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Dean

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OK, folks, I'm going to piggy back on Riverslim's 50s - 60s soda post below.

In years past there were many, many breweries around. Just about any city of any size had at least one. Most have long since been acquired/absorbed or simply gone out of business.

I'm near Cincinnati and remember Burger, Hudepohl, Weideman, and Schoenling. I also remember Falls City from Louisville.

What do you remember?

Dean
 
(quoted from post at 12:01:07 09/09/18) Stroud, Schlitz, Hamms...

Can anyone come up with the slogans they used in their advertising?
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amms, from the land of sky blue waters.
 
and real Shiner, not the hipster varieties they sell now. Shiner Premium is close to the "real" thing
 
As a kid I collected beer cans . As I remember Pennsylvania had more breweries than any other state. Rolling Rock, Iron City etc etc.
 
When dad would go fishing with his buddies. My job was to sit by the Pearl beer cooler. With the church key and open the beer. They drank mostly the beers local to Texas.
 
Like Ray mentioned,we always had Hamms in the ice bank in the bottom of the milk cooler. Nothing tasted better before supper after you'd been hauling hay all day.
 
Dean you could hold all the beer I have drank in my life time, in a five gallon bucket. I have never gotten sick drinking beer but the smell always has made me nauseous. In years past I drank hard liquor in mixed drinks. In the last fifteen years or so all alcohol does is gives me a splitting headache. So I am not an expert on Beer brands at all. LOL

The one local beer would be Star beer in Dubuque. The building and brewery where used in two movies. F.I.S.T. just a few scenes but the majority of the movie " Take this job and shove it" was shot in the Star brewery and the local area.

Funny one. They shot some of the bar scenes at a bar out between Holy Cross and Rickardsville. David Allen Coe and Johnny Paycheck both where there during the shooting. Well Johnny likes his booze. During a break in the shooting one of the local booze hounds took Paycheck over to North Beuna Vista's bar and they both got hammered. LOL They had to stop filming for that day and came back the next day for Paychecks shots. The Director closed the set after that to try an keep Johnny and the locals under control. LOL North Beuna Vista used to have an annual Church fund raiser picnic and town party. In the 1960-70s the Star Brewery would send a semi truck out full of kegs of beer. They would go through 50-70 kegs at the picnic.

At one time Dubuque county had the highest per capital beer consumption in the US. LOL 80-90% Catholic Germans and Irish settlers gets you some serious beer drinkers. LOL
 
I bought my first six pack of Lone Star at 16, and am still drinking it. I will say it is not the same as when made at the original brewery, but I ain't about to change now.
 
" Billy Beer" from Pres. Carter's "boozer" brothers co....Drewrey,s & Strohs from Detroit ...Blatz...Goebel....Pheifer...Black Label... All these and more had two sided metal road sign adv. in about any farm field.
 
Dean I hauled Widerman and Falls-city out of Louisville in the early 60s. Evansville Indiana was big for Sterling and Cooks. Big beer around then was Falls City advertised by Disney Dean a big base ball guy. Hauled Miller, Pappas Blue Ribbon from Milwaukie . Saint Louis had Budwiser but two more considered favorites of the black folks were Carling Black label and Stag.
 
I still have my beer can collection from the late 1970's. We planned family vacations around brewery tours- Carling's and Frankenmuth, Pabst, Schlitz, Miller, Budweiser, Old Style and Shells.
 
Schlitz, Storz, Griesedeick around Memphis.

I understand Griesedeick changed the name to "GB" for Griesedeick Brothers.
 
Goose When Schlitz built that new brewery in Memphis they were one of the top 4 beers in usa, within 10 years the building was empty and closed. Beer business really took a change in early 70s lots of small brands went out then fast forward to last 10 years and most major brands are owned by someone overseas. All these small micro breweries have made it different in the beer world.
 
Hamms was "from the land of sky blue waters, comes the beer refreshing. Hamms, the beer refreshing. They also had "the kiss of the hops". Of course, my dad corrupted it to "the hiss of the cops".
"Miller High Life, the champagne of bottled beer."
"When you say Pabst, you've said it all". At least I think it was Pabst.
Which one was "The beer that made Milwaukee famous"?

Friend who hired hay crews always had Bohemian, and it was awful. His wife bought it because if she bought something better, her family and the hay crew would just drink it all up. I think it was aged about 15 minutes or until they could get it in the bottle, whichever came first.
 
Interesting story, JD.

Like you, I do not drink beer but drank my share when I was young. Even one or two beers will give me a headache. I do, however, like VO and Vernors Ginger Ale or Seven UP.

Unrelatedly, I've been through the quad cities many times when I was younger. I live near Cincinnati where my Father grew up but my Mother grew up in Tama County Iowa. They met in Leyte Gulf in the Philippines during WWII. Mom was an Army Nurse. Dad was a civilian GM engineer on loan to the War Department helping the Navy maintain the new and high tech GM two-cycle diesel engines being bought by the tens of thousands.

When young, we would all pile in the car and drive to Toledo each summer to visit Mom's family for a week or so. It was great fun. Sixty miles per hour "a mile a minute" on two lane roads, all windows wide open, never heard of air conditioning.

I remember doing this from the early/mid 1950s until the mid 1960s. Depending upon the year and chosen route, we crossed the Mississippi either at Clinton or the quad cities. There were no interstate highways.

FWIW: My first cousin still owns the family farm just outside of Toledo that was homesteaded by my Great Grandfather after he mustered out of the Union Army at the end of the Civil War. He was with Grant at Vicksburg. The farm has been a Century Farm since 1967.

My aunt and uncle owned the farm after my Grandmother passed in 1961 and were full time farmers. They farmed the 180 acre homestead as well as some other properties acquired subsequently. My aunt did not work outside the home. Both were college graduates, rare in the 1920s.

My uncle retired around 1970. He never went "big time." His "big tractor" was a JD 60 bought new. He also had a couple of 8Ns and from time to time an Oliver or two. My dad, not a farmer, though it was in his blood and we lived on a small farm, had an AC WC. To me, the JD 60 was enormous. In 1959 or 1960, my uncle bought a new Ford 971 SOS. I remember driving this tractor in the very early 1960s. It was nirvana.

Pardon my rambling.

Dean
 
Of course this discussion wouldn't be complete without mention of the Texas 7 course meal- a six pack of Pearl and a Moon Pie.
 
In Thailand back in 69-70 I drank a load of Hamm's and Olympia. That was all we could get over there. It was a little stale at times and we added a small can of tomato juice to it.
 
JD,it's the mix that gives you the headaches,why adulterate the good stuff with mix, drink it straight up or on the rocks.
 
There's still a Storz Freeway that goes into the Omaha airport from the north.
 
Old JAX building still standing in New Orleans off Jackson square, been long time since I thought of Jax beer. Like you said back then beers seemed to be regional, don,t think we ever had it in Tennessee.
 
when i was little we bottle fed lambs with a bottle that said Hussa Brewing CO. Bangor Wisc. Grain Belt was popular. Hamms had bear in their ads
 
When I was a little kid, my dad drank Falstaff.

He went through a stage of evidently didn't care, he would just throw the empties down in the yard, or pitch them in the weeds. We lived on top of a rocky cliff, many of them went down the cliff.

Mom recently sold the property, but to this day there are still 60 year old rusted remains of steel Falstaff cans, the kind opened with a church key, laying around on the property.
 
Not sure it had a name but that stuff from the big crock at grandpaw's wellhouse packed one hell of a wallop.
 
Dixie Beer sucked me in with really nice TV ads, but 5 of the 6 pack remained in refrigerator until we moved a few years later. :(
 
Teens went for the cheapest beer in the store, here, Schaefer, “the one beer to have when you’re having more than one".
 
Grew up in central Michigan. Few smaller breweries around there. Frankenmuth and Geyers were the good stuff as I recall.

Gave it all up about 25 years ago. Figured I'd gotten my share and a goodly chunk of somebody else's by then...
 
Surprised nobody mentioned Rheingold. I remember my father drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon in the 60?s. Had a long ride home would usually split a 6 pack of 16 oz with his coworker.


Vito
 
schlitz was a great beer until they changed the receipe. dad drank storz and neighbors drank metz. i got plenty of spip's when i was a toddler!
 
My dad usually drank Duquesne but I also remember POC and Stroh's. Anybody remember Hudepol (sp) that came in a small keg with a tap and you put it right in the fridge?

I made a couple of work trips to Houston, loved the Shiner bock.
 
I'm to young to remember any personally. But in the area was Kingsberry, White Cap, and Mishicot breweries near by. Each making a few names (say whitecap was Whitecap, Goldendrops....) My pa has a large(takes up most of the upstairs) breweriana collection up in the house.

Here is a webpage with a large list of brewers per state.
old breweries
 
I did not see mention of Schmidt beer, or Blatz beer. haven't seen either for years. It's Miller Lite for me now, and not very much of that.
 
Good Afternoon P A
Where were you Stationed in Thailand ? I was stationed in Ubon 69 to 70 Seen some pretty country while there , Also some very dirty places but I think that the Asian countries are that way . A Big Thank you for your service .



John AKAS Az pea picker
 
That era is a bit before my time but I remember these in the late 60?s that I don?t think anyone has mentioned...
Utica Club
Genesee Cream Ale
 
Grew up in Louisville, oertels, fehrs, , and falls city. College in Flint , Blatz And Schmidt?s, both cheap. Upstate New York Genesee.

I think they?re all gone, but I still like Miller high life regular (not light ) After bailing hay all day In the hot sun.
 
I liked Strohs and Pearl.That's what I preferred,but really almost any kind was OK.We used to have a cheap beer around here called,Fort Schuyler.99 cents a 6 pack.I had a couple of uncles that felt quality took a back seat to quantity.They drank boatloads of Fort Schuyler and Gablingers.sometimes they could find PBR pounders on sale for 99 cents,then they would drink that until the sale was over.
 
Hamm's, Schlitz, Pabst, Falstaff, Heineken, Potosi, Coors, Miller, Budweiser, Leinenkugel, Grain Belt, Stroh's, Olympia, Old Style and Star, not that I ever drank any.
 
I have a 6 pack of Billy beer on my Model A parts shelf in the cellar.Also a 6 pack of Harley Davidson-Daytona 1996 beer.Must have been something special going on that year down there.I have some old Frank Jones cans,cone shaped.(that was a local brewer)some old Ballantine,and a bunch of Peils? Peels?Peals? bigmouth bottles.One of those had little puzzles on the insides of the cap for you to figure out.
 
Here in southeast Texas: Lone Star brewed in San Antonio,Jax brewed in New orleans,Pearl,Shlitz,and good old Buckhorn,a cheap rot gut .LOL
 
(quoted from post at 18:10:02 09/09/18) I did not see mention of Schmidt beer, or Blatz beer. haven't seen either for years. It's Miller Lite for me now, and not very much of that.
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Don’t forget old Milwaukee.
 
Hello John. I was stationed at Ubon RTAFB from July 1969 to May 1970. I worked the Phantoms and AC130A Gunships. MA shop(Mechanical Accessories) which later became Environ System Tech. Took care of all comforts needed by crew. Air-cond,Heating,Pressurization,Oxygen,Canopy seal and Anti-G. Nice tour there working 7 day 12hr shifts and going to town to mess with the puyings. If you know what I mean.
 
Worst beer I ever had was a six-pack of Buckhorn I bought in Amarillo back in 1980. I think it was two bucks for the six-pack, and I was only able to get one bottle down.
 
There were a couple other families stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas when we were there and who ever came home to Ohio on leave would always take back a big bag of White Castles and at least a case of Strohs, call the others and enjoy. The next day everybody would stay away from us at work. Passing that gas was really smelly. I do believe Rolling Rock was sold around here too but Hudipol, Strohs, and Blue Ribbon were probably the biggest sellers tho Dad drank Black Lable or Weidemans. Keith
 
That s the schedule that I worked also . I was with the 497 Th Night Owls . we worked that shift for a month then one day off the switch to the opposite shift . I told them that your body couldn t change that fast & asked them to go at least 2 months at a time Wouldn t make the change , said that the way it was done no changes I was there from Nov. 69 to the Jan . 70 Then was sent to Clovis New Mexico on the F111 stayed there until I retired in Sept. 78



John Az peapiocker E Mail is [email protected]
 
Drewreys was started in canada but was mostly bottled in South Bend, Indiana. The last I heard they were going to tare down what was left of the brewery.
 
Assume you are in mid/Southern Illinois as Stag is not available here at 61447? My favorite beer while at Canton Il in mid 70's and a real treat when it shows up locally. Sposed to be a diabetic beer...."Sugar Free As Beer Can BE".
 
While I was in the United States Canoe Club I might have emptied a few Olympias. When I turned 21 we were in the yards at Terminal Island, pretty close to where the Queen Mary is today, and I was upset because I spent a week in Long Beach without getting carded.
 
A-1 brewed in Arizona. Long gone. 102 Brewed in Los Angles. Also gone. Brown Derby, Worst Ever. Nude Beer. Had a picture of a girl in a bikini from the waist up. You could scratch off the bikini top. Still have a few bottles. Wolf, Almost as bad as Brown Derby. I bought some for the ride home from work. Almost got banned from the car pool bus.
 
Southern Select, Grand Prize, Pearl, Falstaff, Jax, Lone Star, Shiner, Hamms and Schlitz were popular brands .
 

My parents owned a bar. One of my weekend jobs was restocking the coolers. Schlitz, Shaeffer, Carlings Black label, Matts, Utica Club and lots and lots of Genesee.
 
A few of my most vivid memories as a kid in the 70's was at grandma and grandpa's farm. There were always beers in the old refrigerator door, right hand side. Pabst Blue Ribbon stands out the most. Also was Hamm's, Schlitz, Blatz, Old Milwaukee, Schmidt, that's all I can think of now. Grandpa would work around the farm all day and then come in and make himself a huge steak with sauteed onions and potatoes and then sit in the recliner with a beer or two, watching TV, still with his dirty green John Deer cap on cocked sideways, and then fall asleep right there in the chair with all the noise going on around. At family get togethers, there would always be a big galvanized tub filled with ice and beers. I always liked looking at the Budweiser horse and cart figures they had on a table in the living room and the shiny mirrored advertising signs around.
 
(quoted from post at 16:30:34 09/09/18) That era is a bit before my time but I remember these in the late 60?s that I don?t think anyone has mentioned...
Utica Club
Genesee Cream Ale
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Cream Ale!! Ah yes! ¼ keg of Cream Ale was guest of honor at many many a gathering at the end of a field lane,by a waterfall,or any other place we gathered as young punks in the seventies!
 
I would sure have been money ahead if it had turned out that way. But I liked it right off the bat, and still do, so money still going out!!!
 
Oh man Weiderman….six bucks a case. Pretty much dish water! Drank my fair share of Buckhorn too. Falstaff, I remember going into this guys machine shop and he had a wall of shelves for miscellaneous parts, all of them in those yellow plastic crates that Falstaff came in. These days I prefer to keep a 15.5 gallon can of Bud on tap when I can afford it.

JD
 
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