Rainier was horrible but their commercials were legendary. The Budweiser frogs were a complete ripoff from Rainier’s commercials from the 70’s. Also, did anyone drink “Animal Beer”: Schmidt, Buckhorn etc?. How about Heidelberg?
I liked Schmidt’s
Buckhorn was Olympia’s budget brand, wasn’t it? Best thing you could say for it was that it was no worse warm than it was cold. Bohemia was another lousy-but-cheap beer, $0.39/qt or $0.89/sixpack when I was in high school.
Rainier Ale was my buzz of choice in the mid-80s. 6% alcohol and cheaper than Bud.
As for Heidelberg, I drank plenty of that back in the day. I still remember the bulgy-sided bottles. Last $5.00 24-pack I got was Heidelberg, in 1982 or so.
Now, alas, I have mostly stopped drinking beer. Maybe a few per year.