Alamo Beer
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Alamo Beer is a brand of beer enjoyed by many characters on the animated series King of the Hill.
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Its can describes it as coming "From the lukewarm headwaters of the mighty Brazos River." Hank also reveals that the Alamo Beer Company won the Munich Beer Festival of 1849.
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In the episode of King of the Hill entitled "Beer and Loathing" there is a state-wide shortage on Alamo Beer in Texas. While calling The Alamo company to ask about the shortage, Peggy is told that she speaks Spanish extremely well, and that she would make an excellent Alamo Employee. There, she signs a non-disclosure agreement that says that she cannot reveal any of the company's "secrets." She discovers that Alamo Beer distributed in Mexico is contaminated. After making a promise to his wife not to, Hank, along with Dale, Bill, and Boomhauer all go to Mexico and get sick from drinking Alamo. Hank finally convinces Peggy to tell him the information that she has been withholding, and she reveals that the beer is tainted, and that is why he has been vomiting and having diarrhea. Peggy sneaks into the Alamo board room, and replaces the safe beer that is being served there with tainted beer from Mexico. This, as Peggy had hoped all along, changes the executive's minds on selling tainted beer in Mexico.
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Alamo may be a parody of the Pearl Brewing Company, formerly based in San Antonio. A onetime popular beer and brewing giant in Texas, competion from other brands and quality control problems have landed the brewer "down on its luck."
Alamo Beer is also the name of a beer bottled by the Alamo Beer company. The beer is brewed by Real Ale Beers in Blanco, Texas and is identical to Real Ale's Firemans #4 beer which is available on draught throughout Texas.
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| Hills and Platter: | Hank | Peggy | Bobby | Luanne Platter | Cotton | Tilly | Ladybird |
| Gribbles: | Dale | Joseph | Nancy |
| Souphanousinphones: | Kahn | Minh | Connie |
| Other characters: | Boomhauer | Bill | John Redcorn | M. F. Thatherton | Chuck Mangione | Monsignor Martinez |
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| Miscellaneous: | Alamo Beer | Manger Babies | Mega Lo Mart | Strickland Propane |
| Media: | King of the Hill DVDs | List of King of the Hill episodes |
