I too prefer red wine. And if it tasted good and was 1.5% abv, I'd still drink it.
I've seen black lagers, oatmeal stouts, and altbiers at my local Giant grocery store. A grocery store that sells very, very limited supply of craft beer.
However, I've never seen any flanders red ales, flanders oud bruins, american wild ales, berliner weisses, rauchbiers, bier de gardes, or wee heavies at my local Giant. When Union Craft starts making some of those, I'll drop the "mainstream" tag.
If you're saying it won't appeal to people because it lacks taste, I'm with you.
If you are saying it won't appeal to people because of the low ABV, you lost me. I would love it if all of the 10% beers I drink could be cut down to 1.5% (and have the calories chopped as well) and maintain the same taste.
And Union Craft makes a lager, a pale ale, an oatmeal stout, and an altbier. It doesn't get much more mainstream than that, does it?
Well kudos to you for at least giving the Max's thing a shot.
At least they titled it correctly, "Rare and Obscure Beer Fest". Looked like some of the stuff sort of appealed to a niche audience and some of it was from smaller, lesser known breweries. Neither of which is going to appeal to a mainstream beer drinker like yourself.
So I went to Union Craft on Saturday. I enjoyed their beers. I especially liked their Balt Altbier, Blackwing Lager, and Oatmeal Stout. I got a couple of six packs of Altbier and a growler of their Lager. They seem to know what they are doing and they are so close to my house that I can stop by any saturday and fill up a growler or two which is nice.
I did head to Max's on Saturday. The bar was full and there was one table open but they dont' have waiters there. And they only had some of the beers each day. I didn't really see anything on the list I wanted to drink on draft. The bottles were around 20 bucks a piece. They had stuff like beers that had 1.5 percent and another beer with habrenaro in it. Also there was no eye candy there. Mostly old people with metal frame glasses. Anyway we left and went to the Admirals Cup had a few Flying Dog in heat wheats and some oysters and crab cakes outside. Beautiful day.
Yeah I am the mainstream beer drinker who drinks Union Craft beer. It appeals to old short dudes in metal framed glasses. I don't think 1.5 percent beer is going to appeal to too many people. Mainstream or Niche drinkers.
To me drinking 1.5 percent beer would be a waste of time. As for Union Craft, Black Lager is not mainstream, oatmeal stout is not mainstream. And Altbeir is not mainstream. I don't know where you get stuff from.
As for Red Wine and seafood. I don't like white wine. So I would never have it with any food. Red wine is healthier for you as well.
