# Beer and Fruit Loops
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 7, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835 "2002-07-07T23:32:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/1 "2002-07-07T23:32:46Z")
There is very little else better thyan drinking cold beer and eating Fruit Loops right from the box. Unless I am also watchig Rocky and Bulwinkle.
Don’t argue with me or this will get bumped to IMHO.
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### Author:  [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/2 "2002-07-07T23:34:29Z")
That is so very _no_.
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### Author:  [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/3 "2002-07-08T00:11:20Z")
_ahem_ I think you’re probably talking about Froot Loops, so named not just because the alternative spelling bumps the “o” count up to a pleasing four, but also because Froot Loops contain no actual fruit. Indeed, Froot Loops have never been within 10 feet of actual fruit until you nestle them into your shopping cart next to the bananas.
What kind of beer was it? I could maybe see cereal going with a sweeter beer like Red Stripe. If you were drinking Guinness or Newcastle or something, well, may god have mercy on your soul.
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### Author:  [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/4 "2002-07-08T03:09:51Z")
I spent two years in Europe so I am kind of spoiled for beer. I like Killians Irish Red. I would love to taste the beer I had in Hungary. Froot Loops were hard to come by there.
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### Author:  [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/5 "2002-07-08T07:22:22Z")
hmm, been a few years since I’ve had Pilsner Urquel, Fruit Loops or watched Rocky and Bulwinkle, but I do believe you could be right.
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### Author:  [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/6 "2002-07-08T07:24:45Z")
I know a few folks who lived in Germany and used beer instead of milk on cereal because of expense. Not on Frood Loops tho.
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### Author:  [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/7 "2002-07-08T09:32:46Z")
I had fruit loops in America
I hope the inventor has a day named after him/her
egg
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### Author:  [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/8 "2002-07-08T17:30:17Z")
The beer that I loved best in Hungary was called Dreher Pils. I can’t find it anywhere in California.
Europa dopers, please have one for me.
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### Author:  [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/9 "2002-07-08T17:53:55Z")
Froot Loops and beer?
See a doctor.
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### Author:  [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/10 "2002-07-08T19:13:31Z")
With a username like mine, I feel almost honor bound to post in any thread concerning beer. However, this thread made me seriously question my resolve on that matter.
> [@](#):
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> I am kind of spoiled for beer. I like Killians Irish Red.
Those seem like contradictory statements to me. But at least it’s not Miller Lite you’re admitting to.
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### Author:  [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/11 "2002-07-08T19:39:45Z")
I prefer Cheerios with my beer. Or perhaps Honeycombs. But Froot Loops?I don’t know. Doesn’t sound too good, but I may have to try it. You never know…
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### Author:  [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/12 "2002-07-08T20:14:57Z")
Personally, I munch on Frosted Flakes straight out of the box with my beer. Had some this weekend, as a matter of fact.
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/13 "2002-07-08T20:19:58Z")
Ugh. I _hate_ lambics.
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### Author:  [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/14 "2002-07-08T22:12:03Z")
I hope you didn’t mean a dark beer, that’s more of a coco puffs thing. 😃
Homebrew, the original, and AFAIK discontinued, Killians Red **Ale** was quite different than the Killian’s Red Lager they sell now. The original had a distinct flavor of roasted grain while the stuff they have now is rather ordinary.
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### Author:  [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/15 "2002-07-08T22:23:28Z")
No no no.
Beer and _CHOCOLATE_!
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### Author:  [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/16 "2002-07-08T22:28:22Z")
Ack!
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### Author:  [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/17 "2002-07-09T01:07:23Z")
I was just going to pretend I never saw, much less READ this thread, but I must admit I have had Sam Adams Boston lager and key lime pie.
_Comic Book Guy_
_Worst taste_ **EVER.**
_Comic Book Guy_
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### Author:  [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/18 "2002-07-09T03:21:43Z")
The stage play: Lone Star has the main character eating Baby Ruths and Mars Bars with his beer.
The singular is Mar Bar.
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### Author:  [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/19 "2002-07-10T21:01:57Z")
MGB and Godivas.
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### Author:  [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-fruit-loops/117835/20 "2002-07-10T21:25:05Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Juniper200 \*
> **Froot Loops contain no actual fruit**
Believe it or not, [Froot Loops](http://kellogg.marketlocator.com/kelloggs/us/knutr.nsf/webcereals/AF95BCF61F5718BB86256A4F005067AB?opendocument&Cat=Cereals) actually _do_ contain some real fruit-like ingredients:
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> natural orange, lemon, cherry, raspberry, blueberry, lime, and other natural flavors
(immediately after “reduced iron” and before “red #40” :eek: )