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Offline dls5492

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I am wondering if the author actually believes what she wrote in this article. My guess is she wrote it to get clicks and a reaction. Mission accomplished.
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I am wondering if the author actually believes what she wrote in this article. My guess is she wrote it to get clicks and a reaction. Mission accomplished.

one less click here....just posting  ;D
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I am wondering if the author actually believes what she wrote in this article. My guess is she wrote it to get clicks and a reaction. Mission accomplished.
That is 100% what I was thinking and why I didn't share the article when I first saw it.

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This could be because chain restaurants are in food business and beer is just add on.

Plus if it's something they don't go through much of, they could be buying it at retail.

FWIW, we'll be charging $5-6, but that's for 1.2 US "pints". The only places I routinely see pints over $5 are the higher-end ski areas. $6 for a 13.5 fl oz shaker glass. :o
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In my area, chain restaurants are more than guilty of selling craft beer at absurd prices. (Wife recently paid $7.50 for a bottle of Dogfish 60 minute.  >:( )

The mom and pop restaurants seem to be much better, usually in the $4-$5ish range, depending on the beer.. The local brewpub also sells their beer for about that much.

Moral of the story: We don't eat at chains when we can help it.

This could be because chain restaurants are in food business and beer is just add on.
Its a stretch to say most of them are even in the food business. They're in the reheating engineered corn syrup and factory farmed meat business.

we like to go to a local franchise called Panini's. great food and monster selection of craft beers. you can get everyday 16oz draft or 12oz bottle craft specials for $3.50-$4.50, 22oz drafts $5.50.
Ken, I really miss Panini's and the winking lizard. Neither are around down here in greater Cincinnati
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I am wondering if the author actually believes what she wrote in this article. My guess is she wrote it to get clicks and a reaction. Mission accomplished.
That is 100% what I was thinking and why I didn't share the article when I first saw it.
I hear you steve, actually kind of sorry I was the one who posted it, but the rest of the thread has gotten pretty interesting, and at least a little reminiscent for me after leaving the Cleveland market and the chain restaurant industry. My chain was 100% made from scratch when I started there in 1993, but wholly and embarrassingly different by the time I left some 20 years later
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I am wondering if the author actually believes what she wrote in this article. My guess is she wrote it to get clicks and a reaction. Mission accomplished.
That is 100% what I was thinking and why I didn't share the article when I first saw it.
I hear you steve, actually kind of sorry I was the one who posted it, but the rest of the thread has gotten pretty interesting, and at least a little reminiscent for me after leaving the Cleveland market and the chain restaurant industry. My chain was 100% made from scratch when I started there in 1993, but wholly and embarrassingly different by the time I left some 20 years later

what was your chain?
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Serving:        In Process:
Vienna IPA          O'Fest
Dort
Mead                 
Cider                         
Ger'merican Blonde
Amber Ale
Next:
Ger Pils
O'Fest

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No names but frequently made fun of, especially in "Waiting" and "Office space." BuT again, I should not name names after giving them 20 years of my life. I'm sure someone can figure it out and I don't mind fielding guesses
Edit for typos
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No names but frequently made fun of, especially in "Waiting" and "Office space." BuT again, I should not name names after giving them 20 years of my life. I'm sure someone can figure it out and I don't mind fielding guesses
Edit for typos

dude, those are horrible clues!  waiting and office space??? you're going to give me an aneurism racking my brain  :o
Ken- Chagrin Falls, OH
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Vienna IPA          O'Fest
Dort
Mead                 
Cider                         
Ger'merican Blonde
Amber Ale
Next:
Ger Pils
O'Fest

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First casual them chain, the one everyone copies
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Locations in elyria (closed) westlake, brooklyn, mentor, parma (closed) Strongsville,  Green, Mansfield (closed).. I know none of those are on your side of town, maybe Mayfield heights, great northern (closed) the flats (closed). Getting any ideas?
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The Gist of It Friend, takes some small amount of discretion, and no there are no clues in this post
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The Gist of It Friend, takes some small amount of discretion, and no there are no clues in this post

TGIF
Ken- Chagrin Falls, OH
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http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Science_of_Mashing

Serving:        In Process:
Vienna IPA          O'Fest
Dort
Mead                 
Cider                         
Ger'merican Blonde
Amber Ale
Next:
Ger Pils
O'Fest

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I can neither confirm or deny that sir, but well done
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Yesterday. after several hours of ice fishing, I went to the bar for lunch and had a Reuben sandwich with fries, washed down with three pints of PBR.  The bill was $17.50. I was happy.

Sounds like an expensive sandwich...