I Never Thought The Day Would Come.

If there's a "Transplanted Wisconsinite Living In Exile" membership card, I've just lost it.

For those of you who aren't in the know, those are bottles of ::cough, cough:: Budweiser ::spit:: in my refrigerator.  Budgetary concerns precluded our usual Sam Adams¹ the last time we bought beer. ::sob::

It's wet.  It smells like beer.  "It's mild and inoffensive," said Mad Musician. "Kind of like white zinfandel."  It doesn't bear much resemblance at all to the various craft beers, macro-microbrews (like the Sam Adams) and the Wernesgruener Pils (sold at Aldi)² that we usually get, but oh well. Please don't tell any Wisconsin people we know.  They might not let us back over the state line.  (Do we at least get style points for buying bottles?)

1. I had told Mad Musician that Miller has made me sick on occasion, but we should try some domestics to save money. So, he bought Budweiser.

2. We're not actually big fans of Miller, either. However, if forced to choose we would normally buy Miller simply on principle, since it's located in Milwaukee, even though it's no longer a wholly-owned local company. I'm pretty sure the only Budweiser-drinking people in Wisconsin are transplated Flatlanders.

Comments

[Tressa]

Well, I do not drink beer, but I know what you mean about having to down grade due to budgetary concerns. I love my Riesling. I have had to buy the cheaper stuff of late. It isn't awful, but it isn't my favorite either.

[Barb the Evil Genius]

And now I am seeing Laverne and Shirley skipping out of the beer factory, for some reason.

Have you ever tried Great Lakes Brewing Company?

[Chris]

Wernesgrüner @ ALDI, what gives?

How come ALDI sells worse beer in Germany than in the States? Here, they only sell Karlskrone, which is THE WORST beer I have ever had. Skunked straight out of the bottle bad.

- Chris

[Elephantschild]

LOL. They sell Karlskrone, too. We picked the Pils thinking that a cheap pils was better than a cheap lager. Did you know Wernegruner was owned by Bitburger?

Gotta love Wikipedia.

[steve martin]

I live in California (the poorest state in the union)and even I won't drink Bu%$!#$w*%@er.

I'll pray for you.

[Cate Olson]

Hey, if you want to have the Milwaukee tie-in and an affordable good beer, Joe suggests trying the new Schlitz. It's really their original formula and Joe keeps saying how good it is (and buying it to prove his assertion).

[Miss Sniz]

How much cheaper is Budweiser than the beer you get at Aldi's. I'll have to show Rog this post because we, too, are micro-beer and import snobs.

[Roger (Big Doofus)]

Miss Sniz (my wife) spoke out of turn. As evangelicals, our correct response is that we don't drink beer, play cards, gamble, listen to rock music or dance.

Just don't tell anyone that every Monday night I have anywhere from 4-7 guys gather in my basement to responsibly enjoy four out of the five activities I just mentioned above (and we're not doing the Tango down there).

Now, on a more serious note (not really--but I can always aspire to something), I say we take up some sort of a collection to get this family back in good standing with the beer gods. Maybe we can set up an account via PayPal where we can all help out. It's for a good cause.

[Joy]

Try Shiner Bock. It's brewed in Shiner, Tx and my hub loves it.

[Pam]

Schlitz really isn't bad...but after three years in the Holy Purple City, we came to like Budweiser, because everywhere you turned, they were giving it away for FREE. That said...at least you are in the position to drink beer, or wine for that matter!

[Elephantschild]

Pam - Guinness is good for mommies! It's high in anti-oxidants. Obviously, you don't want to be a lush while preggos but one or two a week after the first trimester is not a problem.

Seriously.