Saddledome Draft Beer Changes

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

Personally, I find any Bud product to be the equivalent of fermented pregnant mare’s urine. Any GW product I’ve ever had has at least been palatable. Can’t say what the stuff they’re pumping out at the Dome is like but I can’t see it being worse than Bud swill. Even if it is at least it’s Canadian.

Hey whoa, no need to insult horse urine like that.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Probably not economical. But surely Big Rock is a big enough company to supply them.

I'm not in the loop on any of the logistics of it, but I do know that many of the breweries frequently work together and do collaboration beers. These breweries working together could certainly pump out far better beer options.

[tony-soprano]

Taste worse than Black Ice.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

I'm not in the loop on any of the logistics of it, but I do know that many of the breweries frequently work together and do collaboration beers. These breweries working together could certainly pump out far better beer options.

Still would require a massive effort. It’s not just Flames games. It’s every event. Most of the micros just don’t have the capacity and I doubt they could divert enough to a team up.

[Psytic]

I like Original 16 Pale Ale. No problems for me. I cant handle heavy malty or amber beers like I could 20 yrs ago.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Still would require a massive effort. It’s not just Flames games. It’s every event. Most of the micros just don’t have the capacity and I doubt they could divert enough to a team up.

Ahh good point, I had my mind focused on 41 (and there better be more) flames games. Add in wranglers, hitmen, concerts and it's quite a tall task.

[Goriders]

Time to switch to whiskey?

[3thirty]

Never thought i would miss Budweiser at the Dome, but Bud is much better than this Original 16 crap.
Would usually start the game with the happy hour Bud and move onto the craft offering, but now I'll pay the extra $6+ even at happy hour.

[the2bears]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

Personally, I find any Bud product to be the equivalent of fermented pregnant mare’s urine. Any GW product I’ve ever had has at least been palatable. Can’t say what the stuff they’re pumping out at the Dome is like but I can’t see it being worse than Bud swill. Even if it is at least it’s Canadian.

What is the basis for your comparison?

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Time to switch to whiskey?

..we been drinkin' beer all night.

[agulati]

I would have preferred a local brewery, but so definitely prefer Original 16, to Budweiser. Happy hour makes more sense now.

Though would still prefer spirits during happy hour

[Envitro]

My wife and I enjoyed the Original 16 Western Light much more than the Bud Light/Bud offerings in the past.

[Toonage]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

I still can't believe people think that they were magically boosting the alcohol content of something extremely mass produced for one specific customer while risking massive regulatory impacts.

People are idiots. Also they're drunk.

[Jiggy]

Will the beer taste better when they turn down the music?

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Bud Light tasted like sweet nectar from the gods in comparison to GW Light.



I wonder what ever happened to the bottom fill cups and "taps"?

What an awful idea that was.

[Boreal]

Originally Posted by Psytic

I like Original 16 Pale Ale. No problems for me. I cant handle heavy malty or amber beers like I could 20 yrs ago.

Can’t wait! Hopefully they still have happy hour deals on O16!

The dome was the only place I ever drank Budweiser & it was only because it was $5/glass. I didn’t mind it because I don’t drink rice beers, so it was a bit of a novelty. Still it’s a flavourless lager that is marketed to people who don’t like beer, they like alcohol &/or getting drunk.

[agulati]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

What an awful idea that was.

Yep had a rough experience with that one when the Flames scored. Avoided those sellers after that.

[agulati]

Originally Posted by Boreal

Can’t wait! Hopefully they still have happy hour deals on O16!

The dome was the only place I ever drank Budweiser & it was only because it was $5/glass. I didn’t mind it because I don’t drink rice beers, so it was a bit of a novelty. Still it’s a flavourless lager that is marketed to people who don’t like beer, they like alcohol &/or getting drunk.

Yep. That’s the domestic offering for happy hour

[Swindlehammer]

To all the "They should have chosen a local brewer folks in the crowd"..... I agree... they should have chosen an Alberta based brewer, or at least a brewer that has a brewery in Alberta as the title sponsor. You all subsidize Great West (google "Great West Brewery Alberta Lawsuit")... so by buying their beers at the dome you are paying for beer that you already subsidize.

BUT a quick economics discussion. There are 120 Breweries in Alberta. The value of the Edmonton Oilers beer sponsorship is in the realm of $5,000,000 to $7,000,000 (estimate) as they have a newer building... so lets conservatively say Calgary is pegged at $5,000,000. If there are 10,000 beer consuming patrons per game (45 games) + concerts and hitmen and other events (estimated total of 220 events per year), they probably sell in the realm of 12,000 kegs per year... There are like 120-130 taps at the saddledome.

SOOOO... lets say every brewery in alberta (120 breweries) gets 1 draught line at the saddledome and pays an equal share for equal volume... thats 100 kegs per brewer, and costs them $42,000 per year for 100 kegs ($420 per keg). thats a lot of money for a brewery that only makes about $1,000,000 - $2,000,000 in gross revenue per year on average and not a lot of return for them.

AND... lets not forget this is the company (CSEC) that walked away from a new rink over $15,000,000 amortized over the life of an arena because of some sidewalks and lights. They aren't gonna give away a beer sponsorship to local brewers for kicks.

So moral of all this is to say. The flames are a business... they made a business decision to sell Great West beer... A beer that gets the same tax break from the government that Eighty Eight, Big Rock, The Establishment, Sea Change all get. Just wanted yall to know

[memphusk]

Banded peak still an option?