http://brokelyn.com Food, restaurants, shopping and cheap fun on a budget in Brooklyn NYC Tue, 21 May 2013 16:33:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://brokelyn.com/and-the-blue-ribbon-goes-to-the-search-for-the-best-cheap-beer/ http://brokelyn.com/and-the-blue-ribbon-goes-to-the-search-for-the-best-cheap-beer/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:39:01 +0000 Tim Donnelly http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=8474 Read More]]>
One of the benefits of brokedom in BK is that we have intimate knowledge of the taste and texture of Pabst Blue Ribbon, that ubiquitous lager of dubious award-winning credentials. It is the default option at many a bar due to its bottomed-out price, and its inescapable association with those lovable, huggable hipsters (because who doesn’t want to be lumped in with this guy?). But we know you want more out of the world than just one can. And so it’s time to break free from those blue ribbons and embrace a post PBR-era. And there are plenty of other low-cost options. This we determined by slogging through them, one by one.  With low budgets and thirsty gullets, we set out to answer the question: when it comes to the bottom-of-the-cost-ladder beers out there, which ones are the best? Our approach was academic—we collected a representative sample of 13 of the cheapest brews (we’re saving malt… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/and-the-blue-ribbon-goes-to-the-search-for-the-best-cheap-beer/feed/ 21