Forget BETTER Beer...What About BAD Beer?

[Elite]

We bought cheap bullshit beer when I was a student. Nowadays I do like some good-tasting beer though

[v_clortho]

I remember Meister Brau being cheeper than the generic beer. Really bad stuff. Didn't stop us from drinking it though...

[T-ski]

This was the first cheap beer I could think of…

[King Postwhore]

Shitty cheap beer?  Milwaukee's Best, here, known locally as "The Beast".

If that was sold out, we went for The Beast Lite.

The aftertaste was brutal with those two beers.

[pg1067]

I can't even tell what we're drinking.  Molson Golden maybe?

I think I remember that green bottle with the gold foil.  Maybe Moson, which was definitely a staple for us, but it was slightly above the bottom of the price range.

If I knew what the hell that was, I'd definitely use it!

Lol. You know what it is.

Yes..I had one of those! You put it on the steering wheel. I bought a new car when I got out of college and I had one.

Believe it or not, someone once broke into my car in a parking lot, and was able to remove it by using a dent puller on the key core. Pulled it right out.

I bought my first car when I was 19.  My sister loaned me $6,100 in cash, and I made 0 interest payments to her.  A Mazda B2000 pickup.  No A/C, no rear bumper, and no passenger side mirror.  I'm not sure it even had a radio.  The first thing I bought for it was The Club.


I was aware of Hamm's and Pabst Blue Ribbon, but neither was common out here.  For some reason, we did have Milwaukee's Best, and that was definitely in the rotation (and which made me wonder what Milwaukee's worst was if that was its best!).  Meister Brau was also kinda popular.

First alcoholic drink I had was a California Cooler that I downed in the parking lot outside the Del Taco where I worked.

This was the first cheap beer I could think of…

That one doesn't look familiar, but it's about as generic looking as possible.   

Nowadays I do like some good-tasting beer though

That's a whole separate thread.

[XJDenton]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lightning_%28cider%29

Not a beer, but served a similar role in the youth of a fair number of my friends.

[T-ski]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lightning_%28cider%29

Not a beer, but served a similar role in the youth of a fair number of my friends.

I saw White Lightning and thought of this soda….

[pg1067]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lightning_%28cider%29

Not a beer, but served a similar role in the youth of a fair number of my friends.

Sold in 3 liter bottles??!  Holy crap!  Did it taste any good?

[Phoenix87x]

PBR was the go to for cheap and actually not that bad.

[El Barto]

3 litre plastic bottles of 8.4% White Lightning could be purchased for less than £2.

What could possibly go wrong? 

[Chino]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lightning_%28cider%29

Not a beer, but served a similar role in the youth of a fair number of my friends.

Sold in 3 liter bottles??!  Holy crap!  Did it taste any good?

Jesus. I thought getting a 750ml of Bukoff for $5.49 was a great deal.

[XJDenton]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lightning_%28cider%29

Not a beer, but served a similar role in the youth of a fair number of my friends.

Sold in 3 liter bottles??!  Holy crap!  Did it taste any good?

Absolutely fucking awful. Think of it as the Sunny Delight of hard cider.

[Stadler]

3 litre plastic bottles of 8.4% White Lightning could be purchased for less than £2.

What could possibly go wrong? 

WOW.  That sounds like it ought to come with a license and a waiting period.   

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lightning_%28cider%29

Not a beer, but served a similar role in the youth of a fair number of my friends.

Sold in 3 liter bottles??!  Holy crap!  Did it taste any good?

Absolutely fucking awful. Think of it as the Sunny Delight of hard cider.

[cramx3]

At PSU, Yeungling was pretty common and cheap.  Keystone Light a bit cheaper.  We drank a lot of that for beer.  But we mostly drank the cheap Vodka called Vladimir  8 bucks for a plastic 1.75L.  Tasted like rubbing alcohol but that's what got you drunk for cheap.

[pg1067]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lightning_%28cider%29

Not a beer, but served a similar role in the youth of a fair number of my friends.

Sold in 3 liter bottles??!  Holy crap!  Did it taste any good?

Absolutely fucking awful. Think of it as the Sunny Delight of hard cider.

Careful comin' at Sunny D like that!   

At PSU, Yeungling was pretty common and cheap.  Keystone Light a bit cheaper.  We drank a lot of that for beer.  But we mostly drank the cheap Vodka called Vladimir  8 bucks for a plastic 1.75L.  Tasted like rubbing alcohol but that's what got you drunk for cheap.

I'd never heard of Yeungling until a few years ago...but Keystone...oh man.  I'd forgotten about that.  Awful stuff.

And if we're talking about liquor, my go-to was Yukon Jack.  Apparently, they now print "ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE" on the label, which is just hilarious.

[King Postwhore]

Michelob was my go to when I was a youngster.

[TAC]

Michelob was my go to when I was a youngster.

Yup.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Michelob was my go to when I was a youngster.

I always went for Modelo or Guinness.

[hunnus2000]

I cut my teeth on Miller High Life - now I can't stand the smell.

But has Black Label been represented in this thread?

My friend was in college and we went to visit him. Black label was 5.99 a case. We drank all day, played frisbee yada yada and then around 9:00pm, somebody handed me a bong. By 9:30 I was power puking ala Linda Blair all over the bushes in the front yard.

Lesson learned.....

[King Postwhore]

Michelob was my go to when I was a youngster.

I always went for Modelo or Guinness.

Guinness was a few years later. Modelo I only tried 10 years ago surprisingly. 

[El Barto]

Modelo Especial is piss. Might as well be Black Label, though it's been a while so Black Label might be an improvement. Negro Modelo is excellent. It's a staple here. It's the beer that's always in my fridge.

[TAC]

So...funny you say that. I had never had Modelo before I went to Texas in May. I would never go for the lighter Modelo but I did get Modelo Negro and hell yes it was excellent.

Can't seem to find the Negro up here though. Sucks, because I really liked it.

[King Postwhore]

I've seen it an Market Basket stores Tim. 

[TAC]

I've seen it an Market Basket stores Tim.

They don't sell beer in in supermarkets in Massachusetts. I think each chain is allowed 7 licenses to sell in their stores.

[El Barto]

So...funny you say that. I had never had Modelo before I went to Texas in May. I would never go for the lighter Modelo but I did get Modelo Negro and hell yes it was excellent.

Can't seem to find the Negro up here though. Sucks, because I really liked it.

It's hard to find down here. Every damn store keeps 40 12-packs of the pisswater in the cooler and piled up outside of it, and they're always there. One little part of the cooler is designated for six or so 12s of Negro Modelo and they're always sold out. Grocers are fucking dumb. 

[TAC]

I bought one of the giant cans down on the San Antonio River walk, and then when we got back to where we were staying in Marble Falls, I found a sixer.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Modelo Especial is piss. Might as well be Black Label, though it's been a while so Black Label might be an improvement. Negro Modelo is excellent. It's a staple here. It's the beer that's always in my fridge.

Yeah, I should have specified. Negro Modelo is the one I would always drink. I have a local liquor store that always has it in stock.

[pg1067]

Michelob was my go to when I was a youngster.

I always went for Modelo or Guinness.

I'd never heard of Modelo before about 5 years ago.  Guiness is seriously high-end for this discussion.  First time I had it, I thought it was awful, but it's now a favorite of mine.  From my perspective, Michelob was positioned pretty high among what I perceived as the big 4 of domestic beers (Michelob, Miller, Coors and Bud).  Miller Genuine Draft was my go-to when it was on sale.

Another one I remembered is Olympia.  Back before my older brother became a Mormon, he had photos with tons of empty cans of Olympia.  I'm not sure I ever had it, but I had the impression it was pretty bad.

[King Postwhore]

Never heard of it.  The cheap stuff was,

Red, White & Blue
Black Label
Keystone
Busch
Schlitz
Big Mouth Mickey
Bud
Old Milwaukee

Ect...

[pg1067]

Mickey's was pretty good.  We also got this stuff:

[King Postwhore]

I went to see Downset and Madball with my brother in law. He was into that music. He hung with a gang that slam danced and was on Biohazard videos.

They were all drinking the Old English in paper bags.  They told other gangs I was off limits.  I felt like a bitch side piece that night.

It was fucking brutal in that pit. I took pictures of it all night with a disposable camera.

[TAC]

I never heard of Big Mouth Mickey.

[King Postwhore]

The bottles looked like green hand grenades.

[TAC]

Hah! I just google imaged it. Definitely never seen those before.