Comments on: A Manly American Pastime: Cheap Yard Beer

By: toomuchcountry

toomuchcountry — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:51:00 +0000

For several years, PBR was probably king of the hill. But with its resurgence particularly as a hip brew amongst the 20′ish population, it is no longer. Schaefer gets my vote as top yard beer. Its a long standing tradition of mine and few buds to celebrate the significance of sharing of the Schaefer swill. Several examples of our evangelizing the world about Schaefer can be found on my blog at:

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/search/label/schaefer

By: Kevin K

Kevin K — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:27:17 +0000

You failed to neglect one midwest favorite, Old Style. Enjoyed mostly by Cubs fans. A few years back in college you could get a 30 pack for 10.99 from the liquor store. I always got funny looks bringing it to parties in college, but when I went to Chicago this was always the cheapest and best at bars. P.S. if you’re at a bar in Chicago and order Old Style Light, they will laugh you out of the place.

By: Schu

Schu — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:23:30 +0000

Where I’m from they are called “lawnmowing beers”. In college my group of friends always turned it Old Mil Light. Love the regional favorites like Lone Star, Pearl, Old Style, etc…

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:32:22 +0000

Thanks for the article!
Other yard beers, heck if you got them fresh they were as good as any of the premium Lagers. I worked at Rheingold Brewery as a teamster during college in 1976. Other greats were Carling Black Label, Iron City, Shop Rite supermarket brand, Piels Rear Draft, Rolling Rock which was an inexpensive brand 33 years ago, Knickerbocker (owned by Rheingold/Chock-Full of Nuts) both had the “wide mouth” bottles! Ballentines, Gablingers; another Rheingold brand and BTW the first true light beer, its orange and black can had a picture of a 1890s large wheel bicycle. I can probably think of more but its has been a while.
Now I drink Genesee brands: Cream Ale, Genesee, Red, and the best….
Genny Light.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:54:02 +0000

Man, I remember Strohs from when I was in college; you could get a 15 pack of Strohs for half the price of a 12 pack of Bud… I havent seen Strohs around here (Southeast) in a while.

By: jon

jon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:56:08 +0000

i would like to see some articles on making beer jons last blog post..Tax Tips For A Bigger Return

By: Cheese

Cheese — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:13:12 +0000

High Life is, in my opinion, the manliest of beers. Particularly in the fall, when you can find it in blaze orange, yellow, and even camo cans. It can’t get much cooler than that. Even in a bottle, there’s something manly about a clear bottle that is the same shape it was 50 years ago.

Another great option, if you can find it, is Southpaw Light. It’s a light beer, it has a picture of kangaroos on it, and it tastes great. Oh, and at 5% ABV, those kangaroos kick.

By: Erick Jackson

Erick Jackson — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:18:52 +0000

Great article!! My brothers and I call it “Lawn Beer”or “Grandpa Beer”, I think it all works. My favorite is High Life but I’m trying to go down the line a re-kindle some lost loves. I have been trying to find natural bohemian beer and I’m surprised you didn’t mention Genesee cream ale or the white boys Malt liquor “Mickey’s”. We used to pound that swill at the beach and just like them all it was great going down but the next day was hell to pay. At any rate, Thanks for the article.

By: The Daily Eudemon

The Daily Eudemon — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:01:24 +0000

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:55:02 +0000

Excellent comments!

@E – your grandfather was a MAN!!! He could not waste any beer by letting it go warm AND he needed the space for fish. Now that is manliness.

@g – It is biased. I am a Midwest guy and am VERY glad I hear from the left coast folks. I’ve heard of Olympia, but was not familiar with it. Maybe a follow up post? Interested in writing a follow up post to this that identifies all the one’s that should have been here?

@Brian – Schlitz is a fine beer. It is still The Cleaner, though. That beer should come with a roll of TP with every case purchased.

@Dan – all great west coast beers, so I hear. Never tried any of them, but there are so many good yard beers that are just regional…

@Bob – if they bring back the old Schlitz, you may be on parking wars and you probably will see Brian on Cops after getting cranked off a few cases of the stuff…