LOL
Nice one Subby
You must either be from MO or at least driven through it.

submitter: Also wants orange construction barrels to be official state icon and steel plates to be official way to fix potholes

No, that would be New York.

//lived there, live in STL now.

darkhorse23: submitter: Also wants orange construction barrels to be official state icon and steel plates to be official way to fix potholes

No, that would be New York.

//lived there, live in STL now.

i don't know about st. louis right now, but the headline is entirely accurate for kc. driving around here sucks

FTA: A state lawmaker wants to give the "King of Beers" its own kingdom by making Budweiser the official beer of Missouri.

OMG, a new political trend. Next, Colorado will make Coors its official state beer and so on.

I guess, the big question next is: Will New York make MD 20-20 its official state wine?

Kansas City: The Front-End Alignment Capital of the World

Missouri has a state dinosaur? I thought people in the midwest didn't believe in those things.

As one of fark's beer snobs, may I remind the state that Budweiser is some nasty brown rice drink and calling it a beer should be a capital crime.

"We've got a state dinosaur, a state frog, a state reptile, a state flower, a state nut, but no one has given a thought to a company that's been in Missouri for many, many years and is bringing prosperity to our state and manufacturing a product in our state that many people enjoy," Dougherty said.

Enough said.

Approves.

If Missouri is going to have an official state beer that is brewed in Missouri then it better be Schlafly, thank you very much.

As a St. Louisan, I have to add that there is a significant portion of the population that will not drink that crap.

Schlafly is from St. Louis and produces a decent product. Also, Boulevard in Kansas City makes some pretty good beer.

The best AB products in my opinion are AmberBock (it's pretty good for an AB product) and Kirin Ichiban (brewed under authority).

Shrugging Atlas: If Missouri is going to have an official state beer that is brewed in Missouri then it better be Schlafly, thank you very much.

fenianfark: Schlafly is from St. Louis and produces a decent product.

no argument here. damn good beer. fun place for a fark party too


/click

Here's my vote.

Oh yeah, I can't forget O'Fallon Brewery either. They make a mean 5-Day IPA.

I wasn't aware there was a better beer than Budweiser.

I've tried obscure micro-brews, I liked Dos Equis for a while, Rolling Rock is great, Moosehead, Sam Adams has some good stuff, Amber Bock, but for the price + alcohol content + taste, I keep coming back to Budweiser.

Shrugging Atlas: If Missouri is going to have an official state beer that is brewed in Missouri then it better be Schlafly, thank you very much.

This. Schlafly is some good stuff. Not Abita but not bad.

I figured it was at least the official St. Louis beer. Mandatory in all the bars.

/don't drink alcohol.

If you're looking for high alcohol content in beer, try Unibreu. It's approximately 8% or 9% per bottle.

KC for Guinness. No, wait a sec, I actually like Boulevard Stout better. Damn.

So, they want to use a stolen brand name and formula as their state beer?

Case Study of Budejovicky Budvar vs Anheuser-Busch

I knew I'd see Schlafly and Boulevard here before even clicking on the thread. And yes, driving around this area is a farking hazard to your health. At least the signs on the freeway were finally updated around 2005-2006. Before then, half the signs MODOT used were these dim contraptions with letters screwed into place and made "reflective" with these shiddy screw hole covers. The finished product was about as visible as an outdoor market to an octogenarian behind the wheel of a Crown Vic... or maybe speed limits signs on St. Charles Rock.

/I-64 FTW!
//Almost shiat a brick the first time I drove over one of those steel plates.

xkillyourfacex: I wasn't aware there was a better beer than Budweiser.

I've tried obscure micro-brews, I liked Dos Equis for a while, Rolling Rock is great, Moosehead, Sam Adams has some good stuff, Amber Bock, but for the price + alcohol content + taste, I keep coming back to Budweiser.

Not sure if you're trolling, but Anheuser-Busch does better beers than Budweiser. I got sick of the aftertaste not too long after my first six pack - it's akin to what I imagine formaldehyde would taste like. When I want a cheap beer, I reach for the best. I reach for the only one with NATURAL carbonation. I reach for a BUSCH.

/likes the good stuff too, don't worry
//like rauchbier - it tastes like bacon
///mmm bacon and slashies ftw

Megain: darkhorse23: submitter: Also wants orange construction barrels to be official state icon and steel plates to be official way to fix potholes

No, that would be New York.

//lived there, live in STL now.

i don't know about st. louis right now, but the headline is entirely accurate for kc. driving around here sucks

Not fixing potholes is Columbia and Mayor Hind-end. He's so into "green" biking to work that, I guess he's decided not to fix the potholes in the road. He's a jack@ss.

Goes well with a plate of Kansas City burnt ends.

Being a KC resident, this HAS to be a candidate for headline of the year.

And yes, Boulevard Dry Stout > Guiness.

/Pale Ale + Dry Stout = KC Black&Tan
//Delicious

Megain: darkhorse23: submitter: Also wants orange construction barrels to be official state icon and steel plates to be official way to fix potholes

No, that would be New York.

//lived there, live in STL now.

i don't know about st. louis right now, but the headline is entirely accurate for kc. driving around here sucks

The bridge on Blue Parkway is the bane of my existance.

Shrugging Atlas: If Missouri is going to have an official state beer that is brewed in Missouri then it better be SchlaflyBoulevard Wheat, thank you very much.


Fixed that for you

Shrugging Atlas: If Missouri is going to have an official state beer that is brewed in Missouri then it better be Schlafly BOULEVARD, thank you very much.

FTFY

The concept of official state beers conjures forth memories of "Idiocracy".

I came in here to mention Schlafly's, but Megain beat me to it.

/Their Java Stout is delicious. :9

irockalot: Here's my vote.


Boulevard thread!

/My vote as well
//agrees with headline
///STL born and raised, Co-Mo schooled
////slash-tastic

Not to threadjack this away from the beer snobs but...

Can this guy be serious? His comparison to of a state beer to a state frog etc is bullshiat. One is a megacorp. brand and the others are just stuff.

He wants the state to advertise for Budweiser. Can I get that with my state endorsed pretzels? If he were proposing the state drink to be beer then fine but he is giving one company preference at a state level. Anheuser-Busch may be a good employer and good contributor to his campaign funds but this just seems like a politician being an outright corporate shill.

/back to discussing random beer
//slashies

Jakevol2: Shrugging Atlas: If Missouri is going to have an official state beer that is brewed in Missouri then it better be SchlaflyBoulevard Wheat, thank you very much.


Fixed that for you

Now That's What I Call a Taco!: Shrugging Atlas: If Missouri is going to have an official state beer that is brewed in Missouri then it better be Schlafly BOULEVARD, thank you very much.

FTFY

You Missouri West Coast crazies can shut your whore mouths!

Kidding aside, Boulevard is all I drink when I'm in KC, and I drink it on occasion here as well for a change.

Let us take this opportunity to stand together in agreement and state whatever the end result, the official Missouri beer should not be farking Budweiser.

Shrugging Atlas: You Missouri West Coast crazies can shut your whore mouths!

Hey, tell us about St. Louis-style BBQ. I always get a kick out of that.

/Game 7!

Faddy:
Can this guy be serious? His comparison to of a state beer to a state frog etc is bullshiat. One is a megacorp. brand and the others are just stuff.


He's a MO politician. 'Nuff said.

/I live in KC and I approve of this message.
//subby

Shrugging Atlas:
Let us take this opportunity to stand together in agreement and state whatever the end result, the official Missouri beer should not be farking Budweiser.

Amen to that. When I did the Katy Trail with friends (mostly KC and Lawrence, but one StL County), we made the agreement to only drink Schlafly east of Jeff City and Boulevard west of Jeff City.

What about the potholes they fill in with too much? Like making your car jerk to the right instead of the left is any better for it...

And hopefully I don't get my St. Louis citizenship revoked for stating that Budweiser/Bud Light/Busch/Busch Light/Bud Select all taste like piss. Out of A-B's stuff, I only actually enjoy Michelob's stuff.

What a great idea! Then they can make cannabis indica the state flower!

Lawnchair: Shrugging Atlas:
Let us take this opportunity to stand together in agreement and state whatever the end result, the official Missouri beer should not be farking Budweiser.

Amen to that. When I did the Katy Trail with friends (mostly KC and Lawrence, but one StL County), we made the agreement to only drink Schlafly east of Jeff City and Boulevard west of Jeff City.

So what do you drink in Columbia, north of Jeff City?

///suggests Flat Branch downtown if you like beer.

glassa:
Amen to that. When I did the Katy Trail with friends (mostly KC and Lawrence, but one StL County), we made the agreement to only drink Schlafly east of Jeff City and Boulevard west of Jeff City.

So what do you drink in Columbia, north of Jeff City?

///suggests Flat Branch downtown if you like beer.

We were biking/camping the trail which doesn't directly go through Columbia. In a proper college town, yes, you'd go to the brewpub (Flat Branch, Free State in Lawrence, the Great Dane in Madison, etc).

The weird thing is that Dougherty is from Independence, not the STL area.

we have the worst roads in the history of pavement.

stl, missery, middle-west, USA.

Doesn't STL still have that state highway which is just a closed down bridge?

Well, I'm from Missouri, and I can tell you what the official beer is in the southeastern area of the state:



Steak
Taters
And
Gravy...

FTW!

adammpower: we have the worst roads in the history of pavement.

Some friends and I were driving to St. Louis one night for a Cards-Royals game when we passed a huge billboard that said only "Jesus". 100 yds later, the six lane interstate converged to 2 lanes with no warning. Thanks for the warning Jesus, and fark you MoDOT!

Mentat: Shrugging Atlas: You Missouri West Coast crazies can shut your whore mouths!

Hey, tell us about St. Louis-style BBQ. I always get a kick out of that.

/Game 7!

St. Louis style BBQ?

I have to be honest I don't think I've ever once heard anyone reference St. Louis style BBQ, so I think you are more than likely confused. I don't even know where you would find such a thing--there are no BBQ joints in St. Louis that I'm even aware of that aren't just part of some national chain. There was about a 12 year stretch where I was away at college and working in NYC and Europe so perhaps it was just a fad that came and went in the mid 90s?

As for your game 7 comment, I'll grant you that. Then again, I'm also thankful I don't have to hang my hat on the fact the most recent championship my town won came during the first term of the Reagan Administration.

Megain: darkhorse23: submitter: Also wants orange construction barrels to be official state icon and steel plates to be official way to fix potholes

No, that would be New York.

//lived there, live in STL now.

i don't know about st. louis right now, but the headline is entirely accurate for kc. driving around here sucks

Jakevol2: Shrugging Atlas: If Missouri is going to have an official state beer that is brewed in Missouri then it better be SchlaflyBoulevard Wheat, thank you very much.


Fixed that for you

I've never done this before, so excuse me if I do it wrong.

THIS. Especially in the summer. I love sitting on the patio of a few different bars on the plaza or in westport when it's 100 degrees outside and knocking down some Bully Wheats. I REALLY miss the Ten Penny Ale. It used to be insanely popular until people found out it was only like 2.8%.

the real question is, how does Missouri not have its own tag yet? We garner nearly as many articles as Florida, now.

Shrugging Atlas: St. Louis style BBQ?

I hadn't heard of it either until I saw it advertised in Knoxville, TN. Needless to say, I LOL'd.

As for your game 7 comment, I'll grant you that. Then again, I'm also thankful I don't have to hang my hat on the fact the most recent championship my town won came during the first term of the Reagan Administration.

But by god, we made the most of it!

Shrugging Atlas: Mentat: Shrugging Atlas: You Missouri West Coast crazies can shut your whore mouths!

Hey, tell us about St. Louis-style BBQ. I always get a kick out of that.

/Game 7!

St. Louis style BBQ?

I have to be honest I don't think I've ever once heard anyone reference St. Louis style BBQ, so I think you are more than likely confused. I don't even know where you would find such a thing--there are no BBQ joints in St. Louis that I'm even aware of that aren't just part of some national chain. There was about a 12 year stretch where I was away at college and working in NYC and Europe so perhaps it was just a fad that came and went in the mid 90s?

As for your game 7 comment, I'll grant you that. Then again, I'm also thankful I don't have to hang my hat on the fact the most recent championship my town won came during the first term of the Reagan Administration.

Don't forget the blown call. We'll take it though. I just wish we could get better a better owner.