The Fall of Schlitz: How Milwaukee’s Famous Beer Became Infamous (2010)

Re:The Fall of Schlitz: How Milwaukee’s Famous Beer Became I... by kevinmchugh on Sunday August 12, 2018 @10:57PM (#17747752)

Which boulevard and goose products have decreased in quality? I have a friend who managed to tell by tasting blindly when they moved Honker's production to New York, and even he said it got back to normal a month or two later.

Duvel is absolutely a best-case scenario for a brewery purchase and it seems like Boulevard has been able to continue doing what they do well.

Ballast Point is one of the only breweries I have lost all interest in post-buyout.

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Re:The Fall of Schlitz: How Milwaukee’s Famous Beer Became I... by oblib on Monday August 13, 2018 @11:20AM (#17750768)

It was their Single-Wide IPA. I bought kegs of that for probably around 3-4 years before they changed the recipe. It was always a very hoppy beer but it went from a nicely balanced blend of hops to a overly citrusy "grapefruit" taste that's become so trendy in the past 3-4 years now.

Same with Goose Island, it was their IPA that changed, and in exactly the same way.

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Re:The Fall of Schlitz: How Milwaukee’s Famous Beer Became I... by monksy on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:16AM (#17747969)

GI 312.

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Re:The Fall of Schlitz: How Milwaukee’s Famous Beer Became I... by kevinmchugh on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:52AM (#17748075)

What changes do you perceive? I've had a lot of 312 before and after the sale and I've always found it a pretty mild wheat ale.

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Re:The Fall of Schlitz: How Milwaukee’s Famous Beer Became I... by monksy on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:07PM (#17769287)

The taste is different and isn't as wheaty/hefewiesen-like as it was before. This was reported by many people.

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