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From: clyde@ut-ngp.UUCP (Clyde W. Hoover)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: Lone Star beer
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 10:41:46 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 29 10:41:46 1985
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> My question is, was Lone Star an independent that
> got bought-up?  It would sure explain the sudden availability of this
> brand.  BTW, not bad for a domestic.  A little on the sweet side, but
> at least not the "foaming water" that is usually the hallmark of
> domestic beer.

Yes, Lone Star was indeed an independant what was bought up by a big
brewery.  Frankly, I can hardly stand the stuff, for my money I
drink a Texas beer named Shiner (brewed in Shiner, Texas).

They were the last independant brewery in Texas until recently
(economic pressures finally got to them and the
Spoetzl family sold out).  Shiner 'Bock' dark beer has a personality
that stands above Lone Star and most other light (and 'lite') beers.

Hard as hell to find, unless you live in Texas (but I consider that one
of the perks of living in the 'hinterlands' of modern American culture :-) )
-- 
Shouter-To-Dead-Parrots @ Univ. of Texas Computation Center; Austin, Texas  

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