The Cheap Beer Poll

[BrotherBluto]

After reading through the beer thread two things occured to me:

1. I feel like having a beer

2. It'd be interesting to see what kind of cheap beer people have experience with.

The list above is certainly not all-inclusive, but is instead a list of cheap beer that I am unfortunately familiar with. They're all American, as we seem to have a market for this stuff. Any foreign entries are certainly welcome.

Well? Which brand of watery swill brings back memories of your student/bachelor days?

edited for spelling

[zakur]

Red, White & Blue (http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/rate_results/105/6337/), Old Milwaukee (http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/rate_results/447/1332/), and Milwaukee's Best (http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/rate_results/105/1286/).

[BrotherBluto]

Originally posted by zakur
Milwaukee's Best (http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/rate_results/105/1286/).

Ahh, "Milwaukee's Beast". How could I have forgotten?

Wait a minute, that should be self-evident. :)

[arcticpenguin]

Frostie root beer.

[Plutarck]

I'm guessing IBC doesn't count as "cheap" - stuff is pretty expensive, I think.

[shemp]

It's been a long time since I've had a Mickey's (http://www.mickeys.com/)

[Roadtoad]

Lucky Lager. Two bucks for a twelve pack!:D

[Wayne Grabert]

Originally posted by Roadtoad
Lucky Lager. Two bucks for a twelve pack!:D
Great minds drink alike! Lucky Lagar has puzzles inside the bottle caps! :cool:

[Captain_Snort]

Kestrel lager

otherwise known as beginners beer in the UK

Is it still made?

[Mark]

Olde English 800. I don't remember drinking a whole lot of that stuff when the world was young. I do remember often waking up in a strange part of town, wearing someone else's clothing.

[Roadtoad]

Originally posted by Mark
Olde English 800. I don't remember drinking a whole lot of that stuff when the world was young. I do remember often waking up in a strange part of town, wearing someone else's clothing.

Hope it was someone of the same gender...

[Ove]

Why this one off course: CARLSBERG (http://www.carlsberg.com/) I'm Danish after all. ;)

[jj]

"Iron City" was the swill of the young when I was in Pittsburgh.

I learned from it that beer was yucky and that I didn't like beer.

Then I went to Great Britain and actually drank some real beer.

[FP1]

Any of you older guys remember Falstaff? There was a brewery in New Orleans, and we could get a case for $4 in the mid seventies.

Another cheapo in that area is Dixie -- brewed with the sparkling waters of the mighty Mississippi!

[Wayne Grabert]

Originally posted by FP1
Any of you older guys remember Falstaff? There was a brewery in New Orleans, and we could get a case for $4 in the mid seventies.

Another cheapo in that area is Dixie -- brewed with the sparkling waters of the mighty Mississippi!
Since I grew up in New Orleans (N'Awlins), I remember both. However, Falstaff went away when I was in elementary school. You can find Dixie at some places in Los Angeles, but it isn't as cheap as it is in New Orleans, though the mark up isn't as bad as it was at first. Instead of being about $1 cheaper than Bud or Miller (as it is in N.O.), it's about $1 more. I don't buy it though. The last time I was in New Orleans, I had a Dixie in a bar for old times sake and that was good enough.

[Peterson]

I get 30 packs of Pabst Blue Ribbon Light for about $10.00 here in Boston.

[BrotherBluto]

Originally posted by Peterson
I get 30 packs of Pabst Blue Ribbon Light for about $10.00 here in Boston.

Good god, man! Why would you do that?!?!??!?!?!?

[DaChew]

Hamms
Geobel
Ballentine
Falstaff too, even way up here in Michigan.

I don't miss drinking them so much as the times had with friends while drinking them.

[whitefork]

Ballentine Ale.

Yuengling Porter if you're in Pennsylvania.

[DaChew]

I should've pointed out that the greatest (though not the best tasting) cheap beer every produced was Billy Beer.

[Roadtoad]

Originally posted by DaChew
I should've pointed out that the greatest (though not the best tasting) cheap beer every produced was Billy Beer.

Get out of the thread.:D

[Wayne Grabert]

Originally posted by DaChew
I should've pointed out that the greatest (though not the best tasting) cheap beer every produced was Billy Beer.
I tasted a Billy Beer once and was satisfied--that I had enough. :)

[Samus]

Utica Club

Born and raised near the brewery UC is made at, it is by far the cheapest gross beer that you can have the occasional taste for. Good beer for college students due to its price.

Blue Ribbon is also a good choice, my friends and I get that by the pitcher when we go to The Crossroads Tavern (their motto: warm beer, lousy food).

[Diogenes'Lite]

I remember in the mid 80's seeing Black Label beer for about a buck a case after the mail in rebate. I think I even bought a case...Once!:)

[The Don]

Hofmeister - Follow the bear!

[Iwentsouth]

Lucky Lager for sure!

Anyone else remember Lucky Lager Draft! That was actually a step above and same cheap price =)))

Us teens didn't have much money in those days.

[jj]

Originally posted by whitefork
Ballentine Ale.

Yuengling Porter if you're in Pennsylvania.

Yes, but Yuengling Porter isn't all bad, so I'm not sure you can include it in the swill catagory.

[hgc]

Little Kings Cream Ale (little bottles)

Red, White and Blue

[BrotherBluto]

I have to agree about the Yuengling--while it was relatively cheap I still like it. Luckily I can find it here in NY.

[Teetop]

Colt 45 -- drink it from a quart bottle in a brown bag.

[Supercharts]

Naragansett

[whitefork]

Originally posted by jj


Yes, but Yuengling Porter isn't all bad, so I'm not sure you can include it in the swill catagory.

Not swill, but cheap. At least, it used to be.

[BrotherBluto]

Originally posted by Teetop
Colt 45 -- drink it from a quart bottle in a brown bag.

Be sure to pour some out for your departed homies before you have any yourself...

[Teetop]

Originally posted by BrotherBluto


Be sure to pour some out for your departed homies before you have any yourself...

Hehe---that was in high school about 30 years ago but I think my homies are still around.

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