More on cheap beer...

uninnocent-

chromiam wrote:

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

wow. i pay $28 for a 2-4 of blue ribbon. pretty much the cheapest price you can pay for beer legally up here in ontario... fuck i get ripped off. last time i was across the border (buffalo), i came back with as much 'cheap' bud as i could.

mfc2006

Hamm's. Yup.

bigeye21

I got a thing for Yuengling Lager since that was the beer of choice for all my rural PA family growing up. I'm an admitted full-on beer snob these days, but still get the occasional hankering and make sure to imbibe copious amounts whenever I'm in town visiting. Ahhh, hoagies and Yuenglings.... ::drools::

PearlOfAGirl

milarso wrote:

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.

Shlitz is still around!! I remember drinking that beer. Yikes!! :shock: :shock:

Dissidentman

I hear Bud is a premium import in the UK. Is this true??

dcfaithful

milarso wrote:

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...

Do they have college courses on beer mathematics?!

dcfaithful

HeartShapedBox wrote:

milarso wrote:

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.

Shlitz is still around!! I remember drinking that beer. Yikes!! :shock: :shock:

I inherited an old 80's bar deco light up Shlitz thing that has this bulls head in it. You pull the rope and the whole thing buzzes, flickers, and then dimmly lights up...and the bulls eyes glow red.

Hardcore shit, I tell you.

dcfaithful

chromiam wrote:

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

PBR owns.

milarso

dcfaithful wrote:

milarso wrote:

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...

Do they have college courses on beer mathematics?!

Something tells me I would have made the Dean's List if they did...

chromiam

dcfaithful wrote:

chromiam wrote:

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

PBR owns.

Yeah until the $0.48 per 6 pack beer tax is approved.. then just about every beer and alcohol will become a pain in the fucking ass and wallet...

dcfaithful

chromiam wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

chromiam wrote:

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

PBR owns.

Yeah until the $0.48 per 6 pack beer tax is approved.. then just about every beer and alcohol will become a pain in the fucking ass and wallet...

I hadn't heard about this! That's proposterous. Can't we just have a drink without any complications?!? Good God.

chromiam

dcfaithful wrote:

chromiam wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

PBR owns.

Yeah until the $0.48 per 6 pack beer tax is approved.. then just about every beer and alcohol will become a pain in the fucking ass and wallet...

I hadn't heard about this! That's proposterous. Can't we just have a drink without any complications?!? Good God.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington ... ance_N.htm

Also a tax on soda but not diet soda because of course its good for you...

dcfaithful

chromiam wrote:

Also a tax on soda but not diet soda because of course its good for you...

Let's not forget thos rejuvenating energy drinks :roll:

chromiam

1/2 keg of PBR now $68... but I did get my tap handle replaced for free

Get_Right

life is too short to drink cheap beer
unless thats all there is

captainwisejam

milarso wrote:

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.

Dude, I drink a 30 pack a week, local store gets a couple cases every other week and I grap em'.

thebetterman

chromiam wrote:

1/2 keg of PBR now $68... but I did get my tap handle replaced for free

PBR tap handle???

I wish places around here sold kegs of Pabst, that'd be great.

helplessdancer

i dont mind paying for the good stuff

im a sucker for marketing tho...i got tshirts cooolers hats coolies and ummmm

oops

milarso

One of the bars down the street has PBR, Black Label and Blatz. Only place I've ever been where PBR is the premium selection. I love the place!

dcfaithful

Get_Right wrote:

life is too short to drink cheap beer
unless thats all there is

Great philosophy. I normally buy a locally brewed hefeweizen called Golden Spike. It is, to say the least, the most delicious brew I've had. But, when money is tight, I go for the PBR.