You cannot get Schaeffer anymore in Massachusetts? They were once as strong as Bud and Miller but they destroyed their business over a labor dispute as I recall
I haven't seen Schaeffer in a while. Growing up in Queens (Legal drinking age at the time was, oh say 15. Actually be 15, say you're 18, not that anyone ever asked.) beer meant Schaeffer or Rheingold, both local brews. Rheingold was apparently pushed over the edge by labor problems. In fact, the Rheingold fiasco was the impetus behind the Javits Act that requires that pension plans be funded on a sound actuarial basis and be separate from company funds.
Schaeffer was smooth, easy going down, a lot like Coors. Rheingold had a real bite, something I have never experienced in any other beer. (I spend 16 months in Shermany and sampled the local brew most every night.) The Schaeffer brewery closed in 1980, the label was sold to Stroh's, I don't know what the current status of the brand is.