# Hipsters of America Unite!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255 "2015-07-15T19:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/1 "2015-07-15T19:03:04Z")
[Pabst is returning to Milwaukee.](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150715005770/en/Pabst-Brewing-Company-Announces-Brewery-Opening-Milwaukee) ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/2 "2015-07-15T19:50:18Z")
Uniting is SO last year. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/3 "2015-07-15T20:24:04Z")
Are they actually going to make Pabst in MKE though? I don’t think there’s enough space where they used to be to run a full scale, multinational brewery in that location. ETA…from another article “The brewery and tasting room, with around five to 10 employees” It’s not Pabst. They’re just lending their name to a microbrewery and restaurant (the restaurant will have about 50 employees). I’m sure they’ll sell a ton of PBR at this place, but there not going to make it here. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/4 "2015-07-15T20:47:56Z")
But it also says they will be using recipes from the Pabst archives and reviving some of Pabst pre-Prohibition labels. So, even though they won’t be making PBR, it is essentially going to be brewing Pabst products. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/5 "2015-07-15T21:46:11Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > But it also says they will be using recipes from the Pabst archives and reviving some of Pabst pre-Prohibition labels. So, even though they won’t be making PBR, it is essentially going to be brewing Pabst products. I mentioned the story to my dad, he said he heard that they’re moving their offices back to Milwaukee as well. But still, it’s not that they’re going to be making PBR here. It would be kind of nice if they would at least make some of it here. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/6 "2015-07-15T21:49:38Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Uniting is SO last year. I was uniting before anybody heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/7 "2015-07-15T22:22:43Z")
There’s a town I know where the hipsters go, and it ain’t Milwaukee. Twitch, twitch. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/8 "2015-07-15T22:28:54Z")
^ Hey, **Lisa** , Cleveland rocks! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/9 "2015-07-16T02:22:22Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > It would be kind of nice if they would at least make some of it here. They had some interesting advertising ideas in [this commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utAxEcI-dSI); especially at the end. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/10 "2015-07-16T02:28:20Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I was uniting before anybody heard of it. Really, I just assumed you probably hadn’t heard of them, uh, it. ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/11 "2015-07-16T06:01:44Z")
why do hipsters have to ruin every thing?:mad: ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/12 "2015-07-16T06:17:44Z")
Ever drink PBR? It and hipsters go well together… ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/13 "2015-07-16T06:37:27Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > Ever drink PBR? > > It and hipsters go well together… it’s not the greatest beer:D, but every time I have to deal with a hipster; I have this urge to grab their glasses and stab them in their neck with the temples of their Ray-Ban Club-masters…😛 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/14 "2015-07-16T17:48:54Z")
Are hipsters still wearing those little hats? Are there female hipsters? Do hipsters really drink PBR and if so, why? I don’t know anyone of this ilk myself\* and I admit to occasionally being curious, in a sociological kind of way, about what the heck it is. Is there an online resource for people like me to learn about hipsters? \*I moved away from Portland 35 years ago, and in those days you could throw a rock down the street and not hit one. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/15 "2015-07-16T18:14:43Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > ^ Hey, **Lisa** , Cleveland rocks! With one little extra flick of the pen at the top of the i, Ohio, becomes Oh no! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/16 "2015-07-16T18:37:05Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Do hipsters really drink PBR and if so, why? Because it’s a cheap macro American light lager and it tastes better than BudMillCoors, in my opinion. Old Style is usually my beer of choice if I’m in the mood for this type of beer, but PBR will do in a pinch. I don’t think I am in any danger of being categorized as a hipster. “Hipsters” are nowhere near as annoying as the caricature of them portrayed on the SDMB make them out to be. Some segments of what I would call “hipsters” kind of irk me, but it’s not that bad, at least around here. And, yes, of course there are female hipsters. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/17 "2015-07-16T19:41:57Z")
PBR is a hipster brew??? When I was a kid the dad next door drank PBR exclusively. He was many things, but hipster was not among them. Redneckster, yes. Hipster, no. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/18 "2015-07-16T19:55:55Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > When I was a kid the dad next door drank PBR exclusively. He was many things, but hipster was not among them. Redneckster, yes. Hipster, no. And what could be more ironic than drinking that man’s brand of beer? Question: One of my friends told me, long ago, that newbies referred to Pabst Blue Ribbon as PBR, but true insiders called it a Blue. As in, “Gimme a Blue”, and the bartender (especially in, ah, “rural areas”) would know what you were talking about. Is/was there any truth to this? Nowadays if I asked for a Blue I suspect that I would get a Labatt’s. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/19 "2015-07-16T20:51:45Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Question: One of my friends told me, long ago, that newbies referred to Pabst Blue Ribbon as PBR, but true insiders called it a Blue. As in, “Gimme a Blue”, and the bartender (especially in, ah, “rural areas”) would know what you were talking about. Is/was there any truth to this? I would think that would be kind of problematic as there was also [Red, White and Blue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_White_%26_Blue_Beer) beer. Coincidentally, it was also made by Pabst. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255/20 "2015-07-16T21:04:03Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > And what could be more ironic than drinking that man’s brand of beer? True. But the thing is, it actually is pretty okay for an American light lager. If you really wanted to be ironic, you’d go for swill like Natty or Milwaukee’s Best or something like that. Pabst does have a bit of a blue-collar image, but it’s also a reasonable beer for the style, better than the more well-known national brands. The hipsters got this one reasonably right, and I’m thankful for it, as it means I can usually get really a really cheap beer that I can enjoy at more bars. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255.md?page=2)