The Unofficial Old and Obsolete American Beer Thread

Free Republic Chat Thread ^ | 5/23/17 | Jack Black

[Jack Black]

Over on this thread discussing what has become of Fox News ratings the conversation slipped into the famous New Coke fiasco, and then onto discussion of what happened to Schiltz beer.

This seemed like far too important a topic not to have it's own thread. Especially given the onset of summer.

So lets have your opinions, good or bad, on the many regional American macro-brews of days past, both the survivors and the many more dead soldiers.

Pictures are greatly appreciated!

[Red Badger]

Now they have Colt 45, Olde English 800, Da Bull, and Stainless Steel...............

[hoagy62]

“I seen ‘em....the Artesians!”

[palmerizedCaddis]

OBTW Billy Carter had a rather uninteresting brother.
What was his name, getting older, silly how unimportant stuff clogs up your memory.

A pal of mine(late) once said if one needs to give the planet an enema, Plains Ga. was the place to go.

Caddis the most ancient one

[mark3681]

How about Piels?

[Jack Black]

Blitz-Weinhard, makes of Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve and a few other Henry Weinhard brands was located on Burnside and 12th in downtown Portland, OR. The factory dates to 1864.

Weinhard's downtown brewery is now a restaurant and office building.

(Cribbing a bit from Wikipedia below)

If I remember correctly: Weinhard was sold to Pabst 1979, by the founders grandkids.

in In 1996, Pabst's entire beer production was contracted out to the Stroh Brewery Company, which utilized excess capacity at the former flagship brewery of the G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin it had absorbed earlier that year. In turn, the historic Pabst brewery in Milwaukee was closed, ending a 152-year association with the city and turning that company into a virtual brewer.

Stroh's was on their way to being a giant of the brewing world, at that point already having bought Schlitz Brewing Company in 1982.

They continued to buy up midwest breweries. In 1996 Stroh finally landed a long-sought-after target when it acquired Heileman for about $290 million. The Heileman purchase brought more than 30 brands to the Stroh family, many of which Heileman had itself acquired since its founding in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, in 1858. Among the more important brands were Colt 45 malt liquor, which when combined with Schlitz Malt Liquor, gave Stroh more than half of the malt liquor market.

The end finally came on February 8, 1999, when Stroh announced that the 149-year-old brewer was selling its labels to the Pabst Brewing Company and Miller Brewing Company.

After the company's dissolution in 2000, some Stroh brands were discontinued, while others were purchased by other breweries.

The Pabst Brewing Company acquired the most Stroh/Heilman brands. It currently produces Colt .45 malt liquor, Lone Star, Schaefer, Schlitz, Schmidt's, Old Milwaukee, Old Style, Stroh's, and St. Ides.

The Miller Brewing Company got Mickey's Malt Liquor and Henry Weinhard's. Most other Stroh/Heileman brands disappeared after 2000.

[Dalberg-Acton]

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The “Airliner” bar in Iowa City had Bud, Schlitz, Pabst and Miller on four separate taps.

[M Kehoe]

Is that .45 an ivory handle? Or a pearl handle?

If a pearl handle, those are carried by pimps in NO.

Patton

5.56mm

[Snickering Hound]

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Stroh’s was brewed for a time at the old Hamms Brewery in St. Paul, MN.
I put coal and heavy oil in the plant for space heat and brewing.

[golas1964]

...when you’re having more than one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7kfT76H7Pc

[CrazyIvan]

Olde Frothingslosh

The stale, pale ale with the foam on the bottom.

Do they still do that? Miss Frothinslosh was always a beaut.

[kosciusko51]

The Duquesne Brewing Company, Pittsburgh, PA

I remember my grandfather drink this.

[kosciusko51]

...drinking...

[Jack Black]

I worked in the old downtown Detroit Stroh's brewery one summer. I worked in the warehouse, loading trucks, driving a forklift.

And the implosion:

[Eric in the Ozarks]

In the 1970s, Des Moines, Iowa beer wholesaler John Cimino represented Hamms, Pabst and Olyimpia. The Oly and Pabst arrived in rail cars or semi trucks.
Since the Hamms Brewery was just four hours north of Des Moines, John looked around for a suitable semi trailer he could load with Hamms to save on freight.

He found a grain trailer with the name Otho Feeds painted on each side. Not wanting to spend any more money than necessary, John formulated “Otho Feeds” into “10,000 Beers.”
When asked about the new trailers and their claim, Cimino responded, “yes...10,000 beers, or at least that many.”

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Remember MASH beer?

[servantboy777]

>>The Great State of Texas is sure proud of our Shiner and local craft beers (No Label)...<<

The finest blonde I believe I've had here in Conroe, Texas...Bombshell blonde ale.

Dee...li...cious!!

Add a lil Pine Belt for a dirty blonde and now ya have something.

Apparently Texas changed some laws allowing micro brewerys to start up.
Southern Star
Lone Pint...Yellow rose IPA. Nother good’en
Karbach...just bought out.
Copperhead
Cyclers
11below
B52
St. Arnolds
No label
Galveston brewing co.
Brenham brewing co.

Yummy.

[dearolddad]

Olympia beer - remember “Artesians?”

Little Olys (8oz. cans) comes to mind.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I believe his uncle had a worm farm there and sold books through the magazines on how to raise worms. I bought several of them and they turned out to be cheap stapled pamphlets on worm farming.

I never got sucked into that pyramid scheme but others did.