More on cheap beer...

milarso

So last time it was Miller High Life.
Still love it.
But I grew up in Metro Detroit, so of course my first beer was a Stroh's. My friends make fun of me for drinking it. But today I was really excited.
After searching for awhile, I found a place that would order me a keg of Stroh's.
I just picked it up and loaded it in the kegerator. Now I'm sitting on my couch, enjoying an ice-cold draft Stroh's.
It. Is. Epic.

mert

How much is a cheap beer in the US? Probably cheaper than up here...


My favourite beer, Alexander Keith's, is classified and premium domestic here in Ontario, so it's a little more than most of the other Canadian beers. But I have friends in Halifax where it's brewed, and it's a regular domestic there, which I enjoy immensely.

In fact, when my friends got married out there, the reception was on Canadian Forces property (he's in the Navy), so a full pint was $3.25 - the military buys beer in bulk. They frequently predrink aboard their ships out there, because all beer costs $1 per can: Keith's, Moosehead, Heineken....

milarso

mert wrote:

How much is a cheap beer in the US? Probably cheaper than up here...


My favourite beer, Alexander Keith's, is classified and premium domestic here in Ontario, so it's a little more than most of the other Canadian beers. But I have friends in Halifax where it's brewed, and it's a regular domestic there, which I enjoy immensely.

In fact, when my friends got married out there, the reception was on Canadian Forces property (he's in the Navy), so a full pint was $3.25 - the military buys beer in bulk. They frequently predrink aboard their ships out there, because all beer costs $1 per can: Keith's, Moosehead, Heineken....

Well, let's see. The keg was $60.
There are 15.5 gallons in a keg.
About 128 fluid ounces in a gallon.
So in a keg there are about 165, 12-ounce servings.
So it costs about $0.36 a glass...

mert

Well, yeah, there is no way to compare a keg vs bottles! How much does a 24 cost in the US, generally? I'm just nosy... Usually things are cheaper in the States.

kenny olav

I used to genuinely love Milwaukee's Best, aka the Beast. Maybe I still do? It's been years.

AtlantaJammer

mert wrote:

Well, yeah, there is no way to compare a keg vs bottles! How much does a 24 cost in the US, generally? I'm just nosy... Usually things are cheaper in the States.

Case of bud light (24 pack) usually goes for around $18 in most gas stations.

flywallyfly

In my younger days a bottle of Pearl cost less than a can of Coke. :P Yummy memories .....

nothingman81

mert wrote:

How much is a cheap beer in the US? Probably cheaper than up here...


My favourite beer, Alexander Keith's, is classified and premium domestic here in Ontario, so it's a little more than most of the other Canadian beers. But I have friends in Halifax where it's brewed, and it's a regular domestic there, which I enjoy immensely.

In fact, when my friends got married out there, the reception was on Canadian Forces property (he's in the Navy), so a full pint was $3.25 - the military buys beer in bulk. They frequently predrink aboard their ships out there, because all beer costs $1 per can: Keith's, Moosehead, Heineken....

My buddy always brings a case over the boarder when he visits. I love Keith's.

blackredyellow

I didn't know they still made Stroh's... god that stuff tastes like rust.

I did like the Beast back in the day ($8 a case). In high school we celebrated when Beast Ice came out. When we wanted to spend a little more we got some Keystone lol.

Hell, we'd drink anything... do they still make meister brau?

pjsteelerfan

I heard they were starting to make Strohs again, or may have been Shlitz, another classic.

flywallyfly

Anyone ever drink Schaefer's ? That was my first beer - I'm suprised I ever drank again. :?

Thorns2010

I like a good grain belt premium every now and again.

milarso

pjsteelerfan wrote:

I heard they were starting to make Strohs again, or may have been Shlitz, another classic.

The never stopped making Stroh's.
The Stroh Brewery in Detroit shut down in the late 80's-early 90's, but I believe Pabst bought the rights to Stroh's and continued to sell it.
Now it's owned and distrubuted by Miller.

And Shlitz is becoming more widely available. I don't think they ever stopped making that either, but they are making more of it now. At the liquor store I go to (the guy has owned it forever) he told me that anytime there is a downturn in the economy, Shlitz ups it's production. I have no idea if it's true or not, but he said that when the economy starts getting bad, people buy cheaper beer.

milarso

mert wrote:

Well, yeah, there is no way to compare a keg vs bottles! How much does a 24 cost in the US, generally? I'm just nosy... Usually things are cheaper in the States.

Cases go for around $16-$18.
The thing that sucks in Michigan is that there is a $0.10 deposit on bottles and cans, so you can add another $2.40 to every case.
It sucks when you have to pay it, but it's great when you have a byob party and then next day you can go return all the empties and buy more beer!

Thorns2010

milarso wrote:

mert wrote:

Well, yeah, there is no way to compare a keg vs bottles! How much does a 24 cost in the US, generally? I'm just nosy... Usually things are cheaper in the States.

Cases go for around $16-$18.
The thing that sucks in Michigan is that there is a $0.10 deposit on bottles and cans, so you can add another $2.40 to every case.
It sucks when you have to pay it, but it's great when you have a byob party and then next day you can go return all the empties and buy more beer!

Yeah, but I'd be one of those fuckers who would demand to take his empties with him!

rival.

Kenny Olav wrote:

I used to genuinely love Milwaukee's Best, aka the Beast. Maybe I still do? It's been years.

ah, lived off the beast in high school and college. i don't think i ever really enjoyed it though... it was just beer to fill the funnel and pong cups with.

mert

AtlantaJammer wrote:

Case of bud light (24 pack) usually goes for around $18 in most gas stations.

milarso wrote:

Cases go for around $16-$18.
The thing that sucks in Michigan is that there is a $0.10 deposit on bottles and cans, so you can add another $2.40 to every case.
It sucks when you have to pay it, but it's great when you have a byob party and then next day you can go return all the empties and buy more beer!

Thanks! It's slightly more here, but not too much with the exchange. We have the deposit money too, and I love it because of getting the money back when you take them! We've had a few parties and then done the walk of shame taking carts of empties back to the Beer Store. :oops: But when it pays for a 24 of Corona, it's not too shabby!

milarso

Thorns2010 wrote:

Yeah, but I'd be one of those fuckers who would demand to take his empties with him!

We don't take kindly to your type around here...

chromiam

PBR... $17/ 30 pack... $60 1/2 keg... here in PA.

Horos

When I was younger we loved to get Schlitz Malt Liquor in the pony bottles and have chugging contests. Threw up the Bull more than anything else I can remember.

Thorns2010

milarso wrote:

Thorns2010 wrote:

Yeah, but I'd be one of those fuckers who would demand to take his empties with him!

We don't take kindly to your type around here...

Well I guess I wont be going to Michigan anytime soon then....or at least for a BYOB party!