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re: Smokey & The Bandit - what the heck was the big deal about transporting Coors to Atlanta?
Posted on 10/28/18 at 7:56 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Posted on 10/28/18 at 7:56 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Ergo India Pale Ale.
Worst shite ever.
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Posted on 10/28/18 at 8:10 pm to Scoop
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Coors was originally not pasteurized and didn’t include preservatives so it wasn’t deemed safe to make the trip all the way to the East so it’s distribution was limited to the West.
At one time it was advertised as never being warm. It had to be kept in a cooler at all times until sold. Transported in reefer trucks and put straight in the cooler at the store.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 8:11 pm to Methuselah
I recall reading when I was a wee tot that Paul Newman was a huge fan and had Coors privately shipped to him
Posted on 10/28/18 at 8:18 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:MS was the last state to repeal prohibition (1966)
Statewide - Kansas had prohibition longer than any other state, from 1881 to 1948, and continued to prohibit bars selling liquor by the drink until 1987
Some counties are dry, others ban by-the-drink, etc...
MS still has "package stores". I recall when I was a preteen and first went to BR I was stunned to see booze sold in grocery stores
Posted on 10/28/18 at 8:26 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
[quote]The beer market was pathetic and controlled by Anheuser Busch.[/quote
No it wasn’t. They don’t control Miller, Pabst, Schlitz.
No it wasn’t. They don’t control Miller, Pabst, Schlitz.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 8:41 pm to Kafka
Some states the "liquor stores" are owned and controlled by the state.
You can sell beer and wine in Supermarkets but that's it.
And they're closed on Sundays.
You can sell beer and wine in Supermarkets but that's it.
And they're closed on Sundays.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 8:44 pm to lsucoonass
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You used to not be able to buy beer at all on sundays
Still can't in some counties.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 10:59 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Since the topic has merged into who got Coors when:
Smokey was right. 70's was Coors dry on the East and in the South.
But my Dad swore in the 60's it was impossible to find on the West Coast. It was still mostly Colorado, Nevada and Utah. I guess it depended where you lived out West.
You couldn't get Coors in Indiana until the 90's. That's weird.
Smokey was right. 70's was Coors dry on the East and in the South.
But my Dad swore in the 60's it was impossible to find on the West Coast. It was still mostly Colorado, Nevada and Utah. I guess it depended where you lived out West.
You couldn't get Coors in Indiana until the 90's.
That's weird.This post was edited on 10/28/18 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 10/28/18 at 11:24 pm to FightnBobLafollette
Posted on 10/28/18 at 11:33 pm to Methuselah
I love how Pabst was considered the shittiest beer on the planet but now it's an uber popular hipster beer.
Pabst almost went defunct but were bought up.
Now they are making a killing selling the same swill as some protest against craft-breweries that make awesome beers.
It's weird.
Pabst almost went defunct but were bought up.
Now they are making a killing selling the same swill as some protest against craft-breweries that make awesome beers.
It's weird.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 11:39 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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But my Dad swore in the 60's it was impossible to find on the West Coast. It was still mostly Colorado, Nevada and Utah. I guess it depended where you lived out West.
Sounds kind of like Shiner. Shiner is brewed in Texas and was known around the state, but they always had a low volume and limited distribution until it was sold to a new owner, and they drastically expanded in the 90's and 2000's. Before that, it was hard to find in grocery stores or gas stations in much of the state. The limited distribution gave it a "premium" aura for a long time until the micro-brew market got crowded and competitive.
Posted on 10/29/18 at 7:52 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
We're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.
Obviously the answer to the OP's question is:
The boys were thirsty in Atlanta and there's beer in Texarkana
Posted on 10/29/18 at 9:35 am to Methuselah
As a freshman at Ole Miss in 1977, our fraternity sent some members in a van with a U-Haul trailer attached to Texas for some Coors. They returned with a trailer and van full and no tickets or arrests!
Posted on 10/29/18 at 9:39 am to WillyLoman
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sent some members in a van with a U-Haul trailer attached to Texas for some Coors
In 69', we took a family trip to Colorado. Unbeknownst to my parents, my older teen brothers had hidden two cases of Coors under our luggage. I only found out about the smuggling last year.
Posted on 10/29/18 at 10:16 am to Methuselah
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what the heck was the big deal about transporting Coors to Atlanta?
Because he was thirsty, dummy.
Posted on 10/29/18 at 10:17 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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You can't buy alcohol on Sundays in Utah.
I get that with all of the Mormons....bunch of hippoctites, but Get it
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You can't buy alcohol period...in some towns in Oregon and Alaska.
Arkansas has dry counties; Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi.
Why do they do that to people? It's ridiculous....I mean the preachers are drinking and their wives are stashing bottles all over the house for daily consumpion
Posted on 10/29/18 at 10:25 am to mauser
I know that at one time, Coord was unavailable in Louisiana, and it attained almost
Mythical status, regardless of its actual quality.
We used to have friends bring it in from Dallas whenever possible.
Mythical status, regardless of its actual quality.
We used to have friends bring it in from Dallas whenever possible.
Posted on 10/29/18 at 12:30 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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You couldn't get it in California
You couldn't get it in La or TX in the mid 70's. My dad would bring back a couple cases when we went to OKC to see my great-grandmother.
Posted on 10/29/18 at 12:44 pm to Methuselah
My dad and some his friends drove from (ironically) Texarkana to far west Texas, and brought back a truckload of it.
The movie was centered somewhat on true stories, as apparently it was common to do that for freakin' Coors.
The movie was centered somewhat on true stories, as apparently it was common to do that for freakin' Coors.
Posted on 10/29/18 at 12:54 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
PBR used to be one of the top three beers as late as the 70s / early 80s then they started cheaping out on ingredients and lost their following.
With regards to them and hipsters, I’m less sure. It’s probably due to a combination of them being extremely cheap for the longest time as well as being well outside the mainstream because it was considered a joke by most people.
With regards to them and hipsters, I’m less sure. It’s probably due to a combination of them being extremely cheap for the longest time as well as being well outside the mainstream because it was considered a joke by most people.
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