I stopped at my favorite pub today to find that they now have Miller High Life, not Miller Lite, on tap. The last time I had a draft Miller was probably 40 years ago. I found it most enjoyable and a nice change of pace.
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mstuhr
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I like it too!
Hi Max,
I have not seen it on draft for a while but the local store puts 30 pack of High Life on sale for about $14.00.
I keep the fridge in the garage stocked. Not just because it is cheap but it is good beer too.
Thanks
Mike
Hi Max,
I have not seen it on draft for a while but the local store puts 30 pack of High Life on sale for about $14.00.
I keep the fridge in the garage stocked. Not just because it is cheap but it is good beer too.
Thanks
Mike
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Some years ago, I saw a cartoon that showed two hyenas outside a safari tent. The sign by the tent read, The Millers.
One hyena said to the other, "It's Miller time!"
I sent that to author Peter H. Capstick, who enjoyed it. It was much like his own droll, macabre humor. He replied with a very nice note on blue airmail statonery and a very pretty South African stamp.
I'm not much of a beer drinker, but recall Miller as being pretty good.
T-Star
One hyena said to the other, "It's Miller time!"
I sent that to author Peter H. Capstick, who enjoyed it. It was much like his own droll, macabre humor. He replied with a very nice note on blue airmail statonery and a very pretty South African stamp.
I'm not much of a beer drinker, but recall Miller as being pretty good.
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TheHobbyist
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In the great midwest, we're practically raised on the stuff. 
HighLife has been my beer of choice for 40 + years. I don't drink beer or much of anything like I used to but I really enjoy an ice cold Miller from time to time.
don95sml
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Back in the 1940s, when I lived in the Milwaukee area, the big breweries in Milwaukee were Miller, Schlitz, Pabst, and Blatz. Miller is the only real survivor. I believe the other names are still around, but were bought out by out-of-state businesses.
socal s&w
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The High Life is awesome beer, much better than it's brother MGD. It's a little harder to find than MGD in these parts, but I do seek it out.
CAJUNLAWYER
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"The champagne of bottled beer."
Back in '73 my first summer job was making Ice delieveries in New Orleans. I was paired up with a big black guy and I was his "boy" He was tapped to make the delieveries in the worser parts of town because he was honest, big and nobody screwed with him. It was that summer I discovered Miller ponys. He would plan the route so our last stop was one of his "places" and I soon learned that a bag of ice " on the cuff" was worth a couple of ponys I always felt safe with Champ and word got out that I was with him and the neighborhood left me alone. I found out later that he was a chief (if you don't know what I mean-it has to do with the Mardi Gras Indians-he was the leader of one of the clans down in the ninth ward). Anyway-I learned the city of New Orleans like the back of my hand doing those ice routes and fondly remember making $1.65 an hour and drinking those little Millers all summer. Saved up enough money for college and incidentials-and got a whale of an education for an uptown private school white boy 
. For you old New Orleans ex pats- it was the old Pelican Ice house over on Tchoupitoulas St. when the wharehouse district WAS the wharehouse district. Ahhhhhhhh the simpler times 
Back in '73 my first summer job was making Ice delieveries in New Orleans. I was paired up with a big black guy and I was his "boy" He was tapped to make the delieveries in the worser parts of town because he was honest, big and nobody screwed with him. It was that summer I discovered Miller ponys. He would plan the route so our last stop was one of his "places" and I soon learned that a bag of ice " on the cuff" was worth a couple of ponys
I always felt safe with Champ and word got out that I was with him and the neighborhood left me alone. I found out later that he was a chief (if you don't know what I mean-it has to do with the Mardi Gras Indians-he was the leader of one of the clans down in the ninth ward). Anyway-I learned the city of New Orleans like the back of my hand doing those ice routes and fondly remember making $1.65 an hour and drinking those little Millers all summer. Saved up enough money for college and incidentials-and got a whale of an education for an uptown private school white boy . For you old New Orleans ex pats- it was the old Pelican Ice house over on Tchoupitoulas St. when the wharehouse district WAS the wharehouse district. Ahhhhhhhh the simpler times
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scooter123
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Personally, I would consider that a sign that the tastes of the youth today may be maturing and improving. Fact is that Miller Lite is a distinctly vile beer. Used to drive me nuts when a restuarant would only carry the Lite and not the "good stuff". Many times I ended up sipping on a Bud because it was the only non "lite" beer they carried.
BTW, one thing about Bud, it's always been a decent drinkable beer. I started with Carling Black Label because that's what my Dad liked. Later on I went to Rolling Rock because it had more of a kick to it. Then Miller and MGD which is what I drink today. In all those years, if a pub or restuarant didn't stock my preference, good old Bud was always a very drinkable standby.
BTW, one thing about Bud, it's always been a decent drinkable beer. I started with Carling Black Label because that's what my Dad liked. Later on I went to Rolling Rock because it had more of a kick to it. Then Miller and MGD which is what I drink today. In all those years, if a pub or restuarant didn't stock my preference, good old Bud was always a very drinkable standby.
Back when I was a "Beer Drinker" Ballentine was my beer.
Jimmy
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dkees
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Miller High Life in long necks. Its been my choice since I became deathly ill on warm Pfiefer (in a cooler in the trunk of a friends car for over a week during August, 1968)
GatorFarmer
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I spent the better part of a year living with an assistant district attorney in Milwaukee. Until she went insane and started to be haunted by the ghost of her dead mother that was telling her to harm herself and others... But I digress...
The Miller brewery still does free tours. You can take the tour as many times a day as you want too. You get three free beers at the end of it, but tragically, only one bag of pretzels.
Miller High Life was not considered a cheap beer locally. Since it was always fresh, it actually tasted okay. Growing up in MI, it was considered a cheap lower end beer.
Many eateries in WI - the small family owned Greek places esp - simply threw in a free mug of High Life - either 12 ounce or "dinner size" smaller one - with the daily dinner special.
As cheap beers go, it's tolerable as served in most parts of the country, but really does taste better "fresh" as can be.
The Miller brewery still does free tours. You can take the tour as many times a day as you want too. You get three free beers at the end of it, but tragically, only one bag of pretzels.
Miller High Life was not considered a cheap beer locally. Since it was always fresh, it actually tasted okay. Growing up in MI, it was considered a cheap lower end beer.
Many eateries in WI - the small family owned Greek places esp - simply threw in a free mug of High Life - either 12 ounce or "dinner size" smaller one - with the daily dinner special.
As cheap beers go, it's tolerable as served in most parts of the country, but really does taste better "fresh" as can be.
charlie sherrill
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The 7 oz. ponies came in an eight pack. They were perfect fishing tackle on a hot day. They emptied fast so they were OK on hot day. Bottles are better than cans in rough water. You don't spill as much. If the fish really started hitting they could be emptied fast and you didn't have to worry about a bigger bottle or can getting hot while you were "drying em off." I submit that after several beers that the brand doesn't really matter.
These brands were once known in some circles as the onomatopoetic beers...
Bent Barrel
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I certainly don`t drink beer often, but about once every three months, I`ll have a 22oz. Bud Light on draft , when having dinner at the Outback. It is called the "Big Bloke' and served in a frosty mug. mmmnn.
mwtdvm
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Miller High Life Bottles
Back in the day. 67-70, I worked for the Post Exchange at Ft. McClellan AL (now closed) Two of the summers were spent selling bulk beverages...
Low end: Busch, Old Mill, PBR $3.35/cs
High end: Bud, Miller $3.75/cs..
As the EM's could buy there, the beer was supposed to be 3.2% alcohol, but the Bud was occasionally 5% and the Miller bottles were supposed to be always 7%. As I was always searching for the most bang for the buck.. Miller was my beer!
IIRC, the stamped code on the Budweiser flats was S1 for 5% and RO61 for the 3.2%.
Those were the days!!
Charlie, Why do you take two Southern Baptists with you when you go fishing?
Because if you only take one, he will drink all your beer.
Back in the day. 67-70, I worked for the Post Exchange at Ft. McClellan AL (now closed) Two of the summers were spent selling bulk beverages...
Low end: Busch, Old Mill, PBR $3.35/cs
High end: Bud, Miller $3.75/cs..
As the EM's could buy there, the beer was supposed to be 3.2% alcohol, but the Bud was occasionally 5% and the Miller bottles were supposed to be always 7%. As I was always searching for the most bang for the buck.. Miller was my beer!
IIRC, the stamped code on the Budweiser flats was S1 for 5% and RO61 for the 3.2%.
Those were the days!!
Charlie, Why do you take two Southern Baptists with you when you go fishing?
Because if you only take one, he will drink all your beer.
Being born and raised in the Milwaukee area, Miller brewing products have been a big part of my life (Ages 17 to present) And High Life is my all time favorite beer. While my friends would be chipping in for a case of Milwaukees Best (My god the horror) I would shell out the big bucks for a case of the Champagne of beer.
We were working on a hay baler summer 1948. Had my first Miller High Life. Man, would that beer taste good after baling hay all day. Washed the dust away in a hurry. Don't remember what we paid for the beer but we got 80 cents an hour baling hay.
Kstoneking
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Miller High Life was the first beer I ever drank. That was over thirty years ago. I once got drunk on Blatz beer, it was one of the worst hangovers I ever experienced! I swear it must have embalming fluid in it since I felt like the walking dead.
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JimJeep
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I've been drinking it since 1975...now I switched to High Life Light (blue logo) Many of my friends have switched over too!
LedFowl
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I certainly miss the old local brands out here, which were Rainier (still around as a shadow of itself), Olympia and Heidelberg beers. I know that the microbrews get all the headlines, but I read somewhere that 95% of American beer sales are still our traditional light lagers, like Miller.
Cheers!
I'm drinking a High Life light right now... When I first saw it available I asked the cashier what the difference was between Miller Lite and Miller High Life Light.... "Three bucks a case" was his immediate reply.
Liked Miller as a youngster. ( Legal age was 18 @ the time) The clear bottle thing didn't make sense after a I became more "beer-educated". But after a few mixed in with the cigarettes ( back in the day......but no more), Pabst tasted like Bud tasted like Miller tasted like Schlitz, etc. The one beer that made me sick after only 2 ( and no shots of Jack) was Haffenreffer (SP?) I never, ever had it again.
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In college my beer of choice (and neccesary) was Brown Debry lager, made by General Brewing company out of San Francisco, they had a multi-million gallon 50 story high tank they made it in located in the Bay Area.
Came in 10 oz glass stubbies, on sell at Safeway for $1.95 a case. Was making $2.11 a hour, Could buy more beer than I could drink. Used to take a case catfishing on hot nights down on the river. Served at 33 degrees out of a bucket of ice it was a real treat.
My current beer of choice is Pilsner Urguell, the original Pilsner, from the Chech Republic, they have been making it for about 500 years, they sure have gotten it right. Still paying about a hour's pay for a case, its about $40. for a case of 12 oz glass bottles.
Came in 10 oz glass stubbies, on sell at Safeway for $1.95 a case. Was making $2.11 a hour, Could buy more beer than I could drink. Used to take a case catfishing on hot nights down on the river. Served at 33 degrees out of a bucket of ice it was a real treat.
My current beer of choice is Pilsner Urguell, the original Pilsner, from the Chech Republic, they have been making it for about 500 years, they sure have gotten it right. Still paying about a hour's pay for a case, its about $40. for a case of 12 oz glass bottles.
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I'm a big MGD fan but if I spot some High Life I'll give it a try. I remember hearing/seeing it advertised when I was a kid.
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I didn't get home with all that much Grain Belt. It must have gone to Texas. The High Life was at The Lucca.
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