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Redleg

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7. I remember how happy I was years ago when Sam Adams came to our local stores

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Mon Oct 27, 2025, 01:19 PM

Oct 27

I was in Utah, which most people understand to be behind the times in regard to anything involving alcohol. Anyway, premium beers for us were Michelob and Lowenbrau. The state-run liquor stores did have a decent selection of imports like Guinness, Samuel Smith, etc., but nearly no U.S. made craft beers. The local grocery stores could not legally sell any beers having over 3.2% alcohol, which eliminated a good many beers.

Believe it or not, the craft beer industry in Utah really boomed when the state decided that they could sell Utah made beers of higher alcohol content in the stores. Oh happy day!

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🍻Happy American Beer Day!🍻 [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Oct 27 OP

Bell's beer...brewed in Michigan. MiHale Oct 27 #1

🍻 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 27 #2

The only American beers I've had that were really good Oeditpus Rex Oct 27 #3

🍻 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 27 #4

I'll never try to correct someone on a matter of taste, but it falls to me to mention that Guinness isn't British. Harker Oct 27 #9

It's alright if we consume foreign beers, as long as we do it in America, correct? Paladin Oct 27 #5

🍻 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 27 #6

I remember how happy I was years ago when Sam Adams came to our local stores Redleg Oct 27 #7

🍻 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 27 #8

Many wonderful small brewerie all over this wonderful country of ours. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 27 #10

🍻 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 27 #11

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