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I've always heard of the Genny screamers (but not the "splats") but never experienced it (drank plenty). I can't imagine what would be different about Genny Cream that would cause a distinctive reaction (other than by over-indulgence). Still, I prefer regular Genny to the the cream ale.
its a cream ale its got lactose i think so theres that! too much of anything will eventually get you over your threshold. you can prolly make anyone briefly lactose intolerant if you give them enough of it.
 
its a cream ale its got lactose i think so theres that! too much of anything will eventually get you over your threshold. you can prolly make anyone briefly lactose intolerant if you give them enough of it.
To the best of my knowledge there’s no lactose in Genny Cream Ale. But having said that their recipe isn’t publicly available so there’s no way to be sure.
 
It's modelo for sure. But it's not as cheap as some of the others. Back in the day I used to stomach Old English, Mickey's, Steele Reserve -- those are cheap "malt liquors," which used to come in glass 40 oz bottles. Mickey's even had a green glass bottle. Those were amazing to carry around on a weekend night. You could also play Edward 40' hands with those, which I don't recommend.

This was before IPAs busted onto the scene, so these malt liquors were rarities being both cheap and high ABV. Hey, you gotta start somewhere. And if you can handle the trash, the good stuff tastes even better and more nuanced.

Much more recently, I got a big mystery box of cheap "regular" beer and was able to sample, side by side and all at once, bud, coors, pacifico, heineken, michelob, PBR, 805, a local brand, you name it, and Modelo. It was basically a blind test, and modelo won because it had a nicer hop and wasnt as sweet or succulent as the others. It's amazing what a side-by-side blind test can tell you -- I never would have guessed the results -- but I wasn't surprised Michelob was dead last.
 
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1. K&B Lager, house-brand specialty beer brewed by the now-defunct Royal Brewing Company of New Orleans for the Katz & Besthoff drug store chain -- also defunct.

2. Pearl Light. Why isn't IT defunct?
 
I'm headed off to Utica, NY to run the Boilermaker 15k this weekend. That means I'll be stocking up on...


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Mickey's Malt Liquor - I won't apologize. Reminds me of high school. Used to play "Edward 40 hands" with that, Old E, and Crazy Horse. Not sure why the malt liquor was so big. I'll still grab a 6-pak of the wide mouth from time to time.

PBR - I'd rather quit drinking altogether.
 
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