jonriv wrote:fastpitchdad05 wrote:Meister Brau is up there, BUT...the worst beer I ever had by far was Burgie...aka Burgermeister.
Yeech...
Where is that out of?
Looks like San Francisco. Schlitz was the first of three owners apparently:
1972 -Falstaff purchase the old Burgermeister brewery in San Francisco from bankrupt Meister Brau of Chicago. Before it was owned by Meister Brau, this was also a Schlitz brewery for seven years and had a history dating back to 1868 Falstaff also purchases the brands of the closed P.Ballantine of Newark,NJ for $4 million in cash, .50 per barrel for six years and $1.1 million over the next six years. Founded in 1840, Ballantine's sales were in a steady decline from a peak of 4.4 million in 1964, by the early 70s they were now only 2.2 million. This proves to be a major mistake for Falstaff, who are hoping to enter the NYC market. Losses over the next four years following the Ballantine purchase are $22 million.