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."
I dont think 3.2 beer has ever been sold in Michigan. I wouldnt know where to get it. Moving from here to Denver I had no idea 3.2 beer was a thing. When life was normal we wouldnt look for beer with less alcohol, wed look for beers with more. Canadian beers have always been big here in Michigan for that reason. And if you went to the duty free you could get real Canadian beers that approach 10% and even higher if you get the Ice versions. Molson Ice is like 14 %.
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."
I dont think 3.2 beer has ever been sold in Michigan. I wouldnt know where to get it. Moving from here to Denver I had no idea 3.2 beer was a thing. When life was normal we wouldnt look for beer with less alcohol, wed look for beers with more. Canadian beers have always been big here in Michigan for that reason. And if you went to the duty free you could get real Canadian beers that approach 10% and even higher if you get the Ice versions. Molson Ice is like 14 %.