A reader writes in asking:"What do we know about ICE beer and the retailers in the neighborhood who sell it?
Aside from being a “Union Made” “Damned Good Beer," as the manufacturer’s logos claim on the can, it must be a cheap, high-alcohol brew (6.2% ABV or approx. 4.96% ABW) because I constantly find discarded, empty ICE cans next to the discarded, empty 40-ounce beer bottles on Park District grounds where our homeless alcoholics imbibe. The DamnGoodBeer.com website printed on the can is a dead link. The brewer, Minhas Brewers of Monroe, Wisconsin, claims to be a brewer of fine craft beers, yet does it does not list its damned fine ICE product on its website."
From Beer Expert - Ice Beer:
"If someone wants cheap beer that has strength, such a drinker is obviously looking for a cheap buzz. Some go for the same dull and cheap American-style lager that has that extra kick to it. The American Ice Lager is just that. Ice beers did not fill any void in the market; the style pretty much pushed its way into an over-bloated market of same style, different-worded beer brands. Drinkers are buying them basically to just go home and get shitty."
Sounds great! I hope someone can tell us where to pick some up!
ReplyDeleteICE isn't the only easy buzz favorite of Uptownies.
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In other words, the cheap brew of choice for college kids and "hipsters" who want to distance themselves from Pabst.
ReplyDeleteI`ll keep to my special export dark. I drank some and will never change my brew. The only ice I want is the kind you get from the freezer.............
ReplyDeletehttp://www.damngoodbeer.ca/
ReplyDeleteClear Crest Ice, proudly brewed by the Mountain Crest Brewing Company.
I think this is rather a moot point. Whether it be an "Ice Beer", or multiple bottles of Vics Cough Syrup....there are people who need to chemically escape their grim surroundings.
ReplyDeleteThere's alot of 'good' in Uptown, but there's also alot of 'grim'.
It's called "bottle return law", Chicago. Peak a little further out of your iron barred windows and get with the rest of the country (and try being truly "green").
ReplyDeleteAgreed. There is an easy way to have a cleaner city. Pay people money for trash. The homeless clean up the streets and make some minimal amount of money while doing it. I cannot imagine why people appose these proposals when they are brought up. Ignorance is America's biggest problem.
ReplyDeleteUp until the late 90's King Cobra and Old English were like a dollar a 40 ounce. One would find the empty bottles all over Uptown...
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