Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Scribe]

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Are you sure you even want D&D?

 

[overgeeked]

Some of these conversations are like…

 

[prabe]

I like the beer I like.

And I hope I've been clear that's good!

I went to Russia back in 2005, and one thing that stood out was a tour of Razin Brewery’s facility in Moscow. When we arrived, they were still giddy about being bought out by Heineken. So part of our tour included a tasting in a board room. Each of us got a whole bottle of each of their 14 products, including kvass (a nearly alcohol free beer made from raisin bread and that tastes a lot like Dr. Pepper).

This was around 10:30AM.

I liked most of what I had, so when I got back to the USA, I started looking for Razin products. I found other Russian beers, but not theirs.

So I went online to see what happened. Heineken hadn’t bought Razin to broaden its distribution, or even to relabel their beers as Heineken products. They did it to get rapid access to the markets Razin was in, and their distribution network in those regions. The company itself got shuttered; its recipes shelved.

I know of kvass, but it's one of the smallish number of beer styles I haven't tried. And the big beer companies are just that kind of ... crap. Fortunately, there are breweries that are more locally owned (even if not necessarily owned local to where I am, if I'm being clear) and I'll drink their products.

Also, the Russian drinking culture is real.

 

[billd91]

Sometimes that guy seems like a really cold fish.

 

[prabe]

Unrelated to the above (as far as I know, anyway): Well, that conversation took a sharp turn to a worthless argument. Y'all have fun with that!