Really Cheap Beer

[johnbeaver]

Had a bud in HS that only brought Pearl beer to town. So nobody would drink his beer. And no one did.

 

[rwsmith]

Schaefers

That stuff was awful but it was cheap.

Really cheap beer reminds me of nickel/plastic cup beer night at the Flying Dutchman club in the 70's. That way you got an immediate jump on headache and nausea as soon as you started drinking.

 

[Coldshooter]

Years ago I visited a friend in Minneapolis and he took me to the Hamms Brewery which I think was in St Paul. The Brewery had been sold, but due to Hamms "fire brewing" technique it was not converted to brew any of the beers with Miller's name. The beer in the tap room which had never been out of a cool storage area or shipped and was still fresh was quite good. Some where on that trip I came up with an original Grain Belt glass and pitcher.

 

[rwsmith]

That slot has been filled....

What a shame that many brands of beer have disappeared, or have been bought out by large breweries over the years. Some brands were good and some not so good but the variety was much better then.

Over the years micro breweries have taken over the place the off the wall brands had.

50 American Beers:


• Budweiser
• Pabst
• Miller
• Schlitz
• Hamm's
• Michelob
• Ballantine
• Iron City
• Schaeffer
• Rheingold
• Blatz
• Falstaff
• Piel's
• Black Label
• Coors
• Lowenbrau
• Knickerbocker
• Grain Belt
• Stroh's
• Olympia
• Rainier
• Genessee Cream Ale
• Lone Star
• Pearl
• Shiner
• Schmidt's
• Rolling Rock
• Yuengling
• Straub
• Old Milwuakee
• Milwaukee's Best
• Heileman's Old Style
• Berghoff
• Leinenkugel
• Point Special
• Narragansett
• Dixie
• National Bohemian
• Meister Brau
• Utica Club
• Billy Beer
• Schmidt
• Stag
• Lucky Lager
• Weideman
• Hofbrau
• Bartel's
• Ortlieb's
• Buckeye
• Olde Frothingslosh

 

[Coldshooter]

I'll toss in 5 to the list
Oertal's 92
Old Dutch
Champane Velvet
Wiedamann's
Drewey's which I think had a mountie on the can.

 

[chaparrito]

You paid about 12 dollars more that it's worth IMO, but TEHO.

 

[nawilson]

Man... I didnt realize this was such a high brow crowd. Y'all must be from the S&W Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961 subforum. Those guys are ritzy.

I'm good with Busch.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

When I was newly married & raising kids we drank a lot of Fishers & Lucky Lager @ 79 cents a six pack.

 

[Cdog]

I haven't had a Hamm's beer in 40 years or more.

I reckon I survived it ok...

 

[Krell1]

I believe the best beer I ever had was free. I don't remember the brand name but it was pretty good.

 

[Jack Flash]

Man... I didnt realize this was such a high brow crowd...

I think it may have more to do with age. When I was younger and money was tight, how many beers I could get per dollar was very important. (IIRC, if you shopped carefully, finding 3 beers/dollar was possible back then).

But now that I am older, to me anyway, whether for beer, guns or sex, quality is far more important than quantity!

 

[rburg]

We had Burger, Schoenling, Hudepol around here. They were swill at best.

During my college years, we worshipped Coors. Couldn't be had east of the Mississippi. So gasoline was $.299 a gallon, and I had a VW that really could get 30 mpg. We had a get rich quick scheme that involved us removing the rear seat back and a lot of driving. We were kind of paranoid about getting caught and having everything confiscated. But it all went well. We did it during winter when the natural refrigeration worked well. Got back and became hero's. We may have earned a few hundred bucks for our marathon driving. But we also drank our fair share. One frat house heard about our score and outbid everyone to buy the end of our stash.

I'm very intolerant of others taste in beer. I'm far from rich, but comfortable enough to buy my own beer. If I'd gotten nothing else out of college, I discovered the earning potential of buying what I call decent beer. I do like free, but if its swill, no thank you.

 

[DoubleAdobe]

Man... I didnt realize this was such a high brow crowd. Y'all must be from the S&W Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961 subforum. Those guys are ritzy.

I'm good with Busch.

Zackly, Keystone here.

 

[therevjay]

St. Pauli is my fav. BUT any beer is good beer! PBR's a good cheap one too. And free beer is allways good.

 

[DoubleAdobe]

I remember "A-1 Pilsner Beer" made in Phoenix, AZ. It was delightful. By my late teens it was gone. I have since discovered a Mexican beer that tastes just like I remember A-1. But, after that first taste it deteriorates rapidly. The best across the board beer I have ever tasted was during a trip to New Zealand and Australia in 1985. They were all good, some more good than the rest. ......... Big Cholla

I was also a fan of A-1, man, that was tasty and was cool because it was from Arizona as well.
When I used to go to the west coast of Mexico quite a few years ago, I really liked Superior beer. Have not had one for many years, but one gets tired of Tecate while down there, there again pretty good cold, but nothing nastier otherwise, except maybe Hamms,ha.

 

[Lost Lake]

Confession: I used to be a beer snob.....

I thought I knew a lot about beer and liked the 'good stuff'. I brewed beer, and knew all about beer, and had drank a fair share of it in Germany while I was there.

Then I met an eccentric Swedish millionaire who traveled the world just for fun. He and I went drinking on several occasions and he always ordered Old Milwaukee beer when he could. I tried to scoff at his selection and he told me quite plainly that I had no idea what I was talking about and just because a beer is local doesn't mean it's bad.

I took a new look at beer and realized everyone's tastes are different and I like what I like and I can appreciate all beers for what they are.

I can tell you one thing for certain, it's a lot harder to brew a Miller Light than an Irish Stout!

My favorite? OPB

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[alwslate]

I drink a little beer, not much as I prefer Scotch whisky for sipping,
and I have tried most of the popular cheap beers. The best tasting one
to me is Natural Light, a Budweiser product. It doesn't get advertised
nearly as much as other Budweiser beers but is a strong seller.

 

[nawilson]

I can tell you one thing for certain, it's a lot harder to brew a Miller Light than an Irish Stout!

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I did a tour of the Red Hook Brewery in Atlanta last year, and they said pretty much that exact same thing. Small breweries do a lot more ales because they are so much easier and faster to make than a lager or pilsner. That kind of made me look at things in a different light.

 

[soFlaNative]

I'll stick with Samuel Adams.

How many varieties do they need to make?
Just goes to show the truth in the old saying "If at first you don't succeed try, try again".

Is it time for them to mix all the leftover in the vats together for the "Seasonal Blend"?

 

[Texas40]

Life is too short to drink CHEAP BEER!!!!!!