91606 Tue Aug 17 12:23:01 -0700 2004 30 5 Texas 0 503447 Is Lonestar really what people drink in Texas, or is that just a myth? Are there any good Texas-made beers that people drink in Texas that are better than Lonestar? Thanks. Tue Aug 17 12:23:01 -0700 2004 0 BeerBoy 1 503448 lonestar (shudder).... Shiner! I especially like the Shiner Blonde. Tue Aug 17 13:09:00 -0700 2004 503447 0 amysuehere 2 503449 Ditto Shiner, especially the Bock for me. Shiner's hands down the beer I see ordered more than any other here in Texas. Tue Aug 17 13:10:37 -0700 2004 503448 0 Greg Spence 3 503451 omg. say it aint so! we agree on something. lol Tue Aug 17 14:05:23 -0700 2004 503449 0 amysuehere 4 503453 Now if we can just go to Mirabelle together so you can show me what's not to like! Tue Aug 17 14:27:36 -0700 2004 503451 0 Greg Spence 5 503455 lol. why Greg, are you asking me OUT? what would my husband say? lol. Tue Aug 17 15:09:48 -0700 2004 503453 0 amysuehere 6 503493 Redfaced reply: Hopefully "This food is terriffic." from across the table. Wed Aug 18 13:26:54 -0700 2004 503455 0 Greg Spence 7 503496 funny boy! kiss. Wed Aug 18 14:30:05 -0700 2004 503493 0 amysuehere 8 503497 (can't believe rudeboy hasn't chimed in yet - he's always first for a good flirt...lol) Wed Aug 18 14:33:20 -0700 2004 503496 0 amysuehere 9 506074 (loneStar Beer)??? OK! Can't find it in Corsicana Texas. So where? Sun Feb 20 12:24:59 -0800 2005 503497 0 Patrick 5 503461 The serve our Amber Ale there! Tue Aug 17 16:17:06 -0700 2004 503453 0 Frank M 3 503454 I hardly think that Shiner outsells Budweiser and Miller. Tue Aug 17 14:36:23 -0700 2004 503449 0 Scagnetti 4 503457 My theory is that the only Lone Star that gets sold is to tourists, filmmakers, and expatriates that come home for a visit and think the longneck six pack will look darling on the shelf in the Texas-themed den. And I'm close to damn sure no one actually drinks it. ;-) A straw poll of my (admittedly uncouth) circle of friends would probably come out with Bud or Coors Light on top. Tue Aug 17 15:24:03 -0700 2004 503454 0 Shan 5 503477 I have to add my two cents being that I'm a native Texan with my lineage going back over 150 years. So with that said, my family has enjoyed Lone Star for decades. My father (age 70) only drinks Lone Star and my grandfather used to drink his hot out of the back of his pickup. My dad is not a hipster by any stretch of the imagination - just a country boy who enjoys Lone Star. I can't imagine ever buying him anything different. Shiner does nothing for him and for years it was too small a brewry to have any consistency. So sometimes a good batch, sometimes bad. Lone Star was always consistent. I have to say Lone Star is as Texan as it gets. Many more people enjoy it that are not visitors to our state. Tue Aug 17 23:26:23 -0700 2004 503457 0 lily dale 6 503506 Thanks Lily. I'll stick with Shiner though, thank you very much! Wed Aug 18 18:15:58 -0700 2004 503477 0 Fran 4 503492 I'm sorry, I thought we were discussing native Texas labels. Wed Aug 18 13:12:18 -0700 2004 503454 0 Greg Spence 1 503450 For $3.19 for a six-pack of tallboys, there is no better VALUE in Texas than Lone Star. Sure, there are plenty of better beers in Texas, but I'll drink up Lone Star in a heartbeat. People laugh, but I think it's a fine beer for drinking. No it's not a "fine handcrafted beer", but no other beer can claim to be the "National Beer of Texas". There are plenty of other Texas beers out there...Real Ale, out of Blanco, Texas, makes a great one: Full Moon Pale Rye Ale. Houston's Saint Arnold's Brewery makes some good beers too. They're distributed all over Texas, I believe. My favorite is their Amber. I haven't tried their new Elissa IPA yet... Tue Aug 17 13:14:29 -0700 2004 503447 0 Jesse James 2 503456 LS gets a bad rap for some reason. For me it is what Old Style is in Chicago. Now that Celis is brewed out of state Saint Arnolds has to be the best brewed here. Tue Aug 17 15:21:55 -0700 2004 503450 0 John Scar 3 503459 OK, another LS theory, this time why it gets a bad rap - Texans can, at times, be almost paranoid about being labeled as "rednecks" and distance ourselves from the yeehaw-factor as much as we can. We'll argue and debate proper chili, as long as we can chowhoundishly bandy about a pinch of cinnamon or a smidgeon of anchovy paste or whatever else god-awful thing we try - but gods-help-us if we admit that the second best thing to a great pot of chili is the Frito Pie you make out of the very last bowlful. Lone Star is probably a decent beer - I wouldn't know, the last time "I" had Lone Star I was 17, living in Connecticut and you-guessed-it, helping to empty out bottles to put on my step-brother's "beer wall." By the way - I'm Shan, from out near Abilene, kinda barging in and saying hello all at once. ;-) Tue Aug 17 15:47:05 -0700 2004 503456 0 Shan 4 503462 well howdy, Shan. Welcome to the Frey. Tue Aug 17 16:19:04 -0700 2004 503459 0 amysuehere 5 503463 Thanks for the welcome. I doubt I'll have much to add, though, aside from the occasional sly comment or two - my recent dining experiences have largely centered around a steakhouse *chain* for heavens' sake! Tue Aug 17 16:43:39 -0700 2004 503462 0 Shan 6 503464 omgosh...i'm sorry. Tue Aug 17 16:48:58 -0700 2004 503463 0 amysuehere 7 503465 ::: sigh ::: I know. The scary part is that I'm starting to not just like it, but love it. It's okay, though - this too shall pass. ;-) Tue Aug 17 16:54:41 -0700 2004 503464 0 Shan 1 503458 I've lived here for about 4 years and the beer I see being ordered the most here in San Antonio is Miller Lite. I'm just talking about restaurants and some bars(non-gentlemans clubs....:>)). Tue Aug 17 15:34:46 -0700 2004 503447 0 OETex 1 503460 Yes, I and many people I know drink it. Its usually cheap and taste better than Bud, Coors, or MGD. It also seems have some sort of hipster appeal based on my observations. Tue Aug 17 15:51:59 -0700 2004 503447 0 Marquee 1 503469 Lonestar? Nothing but Pearl Light for me - the Gennesee of Texas. Tue Aug 17 17:56:19 -0700 2004 503447 0 LazyMF 2 503475 unfortunately I can't find the Pearl stubbies with the riddle's. Those were awesome! Tue Aug 17 22:55:48 -0700 2004 503469 0 John Scar 1 503473 My brother has been drinking Lone Star Light pretty much exclusively for the last 8 or so years. Of course, this started for him in college when he lived with 4 other guys. Whatever beer he would bring home and put in the fridge was quickly finished off by his roommates.....until he bought the LSL. Not a one would touch it. He said he even started to like it about 6 months later. Tue Aug 17 19:16:53 -0700 2004 503447 0 Nacho 1 503474 When I moved down here from CT 8 years ago, I stumbled (pun intended) onto Shiner Bock and immediately adopted it as my beer of preference. I enjoy Shiner Blonde quite a bit too but I have to say I'm pretty disappointed by Shiner Light. I thought the Light Beer would help me to maintain my girlish figure, but the heck with it - I'm back to the Bock and Blonde. Frank M - for what it's worth I'm stopping and picking up a six pack of St Arnolds on the way home from work tonight, so your shameless plugs were effective!!! I don't think I've tried it before, so I'll report back to you and let you know what I think. Tue Aug 17 19:34:57 -0700 2004 503447 0 Chuck 1 503478 Isn't Lone Star just a "virtual brand" now, part of the Pabst portfolio of in-name-only regional labels (including the various beers formerly produced by Pabst, Stroh, Heileman, Schlitz, among others), all of which are contract-brewed by Miller? I think Pabst also owns the Pearl name. Wed Aug 18 03:04:34 -0700 2004 503447 0 chengdude 2 503479 Thant's pretty much it! Wed Aug 18 06:57:11 -0700 2004 503478 0 Frank M