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Post by snsurone on Jan 28, 2018 0:06:29 GMT
Is anyone else old enough to remember the TV ads for American-brewed beers?
For example:
Reingold ("My beer is Reingold, the dry beer...").
Knickerbocker ("Have a Knick; you'll feel refreshed. Have a Knickerbocker Beer!").
Ballentine.
Schaefer ("Schaefer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one...").
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Piels (Harry and Bert).
Today, most beers are imported.
I think only Coors and Budweiser are brewed in the US.
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 28, 2018 0:40:18 GMT
I remember having a major crush on Miss Rheingold's Nancy Woodruff.
Ballantine sponsored Yankee baseball games on New York's WPIX Channel 11. Announcer Mel Allen would extract a bottle of the beverage from a mini-fridge kept at the perfect temperature of 42 degrees.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 28, 2018 0:55:03 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 28, 2018 1:19:09 GMT
Pabst Blue Ribbon is still brewed – at least the brand is still sold. The Pabst Co. owns several brands but they may not brew the beer themselves.
Falstaff Beer was a St. Louis brew. Its heyday was the mid-1950s to mid-1960s. No longer seen in stores, the brand is owned by Pabst.
Schlitz was “The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous.” My uncle had about a 40 year career with Schlitz but retired in the early 1980s when it was sold to Strohs. Strohs is now owned by, yes, Pabst. The Schlitz brand now exists only as “Schlitz Gusto,” Old Milwaukee, and, I think, Schlitz Malt Liquor (I’m not sure if the malt liquor is still around).
Joke: The CEO of Budweiser orders a Bud Light. The CEO of Coors orders a Coors Light. The CEO of Miller orders a Miller Lite. The CEO of Guinness orders a Coke. When the other three asked why he got a soft drink, the Guinness CEO said, “Well, if you guys aren’t going to have a beer, I won’t either.”
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Post by jervistetch on Jan 28, 2018 1:29:57 GMT
I remember Ballentine, Utica Club and Carling's Black Label. I'm not sure sure if they're still available or not. You could get a case of Carling's for $4. You would wake up with a blinding migraine but it was worth it.
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 28, 2018 1:32:19 GMT
Growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s in San Antonio, Texas, the south Texas beer-scape was dominated by two large San Antonio breweries: Pearl and Lone Star (“The National Beer Of Texas”). Both of these major breweries are now closed. Lone Star can still be purchased; the brand has made something of a comeback in the new century. Pearl is a different story. It’s brand is now owned by, you guessed it, Pabst. As I have learned over the last half-hour or so, Pabst is a marketing company that owns the rights to multiple brand names but farm out the actual brewing of the product to large companies like Miller. That is what has happened to Pearl. The brand is still out there in limited distribution, but it is not the beer it once was. The same is true for Lone Star. They are both Miller products. So, snsurone, I take it back. The PBR brand is still in stores but the beer is Miller. You are right that Blue Ribbon no longer exists. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 28, 2018 1:49:39 GMT
Thousands of beers that don't exist anymore. Hamm's, Rainier, Koehler, Olympia, Falstaff, etc, etc. Before refrigeration and modern preservation, nearly every small town had a brewery.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 28, 2018 2:59:04 GMT
Maybe Sonny enjoyed a Rheingold after he beat up Carlo!  |
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 28, 2018 16:33:57 GMT
...here are a few:
Fox Deluxe
Bullfrog
Gluek Stite
Bader Brau
Meister Brau
Drewery's
Brau Meister
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Post by snsurone on Jan 28, 2018 16:42:55 GMT
koskie, I've never seen any of those in NYC.
Maybe they're around other parts of the country: some beers are local.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 28, 2018 16:46:49 GMT
Jimmy Carter's brother put out a brew:  |
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 28, 2018 17:05:09 GMT
Fondly remembering both Blatz and Schlitz.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 28, 2018 17:13:56 GMT
Schlitz was once huge, then they played around with the recipe and slid into oblivion. One of their slogans was "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" which Jerry Lewis turned into a country song – "What Made Milwaukee Famous (Made a Loser Out of Me)".
[Correction: Jerry LEE Lewis did that record!]
Another related country song:
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Post by neurosturgeon on Jan 28, 2018 17:23:52 GMT
I remember Falstaff coming in a bottle can.
From the land of sky blue waters, I remember Hamm's, which also was the Great big brotherhood of Hamm's.
I don't know if Brew 102 was just a Soithern California thing, but I remember passing their brewery on the way to Hollywood.
My father was rather fond of Busch Bavarian Beer in 16oz. cans.
I was quite the beer drinker as a little kid. I would go around at parties begging for a sip. I had a thing for brewer's yeast and insisted on having a spoonful in my milk or I wouldn't drink it. I gave up the beer drinking when I was about 8, but still have a thing for yeast which I satisfy with healthy dosed of Marmite, when I can afford it. I have the Big Squeeze bottles sent to me from England, along with my squeezable Coleman's Mustard.
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Post by snsurone on Jan 29, 2018 0:54:50 GMT
I remember having a major crush on Miss Rheingold's Nancy Woodruff. Ballantine sponsored Yankee baseball games on New York's WPIX Channel 11. Announcer Mel Allen would extract a bottle of the beverage from a mini-fridge kept at the perfect temperature of 42 degrees. I recall that Vince Edwards' first wife was a former Miss Reingold. And I still miss Mel Allen. |
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 29, 2018 3:24:03 GMT
to snsur...:
The beers I mentioned in my post were from the 1950's...and in the Chicago area, they were prominent. Now that you mention it, a beer like Pickett's of Dubuque would be one that was very regional, but the beers I mentioned were more widely distributed.
And Carling's Black Label was the crappy beer served to GI's during the Viet Nam War...I know from experience...
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Post by alfromni on Jan 29, 2018 11:29:48 GMT
koskiewicz said:I'm not American so haven't see the ads, but I have to agree about Carling's Black Label. This was served up in British NAAFIs too back in the early 60s. I too speak from personal experience. Dreadful stuff! I wouldn't touch Carlings even today.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 29, 2018 18:47:17 GMT
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Post by snsurone on Jan 29, 2018 20:30:52 GMT
For the first three years of my life there was a vacant lot across the street from our family home. My older brother and I would regularly forage there, with his picking up discarded beer cans that still had some beer in them to give to our father. I collected empty BromoSeltzer bottles because I loved the color of them (blue is still my favorite color). Unfortunately, I was a klutz, and I always broke them,  . Eventually, an apartment building was erected on that lot. That made me very sad, but soon after, we moved to another neighborhood. |
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 30, 2018 18:55:09 GMT
Growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s in San Antonio, Texas, the south Texas beer-scape was dominated by two large San Antonio breweries: Pearl and Lone Star (“The National Beer Of Texas”). Both of these major breweries are now closed. Lone Star can still be purchased; the brand has made something of a comeback in the new century. Pearl is a different story. It’s brand is now owned by, you guessed it, Pabst. As I have learned over the last half-hour or so, Pabst is a marketing company that owns the rights to multiple brand names but farm out the actual brewing of the product to large companies like Miller. That is what has happened to Pearl. The brand is still out there in limited distribution, but it is not the beer it once was. The same is true for Lone Star. They are both Miller products. So, snsurone , I take it back. The PBR brand is still in stores but the beer is Miller. You are right that Blue Ribbon no longer exists. Wish I had been around during Pearl and Lone Star's prime (or at least of drinking age). I have friends in San Antonio and have visited the new shops and lofts they turned the old Pearl brewery into. It's right on the new extension of the Riverwalk so it's a nice place. I'm glad the new owners saw fit to restore many of the buildings and preserve the old smokestack, it's definitely a landmark. I've driven by the old Lone Star brewery while in the area as well. My beer of choice on hot summer days here in the Houston area is Lone Star in a bottle. It's a great beer that is still cheap. I've noticed that more and more restaurants are starting to carry it again too. I've had Pearl when I can find it. It's okay. I'm sure both tasted much better when they were still independent. I collect the old memorabilia, it's neat stuff. Houston had it's own beer, owned by the one and only Howard Hughes at one point in time. I believe it was the Gulf brewing company and their biggest selling product was Grand Prize beer. I have a few pieces of theirs in my collection too. Craft beer is great and I love St. Arnold's (Houston craft beer) but the old macro brews of the past fascinate me. |
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