Relaunched Schlitz Beer Selling Out in Milwaukee Area

JSOnline ^ | July 1, 2008 | Staff Writer

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[taxcontrol]

Nasty stuff

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[RetiredArmy]

Wasn’t the old commercial on TV on Saturday baseball a cartoon guy called the Old Pro, or something like that and he made the commerical for Schlitz.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[thefactor]

here in nyc, dive bars that sell $2-3 dollar cans of PBR are hugely popular. was at one last weekend actually.

schlitz would make a killing here as well. tons of people wear schlitz t-shirts and trucker hats. it's kitchy.

[TexasCajun]

Right after I was weened off my momma’s teet, I had my first Schiltz, courtesy of my proud papa.

[AreaMan]

This is the only unfortunate consequence of good beer:

The dreaded "Beer Goggle" effect:

[TexasCajun]

How many old pull tab chain necklaces have you made in your lifetime? ..remember them?

[WilliamReading]

$5.49 for a six pack of Schlitz?

For goodness sake, I can buy a 12 pack of Old Milwaukee for $6.49.

Dollar for dollar, there is no finer beer than Old Milwaukee.

[Charles Martel]

Heh... I should list my dozen old Schlitz-logo pilsner glasses on eBay. Ride the wave of popularity, so to speak. :-)

[Non-Sequitur]

Pabst, based in suburban Chicago, owns dozens of brands but doesn't operate any breweries.

Well that makes sense.

[kidd]

Minneapolis in the 60s:

The only beer you could find was Schlitz and Hamms.
Only foreigners drank Budweiser.

[smithone]

My mother-in-law was secretary to the chairman of the board at Schlitz. We got free cases of beer twice a month, sweet deal when you’re newly married and poor.

I still have her old stapler with the Schlitz name on it and her old manual typewriter.

They turned the Schlitz building into condos I believe.

[Non-Sequitur]

OK, who remembers the theme song?

Let's get together for a glass of Schlitz
A friendly glass of Schlitz
Brewed with pride(?) and just a kiss of the hops
To put real gusto into every drop
Oh...and then I forget the rest.

[AlbertWang]

Based upon comments from experts I must politely question the validity of your beer googles.

You can drink a girl pretty, but you can’t drink her thin.

[Biblebelter]

Could Stag and Mr. Magoo may a come back as well?

[JoeFromSidney]

Then there's that old song, "The beer that made Milwaukee famous has made a fool out of me."

[CaspersGh0sts]

Is this stuff actually good? Or just another American domestic beer?

It’s always puzzled me how we took loads of British, Irish, and German immigrants and ended up with such terrible domestic beers. Just watered down, riced up garbage all too often.