Posted on 12/09/2012 7:40:10 PM PST by shove_it
Huh? We’re living in the golden age of beer for the U.S., thanks to mirco breweries. Swill is what was exclusively brewed and sold here up until about 20 or 25 years ago.
I hear that. Yuengling Black & Tan is the best reasonably priced brew I’ve ever tasted.
The Hamm's ads were the most memorable.
"From the land of sky-blue waters"
I can still hear the beating tom-toms
Their Boston Ale is better, IMHO. I’m partial to hops.
If you're drinking Harp in the U.S., check the fine print on the label-- it's being brewed in Canada, same as Fosters.
"Fosters-- Australian for FRAUD!"
“If you’re drinking Harp in the U.S., check the fine print on the label— it’s being brewed in Canada, same as Fosters”
Most of the Japanese Beers are now coming out of Canada as well.
I still miss Falstaff!
In the good old days (or as far back as I can remember these days), Clint drank Oly and Paul Newman drank Coors.
These two beers were both unpasturized and were limited into how far the respective breweries were willing to drive refrigerated trucks. Oly was sold only as far east as Idaho. Coors only as far west as Idaho.
So in WA state, getting a 6 of Coors was a big deal and vice verse with Oly in Colorado. And the mystique somewhat fueled by what the two leading men of the day were commonly seen holding in hand.
Hey Mabel!!! Black Label!!!
Wonder how long a list of best micro-brews would be if we asked everyone here to name their one favorite brew.
You forgot the worst of the worst in the PNW and that was Old Heidelberg beer, the stubbies. Remember them?
Recipe please?
***I intend to commercialize it.
Me too. Drank it a time or two, myself.
All it was, was "Piels", rebranded. Or "No-branded", as the case might have been. I used to get the no-brand in those distinctive Piels bottles, just re-labeled.
Not really all that good, as I recall. But, there was Truth in Advertising, as there was no doubt it was certainly beer.
Agreed! I always liked Guiness on tap, or Murphys from a can.
Smithwicks (prounced 'Smeddick's') beats both of them, though, hands down. :-)
There was some sort of Malt Liquor that I bought as a college student in the stubbies. Wasn't "Old Heidelberg", but it *did* have a German name.
$1.25 a six. My roomate and I would scare up some money from deposits, some change from the couch cushions, and whatever poker winnings we had, and get absolutely wrecked for five bucks.
Paid the price the next day though. What the heck, at 18 we didn't know any better! :-)
Took a sip, just a sip of Rainier beer. >gak< but then, Old Heidelberg was worse.
PS -the old Olympia brewery is still closed. Big For Sale sign still flapping on one building.
Iron City- even at age 17 when we were desperate enought to search the seat cushions for change to buy beer, and the only thing we could buy was one quart of “Iron City” for $0.39 cents, we could not force it down.
Have you tried the Shiner Reunion? My neighbor had some at his house the other day and it makes a neat gift for a party. I used to drink Lonestar Longnecks way back when.
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