Beer snobs only: 36 Cheap American Beers, ranked ...

[Robin Garr]

From "worst" to "least worst." Funny, snarky, but mostly funny.

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I think we all have our go to cheap beers. From my college days:

Top Three
Natty Light... the "water" of beers
Miller High Life... bubbly
and Bud Ice... beware the penguin. I'm a sucker for penguin marketing campaigns.

Bottom Three
Old Milwaukee's Best... The Beast
Miller High Life Light... blech
Red Dog... nice n cheap but man that stuff really tasted like dog

As an aside, I never understood the cult following for such beers as PBR or Yuengling.

Funny! But where, Where, WHERE is the Old Style!?

Funny! But where, Where, WHERE is the Old Style!?

it died with Harry Caray and the cubs chances of winning a world series.

Old Style always gave me a head ache, about two beers in.

For cheap swill Bud in a can. Not a bottle.
The old Falls City was good too

Funny! But where, Where, WHERE is the Old Style!?

I haven't thought about Old Style in years. It was right there in the ranks of the $3.99-a-case beer like Old Milwaukee that was a staple of my Saturday nights. When I was attending the University of Illinois in the early '80s our go-to cheap beer was Leinenkugel at $2 for an 8-pack. They've done a good job of repositioning themselves as a craft beer.

I didn't know Stroh's was still in existence. They had some great commercials back in the day:

You wouldn't happen to have some Stroh's beer, would you?
No, but I have some nice cool water.
No thanks. I really had a taste for a Stroh's.

My fav was Weideman. 4.50 a case w/ your returnable bottles, in the case. The jingle was good too..... Weideman, Wei- de- man beer, satisfies a thirst, monumental and sincere. Old Style was good also. For the younger kids out there, this is before Coors crossed the Mississippi.

I'm being very sincere when I say that Old Style is the JOINT. Tasty crap beer. Revisit it....they usually have 30 packs at Old Town

I think the only way you can buy old style in Louisville is 24pk suitcase cans.

Attending college in the 80-84 range in Western Montana we had several cheap, crappy beers to choose from: Rainier (Vitamin R), Olympia (Oly) and Hamm's (Shi*water). Hamm's was, of course, the cheapest and we gallantly drank our fill. In our senior year people were bringing an outstanding beer back from Seattle called Ballard Bitter from the Redhook Brewery.

Jiminy Christmas, I almost forgot completely about Carling Black Label and Molson Export!

Yeah, Ed, but one had to love that skating bear "From the Land of Sky Blue Waters!"

In high school we drank Colt 45 tall boys, extra kick you know. When we wanted a good lager we drank Sterling in the Big Mouth bottles. They also had a 16 oz. called Papa Bigmouth. I have come full circle now and really enjoy the new Fall City.

With the post title, i was sure Little King's would be on the list. I'm sure the brand died a while ago.

I used to work for a very elderly gent and Wisconsin native that swore by Milwaukee's Best. He would be quick to put anyone mentioning Old Milwaukee in their place.

[Robin Garr]

really enjoy the new Fall City.

Me too, but I don't think the new Falls City has a lot in common with the old Falls City. Well, maybe possibly back in our grandparents' day, but how are you going to check that out?

Ray- actually Little Kings are alive and well, and in fact, for sale in Louisville. I used to sell them for Heidelberg Distributing, and I'm pretty sure they're still with them.