News and notes from around the interweb:
- Airport bars increasingly serving craft beers but if a Sam Adams can run $28 at LaGuardia what will you pay for something actually good and interesting? (HT: Paul H)
- American Airlines offloads some of the Airbus A330s it retired and was still paying on (HT: JonNYC)
- Quiz: identify an airline by its business class cabin
- Cayman Islands drops all Covid travel restrictions on Wednesday and Anguilla now accepts unvaccinated travelers with testing (HT: Wes P)
- Qantas extends elite status for another year as part of an apology for poor operational performance.
- CBP officers seize nearly $7 million worth of fake Cartier jewelry and Rolex watches it’s always bothered me that taxpayers subsidize big brands this way.
- World’s first airport terminal made of wood And since the terminal is made of wood it is therefore… a witch.
- This was the Hayat hotel, not the Hyatt hotel.
The real key is, what are they serving in whatever lounge you belong to, for free. Centurion Lounges have cocktails by Jim Meehan, so we know they’ve got that covered.
Someone needs to put together a list of the best things to order in each airport lounge. Might help decide which one to pick – if the top of the list is Bud Light, pass.
Sam Adams Lager is a great beer. Very few have done more to bring about the great brewing revival in the United States than Boston Beer Co. I neither work for them nor own any stock in the company. It just gets old as someone who remembers when the only options at most bars were Bud, Miller, or PBR to hear the beer snobs run down Sam.
@Bob – Yes and no. Back in the day, Sam Adams was one of the few games in town. They get credit for that. But they are no longer top of the game. Better than almost anything Big Beer produces, yes. But wouldn’t be my first choice, if something else more local were available. Especially since I’m more of an IPA guy, and they’re not known for that. But yes, they shouldn’t be looked down on like Big Beer.
Unfortunately, a lot of the big names in craft beer are getting bought up, so you always have to be careful about depending on past reputation. Goose Island definitely went downhill when bought by AB-InBev, despite them trying to claim it was the same. It isn’t. My old reliable, Bell’s, was sold last November and the founder retired. We’ll see if it holds up. But there’s still Boulevard Tank 7. Sierra Nevada has held up, despite getting very large. It’s always a moving target.
When I had a six hour wait for my plane at DCA two weeks ago, I did the quick math and opted to spend $59 for the Admirals Club day pass. $28 for a BEER? Nope. Unless it makes me three inches taller.
Love the Holy Grail reference and the smooth way you slid that in.