Beers You Used To Drink

[Zekk]

Natty light, used to drink it almost everyday in college. And just about any malt liquor, don't really drink 40s any more.

 

[coyotebrew]

Reinlander, taste like horse &! $$ but it was cheap!

 

[brew_ny]

any Genesee product cream ale, 12 horse ale, bock beer etc

cheap here in New York and not so bad

 

[TheMadKing]

cut my teeth on keystone light just out of highschool, then upgraded to $4 midnight pitchers of Blue Moon at the local Denny's during college

 

[1977Brewer]

High Life tall boys.

 

[jkovac]

Drank massive amounts of Robin Hood Cream Ale in college, especially freshman and sophomore years. Still remember the catchphrase printed on the labels:

"Hail ye, men of adventure! Join Robin Hood for a truly satisfying cream ale."

One time I had a bottle of it that, after I was almost finished with it, realized there was a sludge of some goop containing metal filings in the bottom of the bottle.

So it really was pretty adventurous.

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

Southpaw, nothing compares to a SP hangover.....

 

[drainbamage]

I used to drink a ton of Amber Bock when I first started branching it. It was the first non-lite beer I tried. Nowadays it doesn't have the same magic.

Woodchuck cider is another one. My one friend used always bring it to parties before he got a taste for beer. It's still ok once in a while, but I never really find myself seeking it out.

 

[slym2none]

Southpaw, nothing compares to a SP hangover.....

I loved that stuff - it was so cheap, I would buy a 12-pack and use 8-10 of them in my water-pan for my smoker when making BBQ. The other 2-4 I would drink while BBQ'ing. It really wasn't terrible beer, for a BMC product. I never did drink enough to really catch a buzz though, much less get a hangover.

 

[normonster]

Henry Winehards. After the 40oz phase of Mickeys, OE, St.Ides and all that, of course.

Nothing worse than the tail end of a Mickeys 64oz bottle...awe man.

 

[BigJack]

Nothing worse than the tail end of a Mickeys 64oz bottle...awe man.

Ever play a game of Mickey 40 Hands?

 

[MindenMan]

My buddy George and I started calling the Coors Light "Silver Bullets" in the late 1970's when they first came out. Bummer we didn't trademark that name ourselves...

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

Used to enjoy Bud Ice, then out of the blue, I couldn't even drink more than a few sips of it without developing a pounding headache. No other commercial beer I've ever tried has had that effect on me.

 

[njviking]

Well my parents owned a bar from 73 to 87 so i got a chance to drink some incredibly horrific beers.

I remember my first beer, the ill fated Miller classic in 79 or 80.
followed by a furry of
1. Blatz
2.Schmidts
3 Iron city
4 Goebles
5 Old German
6 Golden anniversary
7Rolling rock
8 Kohler.. we even had a big beer cooler that was shaped like a Koler bottle.
9 Genesee
10. Straub

All these beers were the basically half if not more he cost of "premium" beers so we drank bunches of them and they were all gooder than hell.

I still drink Straub greenies, but thats about all i can stomach on that list. I dont think they make Blarz anymor and pretty sure Kohler is gone too.

Aaah memories.

Fast forward to today, my friends and I have agreat big family cook out once a year and the theme is always drink your dads beer. You should see the stuff that rolls in.

 

[njviking]

Well my parents owned a bar from 73 to 87 so i got a chance to drink some incredibly horrific beers.

I remember my first beer, the ill fated Miller classic in 79 or 80.
followed by a furry of
1. Blatz
2.Schmidts
3 Iron city
4 Goebles
5 Old German
6 Golden anniversary
7Rolling rock
8 Kohler.. we even had a big beer cooler that was shaped like a Koler bottle.
9 Genesee
10. Straub

All these beers were the basically half if not more he cost of "premium" beers so we drank bunches of them and they were all gooder than hell.

I still drink Straub greenies, but thats about all i can stomach on that list. I dont think they make Blarz anymor and pretty sure Kohler is gone too.

Aaah memories.

Fast forward to today, my friends and I have agreat big family cook out once a year and the theme is always drink your dads beer. You should see the stuff that rolls in.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Mickey's in the squat big mouth bottle. Those 'brain grenades' wrecked more than a few mornings....

 

[slym2none]

Anyone else remember Bud Dry?

It was better than regular Budweiser... but then again, I think the blood of a Xenomorph would taste better than regular Budweiser.

 

[WilliamSlayer]

I hs d a Budweiser recently just as a reminder to myself what I used to drink. Its amazing to me now how flavorless that beer now seems!

 

[UltraHighABV]

NewCastle used to be my favorite beer; now i cant stand it, too watered down. Also, any IPA (let the angry mob congregate)

 

[MaxStout]

Old Mil
Old Style
Schlitz
Blatz
Mickey's (in green big mouth bottles)
Miller Hi-Life
PBR

If I was feeling rich, I'd buy a sixer of Lowenbrau.

 

[z-bob]

Pearl Light.

 

[Mexibilly]

Ranger

 

[FirstAidBrewing]

College was all Keystone Light... Playing beer pong with anything heavier was bad news bears

 

[indymedic]

Mostly keystone light and milwaukees best in college. Pretty much whatever was cheapest. I remember the first. Time my roommate bought beer to drink he found a special in the newspaper and bought a 30 pack of something called brigade light. It was terrible. We have looked for it for the sake of nostalgia and haven't been able to find it. On my 21st birthday the first case of beer I bought legally was Schlitz. It was almost as bad as the brigade

 

[chawn]

Blue Moon. I used to really like it. I don't know, perhaps the recipe changed.

 

[jaydlaw]

OE in the teenage years
then Heineken just because i thought it was cool
I started drinking Yuengling when i lived in PA.
Now i drink what i make, or a craft beer of some kind or i try something/different. I still drink Yuengling from time to time though, when money is low. Add Sam Adams to the list. and a bit of others. again thats when i dont have anything made.

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

Old Mil
Old Style
Schlitz
Blatz
Mickey's (in green big mouth bottles)
Miller Hi-Life
PBR

If I was feeling rich, I'd buy a sixer of Lowenbrau.

I'd forgotten all about Lowenbrau. I used to drink it now and then.

 

[fimpster]

Rolling Rock and Henry Weinhard's I considered "craft" beer back in the 90's. I always felt like I was going high end when I brought some to a party. I also used to drink Micky's, Country Club, and Lowenbrau too.

 

[Venari]

I used to drink Molson Canadian and Guiness exclusively until I began homebrewing.

 

[Fedora]

Hundreds and hundreds of cases of Keystone Light.