Featured contributor: Hayes S.
When the Beerluck Constitution was ratified in the Summer of 2006, the founding fathers envisioned protection of the god given right of flavor, complexity, and public urination. As Jefferson had envisioned for our country two hundred years ago, the ideal was an event of independent, small-scale brewers. However, changing times, and political and economic factors are forcing us to reconsider the structure of the organization as a whole, and the judging of inadequate beers. Whereas the Beerluck central authority has traditionally taken a small role in favor of a strong participant-based judicial system, the time has come when the constitution should be amended, or at least have this issue opened to discussion. There are numerous beers that fall in a grey area, whose validity have been continually debated without much consensus. The time is now to set a standard or a scale, and thus I submit to the general Beerluck assembly: the questionable beer list.
Let us decide once and for all, what is acceptable, and what warrants the mystery shot!
Purgatory (additions welcome)
Sierra Nevada
Stella Artois
Becks
Killians Irish Red
Widmer Hefeweizen
Red Stripe
Red Dog
Heineken
Tsingtao
Sapporo
Asahi
Kirin
Modelo (any)
Corona
Dos Equis
Amstel, light
Grolsh
St. Pauli Girl
Yuengling*
Brooklyn Brewery*
* Limit to East coast Beerlucks
Hell:
Bud, lite
Coors, lite
MGD, Lite, High life
PBR (unfortunately)
All non-beer (Bacardi Silver, Smirnoff Twist, Mikes Hard Lemonade)***
All non-alcholic beer***
Tecate
Natty Lite/Ice
Keystone
Steel Reserve**
Pacifico
Fosters
Tequiza ***
Colt 45 (unless paired with 2 zig zags)**/***
Mickeys**
Old English**
** Special consideration given if 6 - 40s are brought, and if that’s how you roll
*** Beers that will place offender in contempt, and shall warrant two shots
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2 comments:
1. I move to remove Sierra Nevada and Brooklyn Brewery from the Purgatory list. While they are indeed "boring" choices that are not in line with Beerluck's mission to explore unusual and lesser-known beers, they do not belong in the same category as Corona and Amstel Light, no matter how you slice it.
2. I move to add ALL light beers to the Hell list. If you have an issue with calories in your beer, your priorities are not in line with the Beerluck credo.
-- Mitch
I don't think Sierra Nevada (I'm really only talking about the Pale Ale here) should be on the purgatory list. I have a few reasons:
1. Respect for your elders (basically, if a brewery starts out small and grows because the demand is there, while keeping the recipe the same, it's only fair for it to be included)
2. It's damn good
3. If we took Sierra off the list, it would only be fair to take off all European breweries that opened before 1979 as well, and I don't think anyone wants that.
There wouldn't even BE a beerluck without Sierra. This is where the whole idea of selling good beer that was actually made in America came from. We'd still be drinking Budweiser, and, shit, probably still living in Ohio without Sierra Nevada. If I hadn't been drawn back out West by that citrusy hops aroma and that refreshingly complex malt taste, and by the promise that there was something better in life to aspire to... I shudder at the thought. Exaggerating a little, but seriously folks, this is THE quintessential West Coast beer... it's something we should all be proud of.
For those not informed of their history, or (incorrectly) thinking that this is an inferior beer (I'm looking you right in the eyes here, Hayes), I invite you to read the following:
http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers?this_cId=&this_style=&cId=&style=97
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_Brewing_Company
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