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Iconic Olympia Beer stops production after more than 120 years
q13fox ^ | 1/27/2021

Posted on 01/27/2021 8:39:07 AM PST by mylife

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Say it ain't so, beer lovers: Olympia Beer, a mainstay of bar taps and college parties for decades, is pausing production.

Pabst Brewing Co. made the announcement in an Instagram post Monday. The owner of the iconic local brand said the decicion came afer a decline in the beer's sales.

"Sadly, we have not been able to find a solution to the challenges posed by reduced beer sales and have had to make the difficult deciscion of temporarily pausing production of Olympia Beer," the company said on the beer's Instagram page.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alcohol; beer; booze; itsthewater; olympia; olympiabeer; pabst
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To: mylife

I remember Oly beer, low cost beer, family drank it a lot back in the day


61 posted on 01/27/2021 10:25:32 AM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Billthedrill

We used to get Corona so cheap in Mexico, if you collected the refund on the bottles you could get a new case for like 68c
Why anyone pays big bucks for Corona is beyond me, and for god sake stop putting fruit in it!!


62 posted on 01/27/2021 10:27:21 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

So many navy talking Olympia...
Most of the navy I knew drank Heineken...


63 posted on 01/27/2021 10:31:55 AM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Heilemann’s made some decent beers.


64 posted on 01/27/2021 10:32:22 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: moehoward

We called it “Dog style” but had names for all of ‘em! More fun that way...


65 posted on 01/27/2021 10:33:42 AM PST by W. (And now, more beer, and Les Nessman!)
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To: Born to Conserve

Vietnamese drink Heineken, and you’ll get the best price an freshest in one of their markets


66 posted on 01/27/2021 10:35:50 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: hanamizu

OMG brew 102.. that was the cheapest beer you could buy, had a uncle buy it buy the case at the distributors for family camping trips...


67 posted on 01/27/2021 10:35:54 AM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: zek157

Rainier was always swill.

That was it’s charm. Gets you drunk. Like old English.


68 posted on 01/27/2021 10:45:17 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: mylife

My gold was Rheingold. I also liked Genesee Cream Ale.


69 posted on 01/27/2021 10:54:02 AM PST by thegagline
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To: markman46

OMG brew 102.. that was the cheapest beer you could buy,


When I was very young, my parents were, in the words of my mom, poor as church mice. I remember Brew 102 as what my dad brought home. So I guess they really were. Funny thing is, I don’t remember feeling poor. I guess it was all our white privilege.


70 posted on 01/27/2021 10:57:13 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: thegagline

Nothing wrong with Jenny Cream Ale.


71 posted on 01/27/2021 11:04:46 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife
Nothing wrong with Jenny Cream Ale.

At least for a few minutes following consumption. There is a reason they are called Genny Screamers

72 posted on 01/27/2021 11:05:50 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: max americana

Raises hand. I don’t care especially after a few. Beer is beer to me.


73 posted on 01/27/2021 11:06:53 AM PST by commonguymd (What happened to common sense. twitter @commonguy123)
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To: setter

Dixie beer; New Orleans. Indescribably horrid.
But somehow it hung around until BLM poisoned everything.
The owner of the brewery (who also owns the Saints) made a big public PR announcement about changing the name cuz ya know...slavery. She told the public to write in suggesting names...
Last I heard of it.
Funny thing; “Dixie” is from French word “dix” for 10. The word was on currency in New Orleans dating back to late 1700s. Over the years the silent x” became Americanized with the “x” pronounced as we do today. Then became a name for the South somehow.
I don’t know that story! 😀


74 posted on 01/27/2021 11:09:32 AM PST by AnxiouslyWaiting
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To: Born to Conserve
HEINEKEN?!?!?



"PABST BLUE RIBBON!"
75 posted on 01/27/2021 11:12:02 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mylife
The owner of the iconic local brand said the *decicion* came *afer* a decline in the beer's sales.

Obviously this was written after the writer had done some sampling (I hope!)

76 posted on 01/27/2021 11:17:41 AM PST by SES1066 (I feel SWAMPED and it stinks! I am still fighting though!)
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To: max americana

Bundy is the best...I miss that show.


77 posted on 01/27/2021 11:23:04 AM PST by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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To: max americana

I’m no expert, but I know
what my taste buds like.
I also don’t drink beer
just to get a buzz. It’s
different strokes for
different folks. That’s
why there are 100’s of
different beer labels.
I would guess that during
your beer ‘test’, you
ended up serving more of
one than the other.


78 posted on 01/27/2021 11:24:52 AM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: mylife

If you’re out driving with your bear Hamms is the only beer to drink. Great commercial which someone had posted on FR a while back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc2xsxlNlRc


79 posted on 01/27/2021 11:26:12 AM PST by freefdny
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To: freefdny

I liked Hamms


80 posted on 01/27/2021 11:27:05 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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