and there's your catch. the ad depicted in the Vital Vegas story notes that the bar has craft beers.... which would lead one to assume that craft beers are 5 cents. i know better than to expect every beer is a nickel, but i thought they'd do better than one macro-brewed light beer. silly me.
I was guessing they'd be serving 8 oz drafts, or something small. Either way, that's a great deal.
About 5 years ago, I sat at the bar at the Golden Gate, put a $20 in, and ordered a Blue Moon. Bartendress tells me "We don't comp imports." I inform her they're brewed in Denver. She goes and gets someone whom I assume is a supervisor. He affirms my fact. I get beer comped. Yay.
i know exactly what they mean. if you enjoy a world where we use incorrect terms, more power to you.You probably aren't the only one, but wah wah wah...you know what they mean, so pay 5 cents for Miller or 5 bucks for your craft beer. Easy peasy.
you raise another good point. the term micro-brew was the term of choice, and i was once told by a brewery tour guide that it was a bit arbitrary of a term. the guide said that his brewery fit in the common definition of a micro-brewer, but it wasn't their goal to remain a micro-brewery. i'm guessing craft beer became a popular term because it sounds swanky, and it doesn't describe the quantity of product produced in any given year. it's no secret the major breweries are producing products with craft beer marketing, given the dent they've seen in their market share during the past decade plus.
When I go there now, I usually don't order bottled beer. I most often order a Shock-Top on tap or Jim Beam & diet cola, depending on how drunk I am.
