That's a new one to me.
Day 82
Grain Belt Beer
June 16th, 2010
I'm walking across America.
That's the idea, at least. I'm walking westward from New York City for nine months or so. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in Oregon when the clock runs out. If nothing goes according to plan, maybe I'll end up in Peru or Mongolia or Pennsylvania. You can read all about the details of my trip if you're so inclined.
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Matt … you’re literally walking through the “grain belt” of America … in Montana you’ll see signs for “Moose Drool” beer … you’ll be in moose country then! No need for a map … just check beer signs …
Isn’t Moose Drool only 10 or 15 years old, though? Grain Belt’s been around for decades.
How did you get through the twin cities without seeing the giant Grain Belt sign downtown?! :)
I was thinking the exact same thing. or the rest of Minnesota small towns, for that matter
Here’s a pic of the Grain Belt Beer sign. It’s near the Hennepin Avenue Bridge which spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles19974.jpg
Like those above, I’m amazed you made it through MSP without seeing it somewhere. Also kinda surprised its that far west!
Who cares about the sign…This place has “corner Keggs”. Finally a new Kegg design that is room friendly. Now you can have 4 keggs in a room and it wont take up the whole place….YeeeeHawwwww.
Id like to see a old frothenslash sign…but that probably won’t happen since you are out of Pittsburgh.
PS moose country ahead.. Hope you get us some Wildlife shots…and I dont meen beer pubs, Matt.
Suck one down sometime if you like a beer with blueberry taste.
Thought some would like a more perspective shot of Boomers and Valley City ND:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=valley+city+nd&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=35.547176,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Valley+City,+Barnes,+North+Dakota&ll=46.923377,-98.000128&spn=0.007489,0.013797&z=16&layer=c&cbll=46.923372,-98.000246&panoid=8FYCGpAmj2GURSNulnbXEg&cbp=12,168.01,,0,9.92
Very cool… thanks
I once heard Pete Townsend tell a radio interviewer that 85% of us were concieved while our parents were under the influence of alcohol. I asked my parents if they remembered, and my dad claimed they were drinking Grain Belt. I remember being fascinated with Grain Belt beer cans as a child, because each can had a different nature painting covering it, such as a northern pike breaking water, or a big buck, looking majestic.
That was Hamm’s beer, wasn’t it?
Schmidt Beer was the one with wildlife scenes on the cans not Grainbelt. There were over 20 scenes in total.
Hamm’s had a similar advertising theme- “From the Land of Sky-Blue Waters”.
I did some internet research. Turns out those nature scenes were on Schmidt beer cans, not Grain Belt.
uh-oh, bad news about the grain belt/schmidt mixup … your entire life has been wasted.
A new meaning to the word misconception!!
‘LOL !!!! I about spit through my nose on that one! Misconception!(see Craigs post above-Pete Townsend-conception)
It goes by the name “Grain Belt Premium” these days, and actually is not bad, compared to the Bud/Miller/Coors swill the majority of uninformed “beer” drinkers like.
The Wiki!
Grain Belt is a brand of beer brewed in Minnesota, United States, by the August Schell Brewing Company. The beer has been produced in Three varieties: Grain Belt Golden, the original style introduced in 1893, and Grain Belt Premium, first introduced in 1947, and the brand new Grain Belt Nordeast, introduced to Northeast April 7th 2010 and nation wide April 8th. It was originally produced by the Minneapolis Brewing Company which formed with the merger of four smaller brewers in 1891. Soon after introduction, Grain Belt became the company’s flagship product. It was brewed at the original Grain Belt brewery in Minneapolis, Minnesota until 1976. A series of other owners followed, and Schell took over the product line in 2002.
I always picked up some Grain Belt whenever traveling through Minn.