay-Semillon blend that I made only 5 weeks ago, most of which is destined for my elderly neighbor. It's about $3.30 per bottle, and it's really quite tasty. Very little labor involved, comparitively speaking. |
Jim DeShields
Member
Username: Niquejim
Post Number: 103
Registered: 07-2006
Posted From: 67.233.11.135
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 11:56 pm: |
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That's why I like the Genne cream ale at $6.49 for 12
While the Brutal Bitter is better 6 for $13.49, I just can't do it anymore |
dhacker
Senior Member
Username: Dhacker
Post Number: 1450
Registered: 11-2002
Posted From: 74.226.104.157
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 01:25 am: |
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I wish now I had bought the PU - the SNPA isn't very fresh or hoppy.
I don't know Graham . . finding fresh un-skunked PU around here would be sumpin' to write home about. |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 8941
Registered: 01-2002
Posted From: 24.57.225.170
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 02:03 am: |
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DH, I agree with you. Occasionally I succumb to temptation and buy PU in cans. It's fresher than than the bottles but still not what it should be. I still long for what I tasted a number of years ago when I had the good fortune to come upon a keg of PU that had just been airfreighted from the Czech Republic. It was one of those wonderful revelations. Finally I understood why some people were so inspired by this beer. |
Graham Cox
Senior Member
Username: T2driver
Post Number: 1699
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 68.32.253.156
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 02:19 am: |
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Since PU switched to the wrap-around cardboard sixer that envelops the entire bottle, neck included, I've noticed a very significant difference in the beer. I think the examples I get here in Mississippi are actually quite good - no skunking at all. Very enjoyable. Of course, one has to compare my enjoyment scale to the other offerings available locally, which is to say, not much. Still, as a BJCP National judge, I find the PU quite enjoyable. |
Tim Polster
Intermediate Member
Username: Bassman
Post Number: 276
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 69.149.62.81
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 02:41 am: |
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I agree,
I was fortunate enough to tour the brewery a year and a half ago and they took us down to the "old school" part where they don't filter the beer.
It was like tasting professional homewbrew!
Here are a few pics   |
Tony Legge
Intermediate Member
Username: Boo_boo
Post Number: 352
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 72.139.4.145
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 09:56 am: |
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I don't know Graham . . finding fresh un-skunked PU around here would be sumpin' to write home about.
Even finding PU at all around here would be something. At least you guys can get it.
I have had it in cans and must say it is better than in bottle. |
Chris Storey
Junior Member
Username: Stuts
Post Number: 62
Registered: 07-2004
Posted From: 76.75.118.50
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 11:11 am: |
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Sure makes me jealous seeing the US prices on beer. I guess to you guys it's a hobby. To me, (Canada) it is a hobby and a necessity.
Chris |
dhacker
Senior Member
Username: Dhacker
Post Number: 1451
Registered: 11-2002
Posted From: 74.226.104.157
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 12:01 pm: |
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Hmmm . . I've pretty much given up even perusing the beer aisles anymore, but I'll need to keep an eye out for PU's wrap around packaging.
Nice pics, Tim! |
The Jolly Brewer
Senior Member
Username: Matfink
Post Number: 1955
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 92.233.31.3
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 07:19 pm: |
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With the arrival of my daughter I've not brewed for over 6 months and am now having to buy beer. It makes you realise how much you save when you don't have a ready supply on tap.
I will have to brew soon, and now I have the financial incentive as well as the pleasure. |
The Jolly Brewer
Senior Member
Username: Matfink
Post Number: 1956
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 92.233.31.3
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 07:19 pm: |
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Tim, I'm very jealous - that looks like great fun and a real piece of brewing history. |
Ryan Messenger
Junior Member
Username: Rem
Post Number: 99
Registered: 10-2007
Posted From: 74.34.7.108
| | Posted on Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 03:11 am: |
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Great pictures, Tim! I know what some of you are saying about beer prices because I haden't purchased beer in quite a while until a couple weeks ago, and I was surprised how much the prices had gone up. Then I started to think about how much I save by making my own beer (and how much better it is than the stuff I can find at the store), and I felt all warm inside. Cheers!
(Message edited by rem on June 05, 2008) |
Beertracker
Senior Member
Username: Beertracker
Post Number: 1191
Registered: 03-2002
Posted From: 72.16.21.191
| | Posted on Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 12:46 pm: |
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Great pics Tim! Thx for sharing. Nothing beats a fresh PU & it doesn't get any fresher than that.  |
Tim Polster
Intermediate Member
Username: Bassman
Post Number: 277
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 69.149.62.81
| | Posted on Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 04:03 pm: |
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I am glad to share.
Maybe I will post some more in a new thread as it was a special day.
It has been a year and a half since that trip and I should have posted some pics a long time ago.
I have been very busy and also fallen behind on brewing. It is a real shame to buy beer.
My kegs are dry right now and it hurts to think I won't be able to fill them for a while... |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 8946
Registered: 01-2002
Posted From: 24.57.225.170
| | Posted on Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 04:40 pm: |
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Yes, thanks for the pictures, Tim. I've heard that the PU brewery complex is something like a small city, as well as being a working museum of industrial processes from the early 19th to the 21st centuries, with everything from micro-automation that almost controls itself to extremely labor-intensive methods no longer used anywhere else.
(Message edited by BillPierce on June 05, 2008) |
Brad Petit
Intermediate Member
Username: Voodoobrew
Post Number: 341
Registered: 06-2005
Posted From: 86.200.95.186
| | Posted on Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 08:51 pm: |
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I know I've said it here before but I'll say it again: Fresh PU in Prague made for one of my all-time favorite drinking experiences. I'll enjoy it in the U.S. on draft every now and then, and like any other green-bottle product, I' buy a 12er of the stuff but not a six-pack. (I've noticed the new sixer packaging but I don't want to take the risk.)
I'm in Europe right now and I'd really like to find some PU to see if the quality falls somewhere between American and Prague versions. I was at a bar in Paris last week that had it on draft but, alas, it was a Belgian-beer bar and I just couldn't pass up the Duchesse. |
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