Outtakes: W
hile there were plenty of grimaces and expletives uttered during Boise Weekly’s blind beer tasting, there were also some delightfully absurd exchanges. Here are some highlights: ROB: “It’s like hobo pee.” LANCE: “I haven’t drank a lot of
COORS BANQUET 1 Little Dutch Garden 2 Terry’s State Street Saloon 3 Centurylink Arena 4 Beer House 5 Strikers (Meridian)
COORS LIGHT 1 Twin Peaks Restaurant 2 Buffalo Wild Wings (Meridian) 3 Big Al’s (Eagle) 4 Centurylink Arena 5 Suds Tavern
HAMM’S 1 Meridian Speedway 2 Lucky Fins (Meridian) 3 Eastside Tavern 4 Lucky Fins (Boise) 5 Tenth Street Station
KEYSTONE ICE 1 Monkey Bizness (Nampa) 14 | JULY 2–8, 2014 | BOISEweekly
2 Rusty Canteen (Nampa) 3 Pete’s Tavern (Nampa)
KEYSTONE LIGHT 1 The Getaway (Nampa) 2 Firehouse Sports Pub(Nampa) 3 Lakeview Golf (Meridian) 4 Vern’s (Caldwell) 5 Ranch Club (Garden City)
MILLER GENUINE DRAFT 1 Elks Club No. 1148 (Caldwell) 2 Sportsman’s Hideout (Caldwell) 3 Broadway Bar 4 Warm Springs Golf Course 5 The Getaway (Nampa)
MILLER HIGH LIFE 1 Plantation Golf Club 2 Denny’s Lounge (Nampa) 3 Basque Center 4 Boulevard Club 5 Jumpin’ Janet’s Good Time
hobo pee.” ROB: “Well, buddy, you haven’t lived.” ROB: “You’ve got to wash the taste of regret out of your mouth.” KERRY: “I don’t have that yet today. But the day is still young and it is my day off.”
ROB: [Gloating over correctly guessing PBR.] KERRY: “You have good taste in bad beer. Congratulations.” BW: “Did you guys learn anything today?” ROB: “Pooping on poop is like pooping on poop.” EVERYONE: “WTF?”
MILLER LITE 1 Cheerleaders Sports Bar and Grill (Meridian) 2 Buffalo Wild Wings (Meridian) 3 Strikers (Meridian) 4 Twin Peaks Restaurant 5 The Lucky Dog Tavern
OLYMPIA The Lift
PBR (NO ORDER) Mulligans Neurolux Buffalo Wild Wings Jim’s Alibi White Water Saloon (Meridian)
RAINIER (NO ORDER) Tom Grainey’s JT Toads (Grainey’s Basement) R Bar
Big Props
go out to Leil Cardoza at Craig Stein Beverage and Brian Golden at Hayden Beverage Company for helping us compile this data. This map lists the top accounts for various domestic brands across the Treasure Valley. Bars in towns like Payette, Weiser, Mountain Home and Idaho City trump these numbers. Seriously. Some of them sell more than triple the amount. In those parts, domestic beers still reign supreme.
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