E-rock Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) See attachment for full sized chart: On New Years we determined the best shitty beer. The format was a seeded tournament with 2 brackets, 10 contestants, and all cans were duct-taped to disguise each contestant and ensure scientific rigor. I proclaimed that none involved may ever buy another canned beer again, except for the winner of this competition. However, a few flaws in the process may absolve us all of this responsibility: 1. A few notable contestants were absent (The Beast, Coors, Labatt, are there others?) 2. We mixed styles. Rather than stick to the base model of each manufacturer and/or brand we mixed in light beers and ice beers. Not surprisingly, neither "style" fared well. 3. The seeding system was rigged to favor my favorite, which was robbed anyway (see below). 4. PBR is notoriously difficult to find in Western New York. Therefore, the 12 pack of contestants traveled for a half-hour in a warm car and arrived 2 hours before the competition. The rest of the contestants spent 4 long hours in 20-degree temps on the back porch. Warm(ish) shitty beer tastes worse than cold shitty beer. Also, PBR was unfavorably matched up in an early round against an unknown darkhorse (Old Milwaukee) that the seeding panel had not tasted in years and consequently underrated. 5. Nothing can cleanse your pallet when drinking liquid aluminum like Icehouse and Natty Ice. Nothing. So, keeping all of that in mind. Budweiser was the clear winner, and I doubt Coors or The Beast would have fared any better than Old Milwaukee. So next time you find yourself making asinine proclamations about "the best cheap beer", you have some proof to back it up. Edited January 3, 2009 by E-rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I'm finding it difficult to read (and therefor, discern) the chart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I'll have to try this to believe it myself. I can't stand Bud, pavlovian response to the beer label. Also one other problem I can see with assessing best shitty beer is that it is the wrong season. The best time for shitty beer is when it is hot as hell out, when it is cold I want pourable meal (i.e. stout or porter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 PBR is the only decent schwag beer for me. Maybe a Ranyeah if PBR is not available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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