Blind Tasting American Macro Lagers

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  • Опубликовано: 25 окт 2022
  • #59 - The guys go back in time to blind taste the beers of our fathers. Which 100+ year old American lager reigns supreme when they don't know which is which?

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  • @jcindestin8611
    @jcindestin8611 27 дней назад +12

    When in the Marine Corps, we declared Pabst Blue Ribbon, "America's beer." 34 years later, PBR is still my go to beer

    • @cr1138
      @cr1138 6 дней назад +1

      All day

  • @Runner-fz5qg
    @Runner-fz5qg Месяц назад +8

    After a long hot day at the mill a coors banquet hits just right for me.

  • @ghw7192
    @ghw7192 Год назад +185

    The best beer I ever had was an icy cold PBR after moving a friend into an upstairs apartment on a 100+ degree day.

  • @treytison1444
    @treytison1444 Год назад +119

    I could identify the Yuengling just from the color alone

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +3

      Yeah, it had been quite a while since either of us had a Yuengling and usually straight out of the bottle so we weren't clued in to the color yet. It's definitely different from the rest in color and flavor profile. Thanks for watching! Cheers🍻

    • @saddletramp6935
      @saddletramp6935 Год назад +1

      You ate right. Some local microbrews are red, but not the major labels.

    • @flatlanderfl
      @flatlanderfl Год назад +6

      Absolutely. Yuengling is definitely the standout here. Easy to pick out in this group

    • @GB-rv8im
      @GB-rv8im 4 месяца назад +1

      1st American MICRO Brew LOL

    • @intentionaloffside8934
      @intentionaloffside8934 4 месяца назад +4

      Black & Tan is my favorite

  • @rayperry7315
    @rayperry7315 Год назад +31

    I look at beer the same way my favorite great uncle who was a WW2 vet looked at beer. Whatever is cold and whatever someone else is buying is fine with me.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +2

      Cheers to that 🍻

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  4 месяца назад +1

      Absolutely!

    • @kcstott
      @kcstott 3 месяца назад +1

      I’m sorry but you’d drink free piss? Is that what you’re saying??
      Sorry I was at a ball game and my tickets included beer. It was coors light.
      I walked around the corner and paid good money for real beer.

  • @bobsoldrecords1503
    @bobsoldrecords1503 Год назад +71

    Schlitz going back to their original recipe was one of the most exciting things to happen to macros in the last 20 years. In the sixties and early seventies, it was the most popular beer in the United States, leaving Bud at number two.

    • @myleftthumb2294
      @myleftthumb2294 Год назад +16

      Apparently they had to recreate it since the original recipe was lost. They interviewed old brewmasters.

    • @jpecci1262
      @jpecci1262 Год назад +12

      We didn't even call it Schlitz. We used to call it beer and it was understood that beer meant Schlitz.

    • @_Peremalfait
      @_Peremalfait Год назад +15

      I'm glad to see the once mighty Schlitz beer is still going with their original recipe. With Budweiser's recent woes perhaps there's an opening for new Schlitz drinkers to give the brand a boost.

    • @joebauers3746
      @joebauers3746 5 месяцев назад +8

      Schlitz wins just because it is the most fun to say, especially after 8 of them.

    • @paulpeterson4216
      @paulpeterson4216 4 месяца назад +2

      @@joebauers3746 Yes, once you were full of Schlitz

  • @toddlehman928
    @toddlehman928 Год назад +43

    I couldn't agree more on Miller high Life being a different beer from bottle to can. I too land in the bottle camp

    • @JohnMartin-ys1kn
      @JohnMartin-ys1kn 4 месяца назад

      You are correct.

    • @Zeus-dw1cx
      @Zeus-dw1cx 3 месяца назад +1

      Absolutely

    • @caseysmith544
      @caseysmith544 3 месяца назад +2

      I am Bottle though a tall 16 oz can is almost a bottle. Of Cheap beers it is my second choice over Coors and third is Rolling Rock.

    • @JohnMartin-ys1kn
      @JohnMartin-ys1kn 3 месяца назад

      Agree. @@caseysmith544

    • @T-Mo_
      @T-Mo_ Месяц назад +2

      It ended up being his least favorite 😂

  • @panicrev555
    @panicrev555 Год назад +31

    You need to be able to cleanse the palette between beers. The previous beer(s) will drastically affect the flavor of subsequent beers tested.

  • @stevenm.6886
    @stevenm.6886 Год назад +22

    My Dad always drank Hamms, advertised during his beloved Cubs games!

    • @peterniemira9536
      @peterniemira9536 4 месяца назад +2

      Hamms is still a good tasting brew. Like all of them chill to the max.

    • @Polack-ml9fh
      @Polack-ml9fh 3 месяца назад +2

      Can’t beat hamms from a keg.

    • @caseysmith544
      @caseysmith544 3 месяца назад +2

      Still in parts of the USA find Hamms.

    • @corysather6640
      @corysather6640 2 месяца назад +2

      Hamm's is the Mountain Dew of beers very sweet and very little carbonation

    • @leemehan
      @leemehan 2 месяца назад +1

      @@corysather6640- Hamm's kind of has a sweet, weird taste to it.

  • @bozojoe197
    @bozojoe197 5 месяцев назад +67

    Yuengling is by far the best. You can drink it all night long and not get tired of the taste. It also has the best color out of all of the other beers and stands out beautifully.

    • @JimneyCriquet
      @JimneyCriquet 5 месяцев назад +3

      Agree so sad it’s not available everywhere

    • @user-cv8qe9ru8c
      @user-cv8qe9ru8c 4 месяца назад +1

      No yeungling in my state sadly

    • @smileymalaise
      @smileymalaise 4 месяца назад

      They caught a worker pissing into the beer recently.

    • @Rich-fg9vj
      @Rich-fg9vj 4 месяца назад +2

      Where did you find that information?@@smileymalaise

    • @tweezerjam
      @tweezerjam 4 месяца назад +2

      Grew up on this stuff. Took a break for a decade but recently came back home to lager. 😂

  • @benjaminhawthorne1969
    @benjaminhawthorne1969 Год назад +15

    Past Blue Ribbon has been my everyday choice for decades. It is clean and fresh tasting, with no odor or aftertaste. It is the beer that I reach for to accompany every meal (except breakfast!😁)
    I buy thirty (30) cans at a time at Wal-mart for less per ounce than I can buy cola!
    When I want a beer that "eats like a meal," I reach for Samuel Adams. Held up to sunlight in a Pilsner glass, it shows its gorgeous rufous color. It also is clean tasting, but filled with about half a-dozen flavors, and as maker Jim Koch says, "a head so thick, you can float a bottle cap on it!"
    A bottle of "Sammy" is always a treat for the senses of every beer lover!

    • @copsarebastards
      @copsarebastards 3 месяца назад +1

      I'm a brewer at a craft brewery in NY and pbr is my #1 macro lager as well. The price is great, it has some nice hop character, it's not flavorless.

    • @leemehan
      @leemehan 2 месяца назад +1

      Schlitz is really great too. U want a beer that is miles better than Sam Adams, buy Wernesgruner at Aldi's. Sam Adams is terrible to me and blows it away!

  • @ericruggles4631
    @ericruggles4631 Год назад +75

    And if you drink enough of them, they all get prettier at closing time.

    • @willhorting5317
      @willhorting5317 Год назад +2

      🎶 "The girls all get prettier at closing time, cause they all begin to look like movie stars." 🎶

    • @billh.1940
      @billh.1940 Год назад

      But so do us fat, ugly guy's. Good time is had by all.

    • @billbrasky7540
      @billbrasky7540 Год назад +3

      Ha I love that song. That was one of my ma's favorites too. When I was still in high school, she's get her boiler maker goin on on the weekends (bc we lived in a dry county at the time), and she had tapes of all the greats, and she'd play em loud while she cooked and danced and would have me drink beers and shots with her and tell me about the good old country music n stuff, SRV, and the golden oldies too, etc... That one ALWAYS got played at the house 🤙🏻

    • @willhorting5317
      @willhorting5317 Год назад

      @@billbrasky7540 👍

    • @gregthoms5232
      @gregthoms5232 Год назад

      Coors is great. Don't know what his problem is.

  • @gene1278
    @gene1278 Год назад +9

    wish someone would bring back Falstaff.

  • @scotthenkel2833
    @scotthenkel2833 Год назад +32

    Pabst and Schlitz were popular even into the 1980s before massive advertising and light beers took over.

    • @artistnyc123
      @artistnyc123 Год назад +1

      Bingo! In the 6o's Pabst and Schlitz, Falstaff, Coors, and Bud, all had the same, price points. Today you pay a premium for Coors, Bud, and Miller due to advertising costs.

  • @joshuafrahm8778
    @joshuafrahm8778 4 месяца назад +13

    Out of these I'd have to go Yuengling, but Old Style is my #1

  • @eddy67
    @eddy67 2 месяца назад +3

    Genesee (Rochester NY) would be a good candidate for this test. Brewery has been around since 1878!

  • @ShyGuyLoveSongs
    @ShyGuyLoveSongs Год назад +7

    My buddies Dad worked at Schiltz in Milwaukee back in the day. Glad Pabst brought it back in small batches. Good stuff.

  • @LevisLabOfficial
    @LevisLabOfficial Год назад +7

    Really great video! Love the vibe of the discussion, feels relaxed yet lively.
    Subscribed!

  • @DouglasRosser
    @DouglasRosser Год назад +7

    My mom was a bartender/cocktail waitress her entire life. I grew up with so much free junk from distributors and about a million of those purple Crown Royal bags. But my prize possession was a wall-mounted Miller High Life sign that subtly lit my bedroom at night.

  • @bigfatno
    @bigfatno Год назад +2

    Fantastic! I love the history of the beers our fathers used to drink. I can still throw back some Bud and Shmidt from time to time, but I'm more of a "fancy" beer drinker now.
    Thanks for sharing.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +1

      Same here. We mostly drink craft but these certainly have their time and place. Cheers and thanks for watching 🍻

  • @jamesberryman9893
    @jamesberryman9893 Год назад +4

    Just stumbled onto this video and man I'm so glad I did! You guys are hilarious! My personal all time favorite of these would have to be Miller High Life but after about 5 or 6, it would be pretty hard to decipher which one is which lol.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +1

      Thanks James! Happy to hear you found us and are enjoying it. Keep your eyes peeled for a follow up video in the next week or two 😉🍻

  • @edfulginiti8798
    @edfulginiti8798 Год назад +6

    PBRs for me.

  • @bzwaters
    @bzwaters 2 месяца назад +2

    A great video and I'm glad Pabst at least placed.
    When my dad was a young man drinking with friends, Pabst was his beer of choice. It was apparently the fuel for many a "colorful tales" of his youth. It holds a special place for me and it's one I always drink in his honor and memory. It is also a favorite of the "cheap beers". I would probably get Schlitz a lot as well except I have a hard time finding in my area.

  • @austinidol95050
    @austinidol95050 2 месяца назад +1

    my grandfather's beer was olympia , wish that beer was still available and part of your list for nostalgia , great topic video guys

  • @HaimTabibi
    @HaimTabibi Год назад +47

    Take Yuengling to your families and friends out west. They can’t get it out there and LOVE it!

    • @sspaay
      @sspaay Год назад +2

      The Black and Tan is heaven in a glass.

    • @TheNutzandBoltz
      @TheNutzandBoltz Год назад +1

      I'm from PA and live in Idaho. Brother'n'law borough out four cases. Fully agree.

    • @Whats-It-To-Ya
      @Whats-It-To-Ya Год назад +5

      I live 15 miles from the Yuengling brewery and you couldn't pay me to drink that piss

    • @ericmiles6413
      @ericmiles6413 Год назад +1

      Found this in PA. at race love it since then.

    • @TheNutzandBoltz
      @TheNutzandBoltz Год назад

      @@Whats-It-To-Ya And the color blue sucks. Thanks for your opinion.

  • @Kutulu369
    @Kutulu369 Год назад +5

    That Miller High Life sign on the shelf though. I miss seeing that so much from my childhood as it was hanging in the garage. It was mesmerizing.

  • @yokosomike
    @yokosomike 5 месяцев назад +2

    I can remember my dad drinking Schlitts, then Coors and even Michelob. He finally settled on Bud, then Bud light as he got into his 50s. I’m now going to be the same age as my dad when he went to be with our Lord and every year on his birthday I stop and grab a pepperoni pizza and a Bud. Personally, I enjoy craft beer, a good Belgian ale but my favorite beer at the moment since I live in Tokyo is Coedo White and Hitachino Nest, both Japanese craft beers. Seems a long way off but I can still remember my dad cracking open a Coors on a hot day after mowing the lawn in the 70s in Southern California and sharing a drink or two with me. Thanks for the memories.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  4 месяца назад

      Totally agree in that we also mostly drink craft beer. Love Belgians. Glad it brought back some memories though. Thanks for watching, cheers!

  • @billg3356
    @billg3356 6 месяцев назад +2

    My Nana used to drink 'Gansett tallboys back in the day. I still remember them in the fridge when I was a kid...

  • @robclark3095
    @robclark3095 Год назад +5

    Meister Brau!!! That was my high school beer. I also remember my grandmother drinking Olympia beer.

    • @gertifity4868
      @gertifity4868 Год назад

      Oly was great, but it had to be ice cold.

  • @user-David-Alan
    @user-David-Alan Год назад +24

    Yuengling in a bottle is so much better. I guess everybody's tastebuds are different. The only beer with flavor out of the beers you had there was Y.

    • @kentmarsh6442
      @kentmarsh6442 Год назад +9

      Yuengling is best on tap.

    • @picklerix6162
      @picklerix6162 Год назад

      It’s good on tap but most beer tastes better on tap.

    • @finnafishfl
      @finnafishfl Год назад +3

      Cans > bottles

    • @jeffduncan9140
      @jeffduncan9140 Год назад

      ​@kentmarsh6442 never had it on tap but I do love it in the bottle.

    • @flatlanderfl
      @flatlanderfl Год назад +1

      Just got back from a week of racing/camping down here in Florida and Yuengling kept us happily hydrated! Very good stuff.

  • @RJR2222
    @RJR2222 Год назад +1

    Sterling big mouths and Old Milwaukee were my go too back in the day. Enjoyed the content thanks

  • @erinskyes1468
    @erinskyes1468 3 месяца назад +2

    As a punk from the West Coast, PBR and Miller High life are my personal favorites and scene favorites. Cheap and good.

  • @roscoe_t
    @roscoe_t Год назад +19

    Macro beer formulas have changed a lot over the years. Schlitz wrecked itself in the '70s with a formula update; the Schlitz in the test uses a 1960s recipe, so it naturally stands out. The Pabst of today is not the same as the Pabst I drank in the early '70s.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +3

      Yeah, no doubt none of them are the exact same as they started out in terms of ingredients and recipes. I wish I were able to taste how they were back in the day to compare 🍻

    • @csnide6702
      @csnide6702 Год назад +2

      Pabst was mild back in 1970s -- and a HUGE brand

    • @bklyndg
      @bklyndg Год назад +1

      Where can you FIND Schlitz with the 1960 recipe?

    • @12babyapes59
      @12babyapes59 Год назад +1

      @@bklyndg yes where do you find this beer?

    • @SharpsBox
      @SharpsBox 4 месяца назад

      Weirdly enough, the PBR in China is the original recipe on Pabst equipment. Tastes like mid 90s PBR before the Milwaukee plant closed.

  • @tomy.1846
    @tomy.1846 4 месяца назад +3

    My best beer? Hands down. When I was about 14 years old, some of my friends and I went up on the roof of a random 5 floor apartment building one summer night. We found a red cooler on the roof with about 6 cans of Bud, in with the coldest possible water. A few few ice cubes were still keeping them frosty. It was a warm night, we were running around the nearby town like usual. Those beers were delicious! Cracklin cold! To this day, I'm 52, those cold beers were the best! It was like the scene in the Shawshank Redemption when they got the beers after tarring the roof! Incredible! 😃🙃🤤😎🤠🤯👆 Miss those days, lol!

  • @MrBushy3000
    @MrBushy3000 4 месяца назад +2

    I didn't see this in comments at least near top of them. One of the biggest differences between Schlitz and other American beers is the grain that is used. They brewed with rice because near Milwaukee there were large areas with wild rice and it was cheap and easy to get. They meant to change back to the usuals but people liked it so much they kept it. Just one fun side note the beer factory that Lavern and Shirly worked at was called Shots Beer which was an homage to Schlitz.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  4 месяца назад

      Ha! Very interesting. I know rice is very commonly used today but must have been an interesting change back in the day. Thanks for highlighting that!

  • @geoffreyclark2805
    @geoffreyclark2805 Год назад +2

    I'm in my 60's and back in the day I enjoyed Schaefer Beer, unavailable in stores for quite sometime a friend of mine ordered me a case from the liquor store a few years ago and it was okay but not quite what I remembered. Came to find out it's under Pabst umbrella now. Miller High Life is my choice now for American Lager style. Moosehead, Molson Canadian, or LaBatt's Blue I enjoy too.

  • @vernonmarsh
    @vernonmarsh Год назад +23

    I live in a college student ghetto and, judging from the empty beer cans that decorate their yards, the youth generation appears to really like Miller Lite, Coors lite, and Keystone Lite.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +8

      Those poor bastards hahahaha. I have a feeling we will do a light beer blind battle at some point.

    • @Mister_Belvidere
      @Mister_Belvidere Год назад +6

      I drank a lot of Keystone light and Keystone ice in college because a 30 pack was just under $10

    • @LuckyBastardProd
      @LuckyBastardProd Год назад +1

      Xer here. We drank those as well plus PBR and Lucky Laghard (lager) not just for the irony but they were dirt cheap, too.

    • @michaelmathews295
      @michaelmathews295 Год назад

      I own some farmland and I clean up litter in the ditches every year and that's what I see also. I think the most exotic beer I ever found was a Corona.

    • @jasoncoates1835
      @jasoncoates1835 Год назад

      @@LuckyBastardProd Can confirm. Shaeffer's too. (The punk house beer of choice!)

  • @marcstevens8576
    @marcstevens8576 Год назад +23

    I'm a Pabst man, however, I truly miss the Coors Extra Gold. Shame they discontinued it.

    • @Mike-jv4rz
      @Mike-jv4rz Год назад +5

      PBR and Old Style in bottles are both great to me...
      In the dead heat of summer I like the "miller killers" the 7 oz bottles, 3 chugs and gone - they never get cold lol..

    • @marcstevens8576
      @marcstevens8576 Год назад +2

      @@Mike-jv4rz It was a lot of fun trying to open those pull-tabs in the Winter as teenagers. "Hey, Shake get us a screwdriver". I remember it very well. Half the time, before Shake returned with the screwdriver, our cans of Schlitz, or Pabst were pretty much frozen. Brings back great memories.

    • @Mike-jv4rz
      @Mike-jv4rz Год назад +2

      @@marcstevens8576 Pull tabs- lol
      Now that's a blast from the past 👍

    • @FestusBro
      @FestusBro Год назад +1

      Drank a bunch and forgot about the Extra Gold. From the wayback files.

  • @AJ-ln4sm
    @AJ-ln4sm 4 месяца назад +1

    Good stuff fellas! I'd love to sit down and do this with my dad or my son. Cheers

  • @pecoswild
    @pecoswild 3 месяца назад +1

    Entertaining and a fun activity. I’ve done that with bourbons. I’m going to copy y’all and do the same with beers! Cheers and greetings from Justin, TX!

  • @lcusatis
    @lcusatis Год назад +16

    I love how the Yuengling stands out so obviously.

    • @JH-pn6zd
      @JH-pn6zd Год назад +3

      ..and yet they acted like they had NO idea what beee it was!🙄🙄🙄

    • @JH-pn6zd
      @JH-pn6zd Год назад +1

      **beer

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +2

      Haha, yeah honest ignorance I'm afraid. I don't think either of us had seen a Yuengling outside of the bottle or can, or at least not in a long time. Believe it or not, it got edited out when trimming down the time but I actually thought it could possibly be the Narragansett originally because I hadn't had that one outside of the can either.

    • @lcusatis
      @lcusatis Год назад

      @@drinkingwithcraigandroger4539 Thanks for the reply, fellas. Enjoy the videos. This one was quite fun.

  • @ronaldtheriot
    @ronaldtheriot Год назад +12

    Schlitz is my favorite, in this lineup.

  • @joshuarosen465
    @joshuarosen465 Год назад +11

    I remember that there was always a case of Schlitz in the back stairwell of my grandfather's house. He died in 1962. I don't know if it was a choice or if that was the only beer available in Sheboygan in the 1950s.

    • @wardaddy6595
      @wardaddy6595 Год назад +1

      My Dad and uncles all drank Schlitz when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s , I'm sure my first sip of beer was a Schlitz .

    • @pjw1016
      @pjw1016 Год назад +2

      Seems like WW2 photos of GI’s drinking beer were overwhelmingly Schlitz. Growing up in the 50’s and 60’s most of my area taverns had Schlitz or Hamms signs hanging out front.

  • @eugeneblum5686
    @eugeneblum5686 Год назад +6

    Yuengling is currently negotiating with a distributor in Wisconsin. Usually have a few when I'm in Alabama, Georgia and Texas. Although can't beat a Shiner Bock when in Texas. Usually a High Life in the bottle is my go to.

    • @gertifity4868
      @gertifity4868 Год назад +2

      Shiner Premium is a great lager. (And Texas is a great state!)

    • @JimneyCriquet
      @JimneyCriquet 5 месяцев назад

      Wish I could get some in WA

  • @stephenrichie4646
    @stephenrichie4646 Год назад +3

    Wow. Surprised. Gonna have to try Schlitz. My long time fave Yuengling. Can’t abide Bud or PBR.

  • @skateboarderw3281
    @skateboarderw3281 Год назад +7

    Totally enjoyed this....good times, Schlitz rules. Too bad it's not in NC anymore...

    • @arise2945
      @arise2945 Год назад

      Apparently you can't get it in Kansas any more either.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +1

      Dang. Roger said he couldn't find any when he went around to a few stores in Georgia the other week. So hopefully they haven't stopped distributing here also. Thanks for watching 🍻

  • @UncleBlasto
    @UncleBlasto 10 месяцев назад +1

    That animated Miller High Life sign is amazing.

  • @adamjenks9613
    @adamjenks9613 Год назад +15

    The ‘E’ in this study, the Narragansett Lager has been a favorite of mine for years! My personal choice for cheap beer. That’s just me, I honestly like it.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +2

      It really is a nice one. I have been ordering it at concerts lately. Cheers! - Craig

    • @skswig1
      @skswig1 Год назад +1

      They sell that as premium beer where I live

    • @michaelbower85
      @michaelbower85 Год назад

      Same! I had one with dinner tonight and after work it hits the spot nice

    • @justincovert6943
      @justincovert6943 Год назад +1

      Still love Narragansett. They make one called Fresh Catch which is delicious

    • @gregggoss2210
      @gregggoss2210 Год назад +1

      Good cheap beer. Prefer it in bottles. Quint's beer of choice.

  • @justincovert6943
    @justincovert6943 Год назад +5

    It's important to remember that your grandparents would probably have only drank regional beers. Especially in the 40's and 50's since countywide distribution was a huge thing. Yuengling is still only available in I think 15 states.

    • @porkrind
      @porkrind Год назад

      Yuengling has recently made a BIG change in distribution and is now available at least as far west as Kansas. By recently I mean last week, it was big news here. It's... okay. I too am a High Life from the bottle kind of guy.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад

      Great point 🍻

  • @brownale1000
    @brownale1000 3 месяца назад +1

    What a great 👍 video Craig and Roger well done subscribed cheers 🍺🍺

  • @shawnlabroix6886
    @shawnlabroix6886 Год назад +3

    What a superb review, Gents! As a Canadian, I can only get high life at the local beer store. Interesting that Roger noted a difference between the bottle and can versions. In fact, up in Canada, the bottles are imported from Milwaukee and the canned versions are brewed locally by Molson. Both are tasty, but I prefer the bottles. (Plus, the bottles are cheaper). Lastly, On business trips through Michigan , I always grab some Hamms', Strohs', Schlitz or Old Style. Just love these American Macros!!

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад

      Interesting on the cans being brewed locally. That would definitely create a noticeable difference. Thanks for watching! Cheers 🍻

    • @laudanum669
      @laudanum669 Год назад +1

      I work at a liquor store in Wisconsin we sell a 4 pack of Hamm's Tall Boys for $2:50. So 2 4 packs equals about 11 12 OZ beers for $5. We also sell 30 packs of Hamm's 12 OZ for $13. But our best selling beer is 30 packs of 12 OZ Busch lite for $22. I'm a die hard Hamm's guy myself.

    • @shawnlabroix6886
      @shawnlabroix6886 Год назад

      @@laudanum669 Just bought a 30 of Hamms in michigan @ 13.99. Solid macro imo. Would really love to try Extra Gold Lager by Coors but tough to find

    • @bucknasty69
      @bucknasty69 Год назад +1

      That’s nuts you guys can get Hamm’s that cheap up north. I hardly see it around down here in Texas, and the cheapest 30 pack I can get is High Life for $20. I miss Hamm’s, I drank a lot of it in college. Used to get 30 packs for $15 when I went to college up in Kansas.

  • @dane5896
    @dane5896 Год назад +3

    I had not seen or heard of Narragansett, until this year, here in New Jersey. I recently saw Hamm's beer for the first time. 🍻

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад

      Ohhh, Hamm's ey? That's a new one on me. Sounds worth a try.

    • @ryantaylor3945
      @ryantaylor3945 Год назад +1

      I was wondering where Hamm's was in this lineup bc I thought it was a very old brew as well.

    • @drbobdrake
      @drbobdrake 3 месяца назад

      Narragansett was a very popular beer in New England and was a major sponsor of the Boston Red Sox out of Cranston, Rhode Island. The brand went out of business but was brought back several years ago with great success. Cans of Narragansett featured in the film Jaws.
      “Hi, neighbor, have a ‘Gansett!”

  • @leeallsopp5152
    @leeallsopp5152 2 дня назад

    Fantastic! A lot are hard to get here in England.. not a fan of corrs or bud but I loved PBR when it was here briefly 🍺

  • @steveh4114
    @steveh4114 11 месяцев назад +1

    Good, Fun review. Wish I could get Schlitz in Seattle, WA. 1 of best take-aways is that they are all pretty similar. I tried Schlitz once here (12 pack) and I liked it. It was my father's favorite in the 50's to early '70's. He was from Wisconsin, too. I also enjoy Coors and Miller.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  11 месяцев назад +1

      That is certainly a big takeaway. You get a lot more separation as far as good and bad once you get into light beers which we also did a blind tasting video of recently, but in this category it's kind of hard to go wrong if you are in the mood for that type of beer. Thanks for watching! Cheers

  • @DH-.
    @DH-. Год назад +3

    Miller high life bottles give me nostalgia, those were the best to chug in competition with your buds .. secret trick you get a flexy straw bend around the rim use like a snorkel in a weird way and u can chug the whole thing 3 seconds flat as an amateur drinker 2 seconds with practice

  • @fixed970
    @fixed970 Год назад +4

    I’m sitting here with a glass of Hamms, laughing at these guys!

  • @chuckharst8676
    @chuckharst8676 3 месяца назад +1

    Grain Belt still going well in upper Midwest. First thing i do when I visit is buy a 12 pack in bottles. Very very good beer.

  • @seekingagreatperhaps6391
    @seekingagreatperhaps6391 Год назад +1

    The sheer stress I feel watching videos on any macro beer review is I can actually sense them getting warm as discussion happens and I start wrinkling my nose and then I realize I am on a mote of dust around an obscure star and nothing matters and we are all just cosmic dust in the wind and then I sigh and then I want a beer.

  • @PipeMan1958
    @PipeMan1958 Год назад +63

    I picked Schlitz right at the start, but Hamm's should of been a part of the test, these two beers are great.

    • @theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676
      @theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676 Год назад +13

      Stroh’s also. Both might be tough to find. I live in an urban area and can find Hamm’s at the mega liquor stores.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +14

      Yeah, Hamm's and Old Style seem to the be two most popular in this style that we can't get in our market here in Atlanta 🍻

    • @leviturner3265
      @leviturner3265 Год назад +9

      I agree. I find Hamm's to be very nice. Our local liqour store sells Hamm's in 30-packs. I do not know how well they sell, but I make sure to buy two a week so that they continue to stock to them. Currently I have a surplus of about 150 beers because I can not drink them as fast as I buy them.
      Whenever the liqour store does not have Hamm's in stock I buy Miller High Life. If for whatever reason they do not have either, or I am looking to save one dollar, I might buy Busch. Always in 30 packs to save money.

    • @TheMarcopix
      @TheMarcopix Год назад +5

      @@leviturner3265 We mostly drank Stroh's because that's what the older guys drank and they bought ours so...ok. Hamm's was another that brought back memories.

    • @theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676
      @theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676 Год назад +2

      @@leviturner3265 You are beer stocked for the apocalypse.

  • @stevea6936
    @stevea6936 Год назад +3

    I understand that this was a taste test between the largest breweries in the United States of what I called cheap crap beer. I have been a beer connoisseur all my life and I have tried well over 200 brands of beers from around the world and I'm also a former bartender I can tell you straight out the best water makes a huge difference in the best beer and the best water on planet Earth is in Canada. If you're strictly going by large-volume breweries and not microbreweries which are clearly the best ,the best large volume brewery 12 pack hands-down is a 12-pack of Labatt's Blue from Canada and amazingly enough out here in Las Vegas a 12-pack of Labatt's is cheaper or equal in price than any of the above-mentioned beers. If you want really good beer the largest volume microbrewery is still the best in the United States and that's anything from the Sam Adams Brewery out of Boston

  • @j.landismartin5397
    @j.landismartin5397 Год назад +1

    The original Michelob was my beer of choice since high school (I graduated in '83) till it was discontinued. Yuengling has been my go-to since. In fact, I'm enjoying one now. Don't recall ever having a Schlitz but remember my dad and his friends having it around back in the '70's. Think I'll look around for it and pick up a 6-pack for my own taste test.

  • @wellfleation1
    @wellfleation1 5 месяцев назад +2

    Out of all those bad beers, I would go PBR all day every day on a hot summer day.

  • @willcool713
    @willcool713 Год назад +10

    Just an interesting side note, Coors makes its big money with high-end ceramics for electronics, mostly as a defense contractor. The beer side of things acts mostly as a PR wing, though it's definitely a strong concern in its own right. In the early '90's I worked for a laser scribing firm, and a single Coors ceramic plate, about 4"x4", was about $100, and once it was scribed, punched, and snapped, was worth as much as $50K. Coors had the market cornered, and was the only manufacturer of the specific type of required, military-grade porcelain for certain defense contract circuit boards. The little firm I worked for (seven people) probably went through 200-300 plates per day, five days per week. (It took a lot of time to build up the power in the capacitor banks, and the system could only cut a half dozen or so pieces per cycle.) That's over $100,000/week that Coors got from us alone. (And we made about the same, I believe, after energy, equipment, payroll, and basic overhead. The two owners were raking it in.)
    (The most fun was the excimer laser, which could punch through a half inch of plate steel in under half a second. You'd do a x-ray resistant ceramic stencil first, and put that in the way of the excimer aperture and -- Flash! -- an 8"x8" area of steel plate would be cut into whatever shapes, to tolerances that could only be checked by electron microscope.)

    • @gamemeister27
      @gamemeister27 Год назад +3

      I honestly had no idea! That's super interesting man

    • @SilverbackGorilla69
      @SilverbackGorilla69 Год назад +3

      Making a comment so I don't forget this. Never knew, very interesting.

    • @Mike-jv4rz
      @Mike-jv4rz Год назад +2

      @@gamemeister27 Agreed great info...

    • @fiteboss
      @fiteboss Год назад +1

      Yeah, CoorsTek makes some really nice precision squares and other metrology equipment too. Big $$

    • @scarhart53
      @scarhart53 4 месяца назад +1

      Miller-Coors is owned by Molson out of Canada. All they make is beer.

  • @alanarnold2163
    @alanarnold2163 Год назад +18

    The Narragansett is a contract beer as well. If you look at the can it says brewed in Rochester, NY. So basically you’re drinking a Genesee Beer.

    • @aleks1939
      @aleks1939 Год назад +4

      Well the brewery may be owned by Genesee, but they're using the Narragansett recipe.

    • @mondoenterprises6710
      @mondoenterprises6710 Год назад +2

      Speaking of Genessee, where do they place?

    • @csnide6702
      @csnide6702 Год назад

      FIFCO --- Genesee has been absorbed by them.

    • @billh.1940
      @billh.1940 Год назад +1

      Ah! Genesee, I remember it well, 10 cent a can. The cream ale was drinkable, but junk. The beer was worse.
      Upstate NY it was were I started drinking, but then the whole town was drunk. Nothing else to do.

    • @markabrams3932
      @markabrams3932 Год назад +1

      @@billh.1940 Genny Cream Ale was my staple growing up in upstate NY until I was 20. I enlisted and was later stationed in Belgium has had introduction to real beer of the region. I've never gone back!

  • @beardorocks
    @beardorocks Месяц назад +1

    I rotate between Hamms, PBR, Highlife, Old Style and Coors. After 20 years of mostly craft brew, ive gone back to my roots.

  • @DSToNe19and83
    @DSToNe19and83 Год назад +1

    Hahaha, this should be golden... like the high life! Plus don’t forget this buds for you and the mountains are blue!
    My favorite will be always the original American blue ribbon award winning Americas world’s fair!
    Still my favorite, red white and blue... with a ribbon on top!
    🍻

  • @brianandrews4716
    @brianandrews4716 Год назад +4

    Nice video. Out of that line up I'll take the bottled High Life all day.

  • @markreeves9026
    @markreeves9026 Год назад +4

    I advise to try yuengling black and tan, good stuff.

  • @donnydew9313
    @donnydew9313 Год назад +1

    Love Banquet! Wanna try the extra gold if it comes back!

  • @brendamackel6917
    @brendamackel6917 3 месяца назад +1

    My dad was a Schlitz drinker when I was a kid. Of the macrobrews you had here it is pretty much the only one I’d drink. I’m a craft brewing fan.

  • @mrben6573
    @mrben6573 Год назад +8

    I haven't had beer in years but I might try and pick up some Schlitz. I'm a history buff so I think it's neat that Papst brought back the original recipe.

  • @mondoenterprises6710
    @mondoenterprises6710 Год назад +11

    Now if they can only bring Stroh's copper kettle fire brewed beer back.

    • @csnide6702
      @csnide6702 Год назад +1

      and get it back in Detroit

    • @brent69
      @brent69 Год назад +2

      Old style

    • @mondoenterprises6710
      @mondoenterprises6710 Год назад +1

      @@csnide6702 If it's good enough for Clem Snide, it's good enough for me.

    • @csnide6702
      @csnide6702 Год назад +3

      @@brent69 Heileman's Old Style was HUGE in Chicago area - for a long time !

    • @Mike-jv4rz
      @Mike-jv4rz Год назад

      And Alex ....

  • @MichaelLanier-qk8kg
    @MichaelLanier-qk8kg 4 месяца назад +1

    Schlitz was my favorite beer in the early 70s. They tried to speed up the brewing process and thus gain an economic edge over its competitors, and it backfired on them. One of the great all time blunders in the beer industry.

  • @drew311stylee
    @drew311stylee Год назад +2

    Fun video. Thanks for posting. It's really hard to side-by-side taste test beer. Even in this video certain beers that you really liked upon first tasting, once you've had a bunch of different cheap beer on your palate you go back to it later and it doesn't taste good to you anymore. I bet you guys could do this 10 times and get 10 different winners.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +3

      You are absolutely right. The temperature and palate fatigue are big factors. It was very difficult haha. Still fun though. Thanks for watching, cheers!

  • @iasimov5960
    @iasimov5960 Год назад +3

    Of those tested, my favorites are Yuengling, Schilz, and Pabst. Do they even make Blatz anymore?

    • @leemehan
      @leemehan Год назад

      Yes they do! I am from Wisconsin and it is here

  • @barberdoug6930
    @barberdoug6930 Год назад +12

    Problem is all of the beers have changed formula thru the years

    • @congresssux9766
      @congresssux9766 Год назад +3

      We the consumers allow it.
      Too many idiots drinking beer for a buzz instead of getting a buzz off an enjoyable drinks.

    • @mike289homebuilt5
      @mike289homebuilt5 2 месяца назад

      In the old days, everything was organic, everything felt more upbeat

  • @Wizwiz2112
    @Wizwiz2112 4 месяца назад

    Very experienced in every one of those. First beer I ever head circa 1971 was Schmidt’s from Philadelphia. For your offerings Americas first brewery 1!would have been my number one. Schlitz 2. If any one is lucky enough to come across Yuenglings lord chesterfield ale on tap!!! That’s amazing

  • @tweezerjam
    @tweezerjam 3 месяца назад +1

    Yuengling only began brewing their flagship Lager in the 1980s. Their original beer is their Lord Chesterfield Ale, followed by their premium (pilsner) and porter varieties.

  • @ClancyWoodard-yw6tg
    @ClancyWoodard-yw6tg 11 месяцев назад +7

    I'm a coors banquet man You cannot beat a cold Yellow Jacket on a hot summer day And my dad was a Budweiser Drinker I believe he got introduced to it while he was in Vietnam

  • @michaelquintman2228
    @michaelquintman2228 Год назад +3

    Fun fact: Narragansett is actually brewed at the Genesee brewing company in upstate New York. I recommend the Genesee cream ale!

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад

      I’ve had that cream ale before and liked it just fine but it’s been several years since I’ve seen it here in Georgia 🍻

    • @kentmarsh6442
      @kentmarsh6442 Год назад

      Right now, Genny is making Winter Bock available. I haven't had it in years, but I'm sure it's not the same.

    • @AppalachianTemplar
      @AppalachianTemplar Год назад +1

      Genny Cream Ale was the college beer of choice, back in my day.

    • @myleftthumb2294
      @myleftthumb2294 Год назад

      @@AppalachianTemplar Yep, 16 oz Genny pounders.

  • @Tyler-wp3ns
    @Tyler-wp3ns Год назад +2

    Looks like my beer fridge!Just need Old Style, Hamm’s, Busch, Stag, Grain Belt, Iron City, Molson Canadian, Michelob Golden Draft and Natural Ice.

  • @justincovert6943
    @justincovert6943 Год назад +1

    Being from long island my grand parents. Didn't drink any of that. It was Rheingold and gin sometimes whiskey. Upstate it turned to Genny Cream Ale.

  • @RWildekrav66
    @RWildekrav66 Год назад +3

    Should have had Strohs and Old Style in there.

  • @fionnmaccumhaill3257
    @fionnmaccumhaill3257 Год назад +4

    In beer taste testing, the taste gets better the more you drunk.

  • @brianhayes7153
    @brianhayes7153 Год назад +2

    PBR is a good beer and glad to see it still hanging on and doing well. I also like Hamm’s. Wish it would have been part of your test.

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад

      Yeah there are several beloved regionalized beers that just don't seem to make their way down to our market in Georgia so we couldn't get them for this tasting. We will look for some when we travel though. I'd like to try them.

  • @davidsmith385
    @davidsmith385 4 месяца назад +1

    I live in NC, when my friends and i used to go to Virginia to get Coirs light because it was illeagal in NC, the alcohol content was to high.

  • @familytrieserichiltz940
    @familytrieserichiltz940 Год назад +9

    I’d love to see you do a battle of all of the bud beers including Michelob, Busch, Natural and see what the main differences are.

    • @MichaelWilson-sn1yo
      @MichaelWilson-sn1yo Год назад +5

      I grew up up in a Budweiser house when I was a kid. Next door neighbor drove a short order truck for Budweiser that wasn't locked up at night until some teenagers got in there and had a party! He knew right away something was wrong when he smelled the residue of cigs and weed in his truck. He locked it up after that!

    • @tomsherwood4650
      @tomsherwood4650 Год назад +2

      You know why they use horses in their advertising, don't you???

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад +2

      Great idea! We will definitely keep that one in mind 🍻

    • @billybandyk0720
      @billybandyk0720 Год назад +2

      @@MichaelWilson-sn1yo Kool, Mike. Now THAT'S how u get FREE BEER!!!!! RAID THE BEER TRUCK!!!!! 2 which I say "WINNER, WINNER!!!!!! LIQUID FUCKIN' DINNER!!!!!"

    • @DWilliam1
      @DWilliam1 Год назад +1

      Michelob was a treat growing up. Can’t find it in NY anymore. Loved that beer

  • @Beadle553
    @Beadle553 Год назад +5

    I liked Genny Cream Ale in the returnable bottles, it had taste all its own. The older the bottles, the better the taste. When they discontinued the returnable bottles, it lost that taste. Can't drink it from cans.

    • @kgilliagorilla2761
      @kgilliagorilla2761 Год назад

      I live in Chicago. I get Genny in 12packs for about $8. Would love to try bottles. I switch between High Life and PBR for everyday beer. The Genny is a smooth alternative.

    • @kentmarsh6442
      @kentmarsh6442 Год назад

      My dad always had a quarter keg of Genny Cream in the Beermiester when I was a kid.

  • @kennypayton5103
    @kennypayton5103 Месяц назад +1

    Nothing beats a miller bottle after work on a summer day.

  • @chrisgeo1642
    @chrisgeo1642 7 дней назад +1

    I refer to these as bowling beers and honestly I hardly ever drink light American lagers. However have done a blind taste of them and miller was my top with colors as my second. The thing about coors is it gets skunky quite easily and my guess is the sample that was used here was skunked for those that don’t know what that is when a beer goes through a few temperature changes warm, cold, warm very cold and then served as it warms up again it gets really weird off flavor. Coors is notorious for getting skunky. Bud was my least favorite filled by pbr and Michelob was my third. I do like Narragansett and live in an area it’s distributed in but it was not part of my blind test.

  • @paulhansen7667
    @paulhansen7667 Год назад +3

    Miller High Life is the best of those.

  • @MidNight-ns7is
    @MidNight-ns7is 3 месяца назад +4

    Miller high Life in the bottle is always my go-to, the original Schlitz recipe is right up there and I'm glad they brought it back. It's just kind of hard to find where I live. Great show! This was a lot of fun. Thanks!

  • @nunestunes
    @nunestunes Год назад +1

    I read an article which list the oldest brewery of each state, many of them closed or were about to close and were saved by Pabst

  • @Old_Sailor85
    @Old_Sailor85 Год назад +2

    Miller and Coors (since it went nationwide) tastes like soap to me. College it was Buckhorn, Old Milwaukee, or anything else that was less than $5 a case. Old Style if we were splurging or buying "kegs".
    I actually like what people call "skunky" beer. Almost all are in green bottles. Heineken, Moosehead, Grolsch, etc.
    FWIW, I worked at Christian Schmidt Brewing Company for a few years until they closed in 1986. We had 100 labels. We also made Rolling Rock when they were om strike. Rolling Rock's recipe made little CO2 and we had to carbonate the heck out of it. Schmidt's beer actually made excess CO2 that we compressed, liquified, and sold or used for other brews. Schmidt's Classic was my favorite.

    • @fixed970
      @fixed970 Год назад

      Loved the Schmidt’s wild life cans!

  • @skswig1
    @skswig1 Год назад +3

    Miller High Life has changed since the 70's. Seems like it has too much foaming agents that stick to the glass.

    • @greybone777
      @greybone777 Год назад

      Cheaper ingredients. In the 70s I talked to a master brewer and he said that Miller chose only the top quality ingredients. When the started genuine draft they actually started using hops flavoring instead of hops.

    • @skswig1
      @skswig1 Год назад

      @@greybone777 never cared for the GD for the same reason. I wish I could get Shlitz in northwest florida

  • @dannyfrog
    @dannyfrog Год назад +6

    I like the Coors Original but it sure does put the weight on me lol.

  • @Oddzilla51
    @Oddzilla51 4 месяца назад +1

    Years ago, my father-in-law had a taste test between very popular and expensive beers and also threw in Old Milwaukee. Turns out, Old Milwaukee was the most picked as the best in the test.

    • @dukeford
      @dukeford 4 месяца назад +1

      An underrated beer.

  • @JackJack-ld5eo
    @JackJack-ld5eo 2 месяца назад +1

    Growing up in the 60's, my dad drank all of those beers at one time or another, except Yuengling.
    Whenever he asked me to get him a beer, I would open it for him and take a quick sip or 2 before I got it to him. I was able to accurately name each beer on your first go around, based on your descriptions, 😂. Thanks for the remember when!
    P.S. you forgot about Schaefer!

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  2 месяца назад

      Haha that's awesome. Glad our taste lined up with your memory. Yeah, there are quite a number of classic beers viewers have pointed out that are more regionalized, or at least not available to us in Georgia it seems or that we don't see often anyway. If one of us travels up north we'll have to load up on some of the recommendations and do a 2nd tasting. Cheers🍻

    • @dakchang63
      @dakchang63 Месяц назад +1

      You not the only one being introduced by yard work 😅

  • @nickyl9040
    @nickyl9040 Год назад +4

    Shaeffer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one

    • @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539
      @drinkingwithcraigandroger4539  Год назад

      🍻

    • @emac1652
      @emac1652 Год назад +1

      One of the greatest ad slogans of all time.
      Some advertising exec pitching that in today's politically correct world would be fired on the spot😄

  • @MegaJackpinesavage
    @MegaJackpinesavage Год назад +3

    Don't like spending 12 bucks for a sixer of "Craft" beer at my local shop, so Guinness and PBR fits the bill just grand, thank you. That said, I did hanker for a Stroh's -- which isn't sold up around here anymore -- the other day & waxed deeply nostalgic -- a very tasty beer, Stroh's, & may it RIP if it's gone the way of the rest of Detroit.

    • @brent69
      @brent69 Год назад

      Strohs is no more??

    • @MegaJackpinesavage
      @MegaJackpinesavage Год назад

      @@brent69 The bottle shop the next town down doesn't carry it anymore so here in the middle of the middle of nowhere at least I can affirm its "no more-ness" is rampant around the immediate vicinity --. & tragically so...

    • @dltguitar6532
      @dltguitar6532 Год назад +1

      Guinness is expensive too