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So I am watching TV last night, and a commercial comes on for Hooters Restaurant. There are 3 people sitting at a table at Hooters eating wings or something. Right on the wall behind them is a big Landshark Neon Sign with the Fin through it!! I know Hooters sells Landshark Lager, but I just thought it was cool. Talk about free advertising..........

Landshark has done one HELL of a job getting their name out there. I just ate at a nice bar and grill here in Beaumont, and outside on the sidewalk, there is a chalkboard easel that is branded with Landshark, telling me the special of the day, etc.

The salt and pepper holders on every table is Landshark-branded, too. These guys aren't missing a beat.

I was in Boston and saw a landshark taxi cab. Instead of that yellow box on the roof that usually says "TAXI" saying "taxi" it had a landshark ad in it.

I like Landshark..especially a loaded one with Margaritaville lime tequila..

B.I.G. DAWG wrote:I like Landshark..especially a loaded one with Margaritaville lime tequila..

that's the way that i like them to. any tequila is fine as long as its not jose cuervo.

I happen to be in the group that thinks Landshark is overpriced. Give me a Sam Adams or Yuengling Lager any day......

JollyMon66 wrote:Give me a Sam Adams or Yuengling Lager any day......

I wish I could get Yuengling here in MA, thankfully I have a BIL who currently lives in PA that brings it to me now and then Speaking of Sam, try the Sam Adams Brick Red if you can find it.

jimsig wrote:

JollyMon66 wrote:Give me a Sam Adams or Yuengling Lager any day......

I wish I could get Yuengling here in MA, thankfully I have a BIL who currently lives in PA that brings it to me now and then Speaking of Sam, try the Sam Adams Brick Red if you can find it.

That's a shame you can't get Yuengling in MA...they now have it as far south as North Carolina. The brewery is about 50 miles from my house and it's so heavily sold here that all you have to ask for is "lager" and everyone knows what you want. Sounds like you need a road trip? When I was just turning 21 you couldn't get Coors in PA. We would take road trips to West Virginia to buy it just for something to do...our own Smokey and the Bandit afternoon. I'll look for the Brick Red Sam Adams - thanks.

B.I.G. DAWG wrote:I like Landshark..especially a loaded one with Margaritaville lime tequila..

We love drinking LANDSHARK. going to have to try it with the Margaritaville lime tequila.


Let The Fin Begin ^

Last time I was at SKOB I got the bartender to sell me a landshark bar mat!

JollyMon66 wrote:

jimsig wrote:

JollyMon66 wrote:Give me a Sam Adams or Yuengling Lager any day......

I wish I could get Yuengling here in MA, thankfully I have a BIL who currently lives in PA that brings it to me now and then Speaking of Sam, try the Sam Adams Brick Red if you can find it.

That's a shame you can't get Yuengling in MA...they now have it as far south as North Carolina. The brewery is about 50 miles from my house and it's so heavily sold here that all you have to ask for is "lager" and everyone knows what you want. Sounds like you need a road trip? When I was just turning 21 you couldn't get Coors in PA. We would take road trips to West Virginia to buy it just for something to do...our own Smokey and the Bandit afternoon. I'll look for the Brick Red Sam Adams - thanks.

I've seen Yuengling as far south as Gulf Shores. At least it was there a couple of years ago.

KruzinParrots wrote:

B.I.G. DAWG wrote:I like Landshark..especially a loaded one with Margaritaville lime tequila..

We love drinking LANDSHARK. going to have to try it with the Margaritaville lime tequila.

Let The Fin Begin ^

Notice my "favorite drink" listed in my profile. A Loaded Landshark, baby!

spartan1979 wrote:

JollyMon66 wrote:

jimsig wrote:

JollyMon66 wrote:Give me a Sam Adams or Yuengling Lager any day......

I wish I could get Yuengling here in MA, thankfully I have a BIL who currently lives in PA that brings it to me now and then Speaking of Sam, try the Sam Adams Brick Red if you can find it.

That's a shame you can't get Yuengling in MA...they now have it as far south as North Carolina. The brewery is about 50 miles from my house and it's so heavily sold here that all you have to ask for is "lager" and everyone knows what you want. Sounds like you need a road trip? When I was just turning 21 you couldn't get Coors in PA. We would take road trips to West Virginia to buy it just for something to do...our own Smokey and the Bandit afternoon. I'll look for the Brick Red Sam Adams - thanks.

I've seen Yuengling as far south as Gulf Shores. At least it was there a couple of years ago.

They bought a separate brewery in the Tampa area. You can get Yuengling throughout all of Florida, including Key West.

popcornjack wrote:

spartan1979 wrote:

JollyMon66 wrote:

jimsig wrote:

JollyMon66 wrote:Give me a Sam Adams or Yuengling Lager any day......

I wish I could get Yuengling here in MA, thankfully I have a BIL who currently lives in PA that brings it to me now and then Speaking of Sam, try the Sam Adams Brick Red if you can find it.

That's a shame you can't get Yuengling in MA...they now have it as far south as North Carolina. The brewery is about 50 miles from my house and it's so heavily sold here that all you have to ask for is "lager" and everyone knows what you want. Sounds like you need a road trip? When I was just turning 21 you couldn't get Coors in PA. We would take road trips to West Virginia to buy it just for something to do...our own Smokey and the Bandit afternoon. I'll look for the Brick Red Sam Adams - thanks.

I've seen Yuengling as far south as Gulf Shores. At least it was there a couple of years ago.

They bought a separate brewery in the Tampa area. You can get Yuengling throughout all of Florida, including Key West.

I don't mean to turn this into a beer thread, but it's no secret that the primary ingredient in beer is water....and it's a fact that water quality varies from place to place. So if a brewery like Yuengling — which started by brewing beer made with Pottsville, PA water — starts brewing beer in Tampa using Florida water, won't that affect the taste of the beer?

I remember this same thing with the Heileman brewery up here in Wisconsin back in the early '80s. They kept going on about how they brewed with pure water from aquifers that ran "...deep underground, some say all the way from Canada" (and they did pump from their own deep wells, at least in La Crosse; it wasn't Mississippi River water, that's for sure); but then brewed the same beer in Kentucky, Texas, Georgia, and Washington State, among others....and I never saw any huge tanker trains shipping the "pure underground water" to those sites.

-"BB"-

BB I think you bring up a good point and since this thread started on beer I guess it's OK to expand on that a bit.

Pottsville sits at the foothills of the largest anthracite coal vein in the world. As the parrott flies it isn't that far from Centralia (home of the famous mine fire). Perhaps this goes into the flavor of Yuengling??? The last time I looked there was no coal in Florida. I'm not a geologist so I have no idea what this really means. For me ... I like the beer so I'm going to stop thinking about the origins of the water used to brew it.....

allucaneatbuffett wrote:So I am watching TV last night, and a commercial comes on for Hooters Restaurant. There are 3 people sitting at a table at Hooters eating wings or something. Right on the wall behind them is a big Landshark Neon Sign with the Fin through it!! I know Hooters sells Landshark Lager, but I just thought it was cool. Talk about free advertising..........

Am I missing something? Landshark is an Anheuser-Busch brand. AB is owned by InBev. InBev is the largest brewing company in the US...their market share is almost 50%. Point being, ain't like Landshark is some craft micro-brew making giant inroads and kicking the big dogs' butts. Landshark is just another marketing gimick like BL Lime or BL Chelata.

PS: You know why they call it an "island-style" lager? Because if you compared it to a classic lager like Yuengling, Landshark would come off like a joke.

JollyMon66 wrote:BB I think you bring up a good point and since this thread started on beer I guess it's OK to expand on that a bit.

Pottsville sits at the foothills of the largest anthracite coal vein in the world. As the parrott flies it isn't that far from Centralia (home of the famous mine fire). Perhaps this goes into the flavor of Yuengling??? The last time I looked there was no coal in Florida. I'm not a geologist so I have no idea what this really means. For me ... I like the beer so I'm going to stop thinking about the origins of the water used to brew it.....

You also forgot to mention that it is Americas oldest brewery and still family owned and operated and one of the few breweries that is not unionized and not publicly traded. Dick knows how to run his buisness. The employees love him and he is very hands on in a good way as his daughters.

Ive been drinking this since before my legal days of being able to drink it. I remeber one time my friends boss caught us with Red Dog if you guys rember that. He said what are you clowns doing. If your going to drink illegally at least get caught with something good. He gave us our firts lagers. And thats been my beer since.

Funny thing is my mother laughed when i brought ueungling home she said that was the cheap beer when they were growin up.

The primary ingredient in beer is water??????????????????????????? Woah!! And health specialists recommend drinking 8 glasses of water a day!!! Time for a few cold one's....

Bicycle Bill wrote:

popcornjack wrote:

spartan1979 wrote:

JollyMon66 wrote:

jimsig wrote:

JollyMon66 wrote:Give me a Sam Adams or Yuengling Lager any day......

I wish I could get Yuengling here in MA, thankfully I have a BIL who currently lives in PA that brings it to me now and then Speaking of Sam, try the Sam Adams Brick Red if you can find it.

That's a shame you can't get Yuengling in MA...they now have it as far south as North Carolina. The brewery is about 50 miles from my house and it's so heavily sold here that all you have to ask for is "lager" and everyone knows what you want. Sounds like you need a road trip? When I was just turning 21 you couldn't get Coors in PA. We would take road trips to West Virginia to buy it just for something to do...our own Smokey and the Bandit afternoon. I'll look for the Brick Red Sam Adams - thanks.

I've seen Yuengling as far south as Gulf Shores. At least it was there a couple of years ago.

They bought a separate brewery in the Tampa area. You can get Yuengling throughout all of Florida, including Key West.

I don't mean to turn this into a beer thread, but it's no secret that the primary ingredient in beer is water....and it's a fact that water quality varies from place to place. So if a brewery like Yuengling — which started by brewing beer made with Pottsville, PA water — starts brewing beer in Tampa using Florida water, won't that affect the taste of the beer?

I remember this same thing with the Heileman brewery up here in Wisconsin back in the early '80s. They kept going on about how they brewed with pure water from aquifers that ran "...deep underground, some say all the way from Canada" (and they did pump from their own deep wells, at least in La Crosse; it wasn't Mississippi River water, that's for sure); but then brewed the same beer in Kentucky, Texas, Georgia, and Washington State, among others....and I never saw any huge tanker trains shipping the "pure underground water" to those sites.

-"BB"-

Short answer? yes it is, and it most probably should affect the taste. A number of years ago there was an advertising war between Coors Light and (I believe) Miller Lite, who accused Coors Light of basically lying about their beer being made with water from the Rockies by pointing out that they had three or four other breweries in America. Coors Light countered with the fact that they deeply researched where they brewed and only chose locations that had similar attributes to the Rockies. Blah blah blah....

Now, the flip side is a certain beer should taste the same no matter where it is brewed. (I call it the McDonald's theory: you know that no matter where you go in the world, you order a Big Mac, it's gonna be 2 all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.) Therefore the process has to be such that, no matter where you are brewing your beer, everything else is standardized. The hops and barely all come from the same place, the fermentation always takes the same amount of time, the temperature is always the same, etc., so that the product is going to be consistent and negate any variables, which in this case the biggest one is the quality of the water used.