I miss the cool beer ads but not the beers. I was a college student in the 1980's. I had an Old Milwaukee last year, it was okay. The Miller Light ads were funny. Man Laws.
I grew up in Milwaukee and left after highschool in 81’. But of course in the beer capitol of America, we were drinking most these beers since we were about 13. I don’t remember having a favorite since they mostly tasted the same to me. In California, I got into lots of different European beers which were all unique and tasty. Then micro-breweries started up everywhere and beer became more sophisticated and artsy. I never drank any of the old junk-beers of the past but sure would like to have an old Strohs just for nostalgia sake.
True- mostly lager piss-water I drank as a youth just to get drunk. Lucky Lager, that was a beauty. Came in 24 packs. Had to drink multiple bottles quickly so you forgot how bad it tasted. Cheapest beer in the supermarket.
I miss falstaff! When I was a teenager, i used to have a pony keg in my back seat with a small hose coming out of my cigarette lighter with a valve! What a great beer with many great memories!
Hamms is still very much around. Brewed by Molson Coors, it is a budget friendly beer with good taste. Not the same as it was years ago, but what is these days?
Scmidt's beer was the first beer that I ever tried.... my buddy and I was skinning his first deer... and he stole a bottle of it from his dad, and we celebrated his first deer . He was 14, and I was 13. It tasted SO good!
@@cohoanglervancouverwa6755 you can still find Genessee and OV in upstate NY. Utica Club?!? Horrible stuff. But Hafenreffer's Private Stock was truly a premium malt liquor. And MICKEY'S!!
Here in upstate NY Genesee and “Uncle Charlie”, UC, or Utica Club is still widely available. UC is my go to, especially on a hot summer day. Great stuff and history.
One of your slides for Pearl Beer is featuring Pearl Street beer which is a completely different brand. Made in Lacrosse Wisconsin. The owner started production in 2000 underneath the bodega pub.
Back in the early 80s in Tucson, a lot of these were offered in 12 pack cans for 2-3 dollars. As one neighbor put it, "It may not be good, but it's cold and cheap!"
Still can get some of those beers here. Was buying 30 packs of Hamms for $16 up until 3 years ago and Erlanger is still around. Also was buying blue bull in 93-94. Beside St.Ides, OE 800, Colt 45
I'm glad Genesee is still around. I ran across that around 1986 when I did some time at West Point teaching cadets. I liked it. Which was amazing because before that I was in Germany for 2 years. I hated most American beers before the microbrew revolution.
I can say for a fact that New Orleans' Jax Beer was still available in the mid 90's. I was a bartender about an hour away in neighboring Mississippi throughout the decade, and Jax bottles was our cheap "house beer" at a blues club that I worked. We sold a ton of it to the college kids because it was like $1/bottle back then. Over time it became one of my favorites!
Unfortunately, Löwenbräu for the US has been brewed domestically since 1977. For my 18th birthday I had the opportunity to taste test the domestic vs import version side by side. American Löwenbräu tastes watered down.
here in texas, back in the early 1970s, I remember seeing "buckhorn" (bottled in brownsville if my memory is correct) for $1.99/case while out with my grandfather buying pearl at the local piggly wigglys.... always been more of a shiner bock drinker myself.....
I kept waiting for you to mention several beers I was fond of in the past Anchor Steam, Old Style,Mikeys Malt, old German, old bohemian, Special Point, …. Guess I’ll call it at this list..
Little known fact: around 2010 Genesee was the largest American owned brewer. Pabst was technically owned by a Greek investment company. Boston Beer aka Sam Adams surpassed Genesee shortly after.
Found a can of Schlitz on the side of a little country road where my grandparents lived when I was about 10 years old ( 61 now ) . It was the middle of summer and I popped the top , it spewed and foamed and I took a drink , needless to say it was awful. When older. I tried but never acquired a taste for beer and I blame it on that day. 😊
A good friend of mine. A father of a good friend that I served in 3/75 with. His Dad was one of the first Delta commandos. He told us all kinds of stories like Haney. He was the real deal. RIP SGM. The best part was how he cheated during the original selection. 😂😂 a walking history book. He is very much missed. ❤
As a teenager in late 70s, I enjoyed Genesee Beer, I was in the cdn reserve in Ottawa, we used to visit NY state reserve units and have competitions. Genesee was beer of choice , wouldn't couldn't get hammered drinking the beer compared our cdn beer
I remember being forced to drink Genesee 5 horse ale and Strohs in Ottawa during beer strikes. Never again will I allow that swamp water to pass my lips. Up the guards.
There were two Schmidt/Schmidt’s beers: Christian Schmidt in Philly and Jacob Schmidt in St. Paul. Schmidt’s was Christian and Schmidt was Jacob. To confuse matters, both ended up being bought by G. Heileman. The video talks about the eastern brewery, but some of the photos are of the midwestern brewery. One clearly says Jacob Schmidt on a building. Also Iron City was relaunched.
One of the world’s best and the world’s oldest trademark. Not sure the American audience would know it (in Ontario Canada we could get it in regularly.)
This is easy. Spring Bock from Molson. No question. I think you can still get it back east, but I haven't seen it out west in decades. Only released in the spring here in Canada. A fantastic beer!!!
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I want an old school Michelob. With the dark curvy bottle and gold foil top.
just fit perfect in your hand
That's about as 80s as it gets.....
Me too
Michelob Dry
They still sell it in Chicago at Binny's but you have to ask where it is.
I was told they were bought by Budweiser. 😢
Let it be Lowenbrau. Haven’t heard from them in a long time.
That was the beer my mom drank. The only beer she drank in fact.
Me too
I want it back. Famous aftertaste.
Excellent choice.
My favorite in Germany
I’ve had most of those, don’t miss them, but I sure miss the 1980’s!
I miss both the beers and the times
I miss the cool beer ads but not the beers. I was a college student in the 1980's. I had an Old Milwaukee last year, it was okay.
The Miller Light ads were funny. Man Laws.
I grew up in Milwaukee and left after highschool in 81’. But of course in the beer capitol of America, we were drinking most these beers since we were about 13. I don’t remember having a favorite since they mostly tasted the same to me. In California, I got into lots of different European beers which were all unique and tasty. Then micro-breweries started up everywhere and beer became more sophisticated and artsy. I never drank any of the old junk-beers of the past but sure would like to have an old Strohs just for nostalgia sake.
True- mostly lager piss-water I drank as a youth just to get drunk.
Lucky Lager, that was a beauty. Came in 24 packs. Had to drink multiple bottles quickly so you forgot how bad it tasted. Cheapest beer in the supermarket.
Same here ! I’m still a punk rock kid at 58🤣😂🤣
Dad used to like Olympia....also remember kids saying "rainier beer it comes from here" (pointing at their bladder) ha ha
I'm 57 and a lifelong resident of Phila area. Schmidt's was THE beer sold at Eagles and Phillies games until the late 80's
The there was Joes beer, “ Ortliebs”
Balentine Beer adorned the scoreboard at Old Connie Mack stadium!
@michaelgawel5823 my father and a Ballantine Blast!!
It was great.
To summarize:
Pabst bought the brands.
Wrecked them.
Then discontinued them.
Most of them are still made.
Yes
Still made? Not quite, the names may be alive but not the actual product that made them famous. Always changing formulas instead of the original.
Lucky Lager. I miss trying to drunk-solve the cap puzzle. 😅
I miss falstaff! When I was a teenager, i used to have a pony keg in my back seat with a small hose coming out of my cigarette lighter with a valve! What a great beer with many great memories!
Ah yes, had many a Falstaff sandwich.
Listen to "Falstaff Commercial" by Cream. The Thirst Slaker!
Falstaff was popular at The Citadel.
Awesome classic Beer and television commercials of them
and they were and still very memorable commercials today
Thanks for the Memories.🇺🇲🍺🍻🍺🇺🇲
You forgot Ham's Beer and it's Best! Song goes, "Hams the beer refreshing". Always loved the Hams Beer commercials.
Hamms is still very much around. Brewed by Molson Coors, it is a budget friendly beer with good taste. Not the same as it was years ago, but what is these days?
..."from the land of sky-blue waters... Hamm's!""
Oh really gregwarren Even the one before Hamn s is the beer you v e been looking for I m glad there s something you really like
@@paulmaddox8251 Yeah !
@@edgein3299 You have a point What is like it was before ? Times are not what they used to be You know what I mean saying ?
I made a lot of poor choices on that damn Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull! I had a good damn time though 😁
I also made several bad choices with that malt liquor. I probably couldn’t handle it today at my age.
Fun and games until someone loses a car fender
We all did unfortunately 😮
@@timfify Or your breakfast lunch and dinner
Hit a fire hydrant but luckily did not knock it over. Ruined one of my doors but it was a 73 montego Pos
Thanks for the video Strohs beer I'm glad to find it again
I remember driving past Strohs brewery and Vernors pop growing up in Detroit, we still have Faygo.
Read the autobiographical book by Strohs' daughter, its wild story.
Read the autobiographical book by Strohs' daughter, its wild story.
Lowenbrau and Erlanger.....I miss those beers.
We need those two like YESTERDAY 😢😢😢
I'm 73 and always liked Miller High Life the best. And today even though I live in Germany now, I still like Miller High Life the best.
I am 70 and i drink Miller High Life
Iron city is still brewed and so is I.C Light. I drink it all the time here in Pa. !!!!!!!!!!! Got a case in the fridge as we speak!!!!!
These brews are gone, but you know what’s still around? Busch and Busch Lite. Just proves that life isn’t fair.
Busch is some nasty sh#?. Worse than Old Mil.
Budweiser makes some crappy beer, using cheap ingredients, and slick marketing. OC, they made a huge mistake going woke/broke
@ I agree.
Michelob Light, not light in calories, just a lighter taste that was so refreshing.
Need that like YESTERDAY 😢😢😢
@@eddiewallace3362agreed. That was my go 2 for years
@waylonlattimer5630 Man that when it's ice Cold it's sooo Righteousness going down 😜💯👍
This brought back a lot of memories.🙂
"It's the water" was not the motto of national bohemian, that is the motto of Olympia
tumwater
Scmidt's beer was the first beer that I ever tried.... my buddy and I was skinning his first deer... and he stole a bottle of it from his dad, and we celebrated his first deer
.
He was 14, and I was 13.
It tasted SO good!
We drank enough Lucky Lager to float a battleship. When you couldn't see the puzzle in the cap, time to quit. 🤣
😂😂😂 I miss that!
Mickeys fine malt liquor still has puzzles on its caps
great video!
St. Pauli's Girl!
That's still around, although maybe not in the States.
Yes they are.
👍
Yes, Total Wine carries St Pauli; Michelob Amber Bock, Grolsch, and a few other great choices that you can't find in groceries anymore.
Dark, warm, served sitting in the sun.
I still remember a lot of the old jingles. ❤
Rainier Beer is very much alive and well. I see it in every store I frequent throught Washington state anyway.
Great video.
I also remember Mickey's Bigmouth and Bad Frog.
Mickey's I see in cans I remember the green barrel bottle the big mouth bottles are back at Woodman's in La Crosse Wisconsin
Chuggers@@michaelpatrickhamilton3384
@@michaelpatrickhamilton3384Just bought 2 6 packs of big mouth barrels in Prairie du Chien.
@@michaelpatrickhamilton3384I just bought 2 6 packs of barrel big mouths in Prairie du Chien.
@@michaelpatrickhamilton3384Just bought some at Kwik Trip in Prairie du Chien yesterday.
You can’t beat a nice frosty Old Swill!
Tuborg Gold was my favorite back in the 70’s. Haven’t seen it in decades.
Also, Old Vienna, Genesse, Narragansett, and Utica Club.
How about Haffenreffer ........... the green slime?
Genesee cream ale
@@NYBrandywineTree Old Vienna, Oh yeah
@@cohoanglervancouverwa6755 you can still find Genessee and OV in upstate NY.
Utica Club?!? Horrible stuff. But Hafenreffer's Private Stock was truly a premium malt liquor. And MICKEY'S!!
Here in upstate NY Genesee and “Uncle Charlie”, UC, or Utica Club is still widely available. UC is my go to, especially on a hot summer day. Great stuff and history.
In the 70's I remember my dad drinking Peel's Real Ale. We lived in Connecticut. My favorite beer was Michelob Ultra.
Schmidt had the cool wildlife edition beer cans ! I believe i have most of them from both brewery's ! The iron city cans are really nice also !
I have all of them. Kept them even after I got rid of the rest of my beer can collection.
One of your slides for Pearl Beer is featuring Pearl Street beer which is a completely different brand. Made in Lacrosse Wisconsin. The owner started production in 2000 underneath the bodega pub.
National Premium was one of my favorites here in Baltimore.
Amen brother!!!!!!!
Back in the early 80s in Tucson, a lot of these were offered in 12 pack cans for 2-3 dollars. As one neighbor put it, "It may not be good, but it's cold and cheap!"
Red dog !!! To this day the best beer ever is Grizzly beer
why no Hams? "From the land of sky-blue waters, from the land of pines, lofty balsams, comes the beer refreshing-Hamm's, the beer refreshing"
Old Michelob, that was the best!
Schlitz was actually pretty good.
Old Milwaukee taste like high school, any one ever call Milwaukee best as Milwaukee beast..😂
What about the Ice version 🤦🏿♂️
Old Mil was our beer of choice in college. I think it went for under four bucks a case.
@@artmoss6889 We bought kegs of it for parties, threw a bud cap on top of the keg, and nobody ever knew the difference.
@@maxpower9499 Yup, taste wasn't the point,
@@artmoss6889 Yes, in college, I could get a six-pack of Old Milwaukee for $0.88.
Still can get some of those beers here. Was buying 30 packs of Hamms for $16 up until 3 years ago and Erlanger is still around. Also was buying blue bull in 93-94. Beside St.Ides, OE 800, Colt 45
Bring back old school Michelob
I liked the old school Michelob Light, with the blue label. Before the Ultra
@@mistad333 agree - Ultra should be forced to be called by a name other than "beer". Old school Michelob, Michelob Light were my go-to.
Ponies.
Great tasting beer!!!
Yes ❤
The beer I miss the most from back in the day was Goebels out of Detroit.
I don't drink anymore, but I used to love Genesee cream ale. It was cheap and tasty.
Good for you..❤
I drink Genny Cream Ale all the time. Its still brewed and I get it by the 30 pack on the regular here in Buffalo NY
Who remembers little kings ?
I'm glad Genesee is still around. I ran across that around 1986 when I did some time at West Point teaching cadets. I liked it. Which was amazing because before that I was in Germany for 2 years. I hated most American beers before the microbrew revolution.
Killian's Irish red!
Coors
Red lagers
@@ShaunHensley You mean made by Coors Brewing
@@Ibgravy2124 Yes, I thought that was a given.
@@mikejall3644 Remember Red Dog?
LUCKY LAGER was my favorite during the '70s.
Little king cream ale was great
In heaven there is no beer. That's why we drink it here.
Schlitz bull ice malt liquor was so good. I wish I could still find it.
Southern Va, has plenty
Augsburger was my go-to beer in the early 80s.
Michelob gold was awesome
I remember Old Milwaukee. It was one of the cheapest beers you could get in a party ball or keg so every college party seemed to have it on tap.
Lil Kings, thats what I want.
Greater Cincinnati official beverage of high school parties.
Hudepohl, Weidemans, and Black Label... Hamms!
Butler County Ohio!
@@solomonecclesia5253 Hamilton, OH
YES! A "Lil King case". A case of 30 Lil Kings !!
In Canada, if u can't find a beer, u can often order it through the liquor store. They usually have a catalog
I have a thing about beer in green bottles, Rolling Rock, Heineken, Beck’s, and now, Stella Artois.
Heineken is made with barley, water, hops and yeast. No corn or rice- you can taste the difference. the others use corn or rice
Little King's
Rolling rock 7oz. Wide mouths 1.99 case 1975
Supposedly the darker glass keeps out the light and the beer is a stable longer. Fyi Canada Moosehead beer, East Coast community a in green bottles.
Add on Pilsner Urquell and Grolsch and I would agree!
My dad wasn't much of a drinker but every now and then i remember as a child seeing him drink a Schlitz back in the 70s. Miss those days.
Schlitz was #1 back in the early 70s, then they changed their formula and shortened the brew time, and killed the brand. dummies
Champale. The champagne of beers.
Gold was my jam....but started off with pink.
I can say for a fact that New Orleans' Jax Beer was still available in the mid 90's. I was a bartender about an hour away in neighboring Mississippi throughout the decade, and Jax bottles was our cheap "house beer" at a blues club that I worked. We sold a ton of it to the college kids because it was like $1/bottle back then. Over time it became one of my favorites!
Löwenbräu Dark Special for the win
Unfortunately, Löwenbräu for the US has been brewed domestically since 1977. For my 18th birthday I had the opportunity to taste test the domestic vs import version side by side. American Löwenbräu tastes watered down.
@@brianbarry5673 That’s being kind. The Zurich version was on a completely different level.
@@michaelrandall9034 german beers have good barley and good hops. American beers have neither
@@Mike1614YT Yeah, what’s new. Quality costs and the US is cheap. Look how “we” vote. Bargain Basement Bonanza of Garbage.
@@michaelrandall9034 wut
Thankfully still enjoying Yuengling. Can remember those $3.09 Olympia 12 pack cans in the late 80's.
Little Kings cream ale is back in production in eastern Ohio.
Old Milwaukee. When you're just too cheap to spend a little more on good beer. 😂
PEARL with a dash of salt was my dad's favorite.
Jax beer is back in production! Saw it in the grocery store two days ago in Louisiana.
here in texas, back in the early 1970s, I remember seeing "buckhorn" (bottled in brownsville if my memory is correct) for $1.99/case while out with my grandfather buying pearl at the local piggly wigglys.... always been more of a shiner bock drinker myself.....
I kept waiting for you to mention several beers I was fond of in the past Anchor Steam, Old Style,Mikeys Malt, old German, old bohemian, Special Point, …. Guess I’ll call it at this list..
Anchor Steam is still around.
Little known fact: around 2010 Genesee was the largest American owned brewer. Pabst was technically owned by a Greek investment company. Boston Beer aka Sam Adams surpassed Genesee shortly after.
Found a can of Schlitz on the side of a little country road where my grandparents lived when I was about 10 years old ( 61 now ) . It was the middle of summer and I popped the top , it spewed and foamed and I took a drink , needless to say it was awful. When older. I tried but never acquired a taste for beer and I blame it on that day. 😊
Strohs beer has a taste and smell of strong beer it fills your nose and mouth with BEER instantly
I was broke during the 80s , so my go-tos were Schaefer , Beast, Munton-and-Fison homebrew kits, and Busch.
From the land of sky blue waters. You left out Hams. Miller, Old Style, Rolling Rock!
Rolling rock is still around
Brew 102
I miss Arizona’s own, A-1 Pilsner. Brewed from the crystal clear waters of the Salt River; too thick to drink, too thin to plow.
Tuborg gold was probably one of the best tasting beers ever. How about Red White and Blue and Old Dutch!
A good friend of mine. A father of a good friend that I served in 3/75 with. His Dad was one of the first Delta commandos. He told us all kinds of stories like Haney. He was the real deal. RIP SGM. The best part was how he cheated during the original selection. 😂😂 a walking history book. He is very much missed. ❤
Schaeffer Light. Best lawn mowing beer my neighbor and I hydrated with!
First beer I ever drank was a peel tab Schaefer can 😂
My grandfather loved Schaffer and Schwan's. But then again he like whiskey too at the same time. A lot of both. All day every day and night.
Ain't that the truth.
First beer I was ever served in a bar.
99.9% water
As a teenager in late 70s, I enjoyed Genesee Beer, I was in the cdn reserve in Ottawa, we used to visit NY state reserve units and have competitions. Genesee was beer of choice , wouldn't couldn't get hammered drinking the beer compared our cdn beer
I remember being forced to drink Genesee 5 horse ale and Strohs in Ottawa during beer strikes. Never again will I allow that swamp water to pass my lips. Up the guards.
It sounds like Pabst owns everything out there
When I was a child in the mid 1960's Falstaff was a very popular beer it disappeared long before I was old enough to enjoy beer 😮
There were two Schmidt/Schmidt’s beers: Christian Schmidt in Philly and Jacob Schmidt in St. Paul. Schmidt’s was Christian and Schmidt was Jacob. To confuse matters, both ended up being bought by G. Heileman. The video talks about the eastern brewery, but some of the photos are of the midwestern brewery. One clearly says Jacob Schmidt on a building.
Also Iron City was relaunched.
Further complicating things was that the Philadelphia Schmidts was a sponsor of the Philadelphia Phillies when Mike Schmidt was their big star.
My family went to Vermont for vacation and I found a 12 pack of Schlitz.
It was crisp, clean, and refreshing.
Schlitz kept pulling ingredients until they ran themselves out of business. You can't fool an old beer drinker.
Schlitz in a bottle was my old man's beer. There was nothing like an ice cold Schlitz on a hot summer day sitting in your back yard.
In 1970, we had Old Milwaukee at Ft Bragg. It was $4/case. In Vietnam we had "33", which wasn't half bad.
Ba Mu Ba…33 beer
I remember all those commercials and I've had all those beers.
I want a 1987 2 liter(!) bottle of Sun Country wine cooler! Oh, yeah!!!
Real
great vid, thank you! most of these beers were terrible, except for funnel or shotgun or other forms of chugging...
In the 80s Black Label was about 4$ for a 12 pack and we would get a headache while drinking it. Pisswater
So at one time or another, Pabst owned all the defunct brands.
Bohemian fire brewed Stroh's was the BEST!!!!!!!!!!
We were fortunate to have it here in Canada in the late 90's. It was a damn fine beer and then just disappeared off the shelves.
Drank a lot of Drummond Bros beer in the mid 70s. Always wondered what became of them.
Whatever happened to Lowenbrau? Damn fine beer was produced by Miller Brewing.
Arthur Prysock sung the theme song to the commercial here's to good friends which was actually song later on he did
Beck's is my brand these days. Made out of St. Louis with the Old World recipe. Delicious!
Bass Ale
One of the world’s best and the world’s oldest trademark. Not sure the American audience would know it (in Ontario Canada we could get it in regularly.)
They started making it in NY. Awful stuff, never drank it again
@@citythinkbass is great. Great for black n tans too
Simpatico was the best beer I ever had - bring it back !!
Schlitz slogan was "Schlitz today,shits tomorrow."
Schlitz gives you the Shitz!
Loved a bucket of old Vienna splits after work.
We are enjoying a craft beer renaissance. These old beers are going back to the Stone Age!
Nah there's always a cheap beer crowd.
This is easy. Spring Bock from Molson. No question. I think you can still get it back east, but I haven't seen it out west in decades. Only released in the spring here in Canada. A fantastic beer!!!