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.
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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.
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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.
7shooter
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My all time favorite boss and erudite beerophile had the following comment on lite beer ... " Lite beer is like checking your pulse during sex ". Words to live by.
cmort666
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I HATE Miller! It's sweet! Beer isn't supposed to be SWEET!!!
ldausmc1369
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Some of the first beer I ever drank! As someone said, "The champagne of bottled beer"! Not canned! Bottle is always better, draft is ever better! I, along with many other vets, have seen mountains of Carling Black Label you couldn't give away! Stacked so long in the sun the labels had faded! Just about as soon try to drink C-rat coffee and claim it's coffee!
bennettfam
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Usually drink Corona, but when I'm in a "buy American" mood it is Miller High Life for me.
If it wasn't for Miller High Life I wouldn't drink beer at all, well maybe not so much of it anyway...For some reason it's sweet nutty flavor does it for me...I will drink a Bud if thats all thats available but really don't like it that much and it gives me a headache...I love the Miller Man TV comercial with Windell Middlebrook, it's one of the few comercials I will watch along with the Geico comercial with Gunny Sgt Ermy as a therapist which also cracks me up...Anyway beer is God's way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy!!!...
bennettfam
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I agree Gun Smoke. That is my all time favorite commercial. He sure tells that Jackwagon what fer! 
I've gone through everything from Miller High Life to Iron City. After a few I have a hard time telling one domestic beer from the next. These days I generally prefer something more stout from one of the various micro breweries.*
*Actually, I prefer what every someone ele is buying for me.
*Actually, I prefer what every someone ele is buying for me.
scorvers
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Like me some Miller. It was the first beer I tried to drink. I was 12 and told my Momma I wanted a beer. She had an eight pack of Pony's in the fridge for guest and told me to get one. Said if I drank it, I could have all I wanted. Needless to say, I couldn't drink it.
Was surprised a couple years ago when the 8 pack Pony's made a come back. Been drinkin' the High Life and Light ever since.
Was surprised a couple years ago when the 8 pack Pony's made a come back. Been drinkin' the High Life and Light ever since.
Brings back a lotta memories.
They still sell quart bottles of beer?
How about Colt 45? Now there was some vile stuff! Malt liquor -- whatever that means. Lotta black guys used to like it back in the '60s.
Then there was A&P's house brand, Tudor, at, what, 89 cents a six pack? Marlboros at 25 cents a pack... There ya go! Two bucks of gas in the car and you were set! Life was good!
They still sell quart bottles of beer?
How about Colt 45? Now there was some vile stuff! Malt liquor -- whatever that means. Lotta black guys used to like it back in the '60s.
Then there was A&P's house brand, Tudor, at, what, 89 cents a six pack? Marlboros at 25 cents a pack... There ya go! Two bucks of gas in the car and you were set! Life was good!
rcnixon
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Many, many years ago, the father of a fellow I ran with worked in the brewhouse of the old Rheingold brewery in Orange, NJ. His dad told us then (late '60s, early '70s) that Miller High Life in the quart glass bottles was one of the best American beers. I'm not much of a beer drinker but what he said was true then and probably still is today although I haven't seen the clear glass quarts in decades.
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