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The shelf space available is occupied with what is new and most popular. Fizzy, Kool-Aid colored hard seltzers, lite beers, super, extra light low calorie/low carb beers, etc.

I truly believe:

No problem with any of what is available, but the traditional stuff/less popular labels get edged out.

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Beer Stories

Part Two – Green/Clear Beer Bottle Myths?

Grays Harbor Beer Availability Report

Old Man Blog category:

Thoughts on changes in American culture relating to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s.

Original Old Man Blog here: https://oldmanblogdotcom.wordpress.com

New updates here: https://oakbaystarfish.com/category/old-man-blog/

The beer photo fetish page features a true grab bag of different beer styles and brands. We’ve been at it since 2012.

Categories Beer Photo Fetish, Limited Beer Selection, Old Man Blog, Retail

Across County Lines

April 3, 2024 //

The beer photo fetish page features a true grab bag of different beer styles and brands. We’ve been at it since 2012.

I live in an area where beer selection is limited:

From one of my recent blogs:

The shelf space available is occupied with what is new and most popular. Fizzy, Kool-Aid colored hard seltzers, lite beers, super, extra light low calorie/low carb beers, etc.

I truly believe:

No problem with any of what is available, but the traditional stuff/less popular labels get edged out.

The two beers at the top of the page were recently purchased in Kitsap County.

Possibly of interest:

Beer Stories

Grays Harbor Beer Availability Report

Old Man Blog category:

Thoughts on changes in American culture relating to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s.

Original Old Man Blog here: https://oldmanblogdotcom.wordpress.com

New updates here: https://oakbaystarfish.com/category/old-man-blog/

Categories Beer Photo Fetish, German Beer, Limited Beer Selection

Beer Stories

January 19, 2024 //

I live in an area where beer selection is limited:

Went out this afternoon and was looking for Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Went to two locations. One had an old date-looks like they no longer stock it. The other location had a not so new date.

The shelf space available is occupied with what is new and most popular. Fizzy, Kool-Aid colored hard seltzers, lite beers, super, extra light low calorie/low carb beers, etc.

I truly believe:

No problem with any of what is available, but the items that don’t sell as fast get edged out.

Grew up in the Cold War era and American beers were pretty uninteresting.

At about :30 below, Darwin describes the golden/tasteless lager brewed by big American beer companies during the past century.

Miller, Bud, Schlitz, etc. were popular when I was in high school. I call these Bowling Alley Beers- thinking of a typical Cold War era bowling alley.

Blogged about it here: Beer

Purchased the Mirror Pond shown above. It is a decent brew.

Looked on the web to see if I could find any reviews on YouTube. No luck. This is the second time this month that I have been unable to find any reviews on YouTube for beers that are well known and have been around for a while.

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Old Man Blog category:

Thoughts on changes in American culture relating to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s.

Original Old Man Blog here: https://oldmanblogdotcom.wordpress.com

New updates here: https://oakbaystarfish.com/category/old-man-blog/

Categories Beer Photo Fetish, Limited Beer Selection

Grays Harbor Beer Availability Report

January 6, 2024 //

Here is one I have enjoyed for years now. Found it at Aberdeen Safeway on Jan 1st. To me, this one has a nice Euro-pilsner flavor. I like it, and have not seen it in the Grays Harbor area before.

WA Beer Availability Report

Categories Beer Photo Fetish, Limited Beer Selection

Beer Availability Report – Washington Coast

December 5, 2023 //

As we have shared in the past:

Of the 4 Washington State counties I have lived in over the past 20 years, the Grays Harbor area has the most limited selection of beers.

My favorite beer styles are NW or West Coast IPA, German Pilsner and Mexican beer. Here, in the Grays Harbor area, German beer appears to be unavailable. That adds a certain mystique.

Blogged about it here:

And here:

Road Trip & Beer Availability Report

Last week, we took a trip up to the Olympia, WA Haggen store. This store has a huge beer selection.

Both of the German beers in the photos above were available at Haggen. Love it.

We can report that Radeberger beer (1872) now has label markings indicating that it is vegan:

I do not shop for beer because of this category, but always good with people who take joy in it. Wonder if beer always is/was vegan. How about gin, tequila, etc. All good with me.

Let’s go with a review:

Time for some fun:

In the rich world of fantasy where I live, I would be hanging with the five individuals who produced the reviews above.

Happy Holidays!

Categories Beer Photo Fetish, German Beer, Limited Beer Selection

The best beers are the ones you enjoy most

August 9, 2022 //

My favorite beer styles are NW or West Coast IPA, German Pilsner and Mexican beer. Here, in the Grays Harbor area, German beer appears to be unavailable. That adds a certain mystique.

My favorite Mexican beer seems to be hard to find anywhere I shop over the past 10 years or so.

Another one I like is also hard to find:

A good selection of German beers are available at the Silverdale, WA BevMo! store.

Happy hunting.

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