20 Forgotten Beers From The 1960s, We Want Back!

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  • 20 Forgotten Beers From The 1960s, We Want Back!
    Join us on a hoppy trip down memory lane as we revisit the 20 most popular beers from the 1960s in the USA that have disappeared from shelves but remain in our hearts. From iconic brews to forgotten favorites, these beers were once the toast of the town. Discover the stories behind these lost brews and why beer enthusiasts still yearn for their return.
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  • @marceckert5659
    @marceckert5659 Před měsícem +55

    Narragansett is pronounced Nar ra gan sett

    • @Jason-zj1kh
      @Jason-zj1kh Před měsícem +6

      I came here to say that...

    • @MuzixMaker
      @MuzixMaker Před měsícem +9

      With the accent on “gan”

    • @chrisenser7546
      @chrisenser7546 Před měsícem +2

      Thank you 🎉

    • @kevinbartley9748
      @kevinbartley9748 Před měsícem +12

      Drove me nuts he was saying it wrong I kept yelling your saying it wrong 😂

    • @Jason-zj1kh
      @Jason-zj1kh Před měsícem +4

      technically it is known as nastygansett, but whatever...

  • @curlyfries5095
    @curlyfries5095 Před 8 dny +8

    My favorite beer growing I was any beer that my dad had in the fridge! 🍺 🍻

    • @Reubenhubert
      @Reubenhubert Před dnem

      Or whatever was cheap. When you’re 17 and didn’t have much money you got what you could afford.

  • @hertzair1186
    @hertzair1186 Před měsícem +45

    Hamms is still available here in Wisconsin! Have some in my fridge. I’m a German Pilsner drinker, but nostalgia makes me have a beer “from the land of sky blue waters “

    • @michaelwallbrown3726
      @michaelwallbrown3726 Před měsícem +1

      still can buy Hamms in West Virginia

    • @josephcontreras8930
      @josephcontreras8930 Před 25 dny +1

      Loved those hamms bear toons as a kid in 70s. I had one of those light up hamms signs in my room for years til it got lost in a couple of moves. Still available in my town.

    • @celowski6296
      @celowski6296 Před 18 dny +1

      Here in Michigan also.

    • @creagle26
      @creagle26 Před 17 dny +2

      Hamms is available in Pittsburgh, PA so it must be making a comeback. I love that it is just as good as some of the national brands and only costs $16 for a 30/pk. It is great on a hot day

    • @fredgroenke2586
      @fredgroenke2586 Před 13 dny +1

      You can purchase Hamm’s in Nebraska as well.

  • @jeffpeterson6959
    @jeffpeterson6959 Před měsícem +34

    The greatest beer mascot ever was the Hamms Beer Bear. He even had his own commercials! Bear memorabilia is highly sought after now.

    • @stvitalkid7981
      @stvitalkid7981 Před 8 dny +2

      The Hamms Bear gets mentioned in that old David Frizell tune, I’m Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home.

    • @leojanuszewski1019
      @leojanuszewski1019 Před 6 dny

      Hamm's had the greatest beer too. 🍺

    • @aspensulphate
      @aspensulphate Před 3 dny

      "Hamms, the beer refreshing..."

  • @TheSleepingonit
    @TheSleepingonit Před měsícem +31

    Why are most beers only 5% alcohol? The way the country is going we need more than 5% alcohol

    • @pb68slab18
      @pb68slab18 Před měsícem +1

      PBR Extra is 6.5%.

    • @Rockgod32
      @Rockgod32 Před 28 dny +4

      That's why they have malt liquor, son

    • @jmad627
      @jmad627 Před 27 dny +3

      A lot of beer is 3.2, or used to be. Canadian beer I always found better, for the most part, anyway.

    • @josephcontreras8930
      @josephcontreras8930 Před 25 dny +1

      Yes at least😅😅😅

    • @jaytracks
      @jaytracks Před 21 dnem +3

      I'm surprised they aren't putting female hormones in it now lol!!

  • @LoisCandler
    @LoisCandler Před měsícem +29

    Lowenbrau bottled beer was great ❤

    • @terryjames548
      @terryjames548 Před 12 dny +1

      Last I heard Miller bought them out then they disappeared. Light and dark were a top notch brew in the ‘70’s

    • @LoisCandler
      @LoisCandler Před 12 dny

      @terryjames548 thanks! 💖

    • @tanner7495
      @tanner7495 Před 10 dny +1

      Dark was delicious. I want a sixxer now!!!

    • @pc_load_letter1888
      @pc_load_letter1888 Před 10 dny +3

      "Let it be Lowenbrau"

    • @horton12545
      @horton12545 Před 8 dny

      The real Lowenbrau is made in Germany. I think they may have licensed the name to Miller or something, but it could never compare to the real German import.

  • @fredgroenke2586
    @fredgroenke2586 Před 13 dny +6

    Falstaff was my dad’s favorite beer. He had to switch to Schlitz when it was discontinued.

  • @frankgerace5997
    @frankgerace5997 Před 10 dny +5

    I don’t know what’s worse in this video-the constant repetition of “the 1970’s and 80’s saw a change in consumer preferences toward lighter beers” or Robbie Robot’s horrendous mispronunciation of “Narragansett”….

  • @Phillip-on3ce
    @Phillip-on3ce Před 15 dny +9

    Anyone remember Griesedieck Beer, brewed in St. Louis, and a regional favorite? The name was pronounced "Greasy Dick" and ordering it was good for a laugh in saloons of the region. The Griesedieck Brothers produced three beers, Griesedieck, Stag, and Falstaff. In the early 1950's, Griesedieck sponsored the St Louis Cardinals baseball radio broadcasts with a young announcer, Harry Caray. The last Griesedieck brother died in 1955, and production under the Griesedieck label creased in 1957. In 1992, Raymond Griesedieck, a descendent of one of the original brothers, organized a new company, and started brewing Griesedieck beer again. The beer is available in St. Louis, but not distributed outside of the immediate area today.

    • @billgrandone3552
      @billgrandone3552 Před 12 dny +3

      My family owes its success to the Greisedieck Brothers. My grandparents were immigrants from Italy He was working in the coal mines of south central Illinois and he noticed that the miners would always stop for a shot and a beer before and after work for fifteen cents. He was shoveling coal 10 hours a day six days a week for less than 40 dollars a week. So he and a friend turned an old miners "shotgun house" into a bar and had it put on a flatbed wagon and hauled to a downtown lot. His partner left and by now grandfather had two boys and was walking from a house near the mine where he once worked to and from town that was three miles away. He decided to go to the Greisedieck Brothers for a loan to build a tavern with a three bedroom home on the top. In return he would agree to sell only their products until the loan was paid off. This was sometime before WWI and by 1921 he had three boys and had made enough money to take a 2nd class cabin on the Olympic, the only surviving sister ship of the Titanic, to Italy so his relatives could see how prosperous he was.
      When prohibition started he opened up a clothing store but had a speakeasy in the basement. A street wise customer would come in and ask for something in a size 42 men's suit, They were on the clothes rack that hid the basement door. He made enough money from that tavern to not only pay off the mortgage but put my father and two uncles through college during the Depression. My Dad became doctor, my uncle Leo an insurance executive, and my Uncle Jim a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force Reserve and a mortician. All of the five of the 6 grandkids have college degrees as do all of their great grandchildren. My grandparents operated the tavern from 1913 or so until his death in 1963 when my grandmother rented out the bar while still living in the apartment until her death in 1977 at the age of 93. The bar and grill is still in business and it is owned by a high schoo classmate of mine who proudly features a picture of my grandparents behind the bar serving my great- grandfather and some customers on the morning that prohibition ended. The bar and grill is called 'Lumpys" and is in Gillespie IL.

    • @willardchatham4083
      @willardchatham4083 Před 10 dny

      I have a large cooler from griesedieck. It belonged to my uncle, who was a traveling vaudeville performer. He said most of the entertainers drank a lot of the time. I was too young to ever try it, but he said it was the best, especially if he could not get whisky.

  • @tomodonovan5931
    @tomodonovan5931 Před 5 dny +4

    I remember Little Kings, brewed in Cincinnati. We
    drank a bunch of those in the 70s, and the bottles
    were so small, you had to drink a few of them to
    get buzzed. We would throw them in the neighbor's
    backyard, and when the sun rose, the glare would hit
    you in the eye. lol! We had to pick those up before my
    mom woke up, or else she would have hung us upside
    down on her clothesline.

    • @edwardwilliams3185
      @edwardwilliams3185 Před 5 dny +1

      Little Kings and 7 oz baby Miller's on ice sure slid down smooth...

    • @tomodonovan5931
      @tomodonovan5931 Před 4 dny +1

      @@edwardwilliams3185 But the main thing was staying completely
      out of trouble. Did not get arrested, or fight, or worse, shot. All we
      did was hop a fence and pick up about twenty empty beer bottles.
      This was back in the 3.2 beer day, drinking water, but getting
      charged for beer prices. You're right, it was pretty smooth. What
      was also smooth was buying the beer before you were eighteen.
      Kids can't do that today since the radar is a lot stronger, and
      cameras are all over the store. Innocent days are truly over.

    • @Reubenhubert
      @Reubenhubert Před dnem +1

      Little Kings made me fall off the floor once. I kept slipping off the armchair so I sat on the floor. I kept falling down. If I would have drank a few more I might have fallen off the earth. 😂

    • @tomodonovan5931
      @tomodonovan5931 Před 16 hodinami

      @@Reubenhubert You can never call women weak, simply
      because a few of them were strong enough to drag you to
      the bed and load you into it. It's funny how they always
      moved their precious stuffed animals before they did so.
      They would rather have hurt you than their furry friends.
      lol!

  • @terryjames548
    @terryjames548 Před 12 dny +5

    I’m glad Hamms and PBR are still around.

  • @GeorgeSmith-pe9vy
    @GeorgeSmith-pe9vy Před měsícem +23

    My granddad liked Rolling Rock in the 7oz. pony bottles .

    • @dew02300
      @dew02300 Před měsícem +5

      Rolling Rock was great beer.

    • @LoisCandler
      @LoisCandler Před měsícem

      ​@@dew02300still is!❤

    • @pb68slab18
      @pb68slab18 Před měsícem

      @@dew02300 Still available. No longer brewed in Latrobe, PA but by A-B InBev in New Jersey.

    • @dew02300
      @dew02300 Před měsícem +1

      @@pb68slab18 I know. But all it is now is a name on a bottle, or I should say can. I don’t think they have bottles anymore.

    • @pb68slab18
      @pb68slab18 Před měsícem +1

      @@dew02300 They still have 12oz longnecks, and 7oz 'Pony' bottles too. A case of 24 12oz bottles is $5 more than 30pak of 12oz or 24pak of 16oz cans though.

  • @craigbenz4835
    @craigbenz4835 Před měsícem +11

    In southern Ohio in the early 80's Huedepol was still commonly sold in refillable gallon jugs at bars from the tap similar to the A&W root beer jugs.

  • @pokebowl1679
    @pokebowl1679 Před měsícem +13

    I purchased a 12 pack of Olympia in CA in 2018. It still tastes terrible.

  • @gazork123
    @gazork123 Před 14 dny +6

    My Dad drank Bohemian Club, which he bought in quart bottles. He'd seal the bottle with a plastic bottle plug after pouring a glass or two. He'd occasionally pour me a bit in a small juice glass. Memories of Dad, and summer.

    • @solarguy1702
      @solarguy1702 Před 13 dny +1

      69¢ a quart at The Plaid Pantry in Milwaukie.

  • @ronaldcole7415
    @ronaldcole7415 Před 5 dny +2

    Right before WWII there were over 1900 beer brands with a near endless variety of flavors. After WWII, I not a handful were left.

  • @MarkHerrmann-wf2yq
    @MarkHerrmann-wf2yq Před 13 dny +6

    Heilemans acquired many beers like Blatz, Lone Star, Drewerys and Olympia and brewed them in La Crosse Wi and other site along with their Old Style and Special Export brands until they were bought out by Stroh's who then sold to Pabst. My dad hauled Heilemans daily from La Crosse to Chicago.

  • @cowboykody6775
    @cowboykody6775 Před měsícem +21

    You missed Grainbelt, Schlitz, Swartz, Old Style, Gettleman, Black Label, J Edgar, to name a few

    • @mikeskranak4533
      @mikeskranak4533 Před měsícem +1

      I remember grainbelt because when they went out of business the local distributor bought 6 railcars of it .we could get a 6 pack for. 69 cents or a case for $2.69 all of us teenagers had a great summer 1978.

    • @larry3064
      @larry3064 Před měsícem +3

      I've never found a beer I liked better than Black Label

    • @jvsmith7888
      @jvsmith7888 Před měsícem +2

      You're making my mouth water.

    • @Buzz-vz2js
      @Buzz-vz2js Před měsícem +2

      ​@@larry3064 black label is pretty good beer

    • @tanner7495
      @tanner7495 Před 10 dny

      Touborg Gold.

  • @joegibson4946
    @joegibson4946 Před měsícem +16

    Pabst - the Regional Beer Slayer. There are a number of regional beers that were absorbed by Pabst and then died off. You also didn't mention brands like Rolling Rock, Strohs, Pearl or Jax.

    • @pb68slab18
      @pb68slab18 Před měsícem

      As I mentioned above, Rolling Rock is still out there. It's now owned by A-B and brewed in NJ. Funny, InBev bought R-R, then sold it to A-B, then InBev bought A-B!

    • @josephcontreras8930
      @josephcontreras8930 Před 25 dny

      How about Lone star beer of texas??? And colt 45 beer

    • @joegibson4946
      @joegibson4946 Před 25 dny +1

      @@josephcontreras8930 If I remember correctly, Lone Star is also now owned by Pabst. Growing up in SE Texas in the late 1960s, early 1970s, Lone Star was one of the low priced beer sold. I don't think it really took off until "Lone Star Beer & Bob Wills Music" was released around 1976.
      If you look up Lone Star Beer, you will see it was originally founded by Adolphus Busch. It is now owned by Pabst and produced by the Miller Brewing Company in Fort Worth.

    • @ph1sts
      @ph1sts Před 9 dny +1

      ​@@josephcontreras8930Colt 45 called itself a malt liquor.

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 Před 6 dny

      Any one recall "Old Shale Ale" ?

  • @Tomatohater64
    @Tomatohater64 Před měsícem +16

    The one beer I vividly remember as a very young kid was Duke beer bottled in Pittsburgh by the Duquesne Brewing Company.

    • @bridgetmccracken1381
      @bridgetmccracken1381 Před měsícem +3

      I remember Stoney's beer brewed in Pittsburgh

    • @Tomatohater64
      @Tomatohater64 Před měsícem +3

      @@bridgetmccracken1381 Stoney's was ok. I thought Duke was better. Just my opinion.

    • @bridgetmccracken1381
      @bridgetmccracken1381 Před měsícem +1

      @@Tomatohater64 I liked the jingle and actual song for Stoney's lol.
      Bet I have a beer you never heard of...Indian Beer brewed in Indiana, PA

    • @Tomatohater64
      @Tomatohater64 Před měsícem +1

      @@bridgetmccracken1381 You're right; never heard of it.

    • @patmcnally2529
      @patmcnally2529 Před měsícem +1

      have a duke , have a duke , have a duquesne beer !

  • @dennismcatee1313
    @dennismcatee1313 Před měsícem +7

    I see the pattern, in the 70's people no longer wanted taste, so the light beers took over. Not fond of water here.

  • @joefaber1381
    @joefaber1381 Před měsícem +9

    You answered your own question. Why did these beers disappear? Mergers and acquisitions.

  • @NDR-hn3ue
    @NDR-hn3ue Před 28 dny +8

    I remember my Dad drinking Schafer and Ballentine Ale

    • @auggie803
      @auggie803 Před 18 dny +1

      I loved that Ballentine Ale. Even though i drank Schlitz back then.(60s & 70s).

  • @richardmedeiros4337
    @richardmedeiros4337 Před měsícem +8

    We had a Fallstaf 5 blocks away from the house dad would walk back with a case after the free tasting

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 Před měsícem +2

      Falstaff was my father's favorite beer, until they stopped making it & switched to Michelob. 🍺

    • @russellweber4334
      @russellweber4334 Před 29 dny +1

      My dad worked for the Falstaff brewery in St. Louis, they didn't give away free cases of beer to the public.

  • @sharkman4928
    @sharkman4928 Před měsícem +4

    Narragansett beer was famous for it's appearence in the 1975 blockbuster film, JAWS. To this day, every time I finish a cool refreshing beverage and crush the can when I am done, I think about "Quint" (Robert Shaw) crushing those iconic Narragansett beer cans aboard the Orca. 🦈

    • @user-xy7lf1tx1d
      @user-xy7lf1tx1d Před 7 dny

      They need to learn to pronounce it correctly. NarraGANsett, not NaRRAgansett

  • @Redlined997_C2S
    @Redlined997_C2S Před měsícem +7

    Schaefer was my go to when I had little $. 1/2 case of Lucky Lager was $2.11 back in the late '70's.

    • @christopherweise438
      @christopherweise438 Před měsícem +1

      Yep.....all our high school parties were half barrels of Schaefer cause it was dirt cheap.

  • @michaelfred8848
    @michaelfred8848 Před 2 dny +2

    Louisville Kentucky had Ortels, Fehrs and FallsCity. One by one, they all went out of business. I worked at FallsCity, got laid off I think in 1972 and then went to Kroger till 84 when I got laid off from them.

  • @robviousobviously5757
    @robviousobviously5757 Před 8 hodinami +1

    I have Hamm's beer in the fridge right now... still good lawn mowing & grilling beer...

  • @leesouth120
    @leesouth120 Před měsícem +8

    Schoneling beer used to be popular in Cincinnati in the 60s,they also made little kings

    • @markschnabel1353
      @markschnabel1353 Před 20 dny

      Huedepohl and Burger were big in the Natty

    • @mstallsmith4109
      @mstallsmith4109 Před 11 dny

      We used to drink the hell out of little kings when I was young I wish they still made it

    • @My_Feet_Smell_Like_Cheetos
      @My_Feet_Smell_Like_Cheetos Před 5 dny

      I drank many little kings while attending the U of C

    • @Reubenhubert
      @Reubenhubert Před dnem

      We drank gallons of Little Kings in the 70’s. Once I drank so many 7oz bottles I fell off the floor. I kept falling out of an armchair so I sat on the floor. I couldn’t even sit there without falling over. Those were the days. 😂

    • @leesouth120
      @leesouth120 Před dnem

      We used to call them little killers.

  • @josephcontreras8930
    @josephcontreras8930 Před 25 dny +3

    Loved those beers of old like black label, bud dry,oly,hamms,lowenbrau, original schlitz malt liquor bull beer and early micro brews.

  • @stevefirth2013
    @stevefirth2013 Před 20 dny +4

    Hamms is one of the fastest growing brands right now. Encroaching on BPR as the go to cheap yet good beer of choice. Where I am they have got rid of the 30 racks and the 24 packs to force you to pay 30 rack prices for 12 packs.

  • @RobertPapale
    @RobertPapale Před 27 dny +7

    Remember molson export beer red molson that beer was really 👍

  • @MaurytheHedgehogDog
    @MaurytheHedgehogDog Před měsícem +11

    Remember my folks drinking Olympia.

    • @richarddouglas1712
      @richarddouglas1712 Před 15 dny +2

      Great beer back when OLYMPIA BREWED IT THEMSELVES! IT'S THE WATER ..

    • @MarkMiller-kz8nm
      @MarkMiller-kz8nm Před 12 dny

      ​​@@richarddouglas1712Tumwater, Washington!!
      Evel Kinevel used to pound Oly at the Freeway Tavern in Butte, Montana!

    • @tanner7495
      @tanner7495 Před 10 dny +1

      Remember the eighth of a keg called an Olyball??

    • @pooddescrewch8718
      @pooddescrewch8718 Před 9 dny

      We had Pearl here

    • @pooddescrewch8718
      @pooddescrewch8718 Před 9 dny

      Beer used to be more popular in the past, period . It used to be seen as a reward . Now its seen as a crutch by many people .

  • @user-xy7lf1tx1d
    @user-xy7lf1tx1d Před 7 dny +1

    Many women who were pregnant with twins used to like to
    drink Schaefer beer because Schaefer is the one beer to have
    when you're having more than one.

  • @paulcarr5918
    @paulcarr5918 Před měsícem +4

    I can tell you Hamm's is readily available in liquor and grocery stores in Austin, Chicago, and in Las Vegas. I find it hard to believe that it has disappeared from any shelves at all.

    • @RBAILEY57
      @RBAILEY57 Před 8 dny

      It's still available in Virginia, not in many places, though.

  • @frankmisaege3520
    @frankmisaege3520 Před 24 dny +3

    Of those I'd welcome back Schaffer, Blatz, Stroh's, original Olympia. All in a bottle, of course.

  • @JohnnySplattWadd
    @JohnnySplattWadd Před měsícem +3

    We all have favorites to add to this list. Here's mine. Pabst bock, Henry Weinhards private reserve, Michelob lager, Anchor Steam beer, Brew 102, Lucky Lager, Andeker beer, Erlanger, Berghoff bock.

    • @MuzixMaker
      @MuzixMaker Před měsícem

      Anchor was popular in Asia back in the 90s.

    • @cliffordtreend2797
      @cliffordtreend2797 Před měsícem +1

      @@MuzixMaker Two different beers and breweries.

    • @tanner7495
      @tanner7495 Před 10 dny

      Andeker and Erlanger were delicious. One of the first beers I had when I was underage.

  • @nrken1
    @nrken1 Před 7 dny

    I remember the Rheingold Brewery in Orange, N.J., looking out my window in the early 60's. I can still remember the smell of the hops

  • @robertbroughton1443
    @robertbroughton1443 Před měsícem +4

    Being from Cincinnati, the first brand of beer I drank was Hudepohl gold. They also had Hudy delight, and in the early-mid 80's they came out with Christian Moerlein, which was marketed as a more sophisticated beer. All 3 had their distinct taste, but I preferred Hudy Gold.

  • @danawilkes8322
    @danawilkes8322 Před 20 dny +2

    Schaehfer Finished No. 1 and No. 20? Amazing!!!

  • @Alan-lv9rw
    @Alan-lv9rw Před 12 dny +2

    My Dad used to drink Rheingold. They were big in NY. They sponsored the NY Mets baseball team.

  • @jamestomkin8784
    @jamestomkin8784 Před 4 dny +1

    Still enjoying my hometown Genesee Beer!

    • @Reubenhubert
      @Reubenhubert Před dnem +1

      We drank gallons of Genny Cream in the 70s.

    • @jamestomkin8784
      @jamestomkin8784 Před dnem

      @Reubenhubert The Green Death! I graduated from high school in 1974 and we wore Creamers '74 buttons!

  • @EducatedBlackMan
    @EducatedBlackMan Před 5 dny +1

    You missed Carling's Black Label, Country Club Malt Liquor, Gunther, and Schlitz Bull.

  • @paulm749
    @paulm749 Před 10 dny +2

    Kinda surprised you left out Jax Beer - both of them! It was still pretty popular into the 1960's in Texas at least.

  • @darrentibbetts4607
    @darrentibbetts4607 Před 5 dny

    I was born in 68 and I never heard of blatz beer . Apparently it was a favorite of my great uncle because I have his blatz beer shelf light with a bearded man wearing a wooden barrel toasting with a mug of beer.

  • @user-zx8de8op9l
    @user-zx8de8op9l Před 13 dny +1

    Well done. I was at the old Blatzt and Scliitz Milwaukee brewery's taking pictures

  • @TimRobinson-hc7mt
    @TimRobinson-hc7mt Před měsícem +4

    OMG it was PBR that killed all these brands DREWYS was my mothers favorite beer. If it were in my powers I would like to create a special bar or pub that would cater to ALL the lost brands of beers from the past with the original taste and flavors people would remember from the past and keep it that way. But alas I am only dreaming here fun video thanks for posting

    • @cliffordtreend2797
      @cliffordtreend2797 Před měsícem

      Actually, it was Heilemann that bought them all up using junk bonds. Pabst swept them all up when Heilemann collapsed.

  • @howardlowry6412
    @howardlowry6412 Před 11 dny +1

    Oly and Coors in the small "banquet" cans were THE American beer for most West Coast sailors....

  • @James_St._James
    @James_St._James Před 18 dny +4

    My grandma was Miss Rheingold in the 1940s.

    • @floydblandston108
      @floydblandston108 Před 18 dny

      She must have been a real hottie!

    • @RBAILEY57
      @RBAILEY57 Před 8 dny +1

      There was a Rhinegold truck in "The Godfather".

    • @James_St._James
      @James_St._James Před 8 dny +1

      @@RBAILEY57 Interesting. Haven't seen that movie in a long time. I'll be able to spot the Rheingold truck immediately next time I watch. My grandparents had a room dedicated to my grandma's modeling work and there was a crapload of Rheingold stuff in there.

    • @RBAILEY57
      @RBAILEY57 Před 8 dny +1

      It's in the scene where Sonny beats up Carlo. It's a hot afternoon, and there are kids playing around an open fire hydrant.

    • @jaydouglas5847
      @jaydouglas5847 Před 5 dny

      @@RBAILEY57 There's backstory to that scene. You note that "Sonny" throws a few punches that go a mile wide in that they miss "Carlo" yet Carlo reacts as if they connected. Why ? Because James Caan found out what a punk Gianni Russo really was as he was sexually harassing one of the actresses and she came and told Caan about it. So in the first take of the scene Caan really kicked the snot out of him, broke 2 of his ribs and chipped his tooth with the trash can/lid. After a week of recovery, Russo, after much coaxing by Coppola, agreed to shoot the re-take and again Caan really popped him and Russo was doing everything not to get hit again. The final take used was an edited mix of Russo and a stuntmen who had to be brought in as Russo refused to get hit by Caan anymore. if you watch again you will see the mile wide miss.

  • @henrychinaski5223
    @henrychinaski5223 Před měsícem +11

    My favorites from back then were Schlitz, Olympia, Hamm's and Carling's Black Label.

    • @larry3064
      @larry3064 Před měsícem +2

      Black Label is my favorite

    • @Tomatohater64
      @Tomatohater64 Před měsícem +6

      Yep, Carling Black Label. When my family moved into our new house back in 1977, it had a huge gameroom next to the basement. In the gameroom, there was a huge rotating, illuminated sign of Carling Black Label beer. Maybe two feet high by four feet long. I loved it.

  • @EddieReischl
    @EddieReischl Před 12 dny +2

    As cigarette smoking has declined over the past 50 years, more people possess normally functioning taste buds, and have gotten fussier about the taste of crappy, cheap beer, so these beers have gone belly up. Wisconsin has tons of micro-breweries that make beer the way it is supposed to taste.

    • @Reubenhubert
      @Reubenhubert Před dnem

      And it’s impossible for teenagers to buy cheap beer now.

  • @vikingsoftpaw
    @vikingsoftpaw Před 5 dny +1

    These brands are never coming back. The Megabrewers cover the mass market swill scene. The microbrewers have the full body/taste profiles.

  • @mattskustomkreations
    @mattskustomkreations Před 9 dny +1

    Schaefer Weekender was down there with the nastiest cheapest swill in the late 80s / early 90s. We called Falls City “Falls Shitty”. 😅

  • @MidKid61
    @MidKid61 Před měsícem +2

    There were many beers omitted this time but in future posts consider these forgotten brands, Schmidt's (both Philadelphia and St. Paul), Duquesne, Rolling Rock, Augusteiner, Burger, Schoenling, Oertel's, Pearl, Lone Star, Jax, Rainier, Heidelberg, Buckhorn, Stag, Sterling, Genesee, Iroquois, Simon Pure and many others.

    • @bootchop88
      @bootchop88 Před 26 dny

      lone star beer is still around and very popular in Texas

  • @mikkibaker6907
    @mikkibaker6907 Před měsícem +2

    Blatz was the sponsor of The Amos and Andy TV show. That's why I tried t -- and I liked it!

    • @celowski6296
      @celowski6296 Před 18 dny

      I remember the "stubby" bottles. When talking with your hands you didn't have to worry about knocking them over like today's long necks!

  • @davekirby7790
    @davekirby7790 Před 8 dny

    Hamms Beer was the best of the lot and still is today next to Brown Derby Beer out of L.A back in the 60and 70s

  • @timelliott4117
    @timelliott4117 Před 27 dny +2

    When the drinking age was 18 kids couldn't aford good beer thats why they did well. They were cheap beers that tasted cheap, but if you drank enough of them, they all tasted good. People had more money when the drinking age went to 21 so they bought better beer. I have never run across someone who would choose PIELS over Molson the taste.

  • @Reubenhubert
    @Reubenhubert Před dnem

    3.2 Pabst was the first beer I bought under age. I was afraid of buying the full strength Pabst because I didn’t want to carded.

  • @davecaron1213
    @davecaron1213 Před 7 dny

    When I was stationed on Shemya in the Aleutian Islands in the seventies, Olympia was often the only beer available. Also, at one time, there was a Piels brewery in Willimansett, Massachusetts .

  • @slwtype
    @slwtype Před měsícem +1

    Brew 102 should get an honorable mention for the West Coast

  • @thom-mark6443
    @thom-mark6443 Před 13 dny +1

    I picked up on Rolling Rock from my father ..... with a sprinkle of salt.

  • @solarguy1702
    @solarguy1702 Před 13 dny

    Blitz Weinhard brewed right downtown in Portland Oregon. The best country in the country and the country's best beer!

  • @Tenskwatawa4U
    @Tenskwatawa4U Před 7 dny

    I'm enjoying a cold delicious Hamm's nearly every day here in 2024!

  • @garymathena2125
    @garymathena2125 Před 2 dny

    My dad and uncles drank PBR, Schlitz and Stag.

  • @Reubenhubert
    @Reubenhubert Před dnem

    I used to buy Rolling Rock but I stopped when they closed the brewery in Latrobe Pennsylvania. It didn’t taste the same.

  • @jvsmith7888
    @jvsmith7888 Před měsícem

    I have had the pleasure of drinking every one of these beers, except Red Top. I wish I could drink them all again, especially Falstaff.

  • @michaelquinn8618
    @michaelquinn8618 Před 6 dny

    Ballantine was big in Philly my Dad drank it all the time

  • @Reubenhubert
    @Reubenhubert Před dnem

    Schmidt’s Bavarian beer was a cheap beer that tasted great to a 17 year old. I worked in a grocery store and remember that a six pack was only $1.69.

  • @michaellazzeri2069
    @michaellazzeri2069 Před 6 dny

    Falstaff is what my step-father drank. that, & a brand you failed to mention, ' Schlitz " : " the beer that made Milwaukee Famous " --------I can still see him drinking one or the other. -------------MJL< 77 y/o

  • @RoaroftheTiger
    @RoaroftheTiger Před 7 dny

    Nice Job. But How did You miss out on not showing the Annual "Miss Rheingold " Beauty Contest ? The Public was encouraged to vote. Each Rheingold Dealer had a Display showing the Contestants. All would be Starlets. Plus Voting Ballots & Box to place them in ... It was Outragously Popular !

  • @donaldperrotta8514
    @donaldperrotta8514 Před 15 dny

    I enjoyed Lucky Lager in the mid 1970’s !!!!

  • @jeffreyhutchins6527
    @jeffreyhutchins6527 Před měsícem +3

    Olympia was a good beer. Better than Rainier Beer IMHO.

    • @GrocMax
      @GrocMax Před měsícem +1

      Lucky was better than either, plus you got the 'sobriety test' bottle caps.

  • @alberthartl8885
    @alberthartl8885 Před 6 dny +1

    You left out Special Export. More affectionately known as Green Death!

  • @metalwork.
    @metalwork. Před 11 dny +1

    Lucky lager... Puzzle in cap.. 12 pack of 11 oz stubby bottles. $3.99 1980 s

  • @thetrumpnewsnetwork7503
    @thetrumpnewsnetwork7503 Před 9 dny +1

    Funny. These days I drink Sam Adams or Guinness. If I want something light I'll have a Corona or Stella. I think these beers are more in line with these older beers. If they could have only stuck around a bit longer they my have had a resurgence in popularity. I do like PBR on tap. If I'm in a bar and it is available I'll drink that. Dam good beer for the money ... on tap.

  • @safromnc8616
    @safromnc8616 Před měsícem

    I've probably had 3/4 of those and I don't miss any of them save Hudy Pop. Only it brings back a nostalgia of going to Reds games. Cincy also made Little Kings I believe.

  • @richardmedeiros4337
    @richardmedeiros4337 Před měsícem +1

    I also forgot about fisher sometimes you could find it for a dollar a six pack,that was a long time ago

  • @jmad627
    @jmad627 Před 27 dny +1

    I remember Schaefer ads on the N.Y. Yankee yearbooks I’d get every season growing up.

  • @javy-81
    @javy-81 Před 7 dny

    MILLER LITE ICE!!! I miss it...

  • @fredgroenke2586
    @fredgroenke2586 Před 13 dny +1

    Does anyone remember a beer that had wildlife scenes on their cans? I’m thinking it was Schmidt but I’m not certain. I never drank it, but my older brother had a beer can collection and they were my favorite.

  • @broeheemed32
    @broeheemed32 Před měsícem +1

    I want back Pete's Wicked Honey Wheat. I'll even settle for the exact recipe and I'll buy a beer-making kit to brew it myself. Injustice!

    • @davidsmith385
      @davidsmith385 Před 29 dny

      I used to work for a Beer distributor, I remember when Pete's went away. It hasn't been that long.

  • @blaws6684
    @blaws6684 Před 17 dny

    Went to school at St Bonaventure with the Schaefer twins. Their dad built a great campus beer bar called the Ratzkellar. They served Schaefer and miller on draft and for take out.

  • @raymondcote2913
    @raymondcote2913 Před 8 dny

    I drink Ballantine Ale regularly still in Connecticut.

  • @JohnGruber-di3cw
    @JohnGruber-di3cw Před dnem

    When I used to drink alot of beer,I tried many different brands. My very first beer I drank was Schlitz.I think Schlitz was #1 in the early 60's. My dad always had Quarts of Schlitz in the fridge & then they changed the formula & then switched to Pabst.Pabst was always a great tasting beer & still is,especially on tap & then when Miller came out with the Draft beer, I loved that beer also & I tried some German beers, Hacker Schorr,Beck's, & St. Pauli Girl. They tasted very good also but they had an after taste because of too much hops. I think Heineken is the best foreign beer & Grolsch also & they're both from Holland. I don't like any of those micro brewery beers because they're to sweet & green because they don't age them long enough. The american beers I didn't like at all were Blatz,Falstaff,Drurys & Coors!!!

  • @ss_whole
    @ss_whole Před 12 dny +1

    Michelob was awesome until they changed the formula in 2002. 18,19 years old we used to get sauced up on Buckhorn and Heidelberg because it was the cheapest beer at Safeway, Buckhorn was tolerable, Heidelberg was just nasty.

  • @christophersmith1155
    @christophersmith1155 Před 6 dny

    SHAFFER STILL EXISTS. I JUST BOUGHT A 12 PK AT MY KEYFOOD SUPERMARKET. NYC

  • @ph1sts
    @ph1sts Před 9 dny

    People drank a lot of beer in the 60s. People drank a lot of Boone's Farm in the early 70s.
    People drank a lot of wine coolers in the 80s.

  • @justadjimmi6613
    @justadjimmi6613 Před 9 dny

    I remember having a Blatz beer when I was in my early 20s. Back then I enjoyed cheep beer but still knew that was a really awful brew.

  • @lonewolf82007
    @lonewolf82007 Před 4 dny

    my dad drank knickerbocker natural! Lol!

  • @pooddescrewch8718
    @pooddescrewch8718 Před 9 dny

    Word is that old recipe Schlitz is being bottled again but I can’t find it !! It was really great beer

  • @fredcolon2341
    @fredcolon2341 Před 25 dny

    My beer was Schaefer and Reynolds and Pabst back in the day..

  • @user-ud6ui7zt3r
    @user-ud6ui7zt3r Před měsícem

    I love singing beer commercial jingle songs.

  • @abeljimenez7597
    @abeljimenez7597 Před 13 dny

    I can still get it here in California from time to time good for you and if you are old like me you remember the the woodland animals playing baseball

  • @RBAILEY57
    @RBAILEY57 Před 8 dny

    I loved Falstaff!

  • @larry3064
    @larry3064 Před měsícem +3

    Black Label has always been my favorite, but I can't find it here in St. Louis, Missouri. I could get it when I lived in Georgia, but it wasn't sold in Alabama.

    • @Buzz-vz2js
      @Buzz-vz2js Před měsícem +1

      There's one store local to me in Maryland that still has it

  • @hollyh-zw1yb
    @hollyh-zw1yb Před 13 dny +1

    Olympia and Shlitz.

  • @michaelquinn8618
    @michaelquinn8618 Před 6 dny

    I liked black label first beer I drank . In the 60s

  • @moose354
    @moose354 Před 4 dny

    A nice look back but you forgot Rainer Beer from Seattle WA.

  • @Jims2517
    @Jims2517 Před 2 dny

    Rheingold chug-a-mug anybody? Wide mouth bottle seemed to make em slide down!

  • @scottsatterthwaite4073
    @scottsatterthwaite4073 Před měsícem +3

    Pabst was/is a very aggressive competitor. They preferred the tactic of using hostile takeover to eliminate competition instead of producing a superior product.

    • @floydblandston108
      @floydblandston108 Před 18 dny +2

      Yup. That and our nation stopped prosecuting anti-trust law.

    • @scottsatterthwaite4073
      @scottsatterthwaite4073 Před 18 dny +1

      @@floydblandston108 Only for campaign contributors.

    • @floydblandston108
      @floydblandston108 Před 18 dny

      @@scottsatterthwaite4073 - Don't forget Augie Busch.

    • @richarddouglas1712
      @richarddouglas1712 Před 15 dny +1

      That is very true ! They acted like they were saving the breweries that they bought! All of them went out of business!, OLYMPIA BEING ONE !