Wednesday, July 23, 2008

An Update on the Angry Beer Customer from a Previous Post

Most of the update is actually in the comments section of that post, but here is the icing: since the original post, I found out definitively from Coors that this beer has not been brewed since 2001. Yes, that's right, Angry Beer Customer was completely lying. He did not buy it at our NYC locations, he did not have it on draught anywhere IN THE WORLD since 2001, because COORS BOUGHT THE LABEL AND DISCONTINUED IT. The last cans were sold sometime in 2002, when the supply was depleted from beer warehouses in this country. They felt it would compete too much with the other "Irish" label they own: Killian's. The Caffrey's label was part of a multi-label buyout of/from another global beer importer/distributor/brewing group. It's a mean thing to do, but it happens. This is why you should stop supporting the global beer system and buy local...until the local guys get so big they attract the global beer companies and get bought out. Then it's time to find another local to attach yourself to, and repeat. Or you know, pick up some rudimentary chemistry skills and brew your own fecking beer.

There's talk that supposedly you can still find it in Canada, but I am not driving up there to find out because there is far too much tasty beer closer to home.

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