What was that cheap common beer in the 1980s that's mostly gone now?

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Posted: 6/22/2021 12:53:16 PM EDT

You know the stuff the trashyist of white trash would drink

I've seen it in vintage pictures and such but I could never make it out

It's a white can with a blue dot on it and thin red stripes

Whatever that was I believe the modern equivalent to it has been replaced with white claws.

Sorry to rustle the feathers of beer enthusiasts but well I grew up in a whiskey and bourbon house, Hell I don't think I've seen my dad have a beer in my life, Last time he probably did was in college.

On a side note the pictures in question are of my exstended family from back in the day, They are just as trash now as they were back then, not much has changed save for newer vehicles and smartphones.

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:53:58 PM EDT

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Pabst?

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:54:53 PM EDT

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Looked it up.

Danm fpni.

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:54:59 PM EDT

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Berger?

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:55:04 PM EDT

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edit: misunderstood the question

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:55:10 PM EDT

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Pabst Blue Ribbon?

That's actually made a comeback amongst the hipsters.

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:55:12 PM EDT

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PBR - mostly gone?

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:55:36 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/22/2021 12:55:42 PM EDT

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Sounds like it, but far from being gone, it's had quite a resurgence amongst hipsters.

eta: beat, of course.

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:56:17 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/22/2021 12:56:39 PM EDT

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Meister Brau?

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:56:46 PM EDT

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Schlitz?

That was a staple beer around my family gatherings in the 80's. Probably the first beer I ever tasted as a kid.

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:57:36 PM EDT

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Michelob is somewhat rare these days.

Private Stock.

Schlitz.

Lowenbrau.

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:58:02 PM EDT

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PBR is very much alive and well.

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Is IT? well I'm no SME on beer.

Its all Miller, Bud and microbrews here

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:58:09 PM EDT

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2 years ago, baby.

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:58:29 PM EDT

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Looked it up.

Danm fpni.

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Looked it up.

Danm fpni.

Pabst isn't gone. It actually had a surge in popularity not to long ago with the hipsters. Right about the same time trucker hats made a comeback. Pretending to be white trash is hip but guys like me have been doing it for life.

To this day it's still one of top 3 cheap domestics.

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:58:34 PM EDT

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Stroh’s, Meister Brau, come to mind.

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:59:46 PM EDT

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Genny Cream , Little Kings , RWB , Stroh's

Posted: 6/22/2021 12:59:58 PM EDT

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia_Brewing_Company

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:00:24 PM EDT

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Red Dog

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:00:50 PM EDT

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Don’t be too hard on him, they only drink Busch Latte in Iowa.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:00:55 PM EDT

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Schaefer used to be like $1.19 a six pack at 7/11 when I was kid.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:01:26 PM EDT

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Hamm's the beer refreshing

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:01:32 PM EDT

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Lowenbrau

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:01:38 PM EDT

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This was some cheap beer from the 80s.

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Posted: 6/22/2021 1:01:47 PM EDT

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Strohs, made a comeback of sorts recently.

Black Label.

"BEER", IIRC in a yellow can with black lettering

Schlitz

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:02:01 PM EDT

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First beer was Hamm's. When Hamm's was Hamm's.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:02:03 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/22/2021 1:02:07 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/22/2021 1:02:59 PM EDT

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My granddad drank that shit.

Coincidentally, it was my first full beer at 11 years old.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:03:01 PM EDT

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I enjoy an Old Style now and then.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:03:12 PM EDT

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That's pretty cool.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:03:25 PM EDT

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Came to guess Hamm's, but then I saw the question was already answered.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:03:33 PM EDT

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I remember my Dad and his buddies drinking Hauenstein in the 70's/80's:

Apparently it's still made in Minnesota today

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:03:50 PM EDT

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Lowenbrau.

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Mich is gone from my area. That was a beer I used to regularly buy. You can get Mich Gold Draft/Lite still. I picked some up 2 weeks ago.

Lowenbrau is gone AFAIK.

Hamm's is still being produced as is Grain Belt - by Schell's Brewery now.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:04:14 PM EDT

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PBR isn't bad at all when compared to Bud, Coors, etc. The only one that is awful if fucking Miller.

This does prove, since OP never sees it, that PBR is the most heterosexual mainstream beer.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:04:15 PM EDT

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I downed more than my fair share of that in the 80's

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:04:35 PM EDT

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I'd bring a 30 pack to parties. People for the most part wouldn't touch it even when the all of the other beer was gone and those foolish enough to grab one would take less than a sip and leave it for me to find nearby later. i.e. I never ran out of beer at the party.

PBR is very much alive and well in my area. As is Coors Banquet. Lesser degree you'll see Schlitz and Hamm's, but they aren't prevalent nor drank much.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:04:40 PM EDT

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This commercial checks all the SJW aggravation boxes.

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Posted: 6/22/2021 1:05:30 PM EDT

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Strohs, made a comeback of sorts recently.

Black Label.

"BEER", IIRC in a yellow can with black lettering

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BEER in the white can with blue lettering. Just like everything in the "No Frills" aisle.
ETA: close enough

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:05:37 PM EDT

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Don’t forget about strohs . Hamms and Pabst were all I drank as a teen. That and Milwaukee’s best. Back when the goal was buy as much for as little as possible.

Eta- so,eons beat me to strohs.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:05:57 PM EDT

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Strohs??

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:06:03 PM EDT

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Not sure what it is in it but it gives me an instant headache. Hangover before the buzz is a bummer.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:06:32 PM EDT

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Imagine being from Iowa and not knowing about cheap beer.

Hamm's and PBR are two of my cheap working-on-stuff beers.

Posted: 6/22/2021 1:06:45 PM EDT

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I'd bring a 30 pack to parties. People for the most part wouldn't touch it even when the all of the other beer was gone and those foolish enough to grab one would take less than a sip and leave it for me to find nearby later. i.e. I never ran out of beer at the party.

PBR is very much alive and well in my area. As is Coors Banquet. Lesser degree you'll see Schlitz and Hamm's, but they aren't prevalent nor drank much.

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I'd bring a 30 pack to parties. People for the most part wouldn't touch it even when the all of the other beer was gone and those foolish enough to grab one would take less than a sip and leave it for me to find nearby later. i.e. I never ran out of beer at the party.

PBR is very much alive and well in my area. As is Coors Banquet. Lesser degree you'll see Schlitz and Hamm's, but they aren't prevalent nor drank much.

Damn, forget about Red Dog