RobertN
Super Member
We went to the Folsom Pro Rodeo last night to watch some great rodeo action and see fireworks. It was really a good show; Folsom has had this 3-day 4th of July rodeo for over 50 years. Folsom is about 20 minutes outside of Sacramento, Ca.
Well, we're watching some great bull riding, and the mutton bustin. They had some great riders. We were thirsty from all the action, so I went to get a couple of beers and waters. This is a PRCA rodeo, sponsored by Coors...
Great googly wooglies! They gouged me for $5/beer. That's $10 for beer for my wife and I! The Folsom Police were in attendance; I was about to have them arrest the beer folks for grand larceny robbery!
And then, get this... the lady asks if I want regular or light? Now, I have drank beer for over 20 years, and 18 of that brewed some mighty fine stuff of my own. I honestly can not tell the difference between Coors and Coors Light, nor Bud or Bud Light.
I can't figure what makes a Coors worth $5. It's corn beer, so it should be cheap. Instead of only using the finest barley, Coors uses a lot of corn sugar in thier beer. Bud does the same, except they are a rice beer. Corn and Rice are a lot cheaper than using straight barley grains for the beer.
Now I know, there are lots of folks who like Coors and Bud, but because of the use of corn and rice, it should cost half what it does.
Now, don't get me wrong. I like beer, and do not mind paying for a good beer(Coors and Bud are actually good consitent examples of thier style of beer...). But, for $5 I expect a nice pale ale, or marzen, or a nice kolsch.
It was still a good night though. The mutton buster riders beat out the bull rider by a big margin!
Well, we're watching some great bull riding, and the mutton bustin. They had some great riders. We were thirsty from all the action, so I went to get a couple of beers and waters. This is a PRCA rodeo, sponsored by Coors...
Great googly wooglies! They gouged me for $5/beer. That's $10 for beer for my wife and I! The Folsom Police were in attendance; I was about to have them arrest the beer folks for grand larceny robbery!
And then, get this... the lady asks if I want regular or light? Now, I have drank beer for over 20 years, and 18 of that brewed some mighty fine stuff of my own. I honestly can not tell the difference between Coors and Coors Light, nor Bud or Bud Light.
I can't figure what makes a Coors worth $5. It's corn beer, so it should be cheap. Instead of only using the finest barley, Coors uses a lot of corn sugar in thier beer. Bud does the same, except they are a rice beer. Corn and Rice are a lot cheaper than using straight barley grains for the beer.
Now I know, there are lots of folks who like Coors and Bud, but because of the use of corn and rice, it should cost half what it does.
Now, don't get me wrong. I like beer, and do not mind paying for a good beer(Coors and Bud are actually good consitent examples of thier style of beer...). But, for $5 I expect a nice pale ale, or marzen, or a nice kolsch.
It was still a good night though. The mutton buster riders beat out the bull rider by a big margin!