I have found Lone Star Beer a block away from my place in Brooklyn. This is exciting and perturbing.
While in many ways I do not consider myself a Texan, my love for Lone Star (the National Beer of Texas) is one way I do show my upbringing. I am wrestling with the fact that I have to pay $9 for a six pack of bottles; but the reality is that Lone Star is on par with PBR in terms of quality (I also like PBR), and it is really hard to internally justify paying $9 for a six-pack of bottles when I would be buying a 6 pack of tallboys for $5 if I still lived in Texas. In fact, that is one of the big appeals of Lone Star, it is good cheap beer.
If your favorite beer was partly your favorite because it was good and cheap, but then it went from cheap to moderately overpriced would you still buy it? Add to this consideration the knowledge that the economics of the situation dictates that if you don't spend the premium, your opportunity to buy the beer decreases.
While in many ways I do not consider myself a Texan, my love for Lone Star (the National Beer of Texas) is one way I do show my upbringing. I am wrestling with the fact that I have to pay $9 for a six pack of bottles; but the reality is that Lone Star is on par with PBR in terms of quality (I also like PBR), and it is really hard to internally justify paying $9 for a six-pack of bottles when I would be buying a 6 pack of tallboys for $5 if I still lived in Texas. In fact, that is one of the big appeals of Lone Star, it is good cheap beer.
If your favorite beer was partly your favorite because it was good and cheap, but then it went from cheap to moderately overpriced would you still buy it? Add to this consideration the knowledge that the economics of the situation dictates that if you don't spend the premium, your opportunity to buy the beer decreases.