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re: Question for beer "mavens" and beyond

Posted on 9/11/14 at 12:55 pm to
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
37715 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 12:55 pm to
A couple of the Dot stops around here have the best beer selection in the area. A maven that "doesn't buy beer at a gas station" would be shite out of luck.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101914 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 12:56 pm to
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And two twist top coors lights....


Palate cleansers
Posted by TigerWise
Front Seat of an Uber
Member since Sep 2010
35113 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:00 pm to
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Picked up a six pack of NB shift at the Chevron the other day on the way out to the lakes to kayak.


Sometimes there is just no room on a kayak for a goat
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43296 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:02 pm to
Eh.. if all I had was a gas station selection, it really depends on the gas station. Some carry Goose Island, Abita, Sweetwater. Some even carry locals besides Abita, like Tin Roof and Nola blondes. However, if I was in a little podunk town with nothing else, I'd probably grab High Life.
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
21150 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:04 pm to
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Dot stops


Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
14689 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:09 pm to
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Sometimes there is just no room on a kayak for a goat


There is "room" for our 70lb niece of a Golden-Doodle though.
Posted by RonFNSwanson
University of LSU
Member since Mar 2012
23153 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:10 pm to
Honestly, haven't bought beer from gas stations in years. I keep a good stock at my house. But in a pinch I guess the answer would be Abita Amber.
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 1:10 pm
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
21150 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:10 pm to
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there are a few gas stations around Shreveport that have a LA beer section that will carry Abita, Great Raft, Bayou Teche, NOLA, etc.



Around this time last year, I was working out of a hotel in Magnolia, AR. The county is dry, and I'd have to stay there 4-5 days at a time.

There was a gas station in Homer I would stop at to load up reinforcements. They carried SN, NB, NOLA, and Bayou Teche. I remember talking with the distributor rep back then and him telling me that soon one of the Shreveport breweries were going to have their stuff delivered to that station as well.

Fortunately for me, I found a job in Houston before that happened. All that area of Southern Arkansas was depressing, though still better than SE New Mexico.
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Member since Jan 2005
24734 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:18 pm to
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I stopped at a gas station in the middle of nowhere Washington that had a better beer selection than probably any store in the state of LA.

It rivaled Specs. It was incredible.


Occasionally, you run into one of those that obviously caters to craft beer drinkers, and is part gas station, part bottle shop. That is not normal, but like I said, even the worst gas stations in the PNW carry some craft beer. I just don't trust the IPAs...
Posted by More beer please
Member since Feb 2010
45041 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:21 pm to
When it comes down to it I will drink just about anything. I have my favorites but if those arent available then I will get whatever. Beer is beer. Except those lima-rita, bud light lime, and the like...that shite aint beer.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
81176 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:24 pm to
I live on Brightside and often walk to the Circle K, but if I feel like going a few hundred feet further in the other direction, AM Mart isn't too awful. Not great.. But better than a regular gas station.

PLUS.. They cater to college kids who are broke and buy Natty. So I usually don't even buy beer because they sell Chandon for $19!
It's $26 anywhere else.
Posted by BMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
16256 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:28 pm to
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Why would I buy beer at a gas station?


This. I just can't think of a situation where I'd be looking for beer from a gas station.
Posted by tetu
Ascension Parish
Member since Jan 2011
12269 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:28 pm to
makers or jack
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
81176 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:33 pm to
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This. I just can't think of a situation where I'd be looking for beer from a gas station.


I'm young, so my fridge is rarely stocked up to the point where I can sustain more than a day or two. I am surprised I even have the bombers I have right now in it.

When I'm at the pool and too messed up to drive, but ran out of beer, I have to walk to the gas station.

I need to grow up
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 1:35 pm
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
70070 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:34 pm to
the gas station by my house has Lagunitas IPA and Little Sumpin. They've got other craft stuff as well.
Posted by TigerWise
Front Seat of an Uber
Member since Sep 2010
35113 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:34 pm to
I've been in that situation before at the fishing camp. I try to bring as much good beer as possible but sometimes it's just isn't enough. You would have to drive an hour up the Bayou to find craft beer other than Abita.

Posted by Jax-Tiger
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Member since Jan 2005
24734 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:36 pm to
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I just can't think of a situation where I'd be looking for beer from a gas station.


I found myself in a position where I was camping near Mt St Helens and I underestimated the amount of beer that my cousin and his wife would drink. We ran out two nights into a 3 night stay. I had to drive about 15 miles to the nearest convenience store/gas station. I was able to procure some Black Butte Porter, Red Chair, Inversion IPA, and Elysian Immortal IPA. The IPAs were barely drinkable.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 1:40 pm to
Abita Amber, Strawberry when going to a boil, Founders Cent IPA.

Case of Bud lt on Sat morning heading to campus.
Posted by Icansee4miles
Trolling the Tickfaw
Member since Jan 2007
29148 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 2:10 pm to
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Almost all gas stations here carry Deschutes stuff


If you weren't such a kind and generous Jax, I would resent you based on this alone.

Siding with ut, I wouldn't be in a gas station buying beer. If I absolutely had to, PBR FTW. Used to be my cheap beer of choice, now that the hipsters like it, price is no longer an advantage, but hey, it's my roots. :noracist:
Posted by Colonel Forbin
Member since Jul 2014
296 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 2:14 pm to
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