Hands down the winner in terms of total volume consumed has to have been Wiedemann.
Note: I had not luck finding pictures of some of these beers -some don't even exist any more- so I have labels and such.Another notorious favorite was Rhinelander.
Rhinelander was brewed in Monroe, Wisconsin, just across the border from where I later lived and continued to drink the stuff on my radio salary in the mid-80s.This next stuff was real shit beer, Sterling. Ugh! Never a favorite of mine, but the price was always right.
Schmidt we usually bought in cans and the 12 packs had nature scenes. Schmidt wasn't too bad as I recall.
Top Hat beer was one we liked my freshman year at school. I even did one of my first FBB posts on it a couple of years ago.
And finally, Generic beer. This stuff appeared late in my college career but I remember buying it a few times cuz it was so damn cheap.
Have a happy (and cheap) weekend!
3 comments:
Dave,
Have you ever heard of a beer called Piels? It was sold on the east coast during the 80's. It was cheap, about 5.99 for a case of bottles. And it was pretty bad. Similiar to Shafers.
Ah, college days. They sold Rhinelander at Panther's in Charleston for 15 cents a bottle in the early 90's. I also remember living on an insanely cheap, and short-lived beer called Brewski. Nobody I've talked to has ever heard of it, but I swear it was real.
I think it might be my early exposure to cheap swill that makes me appreciate my microbrew of the month club selections even more.
If I had to go the cheap route, I generally went with Olympia.
Glass was not allowed at Carbondale's Summer Concerts, so I'd grab a 12 of Olympia from Westroads Liquors, stuff it in my backpack and then get silly to outdoor music at Turley Park.
And I can vouch for the existence of Brewski.
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