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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Bogie on October 09, 2022, 08:27:03 PM
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Heh - Found a new local pub has six-pack buckets of Hamm's Beer...
12 grams of carbs per can, but...
6 cans in the bucket for $7.
Damn, I gotta find a different diet.
https://www.hamms.com/
(actually drank some in kollidge - decent garage beer)
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Good stuff. Hamm's is my favorite cheap beer, and it's pretty common here.
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Good stuff. Hamm's is my favorite cheap beer, and it's pretty common here.
I remember watching the Hamm's Beer Bear commercials on TV during White Sox games in Chicago.
Hamm's used to cost $3.99/case of 24 cans back in the '70s . . . it doesn't now. I regarded it as being the only cheap beer that was drinkable.
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Back when I was working for American Rifleman I'd head to Camp Perry to cover the national matches.
We got rooms at what I guess was VOQ housing, which had a kitchenette and fridge.
I bought myself a 12 of Hamms to have on the porch after the day's events.
I pride myself on being able to drink most beer if it's cold enough.
I had ice floating in my Hamm's and I still couldn't drink that *expletive deleted*it. It was awful.
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Don't think I ever heard of it before. At least I don't recall ever seeing it in the Louisville area.
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I can't even remember if I've ever tried it or not. If I did, it was probably back in High School in the late 70s when the Hamm's commercials were all over the tv. I can't even remember the last time I saw it in a store.
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You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a case of Hamm's in Wisconsin.
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Hamms is in the KC region, but it is not a popular brand. Think I've tired it? But my go to for cheap beer is PBR.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc2xsxlNlRc
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Don't think I ever heard of it before. At least I don't recall ever seeing it in the Louisville area.
Just checked Liquor Barn's website and they have it. So it's sold here.
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Overall, for cheap beer, I prefer Natty Light...
However, six beers iced in a pub bucket for $7 ain't a bad concept, and they have a good jalapeno quesedilla...
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Hamms was right up there with Schlitz and Primo for the nastiest beer served at battalion and company parties when I was in the service.
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Bud Light, Coors Light, or Miller Light, in that order of preference. Not terribly picky, though. I'll drink just about anything that's cold, especially if someone else is providing it.
Brad
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I actually don't drink beer much any more, something happened after Covid and it really fills me up after a beer or two. So, I just take my glass of whisky and soda out to the garage (or Rum, Tequila, or Vodka). I've been drinking a lot of ranch water lately, Tequila, lime juice, and soda water.
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Back in my college days (a few decades ago), the "cheap" beer to be had was called "Red, White, & Blue". Back then, my preferences ran towards Schlitz Malt Liquor (the "Bull"), Copenhagen beer (both Light [color] and Dark), and their Elephant Malt Liquor.
Now, a 24-30 can "suitcase" can last me two summers.
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(https://res.cloudinary.com/ratebeer/image/upload/w_250,c_limit/beer_7987.jpg)
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Cheap beers fall into one of two categories for me: Foul, and inoffensive.
My go-to cheap beer is Natty Ice. It pretty much just tastes like soda water to me.
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Cheap beers fall into one of two categories for me: Foul, and inoffensive.
That's about the same for me. Either it's piss water that I can't stand, or else it's lawnmower beer that just tastes like "beer" and hits the spot on a hot day.
I'm not sure where on the scale it falls, but mine is MGD.
As far as piss water, I have also tasted plenty of high dollar microbrew beers that fall into that category.
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For a "cheap" beer that's pretty darn good I like Lost Lake Amber.
https://lostlakebeer.com/?age-verified=9347f3734c
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PBR, Corona, and Dos Equis are my go-to summer beers. I won't turn my nose up at anyone else's Bud/Coors/MGD though.
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I just bought a 30-pack of Hamms for $17 plus tax. Natty and Busch were more expensive but I don't remember how much
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I just bought a 30-pack of Hamms for $17 plus tax. Natty and Busch were more expensive but I don't remember how much
I am REALLY sorry to hear that...
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Oh, another reason I like many of the "lawnmower beers" is that besides tasting just fine, they are a low ABV. I am getting sick and tired of all the craft brewers big and small trying to see how high of an ABV beer they can make.
If I want a high alcohol content, I'll grab the whiskey bottle. If I want something refreshing on a hot Summer day, I'd like to not have one bottle of it put me on my ass.
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Just found this on the local Craigslist:
https://sheboygan.craigslist.org/spo/d/elkhart-lake-hamms-styrofoam-beer-bear/7544293779.html
This too:
https://sheboygan.craigslist.org/spo/d/elkhart-lake-hamms-beer-lamp/7543760931.html
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I just bought a 30-pack of Hamms for $17 plus tax. Natty and Busch were more expensive but I don't remember how much
My "cheap" beer today is Yuengling - $19.99/case of 24 bottles at Wally Mart. I don't recall seeing Hamm's locally.
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2 words: Schaefer Light
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I was wondering if anyone remembers that plain white generic beer can back in the day back in #15
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I was wondering if anyone remembers that plain white generic beer can back in the day back in #15
Yep, I remember seeing it, along with generic cigarettes.
I really liked the boxes of generic mac and cheese and scalloped potatoes.
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A couple of the local microbrews are going to the white can thing as a shtick. You can buy a six pack of white cans that just say "pub beer".
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My "cheap" beer today is Yuengling - $19.99/case of 24 bottles at Wally Mart. I don't recall seeing Hamm's locally.
This self-admitted beer snob finds Yuengling to be a surprisingly good lager. I drink it all the time. They make a good black and tan, as well.
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This self-admitted beer snob finds Yuengling to be a surprisingly good lager. I drink it all the time. They make a good black and tan, as well.
I like Yuengling. It just came to TX in the last year or two, but varieties are limited to Lager, Golden pilsner, some "light" beer, and most recently Oktoberfest. Usually I like the seasonal Oktoberfest beers so maybe I was expecting too much, but Yuengling's was only "OK" ( ;)) and not really worth buying again instead of the lager.
Hoping to see their Black & Tan eventually since I tend to like dark beers like Shiner's Bohemian Black Lager.
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I like Yuengling and I buy it when I'm in Texas. It's not available in MN yet.
BTW, try adding a shot of Campari, a squeeze of lemon, and maybe an ice cube to a 12 oz cheap beer (like Busch Ice, Natty Ice, or Hamm's) It changes to to something similar to an Aperol Spritz but less girly. It's good at the end of a hot day. Too strong to drink while you're mowing, especially if you use "ice" beer.
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This self-admitted beer snob finds Yuengling to be a surprisingly good lager. I drink it all the time. They make a good black and tan, as well.
I pick some up at Sam's from time to time.
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I absolutely can't stand Yuengling.
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I absolutely can't stand Yuengling.
(https://i.insider.com/5a1f2a4a3339b01f008b4729?width=700)
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I absolutely can't stand Yuengling.
As has been said, there's no accounting for taste. ;)
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I just bought a 30-pack of Hamms for $17 plus tax. Natty and Busch were more expensive but I don't remember how much
Natty is $18.48 / 30 pack at Walmart here (it just went up everywhere locally) I used to usually get it at the corner party store on the edge of my neighborhood out of convenience. It was $2 more per case there, but now it's almost $6 more, so I find myself stopping at Walmart more often now; it's a half mile from where I work.
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I absolutely can't stand Yuengling.
Let me guess - your favorites are Schlitz and Old Milwaukee.
And you really miss Billy Beer.
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Let me guess - your favorites are Schlitz and Old Milwaukee.
And you really miss Billy Beer.
I grew up less than 50 miles from Yuengling brewery when it, and Rolling Rock both, were considered low-rent local beers, good to buy if you didn't have much money and needed change back.
Neither one of those is all that special but for one thing, and it's not their recipe...
It's the marketing campaigns that turned them into hip, trendy, accessories for the up and coming man bun crowd.
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Oh, another reason I like many of the "lawnmower beers" is that besides tasting just fine, they are a low ABV. I am getting sick and tired of all the craft brewers big and small trying to see how high of an ABV beer they can make.
If I want a high alcohol content, I'll grab the whiskey bottle. If I want something refreshing on a hot Summer day, I'd like to not have one bottle of it put me on my ass.
I, for one, love a high ABV stout. Alesmith's Speedway Stout (12% ABV) is my pretty-much-every-day choice. However, it's my only daily drink. My stomach can't tolerate any more than that any more. I also can't tolerate hard alcohol in any form or quantity any more, even as a mixer. 21-year-old me would weep.
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I, for one, love a high ABV stout. Alesmith's Speedway Stout (12% ABV) is my pretty-much-every-day choice. However, it's my only daily drink. My stomach can't tolerate any more than that any more. I also can't tolerate hard alcohol in any form or quantity any more, even as a mixer. 21-year-old me would weep.
I love a good stout, but I'm generally done with one or I get loopy. :laugh:
I love milk stout, but it is incredibly hard to find around here.
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There are probably a dozen GOOD micros within a five mile radius of my hooptie haus...
I like good beers for some occasions... And I'll pick something depending on which pub I'm in too... One place actually stocked Natty Light for me - it's a damn fine diet beer, and I prefer it to the other low carb offerings.
I don't like green-bottle Yuengling. The black and tan, however, rocks.
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Have any of you ever tried the "ice" beers? The only name I can remember now is Keyestone Ice as it has been 2-3 years since I have bought any beer (I prefer wines).
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Have any of you ever tried the "ice" beers? The only name I can remember now is Keyestone Ice as it has been 2-3 years since I have bought any beer (I prefer wines).
Yes, I buy it sometimes. It's just a more alcoholic version (5.5 to 5.9%) of their regular beer. It's not particularly good, but it's not bad either.
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Dos Equis is my beer of choice. Cost effective, good taste, widely available and you get a big honking ice cold two pint mug at the Mexican restaurants for $5. Sometimes in Mexico you can get it for a dollar a bottle.
I don’t like the microbrews and such because to me a lot of them taste overly bitter almost soap like
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Dos Equis is my beer of choice. Cost effective, good taste, widely available and you get a big honking ice cold two pint mug at the Mexican restaurants for $5. Sometimes in Mexico you can get it for a dollar a bottle.
I don’t like the microbrews and such because to me a lot of them taste overly bitter almost soap like
https://babylonbee.com/news/popular-new-craft-ipa-just-bottle-of-pine-sol
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There was a huge IPA fad, which turned a lot of folks off of micros... You don't need ALL the hops...
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There was a huge IPA fad, which turned a lot of folks off of micros... You don't need ALL the hops...
I know there are guys here that like hoppy beers, and they have educated me in the past that hoppy doesn't always mean bitter, but I have not yet found a microbrew that was +hoppy and -bitter.
I hate hops. I despise hops. Not just because of the super duper quadruple hoppy IPAs all the Portland and Seattle microbreweries are putting out, but because these jackasses are all moving to my part of Idaho with their millions of dollars, starting new microbreweries in Boise, and are buying and converting pasture and row crop land to hops fields. We have hops fields coming out of our ears here, and they're destroying wildlife habitat. You can't throw a rock without hitting a hops field. I hate hops.
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Beer snob that I am, I like a good IPA. In fact, I haven't had too many that I didn't like. Probably because they match my personality. :mad:
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I, also, am not a huge fan of hoppy beers. A bit, fine, but when it gets to talking about kilos of hops per quart of beer.... nah.
There's one that a friend of mine turned me on to a couple of years ago -- Dogfish Head Sea Quench. It's a sour beer, quite tart, and in the summer, exceptionally refreshing.
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Deschutes Brewery in Bend, OR makes an IPA called "Fresh Squeezed". It's low on the bitter factor, made with hops that have a lemony note. A very refreshing taste. I first had it draft at an Irish pub in Tigard, OR some years back when I had gone back to Oregon to visit my Dad. It washed down a burger and fries very nicely.
I found it out here in NC a couple of years ago in six pack cans. Keep it in my pantry fridge, pour it in frozen glass mugs when I want to treat myself. Delicious.
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Not an IPA fan.
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Not a fan of IPAs
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Beer snob that I am, I like a good IPA. In fact, I haven't had too many that I didn't like. Probably because they match my personality. :mad:
I really don't like IPAs. If they match your personality, that means I probably don't like you either.
;)
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Not a fan of IPAs
Try Bell's "Two Hearted" IPA. It has a much nicer balance than most; doesn't have much Pine-Sol at all, and is not overly bitter ;)
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I tend to like porters and stouts... But take a look at black IPAs... Most of them, due to the way the stuff gets cooked, don't have that whang...
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Brown bottle beer keeps better than green bottle. Canned keeps better than brown bottle.
When Heineken showed up in the seventies, people thought that the "it's going bad skunk" was the way it should be.
And when they introduced kegs that were kept cold, etc., people thought something was wrong.
Heineken actually added a skunk flavor to US kegs...