I remember Gennesee, and also “Little Kings”, another brand of Cream Ale. Little Kings was popular in my high school, because you could brag about how many beers you pounded at the last party(of course, we never mention that LK came in a 7.5 ounce bottle).
I also used to enjoy the occasional Mickey’s malt liquor. Not the greatest stuff in the world, but not bad if you kept it ice cold.
In the green cans? Oh, yeah...
Speaking of cans, anyone remember 'BEER' in the black and white cans? 99 cents a six at your local Price Chopper.
I think beer was more popular than vodka in Russia for about a decade and probably still more popular. A trick was licensing and sells rules because it wasn’t considered an alcoholic beverage but a foodstuff until last year. A 10 years old could by a six-pack in a supermarket a year ago.
I will always remember Genesee Cream Ale because it was the first beer I ever drank. I also remember it was warm and in the green can. I think I stole from my parents garage.
Growing up outside of Buffalo, many people drank it because it was a cheap local beer brewed in Rochester.
In Buffalo we mostly drank Labatts because the US importer was there and it was also cheap. I also drank a lot of Ol Vienna.
We used to buy those in the 7 oz bottles, known as Old Vienna splits. A bar in the Allentown section of Buffalo on Monday night’s would sell you an opened case of Rolling Rock or OV splits with ice poured all over the case. The bars walls and floor were made out of brick. They would leave metal milk crates scattered around the bar to put your empty bottles in.
I do not think they do that anymore. This was in the 80s.