Zapp's & Abita
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you shut your whore mouth!!GreenieBacker wrote:my feeling about Zaps is why bother with a chip at all, just eat a bag of salt.
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Irony in this (and this isn't right/wrong, just funny) is that the main thing I like about Zapps is I find them less salty and greasy than most chips.
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I can't think of anything more enjoyable than watching a Tulane victory with this and my new Abita Angry Wave beer I'm trying to make happen.wave-em in wrote:
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I get liking Abita better than the rest of us (that's a qualitative question of taste). But I don't get why people hope for the Baton Rouge beer (ok Abita springs, but same diff) to be the ones making a Tulane beer. Let's keep it in New Orleans territory. There's plenty of breweries in Nola that should be doing that before Abita
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Just tied the sweet pimiento cream cheese at tailgate yesterday. Interesting/unique Don't know if I'd say "good". Good enough I kept eating them to see how I felt about them. Definitely MILES better than the Drago's ones IMO
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Wow, I've never done THAT before...WaveProf wrote:Good enough I kept eating them to see how I felt about them.
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LOL. Yup. If there was one person on this board who I thought would know what I meant by "on the fence but liked them enough I kept trying them"....when it came to potato chips.....you would have been the first person to jump to mind :)PeteRasche wrote:Wow, I've never done THAT before...
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FWIW, Abita Springs is about 35 miles from New Orleans and about 65 miles from Baton Rouge.WaveProf wrote:I get liking Abita better than the rest of us (that's a qualitative question of taste). But I don't get why people hope for the Baton Rouge beer (ok Abita springs, but same diff) to be the ones making a Tulane beer. Let's keep it in New Orleans territory. There's plenty of breweries in Nola that should be doing that before Abita
Also, Abita Springs is in St. Tammany Parish which is part of the New Orleans Metro Statistical Area.
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I found some chips that rank near Zapp's on my list of personal favorites.. the Trader Joe's Organic Kettle Chips are really good. Not flavored.. just straight up kettle chips and they are tasty.
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Perhaps the point was that the area is traditionally LSU supporters? I don't know for a fact, but Abita does sell a bunch of purple and gold merchandise in their store including at least one tshirt with a tiger on it.BC Wave wrote:FWIW, Abita Springs is about 35 miles from New Orleans and about 65 miles from Baton Rouge.WaveProf wrote:I get liking Abita better than the rest of us (that's a qualitative question of taste). But I don't get why people hope for the Baton Rouge beer (ok Abita springs, but same diff) to be the ones making a Tulane beer. Let's keep it in New Orleans territory. There's plenty of breweries in Nola that should be doing that before Abita
Also, Abita Springs is in St. Tammany Parish which is part of the New Orleans Metro Statistical Area.
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I liken their selling such merchandise to the gentleman in "The Sneeches" who found ways to make tons of money off of people willing to part with funds for yet another nexium-colored piece of apparel.PeteRasche wrote:Perhaps the point was that the area is traditionally LSU supporters? I don't know for a fact, but Abita does sell a bunch of purple and gold merchandise in their store including at least one tshirt with a tiger on it.BC Wave wrote:FWIW, Abita Springs is about 35 miles from New Orleans and about 65 miles from Baton Rouge.WaveProf wrote:I get liking Abita better than the rest of us (that's a qualitative question of taste). But I don't get why people hope for the Baton Rouge beer (ok Abita springs, but same diff) to be the ones making a Tulane beer. Let's keep it in New Orleans territory. There's plenty of breweries in Nola that should be doing that before Abita
Also, Abita Springs is in St. Tammany Parish which is part of the New Orleans Metro Statistical Area.
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Abita Springs is rural Baton Rouge, regardless of what the map says. More purple and gold there than tiger stadium
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Abita Pecan Pie Soda is stomach turning. two sips poured it out and have 5 bottles left
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Wow, every part of that sounds awful. Who thought that was a good idea?windywave wrote:Abita Pecan Pie Soda is stomach turning. two sips poured it out and have 5 bottles left
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The pecan beer is pretty goodPeteRasche wrote:Wow, every part of that sounds awful. Who thought that was a good idea?windywave wrote:Abita Pecan Pie Soda is stomach turning. two sips poured it out and have 5 bottles left
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The Anita king Cake soda is worse
The summer pilsner is awful too
Really their 20 new products in the last 3 years are mostly (not all) really bad
They are desperately trying to keep up with Nola, la 31, et al. But it just smacks of desparation. They have a product a lot of people (not me) still prefer, and they have more name recognition outside the region than their competition. Capitalize on that. Don't try to create tons of new crud that tastes like crud
The summer pilsner is awful too
Really their 20 new products in the last 3 years are mostly (not all) really bad
They are desperately trying to keep up with Nola, la 31, et al. But it just smacks of desparation. They have a product a lot of people (not me) still prefer, and they have more name recognition outside the region than their competition. Capitalize on that. Don't try to create tons of new crud that tastes like crud
“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.” --Troy Dannen 11.5.16
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I have to agree; the last several new Abita flavors (including "The Boot," a clear attempt at pandering to locals) are awful. The last new good one I can remember is either the Strawberry Andygator or the Restoration Ale.