# Is this the death of cheap beer? MillerCoors boots PBR **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [November 13, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-death-of-cheap-beer-millercoors-boots-pbr/824473 "2018-11-13T19:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-death-of-cheap-beer-millercoors-boots-pbr/824473/61 "2018-12-01T18:09:26Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > States often have low taxes on things they make a lot of . NC has very low taxes on tobacco. They used to be super low like 2 cents a pack but now they are still much lower than other states. Except the tax on all liquor is relatively low here, not just beer. I think it has more to do with our drinking habits than our manufacture of it. Every now and then some dolt suggests we raise our alcohol taxes. The idea is never received very well. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-death-of-cheap-beer-millercoors-boots-pbr/824473/62 "2018-12-03T13:56:26Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Actually, Rolling Rock [del]is[/del] was brewed in _western_ Pennsylvania (Latrobe, near where we live). When RR pulled out of Latrobe a few years ago, everyone I know stopped drinking it. I was in a Latrobe bar last year and someone ordered a Rolling Rock. A hush fell. :smack: Somehow I had it in my head that Latrobe was in eastern Pennsylvania. To be honest, I’ve never been there. If you’ll pardon a slight hijack, my father told me about going through Latrobe when he was a salesman for an oil company. He knew that Latrobe was the home of Rolling Rock and Pennzoil, and the birthplace of Arnold Palmer. So what did the sign say when he drove into the city? “Welcome to Latrobe, birthplace of Mr. Rogers!” I’d be most proud of that, too. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-death-of-cheap-beer-millercoors-boots-pbr/824473/63 "2018-12-03T15:26:44Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > :smack: Somehow I had it in my head that Latrobe was in eastern Pennsylvania. To be honest, I’ve never been there. > > If you’ll pardon a slight hijack, my father told me about going through Latrobe when he was a salesman for an oil company. He knew that Latrobe was the home of Rolling Rock and Pennzoil, and the birthplace of Arnold Palmer. So what did the sign say when he drove into the city? > > “Welcome to Latrobe, birthplace of Mr. Rogers!” > > I’d be most proud of that, too. Yep, Latrobe has Arnold Palmer Airport where, pre-9/11, I would take my 5 year old daughter to watch takeoffs and landings when she was going through her airplane stage. At Idlewilde Park (an amusement park near Latrobe) I once heard Mr McFeely drop an F Bomb (away from the general public). _That_ was weird. Circa 1995 I was in the Laurel Highlands overlooking Latrobe and Ligonier. We stopped at a little bar. There were cases of Rolling Rock stacked _everywhere_. I asked the bartender what beer they had _other than Rolling Rock_. I got nasty looks from everyone there; they all either worked for the brewery or had friends/relatives who did. And that’s more than anyone wanted to know about Latrobe, PA.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-death-of-cheap-beer-millercoors-boots-pbr/824473/64 "2018-12-03T18:06:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Far from complete but interesting picture diagram of beer ownership: > [https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1-XueuZMqlk/W0x1FCz8QtI/AAAAAAAARmw/OTe-zqP-BaYTkJ56hhgBAmM3PRPR1hjzwCLcBGAs/s1600/Brewery%2BOwnership.jpg](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1-XueuZMqlk/W0x1FCz8QtI/AAAAAAAARmw/OTe-zqP-BaYTkJ56hhgBAmM3PRPR1hjzwCLcBGAs/s1600/Brewery%2BOwnership.jpg) This is out of date since it omits the ABInBev-SABMiller merger and re-org. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-death-of-cheap-beer-millercoors-boots-pbr/824473/65 "2018-12-03T18:19:27Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > This is out of date since it omits the ABInBev-SABMiller merger and re-org. I thought it did include it, to make the merger happen ABInBev … sold the US/Canadian rights to Miller & Coors and others to MolsonsCoors. It is a really twisted picture though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-death-of-cheap-beer-millercoors-boots-pbr/824473.md?page=3)