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L.A. bar sells Colt 45 for 15 dollars, in a paper bag. In other news, L.A. is not SF
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You know they lecture people on the pronunciation of Pho
Frozenprince
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Trade you this 100 dollar sambuca.
Got any Sisco?
Seems priced pretty appropriately, considering that you are getting 2.5-3+ servings of alcohol. If they priced it much lower there would be little reason to buy anything else on the menu. I think a lot of bars fuck themselves over by selling $2 PBR cans, because that ends up being all anyone wants to buy and they have to alot a huge amount of stoarge space to low-end garbage they hardly make any money on.
That said, it seems like a pretty terrible purchase anyway. That Colt 45 tastes bad even when it's cold, and by the time you are halfway done it is going to be warm as fuck.
That said, it seems like a pretty terrible purchase anyway. That Colt 45 tastes bad even when it's cold, and by the time you are halfway done it is going to be warm as fuck.
Frozenprince
Banned
I legit still have an empty mad dog 20/20 bottle around here somewhere.
Phobophile
A scientist and gentleman in the manner of Batman.
Mickeys comes with rebuses on the cap so that's some pretty intellectual malt liquor if you ask me
MidnightCowboy
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40s without the bag just aren't as fun. Same with those shatterproof bottles. Give me glass or give me death.
Purple Cheeto
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Big Wang's annually makes the list of top 15 douchiest bars in LA.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Who the hell goes to Big Wangs? Go to an actual good bar and pay good money for a stiff drink at The Burgundy Room or The Velvet Margarita which are both next door.
If you need a beer go to Ball and Chain.
blame space
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image patronizing a place called big Wang's
Livingskeletons
If I pulled that off, would you die?
It's called Uber.
Frozenprince
Banned
There's a painting of him on the wall.
St Felix had been selling that for years.
Only Vietnamese people are allowed to do that!
Now that's a brand I haven't thought of or heard about in a long while.
The closest thing I had to a father figure introduced us all and would buy us bottles of night train, those were the days. Or we would get Boones Farm and just drink it like a 40.
Strawberry hill forever.
You go there if you want buffalo wings.
I_D
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Exactly this. What's the problem? Isn't this standard practice?
Most bars charge an insane markup on their drinks. I've been at bars where a single shot of rum can run $10.
How else are they supposed to make money?
They stopped making it in 2008, that is why it is private reserve
I hate that entire chain of words
Frozenprince
Banned
Problem ain't the price.
Problem is the price, coupled with the presentation.
Next thing you know they'll include a free doo-rag and burner to go with it.
Complete the 90's racist ensemble.
Ahh, makes sense then.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
In everyway imaginable, this is the dumbest thing I have heard in a very long time.
In other news, My boss received a case of Colt 45 for pollyanna (Secret Santa) this year and it was wrapped in a trash bag, I shit you not. I work in Voip Telecom.
In other news, My boss received a case of Colt 45 for pollyanna (Secret Santa) this year and it was wrapped in a trash bag, I shit you not. I work in Voip Telecom.
Now that was some nasty shit. It was the fresca of alcohol
Frozenprince
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Ninja Scooter
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it's tacky and in poor taste.
People always say they like fresca, but i never seen anyone actually drink it. I mean i seen fresca only soda machines, but they are always next to a regular soda machine.
I'd say the problem is entirely presentation. The price is fair, considering that you are basically buying 3 beers at once. In a place like Los Angeles, paying $5/beer seems more than acceptable. I almost think it would be more funny and hipstery if the Colt 45 came out in an iced-down champagne bucket, and you could pour out glasses of it as you drank. If you're going to pretend like malt liquor is really an expensive delicacy, you might as well go all the way.
DiscoJer
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I still vividly remember in college, when my friend accidentally dropped one. It was like in slow motion, his face went from from astonishment to horror to sorrow. "Nooooo"
He later had to leave college because he thought it was a good idea to Tarzan out a 3rd story window. He survived, but really tore up his hands.
Gentleman Jack
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Velvet Margarita is legit one of my favorite lunch spots in Hollywood. Big Wangs is easier to get big groups into and it's cheap and has sports, I'm not that picky when I want both of those things.
BlazinSkatinAxel
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The Dodge Challenger, you can keep it in the divorce.
Wait, what were we talking about?
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
$15 for a 98¢ bottle of "not even really beer" beer? Yes, that's quite expensive.
CassidyIzABeast
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Boondocks episode come to life.
So I understand this is like the cheapest beer sold for a bizarre high price coupled with the poor experience? To be honest, I don't really know what to make of that (aside from the strange gap of shelve price and bar price). However, isn't beer in American bars always expensive? I bought a 11 dollar Heineken once in Miami which had me floored of disgust because I'm from Holland and Heineken (and other regular beer) is oretty cheap at bars.
Charles Brandon
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For us non-Americans, what does this stuff taste like? It's a beer, yeah? Lager? Does it taste like anything you can get in the UK?
harriet the spy
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My brain misfired and I briefly thought it was a gun right activist's bar and that it was an actual gun in a paper bag.
LIke you given up on life.
Colt 45 is like a lager that's been left out in the sun in a rain barrel underneath a pine tree for about a week.
The paper bag tastes like a paper bag
Frozenprince
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If sadness and cheapness had a taste it'd be Colt 45.
It's overly syrupy and doesn't get any real foam, so you're drinking a nasty flat ass beer essentially.
Charles Brandon
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sounds yummy
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Selling overpriced authenticity to rich hipsters is such a good racket.
I thought sadness and cheapness was Dubra? For those unfamiliar, it's a brand of Vodka localized almost entirely in the NY,NJ,CT area. Popular with broke ass college kids/high schoolers and it tastes like fucking rubbing alcohol. Shit, it might actually be rubbing alcohol. If you had to give me the option of drinking Dubra or never drinking again, well guess I'm sober now. Shit was like $10 for a fucking handle.
Since we're talking about shitty alcohol that might actually blind you, my buddy and I got a 24 pack of red dog at Colonial Liqour in Norwalk, CT for like 8 bucks once. Boy was that a bad weekend.
Colt 45s are awful and taste like brown but honestly, it's not nearly as bad as some of the regional liqour/beer you can get in the tri-state.
Frozenprince
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I gotta figure out my in to the hipster crowd. Make that $$$
If I can make ironically reading 90s comics a thing.
I happy to sell some fool a 20 dollar copy of Ripclaw #2
Frozenprince
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And finally, my seven copies of Ghost Rider 2099 #1 pay off.
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