Hipster Emporium

Joe, during prohibition Schlitz made chocolate. When I was in high school we took brewery tours at Schlitz and they would serve unlimited beer in their hospitality bar at the end of the tour. The bar was really cool, it was in the basement and resembled a German beer hall.

 

I think I know where you mean. Brown Bottle Bar?
btw, that would be a great way to end a high school tour.:evillaugh

Living in MKE, we did the tours at all 3. Miller into the old caves where they kept the beer cold before refrigeration; Pabst, with the statue of King Gambrinus, the patron saint of brewing outside of their great hospitality bar.

The tech college I attended was 3 blocks from Pabst and I'm not sure how many tours I took there after classes.

 

Haha this thread makes me giggle. I’m in my late 30’s and I can really appreciate some more obscure indie-type bands/music.

Went to a music festival last summer with my brother who is 13 years older than me – which was featuring several of these type of bands. The theme of the night was “let’s dress hipster” lol so he donned a paisley shirt picked up at the local thrift store (we found out later it was a women’s shirt) and I borrowed a hipster-looking shirt from my 18 year old niece.

Not sure we blended in very well but the whole experience made for some awesome people watching. I’m sure they were watching us as well from their black rimmed – no lens glasses!

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/15/hipster-food_n_5146632.html

 

I remember when the guys at Newark Bud could drink on the job.

The Brewery is located on a busy highway across from Newark Airport.These guys could drink all the fresh bud they wanted. It was on tap in their lunch room. They finally changed to where they gave each guy a couple of cases each month to take home. I remember when Ballantine sponsored the Yankees and Schaeffer the Dodgers(bkln.).

 

Ahh old style beer. Where in the hell can i find some in southern california? For my chi town meatballs: http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=ibnp5lpqzlchttp://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=ibnp5lpqzlchttp://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=ibnp5lpqzlchttp://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=ibnp5lpqzlchttp://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=ibnp5lpqzlchttp://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=ibnp5lpqzlc

Go cubs.

 

Wow, I remember Schaeffer from when I was a kid. Back then we could legally drink at 18. The jingle for Schaeffer was "Schaeffer is the one beer to have, when you're having more than one!" LOL, they could never get away with that today.

Schaeffer and Rolling Rock ("Pennsylvania swamp water") were the two brands our group back then used to drink (and abuse). There are a few places in Las Vegas that have Rolling Rock and I'll often have one for nostalgia's sake.

 

This thread is so far off track, but i dont even care. Mirco brews and craft brews are awesome, but i really like "regional" american beers too. So cool to hear about everyones tastes and favorites. Rolling rock is good.....too bad they got bought by inbev. Still trying to figure out the significance of "33" though.

Looking for yeungling on the west coast or vegas (hope i spelled it right) in addition to crappy old style.

 

There was some legend about this many years ago. I forget it, so it must not have been that interesting.

 

Faaantastic. Essentially says someone is wrong without defining it himself.


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As far dislike on this board, it pretty much separates into the getoffmahlawn old guard and the younger gen that don't long for the days of old partly because they weren't there and like change anyway.

Hipsters are faddish but not in a commercial mainstream way. They are akin to hippies but not the same. I hadn't heard the actual term till I came on here and saw people either complaining about them/belittling them. I have a few younger acquaintances that would be considered hipsters but I never thought of labeling them, myself. Separate the gens and you've got a label for them. It is counterculture to....older folks.

Funny enough, the hipster way of dress is somewhat mainstream for the younger gen.

 

Same here back in day at Miller. On tap in the lunch room, then they also changed to a couple of cases each month.

 

I guess you remember"Fine Cold Rheingold"

Always Refreshingly Dry. Sorry for getting off topic,I like beer.

 

I'm actually surprised that Vegas doesn't market more to hipsters. Hipsters would look at the fake Paris, fake Egypt, fake NYC, fake Venice, etc. and think it was all "ironic" because they didn't pay attention to the definition of "irony" in high school English class. Whatever. Their money is still green.

 

Isn't that the target demographic for such places as SLS and Cromwell?

 

And Cosmo...wife and I were just there and it was chocked full of hipsters/LA babies/Euro-Trash.

 

Back in the '70's a buddy told me that Rolling Rock was named the #1 brew by readers of High Times magazine when firing up a spleef. Can't find the reference, though. The glass lined tanks of old Latrobe are no more, the brewery was sold to Labatts who then sold off the brand to Anheuser Bush. Production was moved to Newark, NJ then AB was bought by Imbev.

Yuengling is a great story though, during prohibition they made ice cream to survive. They claim to be America's oldest brewery, but Molson disagrees. The current owner, Dick Yuengling pulled the brand from several markets to focus on those on the east coast. They bought an old brewery in Florida (Schlitz?) then built another brewery near their Pottsville, PA base which I think handles just draft beer. Distribution was slowly expanded westward, I think it was re-introduced to Ohio about three or four years ago and Illinois last year. Yuengling derives a higher % of sales from draft which is more profitable, it is frequently available in bars for $2-3 thus appealing to poor college students. It's priced slightly under Bud or similar "premium" brands. Slow growth, under price the national brands, create a buzz by restricting distribution to generate demand, little debt, a decent (not great) product all combined made Dick a billionaire. He has turned down offers to sell out. Another old local PA brewery is Straub based in St Mary's.

 

Wow, thanks hammie. Sounds like Yeungling follows the In N Out style of business. Slow expansion to keep demand up.