Hipsters Ain't What They Used To Be.

[LikeItWasSodaPop]

I'm sure Callemox is not talking about me, but I did just refer to a particular tasting as EPIC. See here:

http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15847&page=2

And tell me if there is a better way to describe it.

J

[tmckenzie]

PBR with a shot of red gag. Wow, I cannot imagine what his stomach feels like. PBR I like. Drank a whole 6 pack of the tall boys Saturday cutting my lawn. Don't want that other crap though.

[MarkEdwards]

I think "kids these days" as a general rule know more about bourbon than they did, say, 10 years ago when I was one of them.

F'rinstance, it is no longer popular lore that you can get pregnant from the rim of a cocktail glass.

[MarkEdwards]

While I know it's considered a hipster beer, having tasted and aged some of the finest beers in the world, I can securely say that I love a PBR from time to time.. so what?

I hated PBR before it was hip to hate PBR. :lol:

[MarkEdwards]

Pabst, Stroh's, Old Milwaukee, Shlitz, Milwaukee's Best...and many more in the brewery graveyards. It's a cyclical evolution that plays out in every aspect of life.

I rather liked Strohs. At least the version I had in a big plastic cup at the ballpark in Indianapolis.

[ratcheer]

I am old, definitely not a hipster. But I have been wanting to try the new PBR to see if it tastes anything like it did back in my day. The same goes for the new Schlitz. Of course, I have seen neither on the shelves in my part of the country.

Tim

[flintlock]

Here's where I go for really hilarious hipster watching. This guy is genuinely funny if you work your way through his blog. It helps if you understand bicycling as it's mostly centered around the trends associated with urban bicycling culture, which is fertile soil for irony.

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/

And for fun, google "urban lumberjacks".

Flock of birds...herd of cattle...what about an "affectation of hipsters?"

[Tucker]

Hipster Traps Appear Around New York City

http://laughingsquid.com/hipster-trap/

[mrviognier]

PBR is this generation's Rolling Rock, which was the last generation's Bartles & James...

Could be worse. You could go to China and pay $44 for a bottle of PBR. At least they had the good sense to put it in a sexy bottle. :grin:

[AaronWF]

In a Chicago hipster bar last night, where the beer of choice seemed to cans of PBR (the Bud Light of hipsters). Saw a guy order his with a shot of Red Stag. I don't think he sensed my opprobrium.

You can blame only yourself for setting foot in that 'hipster' bar.

I'll take a PBR over a Miller, Bud or god forbid Old Style any day of the week/month/year/century. When I go to a bar with my buddy who makes very little money, PBR is what he drinks so as to afford to keep up the pace; some people can't afford $6-$9 beers all night.

As for the Red Stag... Hipsters are lucky their manifesto recommends PBR, but if Stag is listed in their book as well, I can only feel sorry for em.

[stevegoz]

PBR?

(Link NSFW)

[callmeox]

If we aren't supposed to paint with a broad brush, why do they sell them?

[smokinjoe]

Ah, "Hipsters". So, that's what these people are called. I Googled it, and the listings in Urban Dictionary.com range from informative to absolutely hilarious. Also, add me to the list of opprobrium Googlers. Had to Google trucker hat, too. When I read what it was, I panicked, and went tearing through my closet fearing that I might have one. :eek: Whew!! I think I'm alright. It's a Tatuaje hat. It does have mesh, but it's not foam in the front. Please tell me I'm OK, with this?

[Josh]

I'm still waiting for Funknik to post in this thread...

[pepcycle]

It appears the hipsters may be onto something.

In the last three homebrew contests I judged, light lagers, Helles and light hybrids have prevailed at Best of Show tables.

Seems that the American Palate (Palette?) is evolving. The micro model of too much something to the point of absurd imbalance is on its way out.

The search is now on for cleaner, dryer, lighter, lower alcohol (session) beers.

Another emerging trend is more craft brewed beer in cans!!!

BTW: PBR consistently gets recognition for its style at major international and domestic competitions when tasted blindly.

BTW2: Old Style, Old Milwaukee, Ranier, PBR are all brewed by Pabst Brewing Company and I expect more 50's brands to reappear.

[cowdery]

One small defense of PBR. It's cheap.

The bar? High Dive on Chicago. I rather liked it but we had issues with a few of the patrons.

I, by the way, was drinking Old Overholt neat.

[callmeox]

The Your Dad's Beer stand at Progressive Field is dedicated to the old brands. Among the brands they sell there are Strohs, Blatz, Genesee, Little Kings, PBR, Iron City, Busch, Schaefer, Carlings Black Label and others.

At 4.50 a can, they are the cheapest beers in the park.

[DeanSheen]

The Your Dad's Beer stand at Progressive Field is dedicated to the old brands. Among the brands they sell there are Strohs, Blatz, Genesee, Little Kings, PBR, Iron City, Busch, Schaefer, Carlings Black Label and others.

At 4.50 a can, they are the cheapest beers in the park.

And this stand first appeared two years ago at Browns Stadium in the club section.

At the Jake, I go with the Bud draft by gate A. That Bud in plastic bottles is horrible.

[MarkEdwards]

One small defense of PBR. It's cheap.

The bar? High Dive on Chicago. I rather liked it but we had issues with a few of the patrons.

I, by the way, was drinking Old Overholt neat.

Does that come in a can?! :cool:

[Josh]

I, by the way, was drinking Old Overholt neat.

The PBR of ryes. DISCUSS.

[CorvallisCracker]

The Jägerbomb (Red Bull with a shot of Jägermeister) is no longer it?

I am so out of touch.

[Josh]

The Jägerbomb (Red Bull with a shot of Jägermeister) is no longer it?

I am so out of touch.

Those are for D-bags, not hipster d-bags. Get with it.

[OscarV]

This whole PRR revival is kinda embarrassing.

Back in the day, (I said back in the day, that is such low life trailer trash talk),...(ya know it's also ghetto project talk),...OK back on topic.

Back in the 1960's Pabst Blue Ribbon was the beer of choice by the blue collar crowd.

You know the hard hat wearers with American flags stuck on them, remember the country song "Red Necks, White Socks And Blue Ribbon Beer"? I try to forget it.

Some say these kids drink PBR because their parents drink lite/light beers.

And they are drinking their Grand-Father's beer not their Father's.

I have been in the beer business since I was 15 years old in retail and wholesale.

Beer drinkers are the most image conscious of all alcohol drinkers.

About a decade ago a bar in Manhattan, NY carried PBR as the only domestic and it became a national trend.

Here is the funny thing about the whole situation, these kids will swear that PBR is the nectar of the Gods and at the same time say Budweiser is rot gut swill unfit for human consuption.

OK,OK there is a difference between PBR and Bud but it sure as hell isn't a canyon of chasms different between the two.

But this isn't the first generation to let their taste buds be fooled by image.

Back in the 1980's Stroh's was the number one seller on the campus of U of M in Ann Arbor. Stroh's and Bud are diferent but not by much and we couldn't give Bud away to those students.

So A-B did a poll on UM campus and found out that the students didn't drink Bud because it was associated with "blue collar" people and Stroh's was a cool because of it's locality.

Remember the movie "Urban Cowboy"? Before that came out long necks were almost history, but guess what? Everyone wanted to look like a Cowboy and wrap a couple of fingers around the neck and cop a cool lean, it helped his self image.

So let me sum up.

Let beer drinkers drink the beer they want cuz 98% of the time it don't make sense to not only you but also to them.

[Ian S.]

The hipsters here in Austin drink Lone Star and Bulleit.

[jcg9779]

The hipsters here in Austin drink Lone Star and Bulleit.

Lone Star isn't just a hipster beer...I definitely drank my fill of that back in college when I just up the road from you in Wacky Waco. I still think it's a pretty good beer....or maybe it just takes me back to those fun college days! :cool: