I brought Budweiser! Because you’re back in America.

63/1000: Budweiser
64/1000: Pelican India Pelican Ale
MM: I brought Budweiser! Because you’re back in America.
JB: I just opened a Pelican IPA. That is also highly American. In a different way. Which should we drink first?
MM: Let’s enjoy the Pelican before we dip into the Bud.
JR: We haven’t had pizza in weeks!
MM: Mmm, that beer is good.
JR: We’ve been drinking exclusively Sol and Corona, so this tastes chewy. Oh my gosh, the hops!
MM: I’ve been drinking a lot of shitty beer.
JB: Why’ve you been drinking shitty beer?
MM: Hanging out with Nathan. Nathan drinks shitty beer.
JB: This beer tastes huge to me.
JR: Good, or too much?
JB: A little too much.
MM: I can’t even remember the last time I drank good beer. Drank with Nathan, drank at the Blazers game, that’s shitty beer. Thanksgiving I had some of that smoky beer.
JB: We’ve got to blog that beer.
JR: Is it actual Rauschbier?
MM: I don’t know what that is.
JB: I think it is. The German smoky beer.
MM: And it has the most amazing shitty label.
JB: We should talk about this beer we’re drinking a little.
JR: It’s kicking my ass. I don’t think I like it.
MM: I liked my first sip, but it’s not getting less intense.
JB: It’s not right with pizza!
JR: Maybe we should drink the Bud and come back to this.
JB: Let’s do it.
MM: So I wanted to buy some shitty beer for watching the Blazer game on TV. I could have gotten anything but Bud’s packaging is so great. Plus, it’s so American! And you can be proud of America now!
JR: This tastes so good to me.
MM: Uh oh, we lost our beer snobbiness… Josh, you’re our last hope.
JB: It’s sweet. It’s just so sweet! It could be good except for that.
MM: It’s great when it’s cold. Once it warms up, it has a foul taste, but when it’s cold…
JB: …my taste buds are so numb, I can’t tell the difference!
JR: This is all we’re going to say about Bud, huh?
JB: There’s no more to say.
MM: I’m nervous to switch back to the other one! I’m a Budweiser man from here on out. We’ll change the project to “1000 Budweisers.”

JB: I’m going back to the Pelican. Oh, now it’s tasting good to me, still really intense though. It’s got a lot of citrus going on. Are you going to drink it?
MM: Let me cleanse my palate with this Budweiser. [sniffing] It smells really good! Caramely. I think it smells better than it tastes.
JB: I don’t feel like this beer is getting a fair shake in 1000 Beers.
MM: Yeah, maybe we’re out of sorts. Out of beer sorts. Out of whack, with beer. I think what people should take away from this is that it’s a pretty intense IPA.
JB: I don’t think that’s all they should take away. Having drunk this previously, I feel it’s an exceptional IPA.
MM: What do they say about it? [reading] “Enjoy the huge Cascade hop aroma, the subtle malty sweetness, and the spicy, citrusy flavor of this robust, gold-colored ale.”
JB: Yeah, that’s a great description.
MM: I agree.