Bud's been trying to penetrate the craft beer market for year's with their Michelob line - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelob Interesting that they're doing it with the Bud brand now too. Anyone interested in some history of craft brewing and the passion first/business second aspect Bunnyman mentioned should check out the "bockumentary" American Beer.
They also sell the same thing (I think) branded as "motts for tots". Their marketing says that watered down juice also waters down the amount of vitamins the kids get, so the watered down "motts for tots" adds additional vitamins in (making the juice taste kinda weird to me...).
I'll stick with watering it down myself thanks. I'm lazy, but not THAT lazy.
Great write up! But, as a fellow Bostonite, I wonder if you have tried The Upper Crust for pizza? Or what about B.Good for burgers/fries? And there are Five Guys in MA too, closer than having to travel to NYC =)
Glad to hear Shake Shack is worth it though...I have a NYC trip planned soon and have been debating standing in the line!
My only rambutan experience has been of the freeze-dried variety from Trader Joe's. They are extremely tasty! Thanks for the detailed write up!
I don't care if the Kettle chips are organic..I pay more to buy them because they are awesome! The Sea Salt + Black Pepper are some of the best potato chips ever..
nevermind! wrong pepe's article!
What happened to my comment?
"Hello, it's 95 and humid why aren't you all at the beach?" - Clearly, you have not been to the beaches in New Haven before? =) All this Pepe's talk has me missing home though...
The Phantom Gourmet is very popular in Boston and is my number 1 destination when I'm looking for an honest opinion on some local food. Plus their TV show on weekend mornings is always a good way to get my appetite going!
100% agree - I'd be too suspicious of a good review from a non-anonymous and well known reviewer.
Firefly's BBQ - 3 locations in Massachusetts! AWESOME southern food and bbq. You guys should definitely check them out/review them. Dave and Buster's used to have them too (a national chain) but I just checked and it's not on their menu.
I found a six pack of this last night and tried it with a friend. It's got a wonderful color and a solid mouthfeel, but the flavor is pretty simplistic. Which is not to say that it's bad - it's a good flavor, especially considering it's from an American macrobrewer, just nothing exceptional. The only complaint that I had was that it has very little finish. I wasn't blown away, but it's a solid beer that I'll buy again in the future.
I am looking forward to trying it. Who knows they might actually kick the flavor up a bit.
I brewed professionally for 7 years and always like to try new things. Often these mega brewers just slightly add more flavor and it fails.
Not expecting much, but am willing to try it. Heck I tried the bud light lime once and will never again.
Not a huge fan of AB, but what they have done for the craft brewing industry and what they do on such a massive scale with perfection is astounding. Maybe it will be good enough to entice American light lager drinkers to expand their taste to better true microbrews.
@wgf911 Your last name wouldn't happen to be Pepe, would it?
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Paulie Gee
The Yonkers Pepe's Pizzeria will duplicate the coal oven utilized at New Haven. In addition the same old-world processes and ingredients will be utilized to create the same thin-crust slice of heaven that has been consumed for years at New Haven. The Pepe's family will be responsible for operations at Yonkers and strive to create the highest quality pizza holding tribute to their grandfather Frank Pepe !
This isn't any more mind-boggling than the "whipped" products that add nothing but air, yet cost a heck of a lot more per ounce. The volume increases because of the whipping, and the calorie count goes down per volume measurment, but all that's been added is air...I'm thinking of things like whipped butter and whipped cream cheese, which were touted at one time as being lower in calories than the non-whipped counterparts.
Yes, I'll agree that the whipped versions are easier to spread or that there's some labor/time/machinery involved in doing the whipping that increases production costs. So if it's a little more expensive and there's some value to the whipping in terms of my convenience, I'm fine with that. But marketing it as lower calorie was where I got annoyed.
LOL you know the really huge challenge we must soon face is that of potable water. It's actually worth more to the human organism than gasoline. Maybe this is the beginning of a new appreciation and recognition: Water: it's what to drink." "Got water?" "Water time!"
Depends on how much you pay for the water.
in the example provided, the 50% juice also has more than three times the sodium of the 100% juice
Because American's will buy anything (except real food) in the name of saving calories.
Oy.
Also, apple juice isn't supposed to contain Vitamin D or 100mg of calcium per cup. On principle, this bugs me - we fortify our foods to avoid having to eat anything real.
...b/c it is so hard to take half a glass of apple juice and fill it with water.
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