Confessions - I'm a pretty

Confessions - I'm a pretty regular guy. I live in St. Paul, not Edina. I drive a Saturn, not a Lexus. I shop at Cub, not Whole Foods (although there's no beating the produce at Mississippi Market.

But I don't like much of your regular, American, good-ol' Macrobrew beer. It's not a snob thing; my first exposure to beer was in Europe, and when I came back to the US, the stuff here just didn't taste good.

That's why this poll is so garshfarled irritating:

"The campaign by August Schell Brewing Co. to revive Grain Belt Premium beer gets a boost from the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine.

The venerable brand earned the title of 'Hot Retro Brew' in the 2003 Hot List of the Sept. 12 issue, which features Britney Spears on the cover.

The magazine calls the beer a 'big gulp of authentic Americana.'

Even by the dubious standards of low-end, $5 a case American brew, Grain Belt is "a big gulp of cattle urine."

Yeah, yeah - when it's hot out and I've been painting or something, a cheapo beer can taste as good as a Summit or a Newcastle. But even then, I'll take a PBR or a Stroh's, maybe even Old Milwaukee, over Grain Belt.

Unless...you know...someone's buying.

Posted by Mitch at September 13, 2003 07:20 AM