Beer snob sues MillerCoors for making Blue Moon

agree. don't know anyone who said it was even decent.

 

Had some other bourbon barrel ales not from LaBatts that were good and high in alcohol content.

Much better than Blue Moon, anyway. Which is to craft beer what Kias are to luxury automobiles.

 

Had the Innis & Gunn, both rum and oak aged. Very good. But could never drink more than one in a sitting.

 

And next you'll be telling me Innis & Gunn is made by Pabst!

 

Somewhat related ...

Trouble brews for ‘imported’ beers made in America - Yahoo Finance

 

Saw the Beck's story and immediately thought of this thread but forgot to post. And I always assumed that all of the above beers were produced here. I'm glad they might finally crack down so I don't have to pay import prices on some of these. I usually drink better beer (or Miller Lite), but it's stupid to pay more for a Red Stripe if there aren't additional import costs to get it to me.

 

Red Stripe sucks BTW ...

 

I like it OK if I'm in some tropical locale or at the beach. It makes me look hip!

 

Hooray, domestic beer!

 

I thought it was widely known Foster's wasn't brewed in Australia. 20 years ago the stuff sold in the US was brewed in Canada. It came in the same 'oil cans' that Molson XXX came in.

The whole thing is silly. Nobody ever drank a Foster's because they liked the beer. For decades Kirin has been clear that it was brewed in the US.

 

Thought it was widely known that Blue Moon was Coors, but apparently everyone didn't know that.

 

Similar case in the world of whiskey:

If you’ve ever bought a bottle of Templeton Rye Whiskey, you might be due a refund.

Under a preliminary settlement announced Tuesday, anyone who has bought a bottle of Templeton Rye since 2006 is entitled to a refund of $3 per bottle, up to six bottles, if lacking proof of purchase. For anyone with proof of purchase, the refund is double: $6 per bottle, up to six bottles.

The terms were hammered out almost a year after a Chicago man filed a class-action lawsuit in Cook County claiming that Templeton Rye Spirits was “deceptively marketing” its whiskey as an Iowa product.

In fact, the spirit is largely distilled and aged at a plant owned by MGP Ingredients in Lawrenceburg, Ind., along with many other ryes on the market. A second class-action suit against Templeton was also filed in Cook County, and a third was filed in Polk County, Iowa, according to the Des Moines Register.

In addition to compensating customers, the Templeton whiskey label will now feature the words “Distilled in Indiana” on the back and remove the words “Small Batch” and “Prohibition Era Recipe” from the front.

According to the suit, plaintiff Christoper McNair, along with “thousands of consumers across the country … thought they were buying authentic Iowa whiskey and were unaware of the actual origin of its whiskey.”

In a 2010 Chicago Tribune article, company founder Keith Kerkhoff acknowledged that the whiskey was made in Indiana. However, the murky origins and practices of spirits companies have come under increasing scrutiny, including a lawsuit alleging that Tito's Handmade Vodka isn't actually made by hand.

Templeton Rye reaches lawsuit settlement - Chicago Tribune