I've found when the grocery store sells beer, all you get are the same brews. Bud, Miller, Heineken. The selection is a mile wide, but an inch deep. It means a road trip to find the good stuff.
Must be a regional thing. In CO King Soopers isn't bad and Safeway is better in this regard. (Wine in stores just started too; KS is nowhere and S is OK.)
I havent lived in Colorado since the early 90s but isnt the Beer Store still a thing? First time I bought beer when I moved there I got it from King Soopers. Couldnt understand why I could drink 12 beers and never felt a buzz. The next workday they guys told me that supermarket beer was all 3.2 beer. I had to get it at the Beer Store to get full flavored beer.
No longer a thing. It was when I moved here in 2010 - I grabbed some Dos Equis amber at Wally World and after a few I was like WTF...being from OK originally I noticed there was not the "OK+" stamp required for over-3.2 beer and was like OHHHHHH. I forget when this changed but it's been awhile now. And like I say wine in stores just started (passed in the 2022 election).
Edit: The interesting thing is, I honestly wouldn't mind the option. In the case of DE the taste wasn't all that different (it's not a serious beer, more like fits with Mexican food with lime and salt anyway) so sometimes I wouldn't mind the lower strength - 3.2 is like the ultimate "session beer."
Sooo many local brews in all areas of US now. Bud not MAGA, they just use the horses to front woke ideals. NOT a difficult brand to boycott AT ALL!
I've found when the grocery store sells beer, all you get are the same brews. Bud, Miller, Heineken. The selection is a mile wide, but an inch deep. It means a road trip to find the good stuff.
Must be a regional thing. In CO King Soopers isn't bad and Safeway is better in this regard. (Wine in stores just started too; KS is nowhere and S is OK.)
I havent lived in Colorado since the early 90s but isnt the Beer Store still a thing? First time I bought beer when I moved there I got it from King Soopers. Couldnt understand why I could drink 12 beers and never felt a buzz. The next workday they guys told me that supermarket beer was all 3.2 beer. I had to get it at the Beer Store to get full flavored beer.
No longer a thing. It was when I moved here in 2010 - I grabbed some Dos Equis amber at Wally World and after a few I was like WTF...being from OK originally I noticed there was not the "OK+" stamp required for over-3.2 beer and was like OHHHHHH. I forget when this changed but it's been awhile now. And like I say wine in stores just started (passed in the 2022 election).
Edit: The interesting thing is, I honestly wouldn't mind the option. In the case of DE the taste wasn't all that different (it's not a serious beer, more like fits with Mexican food with lime and salt anyway) so sometimes I wouldn't mind the lower strength - 3.2 is like the ultimate "session beer."
Always support locals. I like that idea.