Friday Afternoon (Cheap) Beer Thread

[Dark Star]

Either out of necessity, or as a cheap thrill, sometimes some of us are compelled to go the economy route on our beer.

I don't mean it as "the worst beer you ever drank ... " Buckhorn, Schaeffer Light, Carling Black Label ... we've all been there a time or two. What I mean is a "cheap" beer you can tolerate in a pinch, maybe even like a little.

For me, there isn't much better after a long day working in the yard than walking up to the 7-11 and getting a couple of Bud Ice in the 22 0z. bottles, preferably right out of the ice tub. At $1.59 apiece, a really economic choice. It is light and refreshing and at least non-offensive. If the store is out of Ice, my backup is MGD in the 24 oz. bottles. Same price.

[GreatBagwellsBeard]

Lone Star, without a doubt.  I'll drink Coors Light in a pinch if Lone Star isn't available.

I've heard that the "new" (read: old) formula of Schlitz is supposed to be decent.  Anybody tried it?

[Bench]

I love how Miller Lite went to the old school label.  Looks great after a decade a electric blue.  Definitely makes it taste batter.  

I've heard that the "new" (read: old) formula of Schlitz is supposed to be decent.  Anybody tried it?

Just a kiss of hops.

[HudsonHawk]

I'll second the Lone Star nomination

[geezerdonk]

Pearl Light in the brown barrel bottles.

[subnuclear]

Yuengling and Miller Lite.

[chuck]

Either out of necessity, or as a cheap thrill, sometimes some of us are compelled to go the economy route on our beer.

Miller Lite in the aluminum containers has come to Panama. I thought of you when I saw them the other day.

I pretty much always drink Atlas but will certainly drink Balboa when needed. I don't care for Soberana at all but I was once in a place on the Caribbean coast (where Soberana is favored) and it was the only beer they had. It's amazing how much better Soberana tastes when it's the only beer available.

[chandler44]

Lone star or Coors Banquet Beer.

[HudsonHawk]

It's amazing how much better Soberana tastes when it's the only beer available.

That's why the single greatest individual beer I ever had was a Lone Star. 

[Ebby Calvin]

Miller Lite, Budweiser or Busch Light, usually consecutively.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Tecate.

[mrpink]

Pearl Light in the brown barrel bottles.

Where do you find that?

I remember where I was the day Pearl went up to $4.99 for a 12-pack from $4.79. There really ain't a whole lot of cheap beer left.

[geezerdonk]

I haven't seen that type of bottle in about 20 years.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Thirty years ago or so, when I was living in Oklahoma, I had to buy my beer from a liquor store unrefrigerated. The law states that any beer over 3.2 percent ABV had to be sold in a liquor store at room temperature. You could go to a convenience store and buy "near beer" versions of Coors, Miller, Bud, and the like. Or go the liquor store route. I used to buy a lot of Pearl in those brown barrel bottles, and for every six pack of "cheap" Pearl, I'd buy a sixer of "pricey" Moosehead.

[Duke]

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