 Editor in Chief Bill   | 01 May 2018 5:29 p.m. PST |
Budweiser has revealed its newest addition to the Reserve Collection – a Freedom Reserve Red Lager inspired by a recipe handwritten by first president George Washington… link |
 Cacique Caribe  | 01 May 2018 5:37 p.m. PST |
After he drank it? No thanks! :) Sounds like something out of SNL, about a case of Zima that is drank twice. Dan |
 miniMo | 01 May 2018 5:46 p.m. PST |
I'm still waiting for Billy Beer to come back! Also of historic note, and tastier than beer (especially Billly's), Laird's Applejack recipe is the one that George borrowed for making his own. |
 20thmaine | 01 May 2018 6:06 p.m. PST |
Budweiser ? No thanks, I'm more of a beer drinker…. |
| Winston Smith | 01 May 2018 10:18 p.m. PST |
I'll try it.
But where are Eureka's and Perry's Washington Crossing the Delaware sets? I bought a 6 pack of Billy Beer once in South Carolina. Darned if I remember what it tasted like. |
| FusilierDan | 02 May 2018 4:37 a.m. PST |
The last one in this series did very well at our store. I'm not so sure about this one and feel the marketing is a little over reaching. |
| miniMo | 02 May 2018 8:40 a.m. PST |
Billy Beer was actually pretty foul. Truth to tell, I'ld really just like to have a Billy Beer beer coozy to camouflage a can of better beer than Billy Beer! |
| Joes Shop | 02 May 2018 12:12 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 02 May 2018 1:33 p.m. PST |
Budweiser is fine when it's free. |
| Mick the Metalsmith | 02 May 2018 3:54 p.m. PST |
Budweiser: It's like sex on a boat, too effin' close to water. My German friends drank it AS water. This Washington recipe, I doubt they follow it at all, just slap a label on their normal rice and corn beer and wow the wuffos. If you want good experimental ancient recipes recreated…dogfish head has had some great forays. |
 jhancock | 02 May 2018 7:21 p.m. PST |
Hint of molasses is hardly the same as brewed with molasses. Tasted a Porter brewed exactly from Wasington's favorite recipe using only molasses for the sweetener and it was good! George bought it from a Philly brewer back in the day. |
| dantheman | 02 May 2018 7:27 p.m. PST |
Hard cider was big in Colonial times. Nobody has a decent historical brew for that one. Still waiting…. |
| miniMo | 02 May 2018 8:34 p.m. PST |
Dantheman, there are a lot of good ciders made with heirloom apples if you go hunting! Colonial recipes were farmhouse-specific as everyone largely had whatever random apples grew from seedlings. Newtown Pippins were one of the early popular apples that were shared. A good authentic blend will have some crab-apples mixed in too. They were often used as pollinators in the orchards, and were good for adjusting the flavour if the farm had a lot of spitters that only went into the cider! As I loathe IPA's which is about all that craft beer brewers can think of, I'm very delighted that the Craft Cider market is taking off. : 3 |
| FusilierDan | 03 May 2018 3:54 a.m. PST |
dantheman
Come on up to New York where Ciderys abound.
Check out this one
aaronburrcider.com |
| FusilierDan | 05 May 2018 4:30 a.m. PST |
Drank this last night. It was as to be expected. I won't apply it against my calorie or alcohol allotment again unless I have to. |
| spontoon | 11 May 2018 9:34 a.m. PST |
Got to agree with 20th. Maine!!! |
| Alfie Conn | 11 May 2018 11:49 p.m. PST |
Budweiser is bland , insipid mass produced mediocrity. IPA for me, Suffolk is it's tradition home , with Adnams , St Peter's and a host of micro breweries.
The sceptics have just nicked it and dressed it up as trendy . |
| dantheman | 13 May 2018 12:08 p.m. PST |
Thanks for cider hints, more welcome. There was a cider mill near my house during the AWI. During the battle of the Short Hills, the British drank some, took what was left, and destroyed the mill. All we got left now is a stupid road (Lambert's Mill Road) named after it. |
| 95th Division | 14 May 2018 6:21 a.m. PST |
'Tasted a Porter brewed exactly from Wasington's favorite recipe '
Was that Yards Gen Washington's Tavern Porter? |
