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Labatts halts production of Rolling Rock 7 ounce 'ponies' - Rathskeller hit hardest
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Posted on 04/24/2005 1:57:06 PM PDT by FlJoePa

From the Rathskeller's website:

END OF AN ERA! Rolling Rock, owned by Labatt's, has stopped making our popular pony bottles....we have only several hundred cases to sell!! Send a message to Labatt's and let them know just how much they suck!



TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: beer; pa; penna; psu; rathskeller; rollingrock; skeller
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To: FlJoePa

Seriously, why in God's name do you even drink that?


21 posted on 04/24/2005 2:52:35 PM PDT by ShadowDancer (As for the types of comments I make,sometimes I just, By God,get carried away with my own eloquence.)
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To: FlJoePa
You buy the beer by the CASE in the Rathskeller

That's the way the more affluent kids did it.
Those of us who were on a tighter budget can remember when they were 2 for 25¢

22 posted on 04/24/2005 2:55:46 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: ShadowDancer

One visit to the Skeller and you'd understand the whole Rolling Rock thing.

The Skeller and Penn State actually MADE Rolling Rock what it is today. They sold 7 oz ponies for years (see above history). Once back in the 80's, a PSU Grad was doing the main display window at Macy's in NYC and decided to put Rolling Rock ponies in the hands of the manequins (Gee, where did she get THAT idea??).

Overnight, it became the yuppie beer of choice in Manhattan bars and it's never looked back.

Personally, I like the beer. I buy it here in FL by the keg for my tapster. It's not light, not heavy, not cheap, not expensive. It's just right.

Is it OK with you that I actually like Rolling Rock?

If I had my choice, I'd drink Stella Artois, but it's a bit expensive by the keg ($125+).


23 posted on 04/24/2005 3:00:15 PM PDT by FlJoePa (Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.)
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To: southernnorthcarolina
people love them because they NEVER get warm...
24 posted on 04/24/2005 3:00:49 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: FlJoePa

Don't know when it started, but it was a tradition when I was there in the early 80s. Go to the rat cellar and get a case of rocks. Can't remember the cost, but it was dirt cheap.

Bruce Kurtz


25 posted on 04/24/2005 3:07:05 PM PDT by Bruce Kurtz
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To: FlJoePa
Is it OK with you that I actually like Rolling Rock?

Um, no. Hahahaha. Just kidding. I've only had it a few times and I'm not a fan but I really don't care what anyone drinks as long as they don't screw with my drinks. I was just screwing around. If you have one tapped tonight, have one for me.

26 posted on 04/24/2005 3:09:12 PM PDT by ShadowDancer (As for the types of comments I make,sometimes I just, By God,get carried away with my own eloquence.)
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To: FlJoePa

Bleah...I switched to Yuengling from Rolling Rock a long time ago...


27 posted on 04/24/2005 3:15:38 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Chode
people love them because they NEVER get warm...

Nor do my pints.

28 posted on 04/24/2005 3:24:33 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina ("Yes, but other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?")
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To: southernnorthcarolina; Chode
I'm with Chode on this one. No one understands pony bottles until they go to picnic when it's 95 degrees outside. Right as they get warm, you're ready for another. Yum.

And speaking from personal experience, even in such cases, one's rate-of-consumption rises, not falls. What a bonus.

29 posted on 04/24/2005 3:29:02 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Strategerist

I spent MANY hours in the 'skeller and the Phyrst 1971-6. I moved into the Vets' House on Nittany Ave. in 1975, its prime attraction was the 5 keg cooler and cheap rent ($40/month). The Vets' House came down sometime after that. The last time I was up there, only the front sidewalk remained. Probably an electrical fire. We usually had several of those per year.

My favorite at the time was a Genesee Dark brew. Ah, so many brain cells ago!


30 posted on 04/24/2005 3:38:07 PM PDT by Stashiu (RVN, 1969-70)
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To: FlJoePa

14" of snow in Cleveland, trees and limbs down, power out, but THIS IS THE WORST NEWS OF THE YEAR!


31 posted on 04/24/2005 3:57:36 PM PDT by GungaLaGunga
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To: UB355

Supersize me has penetrated the expensive container market.


32 posted on 04/24/2005 4:02:46 PM PDT by Old Professer (As darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of good; innocence is blind.)
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To: FlJoePa

They cant do that. I grew up on those in PA duing the 60's and 70's :) That's like getting rid of a baby bottle ;)


33 posted on 04/24/2005 4:04:29 PM PDT by JarheadFromFlorida (Ooorahhhh........Get Some! Semper Fi')
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To: FlJoePa

I'm still trying to market smart pills but since rabbits were put on the endangered species list, it looks like an uphill battle.


34 posted on 04/24/2005 4:05:33 PM PDT by Old Professer (As darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of good; innocence is blind.)
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To: FlJoePa
Any bar with a Men's Room like this ought to be allowed to serve whatever beer in whatever quanties and portions they so choose: What is the matter with that bathroom? It looks better than the one in my home!
35 posted on 04/24/2005 4:23:30 PM PDT by JohnG45
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To: JarheadFromFlorida
"They cant do that. I grew up on those in PA duing the 60's and 70's :) That's like getting rid of a baby bottle ;)"

It's bordering on criminal. I can only hope that they will change their minds. Also, I have to wonder if Graham Spanier didn't have something to do with this. He and the Skeller have been at odds for years. It certainly wouldn't surprise me if this freak show University President of ours sold this to Labatts as a way to curb "binge drinking."

36 posted on 04/24/2005 4:58:15 PM PDT by FlJoePa (Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.)
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To: FlJoePa

Mmmmmm, Rolling Rock! The only beer that puts a picture of the horse it came out of on the bottle!


37 posted on 04/24/2005 4:59:34 PM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Count Petofi will not be denied!)
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To: Calvin Locke

Thanks. I'll have to look for some Brador next time I'm home (upstate NY).


38 posted on 04/24/2005 5:23:05 PM PDT by ViLaLuz
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To: Stashiu

Ah, Genesee! I liked the Genesee cream ale. This thread sure is bringing back memories.


39 posted on 04/24/2005 5:25:12 PM PDT by ViLaLuz
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To: FlJoePa
Once back in the 80's, a PSU Grad was doing the main display window at Macy's in NYC and decided to put Rolling Rock ponies in the hands of the manequins (Gee, where did she get THAT idea??).

Overnight, it became the yuppie beer of choice in Manhattan bars and it's never looked back.

You know, I often wondered why this cheap, bland beer all of sudden got so popular in my usual haunts in those days.  Read FreeRepublic everyday, you always learn something new.

40 posted on 04/24/2005 5:26:14 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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