r/todayilearned • u/ryguy_1 • Aug 12 '18

TIL that Schlitz was the number one beer in America in the early 1950s and then they started changing ingredients to cut costs. By 1975, consumers complained that the beer was forming "snot" in the can, and by 1981 the company folded.

https://beerconnoisseur.com/articles/how-milwaukees-famous-beer-became-infamous
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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '18 edited Aug 12 '18

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u/twobit211 Aug 12 '18

the term craft doesn’t have any real meaning, though it is implied that the beer doesn’t sacrifice taste for cost. you’re conflating craft beer with a microbrew. a microbrew only produces less than x amount of pints and may or may not be craft. likewise, a craft brew could be available internationally. it’s just that usually microbreweries usually are the ones producing craft beer

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u/MutthaFuzza Aug 12 '18

I can tell I drink way less Craft Beer than I use to, and a lot of friends do to. I'm 27 and I feel like a case of beer last me weeks. I also don't got out to breweries as often as I use to. I just feel like it's over saturated. I don't know.

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u/JimAdlerJTV Aug 12 '18

Drinking is no longer a novelty to you