20 Forgotten Beers From The 1960s, We Want Back!

[@hertzair1186]

Hamms is still available here in Wisconsin! Have some in my fridge. I’m a German Pilsner drinker, but nostalgia makes me have a beer “from the land of sky blue waters “

[@michaelwallbrown3726]

still can buy Hamms in West Virginia

[@josephcontreras8930]

Loved those hamms bear toons as a kid in 70s. I had one of those light up hamms signs in my room for years til it got lost in a couple of moves. Still available in my town.

[@celowski6296]

Here in Michigan also.

[@creagle26]

Hamms is available in Pittsburgh, PA so it must be making a comeback. I love that it is just as good as some of the national brands and only costs $16 for a 30/pk. It is great on a hot day

[@fredgroenke2586]

You can purchase Hamm’s in Nebraska as well.

[@jeffpeterson6959]

The greatest beer mascot ever was the Hamms Beer Bear. He even had his own commercials! Bear memorabilia is highly sought after now.

[@stvitalkid7981]

The Hamms Bear gets mentioned in that old David Frizell tune, I’m Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home.

[@leojanuszewski1019]

Hamm's had the greatest beer too. 🍺

[@aspensulphate]

"Hamms, the beer refreshing..."

[@brianjennings7644]

Bud Man could kick his butt.

[@tomfields3682]

Utica Club beer's mascots were Schultz and Dooley, an homage to two of the biggest ethnic groups in Upstate NY!

[@0159ralph]

Going up in The Bronx, I remember my old man loved his Rhinegold and Schaefer watching the Yankees play on his 12 inch black and white TV on the back porch. I would get a sip of his beer and I thought I was 8 going on 22 years old. Great memories and I miss both of my parents. Life is too short...

[@waynerogers6621]

Yankee famouse announcer Mel Allen was supposedly jammed up for being drunk on the air because they had a working Ballentine tap in the booth and he would do on air commercials using the tap to fill a glass with beer

[@Kris-q4m]

Nice little story. Thank you for sharing.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@waynerogers6621 That's part of what made Mel an icon for Yankee fans! 7th inning, the fans all stretched. 7th inning, Mel hit the floor!

[@caruchan2367]

My cousins grew up in the South Bronx and being true Puerto Ricans they were diehard Mets fans! I know it's strange to have Mets fans in the middle of the Bronx, but it makes sense. The Yankees didn't hire Puerto Rican players, but the Mets certainly did! I'm from Brooklyn anyway and the Dodgers left before I was born so I'll never root for the Yankees. I'll root for Boston before I root for the Yankees. My aunt and uncle had beer mugs surgically attached to their hands and Shaefer was the beer they drank!

[@waynerogers6621]

@caruchan2367 my little league team went to the Polo grounds in 62 or 63 to watch the Mets play the Cubs. Highlight ernie Banks hit a homerun The Mets were an embarrassment back then, God awful

[@nrken1]

I remember the Rheingold Brewery in Orange, N.J., looking out my window in the early 60's. I can still remember the smell of the hops

[@gingerli5820]

I can still remember the 'think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer' commercial. It was regional for NYS an PA.

[@marksullivan6427]

My favorite beer ever!

[@marceckert5659]

Narragansett is pronounced Nar ra gan sett

[@Jason-zj1kh]

I came here to say that...

[@MuzixMaker]

With the accent on “gan”

[@chrisenser7546]

Thank you 🎉

[@kevinbartley9748]

Drove me nuts he was saying it wrong I kept yelling your saying it wrong 😂

[@Jason-zj1kh]

technically it is known as nastygansett, but whatever...

[@curlyfries5095]

My favorite beer growing I was any beer that my dad had in the fridge! 🍺 🍻

[@Reubenhubert]

Or whatever was cheap. When you’re 17 and didn’t have much money you got what you could afford.

[@GrampsD63]

Carling Black Label was my old man's fave.

[@billgrandone3552]

The great advantage of having grandparents that owned a tavern was that I got to sample not only beer from an early age but also Irish coffee, wine, and an occasional mixed drink. I even had my own "nickel beer" glass which I have kept in all my 75 years. Now i know what you are thinking, but as an adult i drink only on occasion and usually accompanied with food. I had some wilder times in college, but my grandparents taught me to respect beer and spirits saying that they can either warm your spirits or burn your life down. The choice is yours, not the liquors. I enjoy having a drink, but I know that two is enough. I thank my grandparenst and parents for taking the mystery out of booze by allowing me to have it in my own home. Therefore I did not have the desire to sneak it as a teenager.

[@marinevetoneroman7232]

Schaefer Beer: My Cuban mother used to shock my Italian dad with this beer. Frankly, the complete Family... She made Arroz con Pollo. A Yellow rice and chicken mix that was amazing, tasty..... She would drink 2, pour 1 into the pot and so on. And share the beer with me @ 8 years old.. Damn i miss the old days..🇺🇲

[@Anaris10]

Schaefers was disgusting. So was Stroh's and Carling Black Label. I didn't mind Falstaff. Coors has always sucked except for the short-lived Nordic Wolf. Another stinker was Ballantine.

[@waynerogers6621]

@Anaris10 I had friends who worked for Schaefer in allentown pa. Then it was bought by Strohs and now I have no idea if it's still open

[@45CaliberCure]

@@Anaris10 What's with the negative waves, Moriarty? Just some random person relating their stories and you gotta take a dump on 'em? 🙃

[@jongeiss7794]

​@@waynerogers6621 Samuel Adams bought the brewery in Fogelstown near rt 100 and 78

[@TheSleepingonit]

Me too

[@dontrapani7778]

Thank you for the trip down Memory Lane! Back in the day, the legal drinking age in New York was 18, so I began my drinking days in 1967, when most of these beers were still in their heyday. Schaeffer Beer was the on-tap favorite in the bar I hung out at in college. I heard that Shaeffer is the "one beer to have when you're having more than one" song hundreds of times when watching NY Rangers hockey games on TV. My Uncle worked for Piels beer and always had a fridge stocked with 6-packs whenever we visited. Rheingold was the main sponsor for the NY Mets when they came into the league in 1962, and Ballantine was the NY Yankees sponsor in the 1960s as well. My childhood memories include the Miss Rheingold contest each year, when you could vote for your favorite and the winner would be crowned with all the hoopla of a Miss America pageant. And I can still sing the Rheingold song, "won't you try Extra Dry Rheingold Beer...". I moved to California in the mid-70s and lost contact with these East Coast beers, but became very familiar with Lucky Lager and Olympia beers. They were easy on the budget and tasted great. It's kind of sad that the big breweries took over, but I will admit that as my income increased, I began buying Budweiser, or Miller Genuine Draft, or Heineken. So I guess I bear part of the blame, though I wouldn't mind hoisting one of those tall, tapered glasses of Schaeffer right now as a show of respect to a forgotten favorite.

[@stevefish3124]

In the fifties Knickerbocker sponsored the Giants and Schaeffer's the Dodgers.

[@kennethpriestman4255]

Yes, Budweiser, Miller, Coors, Michelob, Heineken, Amstel Light. It's not your fault they came up with better beers than what you used to drink. I remember a different Rheingold song: My beer is Rheingold the dry beer. Think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer. Don't remember the rest or maybe that was it.

[@martinphilip8998]

My brothers and I camped out in our youth. I remember that Schaeffer’s was quite inexpensive. But my friend’s dad would keep ten cases of Wisconsin Club in his basement. On sale they were $3.99 a case of bottles. At age 16 I lived in England for a year. You could get a ploughman’s lunch in a pub for about 60¢. That was a slab of cheddar (from Cheddar) a pat of butter, two slices of french bread and a pint of bitters, plus a pickled onion. I can still taste the after burp.

[@dontrapani7778]

@@kennethpriestman4255 "It's not bitter, not sweet, it's the dry flavored treat, won't you try, Extra Dry Rheingold Beer"

[@kennethpriestman4255]

@@dontrapani7778 I think you guys have some years on me. ha ha

[@joefaber1381]

You answered your own question. Why did these beers disappear? Mergers and acquisitions.

[@bartdrennon1764]

They're also right about the light beer market that exploded. Old school brewers apparently didn't take it seriously and lost a large market share in an extremely competitive industry.

[@turbotek-wj8vc]

So many brands went to Pabst to disappear.

[@ChimeraActual]

You got the mergers and acquisitions because Budweiser and Miller low balled them into bankruptcy. It was aggressive business practices that killed American beer.

[@honkhonklersr.4340]

@@bartdrennon1764 The acquisitions then reduced production/availability while adding availability/marketing of the lite beer swill to the bread and circus crowd, killed these brands. Globalist corporations killed these brands, not the consumer. They were driven like the sheep they are.

[@James_St._James]

My grandma was Miss Rheingold in the 1940s.

[@floydblandston108]

She must have been a real hottie!

[@RBAILEY57]

There was a Rhinegold truck in "The Godfather".

[@James_St._James]

@@RBAILEY57 Interesting. Haven't seen that movie in a long time. I'll be able to spot the Rheingold truck immediately next time I watch. My grandparents had a room dedicated to my grandma's modeling work and there was a crapload of Rheingold stuff in there.

[@RBAILEY57]

It's in the scene where Sonny beats up Carlo. It's a hot afternoon, and there are kids playing around an open fire hydrant.

[@jaydouglas5847]

@@RBAILEY57 There's backstory to that scene. You note that "Sonny" throws a few punches that go a mile wide in that they miss "Carlo" yet Carlo reacts as if they connected. Why ? Because James Caan found out what a punk Gianni Russo really was as he was sexually harassing one of the actresses and she came and told Caan about it. So in the first take of the scene Caan really kicked the snot out of him, broke 2 of his ribs and chipped his tooth with the trash can/lid. After a week of recovery, Russo, after much coaxing by Coppola, agreed to shoot the re-take and again Caan really popped him and Russo was doing everything not to get hit again. The final take used was an edited mix of Russo and a stuntmen who had to be brought in as Russo refused to get hit by Caan anymore. if you watch again you will see the mile wide miss.

[@gazork123]

My Dad drank Bohemian Club, which he bought in quart bottles. He'd seal the bottle with a plastic bottle plug after pouring a glass or two. He'd occasionally pour me a bit in a small juice glass. Memories of Dad, and summer.

[@solarguy1702]

69¢ a quart at The Plaid Pantry in Milwaukie.

[@jimjones-d1p]

I saw a billboard for Griesedieck near Pittsburgh, Penn. in the '50's, as we were on a trip to slaughterfields of the War Between the States. I was shocked by the name....still am. What a hoot.

[@johnzeszut3170]

A tavern in South Chicago had Bohemian Club at a quarter a schooner - I liked it and used to buy a case of quarts!

[@dennismcatee1313]

I see the pattern, in the 70's people no longer wanted taste, so the light beers took over. Not fond of water here.

[@ZebZanko]

Me either.....All the new "hard seltzers" suck too.

[@waynerogers6621]

Son in law drinks Busch light swill I usually grab anything else in the fridge. Luckily there's usually a Corona that my daughter likes.

[@honkhonklersr.4340]

I would say the consumer was given little choice on taste as the marketing drove lite beer into their weak minds.

[@urbanurchin5930]

@@waynerogers6621 ..... ??? ..... and Corona isn't swill ?? ......sounds like a WHOLE family of losers ......

[@Loulovesspeed]

I don't think it had much to do with them no longer wanting taste, what they didn't want was excess weight!

[@tonyaioli5908]

So many of these brewery-buildings are incredibly beautiful.

[@cowboykody6775]

You missed Grainbelt, Schlitz, Swartz, Old Style, Gettleman, Black Label, J Edgar, to name a few

[@mikeskranak4533]

I remember grainbelt because when they went out of business the local distributor bought 6 railcars of it .we could get a 6 pack for. 69 cents or a case for $2.69 all of us teenagers had a great summer 1978.

[@larry3064]

I've never found a beer I liked better than Black Label

[@jvsmith7888]

You're making my mouth water.

[@Buzz-vz2js]

​@@larry3064 black label is pretty good beer

[@tanner7495]

Touborg Gold.

[@frankgerace5997]

I don’t know what’s worse in this video-the constant repetition of “the 1970’s and 80’s saw a change in consumer preferences toward lighter beers” or Robbie Robot’s horrendous mispronunciation of “Narragansett”….

[@_Common_Logic_]

OR the fact that some of these beers are readily available in the beverage section of your local Walmart. The Blatz I'm drinking now tastes pretty damn good considering it was eventually "phased out in the '90s".🙄

[@Loulovesspeed]

@frankgerace5997 - The correct pronunciation is........Nastygansett! Used to buy that swill for .96 a 6 pack in Bangor, Me. while in college!

[@frankgerace5997]

@@Loulovesspeed I’m aware of the pronunciation, and you’ll like this-a year or so ago, I made plans to visit my cousin and her husband to watch “Jaws,” and in honor of the movie, my cousin’s husband was able to get Narragansett beer in 1975-style cans!!

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@frankgerace5997 Wow! That's cool!

[@100aceswid]

True

[@terryjames548]

I’m glad Hamms and PBR are still around.

[@GeorgeSmith-pe9vy]

My granddad liked Rolling Rock in the 7oz. pony bottles .

[@dew02300]

Rolling Rock was great beer.

[@LoisCandler]

​@@dew02300still is!❤

[@pb68slab18]

@@dew02300 Still available. No longer brewed in Latrobe, PA but by A-B InBev in New Jersey.

[@dew02300]

@@pb68slab18 I know. But all it is now is a name on a bottle, or I should say can. I don’t think they have bottles anymore.

[@pb68slab18]

@@dew02300 They still have 12oz longnecks, and 7oz 'Pony' bottles too. A case of 24 12oz bottles is $5 more than 30pak of 12oz or 24pak of 16oz cans though.

[@fredgroenke2586]

Falstaff was my dad’s favorite beer. He had to switch to Schlitz when it was discontinued.

[@dcasper8514]

Schiltz have a gun to your Dad's head ?

[@fredgroenke2586]

@@dcasper8514 no, it was just the next cheapest. 😆😆😆

[@jumarelrichie1127]

Hamms is still around. I remember back in the 80s my dad gave me a swig of it wen i was a kid it tasted good. My dad even said they lost popularity wen they kept changing the recipe.

[@GrampsD63]

My buddy and I always grab up some Hamms when we go to the Indy 500

[@DavidCornwell-p3h]

Genesee, Cream Ale, Iron City. We were spoiled in Buffalo with easy access to all the Canadian beers.. Molson’s, LaBatts blue, Old Vienna, O’Keefe, Brador. Extra Stock etc. Great memories

[@CFurnace-72]

Canadian beers back then never gave a hangover. Years later I found out why . The big brand US beers would use formaldehyde to jumpstart the fermentation process for production sake.

[@joegibson4946]

Pabst - the Regional Beer Slayer. There are a number of regional beers that were absorbed by Pabst and then died off. You also didn't mention brands like Rolling Rock, Strohs, Pearl or Jax.

[@pb68slab18]

As I mentioned above, Rolling Rock is still out there. It's now owned by A-B and brewed in NJ. Funny, InBev bought R-R, then sold it to A-B, then InBev bought A-B!

[@josephcontreras8930]

How about Lone star beer of texas??? And colt 45 beer

[@joegibson4946]

@@josephcontreras8930 If I remember correctly, Lone Star is also now owned by Pabst. Growing up in SE Texas in the late 1960s, early 1970s, Lone Star was one of the low priced beer sold. I don't think it really took off until "Lone Star Beer & Bob Wills Music" was released around 1976. If you look up Lone Star Beer, you will see it was originally founded by Adolphus Busch. It is now owned by Pabst and produced by the Miller Brewing Company in Fort Worth.

[@ph1sts]

​@@josephcontreras8930Colt 45 called itself a malt liquor.

[@dcasper8514]

Any one recall "Old Shale Ale" ?

[@Lostmineagain]

Back in the 60's at the local gin mill was Schaeffer, Rhinegold and Black Label beer that ruled NY / NJ. Those were the days my friend we thought they never end.

[@klausuhlig7141]

My dad used to sing hey Mabel get of the table the 5 bucks is for the beer

[@MarkHerrmann-wf2yq]

Heilemans acquired many beers like Blatz, Lone Star, Drewerys and Olympia and brewed them in La Crosse Wi and other site along with their Old Style and Special Export brands until they were bought out by Stroh's who then sold to Pabst. My dad hauled Heilemans daily from La Crosse to Chicago.

[@WilliamHerlihy-p4g]

Old Style is my favorite beer to simmer brats in.

[@ApothecaryGrant]

Word is that old recipe Schlitz is being bottled again but I can’t find it !! It was really great beer

[@kevinkranz9156]

DRANK SCHLITZ IN COLLEGE 72 74

[@ApothecaryGrant]

@@kevinkranz9156 Good stuff . I was stealng my dads lost strays from him while he grilled . I was just a kid but I liked the taste of that beer . It had character unlike others he occasionally drank . By the time I was an adult though , Schlitz had already blown itself up

[@ptournas]

I'll look for that just for a nostalgia trip. Not a big beer drinker, but I did drink a lot of Schlitz from '64 to the early '70s when it seemed to lose all it's flavor. Nowadays it's good scotch for me! 😊

[@ApothecaryGrant]

@@ptournas They tried to react to the popularity of Budweiser’s cheap beer by changing their excellent but costlier recipe and it was disastrous . Schlitz dud not need to worry about Busch putting them out of business . They managed it themselves

[@ChimeraActual]

Right! It was my favorite. The change in recipe killed it. But it was Budweiser and Miller's aggressive business practices that drove them to change.

[@michaelfred8848]

Louisville Kentucky had Ortels, Fehrs and FallsCity. One by one, they all went out of business. I worked at FallsCity, got laid off I think in 1972 and then went to Kroger till 84 when I got laid off from them.

[@brianb1440]

Let's hear it for Oertel's 92. A great old Louisville beer!

[@TheSleepingonit]

Why are most beers only 5% alcohol? The way the country is going we need more than 5% alcohol

[@pb68slab18]

PBR Extra is 6.5%.

[@Rockgod32]

That's why they have malt liquor, son

[@jmad627]

A lot of beer is 3.2, or used to be. Canadian beer I always found better, for the most part, anyway.

[@josephcontreras8930]

Yes at least😅😅😅

[@jaytracks]

I'm surprised they aren't putting female hormones in it now lol!!

[@Alan-lv9rw]

My Dad used to drink Rheingold. They were big in NY. They sponsored the NY Mets baseball team.

[@Tomatohater64]

The one beer I vividly remember as a very young kid was Duke beer bottled in Pittsburgh by the Duquesne Brewing Company.

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

I remember Stoney's beer brewed in Pittsburgh

[@Tomatohater64]

@@bridgetmccracken1381 Stoney's was ok. I thought Duke was better. Just my opinion.

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

@@Tomatohater64 I liked the jingle and actual song for Stoney's lol. Bet I have a beer you never heard of...Indian Beer brewed in Indiana, PA

[@Tomatohater64]

@@bridgetmccracken1381 You're right; never heard of it.

[@patmcnally2529]

have a duke , have a duke , have a duquesne beer !

[@josephcontreras8930]

Loved those beers of old like black label, bud dry,oly,hamms,lowenbrau, original schlitz malt liquor bull beer and early micro brews.

[@MaryBrownForFreedom]

Schlitz Malt... we went thru kegs of that stuff...

[@josephcontreras8930]

@@MaryBrownForFreedom watch out for the bull

[@wavegun]

You opened with Schaefer... you literally read my mind!

[@sharkman4928]

Narragansett beer was famous for it's appearence in the 1975 blockbuster film, JAWS. To this day, every time I finish a cool refreshing beverage and crush the can when I am done, I think about "Quint" (Robert Shaw) crushing those iconic Narragansett beer cans aboard the Orca. 🦈

[@Mike-Twins-lover-d2h]

They need to learn to pronounce it correctly. NarraGANsett, not NaRRAgansett

[@horsepowerandtalk1033]

The 1890s recipe Narragansett is back from a craft brewer in Providence and is highly rated.

[@jamesmullen2684]

I Remember watching Saturday morning bowling in the early 60’s sponsored by Utica Club beer with their great ad featuring Schultz and Dooley two talking steins.

[@Phillip-on3ce]

Anyone remember Griesedieck Beer, brewed in St. Louis, and a regional favorite? The name was pronounced "Greasy Dick" and ordering it was good for a laugh in saloons of the region. The Griesedieck Brothers produced three beers, Griesedieck, Stag, and Falstaff. In the early 1950's, Griesedieck sponsored the St Louis Cardinals baseball radio broadcasts with a young announcer, Harry Caray. The last Griesedieck brother died in 1955, and production under the Griesedieck label creased in 1957. In 1992, Raymond Griesedieck, a descendent of one of the original brothers, organized a new company, and started brewing Griesedieck beer again. The beer is available in St. Louis, but not distributed outside of the immediate area today.

[@billgrandone3552]

My family owes its success to the Greisedieck Brothers. My grandparents were immigrants from Italy He was working in the coal mines of south central Illinois and he noticed that the miners would always stop for a shot and a beer before and after work for fifteen cents. He was shoveling coal 10 hours a day six days a week for less than 40 dollars a week. So he and a friend turned an old miners "shotgun house" into a bar and had it put on a flatbed wagon and hauled to a downtown lot. His partner left and by now grandfather had two boys and was walking from a house near the mine where he once worked to and from town that was three miles away. He decided to go to the Greisedieck Brothers for a loan to build a tavern with a three bedroom home on the top. In return he would agree to sell only their products until the loan was paid off. This was sometime before WWI and by 1921 he had three boys and had made enough money to take a 2nd class cabin on the Olympic, the only surviving sister ship of the Titanic, to Italy so his relatives could see how prosperous he was. When prohibition started he opened up a clothing store but had a speakeasy in the basement. A street wise customer would come in and ask for something in a size 42 men's suit, They were on the clothes rack that hid the basement door. He made enough money from that tavern to not only pay off the mortgage but put my father and two uncles through college during the Depression. My Dad became doctor, my uncle Leo an insurance executive, and my Uncle Jim a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force Reserve and a mortician. All of the five of the 6 grandkids have college degrees as do all of their great grandchildren. My grandparents operated the tavern from 1913 or so until his death in 1963 when my grandmother rented out the bar while still living in the apartment until her death in 1977 at the age of 93. The bar and grill is still in business and it is owned by a high school classmate of mine who proudly features a picture of my grandparents behind the bar serving my great- grandfather and some customers on the morning that prohibition ended. The bar and grill is called 'Lumpys" and is in Gillespie IL.

[@willardchatham4083]

I have a large cooler from griesedieck. It belonged to my uncle, who was a traveling vaudeville performer. He said most of the entertainers drank a lot of the time. I was too young to ever try it, but he said it was the best, especially if he could not get whisky.

[@scarharting5577]

@@billgrandone3552 Great comment!

[@billgrandone3552]

​@@scarharting5577 Glad you liked my beer comment . Sorry to have taken so long to respond but I was in the hospital with a collapsed lung. NO WAY to spend my 50th Wedding Anniversary.

[@edgein3299]

Stag is still available in the St. Louis area as well as Little Rock.

[@LoisCandler]

Lowenbrau bottled beer was great ❤

[@terryjames548]

Last I heard Miller bought them out then they disappeared. Light and dark were a top notch brew in the ‘70’s

[@LoisCandler]

@terryjames548 thanks! 💖

[@tanner7495]

Dark was delicious. I want a sixxer now!!!

[@pc_load_letter1888]

"Let it be Lowenbrau"

[@horton12545]

The real Lowenbrau is made in Germany. I think they may have licensed the name to Miller or something, but it could never compare to the real German import.

[@CharlieRomero-b3x]

I live in North Jersey and I buy a 30 pack cans of Schaefer at my local Shop Rite liquors.

[@1122baum]

From the land of sky blue waters comes HAMMS! The beer refreshing!

[@craigbenz4835]

In southern Ohio in the early 80's Huedepol was still commonly sold in refillable gallon jugs at bars from the tap similar to the A&W root beer jugs.

[@josephcontreras8930]

Called growlers now

[@RBAILEY57]

Hudepol was great for the money.

[@brianb1440]

"Have a Hudy!" Cincy had great beers. Burger and Wiedemann as well.

[@JohnnySplattWadd]

We all have favorites to add to this list. Here's mine. Pabst bock, Henry Weinhards private reserve, Michelob lager, Anchor Steam beer, Brew 102, Lucky Lager, Andeker beer, Erlanger, Berghoff bock.

[@MuzixMaker]

Anchor was popular in Asia back in the 90s.

[@cliffordtreend2797]

@@MuzixMaker Two different beers and breweries.

[@tanner7495]

Andeker and Erlanger were delicious. One of the first beers I had when I was underage.

[@petestorz172]

Anchor Steam only closed in 2023, still indy, I think. The CEO of Chobani yogurt will be trying to resurrect it.

[@cazgerald9471]

Didn't Lucky Lager print rebus puzzles under the bottle cap?

[@ronaldcole7415]

Right before WWII there were over 1900 beer brands with a near endless variety of flavors. After WWII, I not a handful were left.

[@cazgerald9471]

Not quite, you're about two decades off. Consider the thirteen years between the 18th and 21st amendments. Or google "how prohibition affected American breweries"

[@brucepoole8552]

In northeren california we have hundreds of micro breweries

[@richardmedeiros4337]

We had a Fallstaf 5 blocks away from the house dad would walk back with a case after the free tasting

[@luisreyes1963]

Falstaff was my father's favorite beer, until they stopped making it & switched to Michelob. 🍺

[@russellweber4334]

My dad worked for the Falstaff brewery in St. Louis, they didn't give away free cases of beer to the public.

[@Redlined997_C2S]

Schaefer was my go to when I had little $. 1/2 case of Lucky Lager was $2.11 back in the late '70's.

[@christopherweise438]

Yep.....all our high school parties were half barrels of Schaefer cause it was dirt cheap.

[@robviousobviously5757]

I have Hamm's beer in the fridge right now... still good lawn mowing & grilling beer...

[@EddieReischl]

As cigarette smoking has declined over the past 50 years, more people possess normally functioning taste buds, and have gotten fussier about the taste of crappy, cheap beer, so these beers have gone belly up. Wisconsin has tons of micro-breweries that make beer the way it is supposed to taste.

[@Reubenhubert]

And it’s impossible for teenagers to buy cheap beer now.

[@JIMBEARRI]

Narragansett is being brewed again, along with Hanley's. There's a Narragansett Brewpub overlooking the Providence Waterfront next to India point Park.

[@MichaelSisley-fw3xr]

What is the common informational point about ALL of these beers? The 1970s brought us legal changes and the government became just fine with corporatism and behemoth mega beer companies. The good old local beer ceased to exist. Now we got corporate piss water beers, with all of them fighting to be less palatable than the one before them.

[@greggross8856]

And not even US corporations. I wonder how folks would feel if they knew who owned Anheuser-Busch or Miller or Coors?

[@MichaelSisley-fw3xr]

@@greggross8856 Bingo!

[@cazgerald9471]

90% of American breweries died during prohibition. Only those with deep pockets survived by selling non-alcoholic products with much lower margins. Once the 21st amendment was ratified, the survivors faced significantly less competition with a thirsty nation to quench. American beer had already transitioned from a brewing business to a marketing business well before the 70s rolled around.

[@MichaelSisley-fw3xr]

@@cazgerald9471 Go read up on distribution laws via Congress post prohibition. It is eye opening stuff. That is what has led to a few mega companies owning everything in the beer world. The too friendly relationship between government and business never ends well.

[@marclapine1305]

Same with filling stations, and every other consumer product. Monopolies are now bigger than their regulators (US Govt) and unless they kill someone, hands off. Biden has been the only POTUS to take on corporations.

[@33818ual]

I love Schaefer Beer . Please bring it back> Its the one beer to have when you’re having more than one!!!

[@Reubenhubert]

I used to buy Rolling Rock but I stopped when they closed the brewery in Latrobe Pennsylvania. It didn’t taste the same.

[@Beatle849]

Quite a few recipe changes with buyouts.

[@edgein3299]

Horrible now

[@jojomcgee3430]

14-15 years ago, I was in Cleveland, Ohio for 3 weeks for work, during the summer. I found Blatz at an Eagle grocery store and bought some- pretty good beer. In Iowa, many convenience stores have hams in 12 and six packs (tall boys). Schafer, I vaguely remember as a kid my oldest brother would drink from time to time. PBR is still very popular here, actually finished a twelve pack last night with friends. Old Style, one of my favorites, but hard to find, unless to go next door to Illinois. Great video! Would love to try more of these classics!

[@pokebowl1679]

I purchased a 12 pack of Olympia in CA in 2018. It still tastes terrible.

[@kennymik1509]

Ha ha ha ha ha

[@Errr717]

Was it still cheap? 🤣

[@carlschildtknecht762]

Philo bedo disagrees! (YES, IT IS HORRIBLE. )

[@pokebowl1679]

@@carlschildtknecht762 Artesian dolls have interesting anatomy

[@richardbale3278]

I remember people smuggling Olympia and Busch into Oklahoma. I always wondered why they bothered.

[@geraldoarnoldo6440]

Carling's Black Label and Augustiner's Lager were favorites in WV.

[@frankmisaege3520]

Of those I'd welcome back Schaffer, Blatz, Stroh's, original Olympia. All in a bottle, of course.

[@marknewton6984]

Blatz was good with Boilermakers! 😮

[@arar8632]

Horlacher- my father's favorite and the beer I started with. 60 years later, I still remember the taste.

[@tomodonovan5931]

I remember Little Kings, brewed in Cincinnati. We drank a bunch of those in the 70s, and the bottles were so small, you had to drink a few of them to get buzzed. We would throw them in the neighbor's backyard, and when the sun rose, the glare would hit you in the eye. lol! We had to pick those up before my mom woke up, or else she would have hung us upside down on her clothesline.

[@edwardwilliams3185]

Little Kings and 7 oz baby Miller's on ice sure slid down smooth...

[@tomodonovan5931]

@@edwardwilliams3185 But the main thing was staying completely out of trouble. Did not get arrested, or fight, or worse, shot. All we did was hop a fence and pick up about twenty empty beer bottles. This was back in the 3.2 beer day, drinking water, but getting charged for beer prices. You're right, it was pretty smooth. What was also smooth was buying the beer before you were eighteen. Kids can't do that today since the radar is a lot stronger, and cameras are all over the store. Innocent days are truly over.

[@Reubenhubert]

Little Kings made me fall off the floor once. I kept slipping off the armchair so I sat on the floor. I kept falling down. If I would have drank a few more I might have fallen off the earth. 😂

[@tomodonovan5931]

@@Reubenhubert You can never call women weak, simply because a few of them were strong enough to drag you to the bed and load you into it. It's funny how they always moved their precious stuffed animals before they did so. They would rather have hurt you than their furry friends. lol!

[@NDR-hn3ue]

I remember my Dad drinking Schafer and Ballentine Ale

[@auggie803]

I loved that Ballentine Ale. Even though i drank Schlitz back then.(60s & 70s).

[@kenrolle2338]

I still drink Shafer to this day and yes I do remember Ballentine.

[@RaymondYocum-uw5hd]

Anyone remember Iron City Beer brewed in Pittsburgh? Falls City beer was the first beer I drank (other than sips from my father’s glasses) I found a six pack on the side of the road and drank it warm! 😂 I was probably about 13 years old.

[@SlickCat]

My Grandpa's FAVORITE Iron City, and he knew his beer 😂

[@scarharting5577]

Iron City is still brewed in the Pittsburgh metro area.

[@raymondcote2913]

Schmidts beer and Tier Head Ale.

[@stevefirth2013]

Hamms is one of the fastest growing brands right now. Encroaching on BPR as the go to cheap yet good beer of choice. Where I am they have got rid of the 30 racks and the 24 packs to force you to pay 30 rack prices for 12 packs.

[@paulcarr5918]

I can tell you Hamm's is readily available in liquor and grocery stores in Austin, Chicago, and in Las Vegas. I find it hard to believe that it has disappeared from any shelves at all.

[@RBAILEY57]

It's still available in Virginia, not in many places, though.

[@markwindholz816]

What about Shlitz beer?

[@waynerogers6621]

Philly beer I think. Use to give me a headache

[@greggross8856]

@@waynerogers6621 Actually Milwaukee. It may have been good at one time, but by the time I was old enough to drink, it was so weak and watery, it couldn't even form a head.

[@64MDW]

There was a Schlitz brewery on Woodman Ave here in the San Fernando Valley (SoCal) back in the day. My uncle was the manager.

[@ZebZanko]

Still around in the northeast.

[@ptournas]

​@@greggross8856 I drank Schlitz from the time I was old enough to drink, well, actually from 16, when I looked old enough to to drink and got into bars to see my musician friends with an altered ID. That was in 1964. It definitely changed in the early 1970s and I no longer cared for it all. Never was a big beer drinker anyways preferred scotch, but it was a little too expensive for me back then, and I didn’t care for cheap scotch.

[@kevbomevbo3492]

Whatever happened to Knickerbocker beer. I saw a photo of the giant billboard at the Polo Grounds.

[@michaelquinn8618]

Ballantine was big in Philly my Dad drank it all the time

[@dap777754]

Ditto in NYC; late 1950's and into the 60's.

[@RobertMurphy-e9y]

Family owned bar in Brooklyn from 33 to 86 , down the block from brewerys on kent ave...outside Navy yard...Only beer served was Brooklyn made beers. Yanks, dodgers, Giants, then Mets only sold N.Y. brewed Beers at stadiums ,till 1980

[@marshallbjohnson]

Best beer gone is Anchor brewed in San Francisco. Just ended in 2022-23.

[@rogerstephens8019]

I was stationed at ALAMEDA and would take liberty in FRISCO when in port and the BRAU-HAUS PUB at pier EMBARCADERO had Spaten and ANCHOR STEAM . Talking about a drunken sailor !!! 😂

[@missinformed4269]

How did Schmidt’s of Philadelphia miss the list? It was at one time the ninth largest brewery in the country.

[@PhilipNeuer8855]

Tiger head ale

[@carlreed6186]

I remember the bottle cap puzzle of Lucky Lager

[@davecaron1213]

When I was stationed on Shemya in the Aleutian Islands in the seventies, Olympia was often the only beer available. Also, at one time, there was a Piels brewery in Willimansett, Massachusetts .

[@leesouth120]

Schoneling beer used to be popular in Cincinnati in the 60s,they also made little kings

[@markschnabel1353]

Huedepohl and Burger were big in the Natty

[@mstallsmith4109]

We used to drink the hell out of little kings when I was young I wish they still made it

[@My_Feet_Smell_Like_Cheetos]

I drank many little kings while attending the U of C

[@Reubenhubert]

We drank gallons of Little Kings in the 70’s. Once I drank so many 7oz bottles I fell off the floor. I kept falling out of an armchair so I sat on the floor. I couldn’t even sit there without falling over. Those were the days. 😂

[@leesouth120]

We used to call them little killers.

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

Well done. I was at the old Blatzt and Scliitz Milwaukee brewery's taking pictures

[@RobertPapale]

Remember molson export beer red molson that beer was really 👍

[@sterlingrozier6380]

I like the golden cream ale

[@floydblandston108]

Is Moosehead still in business?

[@maplebones]

@@floydblandston108 Still big in New Brunswick.

[@davekirby7790]

Hamms Beer was the best of the lot and still is today next to Brown Derby Beer out of L.A back in the 60and 70s

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

OMG it was PBR that killed all these brands DREWYS was my mothers favorite beer. If it were in my powers I would like to create a special bar or pub that would cater to ALL the lost brands of beers from the past with the original taste and flavors people would remember from the past and keep it that way. But alas I am only dreaming here fun video thanks for posting

[@cliffordtreend2797]

Actually, it was Heilemann that bought them all up using junk bonds. Pabst swept them all up when Heilemann collapsed.

[@Lostmineagain]

The special bar that you want to go to is Barney Beanery in West Hollywood, CA. Over 100 beers to choose from.

[@scarharting5577]

It's Drewrys and it's been reborn. Look it up.

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

@@scarharting5577 Thanks you made my day😁😁😁

[@nicksflicks9592]

Nice video, thanks. You could do several videos just on each brand's jingles. (BTW, you listed Schafer twice: at #1 and at #20...neither of which entries had number titles like most of the other 18 you listed).

[@henrychinaski5223]

My favorites from back then were Schlitz, Olympia, Hamm's and Carling's Black Label.

[@larry3064]

Black Label is my favorite

[@Tomatohater64]

Yep, Carling Black Label. When my family moved into our new house back in 1977, it had a huge gameroom next to the basement. In the gameroom, there was a huge rotating, illuminated sign of Carling Black Label beer. Maybe two feet high by four feet long. I loved it.

[@MaurytheHedgehogDog]

Remember my folks drinking Olympia.

[@richarddouglas1712]

Great beer back when OLYMPIA BREWED IT THEMSELVES! IT'S THE WATER ..

[@MarkMiller-kz8nm]

​​@@richarddouglas1712Tumwater, Washington!! Evel Kinevel used to pound Oly at the Freeway Tavern in Butte, Montana!

[@tanner7495]

Remember the eighth of a keg called an Olyball??

[@ApothecaryGrant]

We had Pearl here

[@ApothecaryGrant]

Beer used to be more popular in the past, period . It used to be seen as a reward . Now its seen as a crutch by many people .

[@mikkibaker6907]

Blatz was the sponsor of The Amos and Andy TV show. That's why I tried t -- and I liked it!

[@celowski6296]

I remember the "stubby" bottles. When talking with your hands you didn't have to worry about knocking them over like today's long necks!

[@thelakeman5207]

Schaefer was THE beer to drink in the early 60's.

[@jamestomkin8784]

Still enjoying my hometown Genesee Beer!

[@Reubenhubert]

We drank gallons of Genny Cream in the 70s.

[@jamestomkin8784]

@Reubenhubert The Green Death! I graduated from high school in 1974 and we wore Creamers '74 buttons!

[@jonmitchell6442]

Love Genny Cream Ale

[@michaellazzeri2069]

Falstaff is what my step-father drank. that, & a brand you failed to mention, ' Schlitz " : " the beer that made Milwaukee Famous " --------I can still see him drinking one or the other. -------------MJL< 77 y/o

[@donaldperrotta8514]

I enjoyed Lucky Lager in the mid 1970’s !!!!

[@alanwchase7449]

ME too.Had a neighbor we used to haul hay for who also worked at Lucky Lager.Good Times.

[@solarguy1702]

Blitz Weinhard brewed right downtown in Portland Oregon. The best country in the country and the country's best beer!

[@MidKid61]

There were many beers omitted this time but in future posts consider these forgotten brands, Schmidt's (both Philadelphia and St. Paul), Duquesne, Rolling Rock, Augusteiner, Burger, Schoenling, Oertel's, Pearl, Lone Star, Jax, Rainier, Heidelberg, Buckhorn, Stag, Sterling, Genesee, Iroquois, Simon Pure and many others.

[@bootchop88]

lone star beer is still around and very popular in Texas

[@m.g.540]

Genesee is still going well in Northern NYS

[@vmj255]

And Altas

[@MaryBrownForFreedom]

Buckhorn... god that stuff was awful! NASTY! Friends drank it except when we showed up with cases of Schell's Deer Beer

[@mikebrase5161]

My Grandfather and Uncle both worked at the Lucky Brewery in Vancouver. When it closed Gramps retired and ny uncle became a Grain and Hopps inspector for the Port of Portland. I miss the puzzles on the inside of the caps.

[@paulm749]

Kinda surprised you left out Jax Beer - both of them! It was still pretty popular into the 1960's in Texas at least.

[@possomslim3014]

Being from New 0:01 Orleans Jax was there.. it was kinda bitter to my taste. I didn't see Dixie mentioned in the video. Was Dixie sold in Texas. I personally never drank Dixie Beer until they had a sudden price reduction. BTW, before that I was very loyal to Falstaff.

[@paulm749]

@@possomslim3014 Don't remember seeing Dixie very often. At the time, the major brands seemed to be Schlitz, Falstaff, Jax and Pearl.

[@hardingdies7811]

National Bohemian was also very big in the D. C. area, especially among the younger drinkers (18-20). Had to be 21 in nearby VA. And Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR) was the official/unofficial beer of the U.S. Navy's Submarine Service in the 70s & 80s, and still popular with us.

[@georgepetrin1334]

I guess Pabst bought every brewery that went out of business.

[@boblonergan7583]

Could say Narragansett correctly. Never heard of the Bay. Ballantine Ale I loved cold on a hot summer day. There were only 3 or 4 beers that I have had. I grew up in New England, went to California for the service and moved to Ohio after college. Saw a lot of different beers.

[@dap777754]

Not a sailor, then.

[@jimmartin1803]

Mabel, Black Label.

[@BruceJones-i9z]

Growing up in the 70s in Indiana I remember the adults drinking Schlitz, Fall City, and Pabst Blue Ribbon. A friend of mines dad would always while working on his vehicle have a Fall City while also listening to the St Louis Cardinals on the radio.

[@EducatedBlackMan]

You missed Carling's Black Label, Country Club Malt Liquor, Gunther, and Schlitz Bull.

[@boknows3841]

Black Label is brewed in Canada

[@waynerogers6621]

Rusty steel cans of Carling black label is all we had to drink at my base in Vietnam in 1969..

[@boknows3841]

Where l lived you drank Genesee cans and you kept Pabst bottles in case you got company. I drank Hamms, Olympia returnable bottles and Rheingold, and in college I drank 40 Oz Blatz bottles. Koehler was what everyone drank at social functions like church picnic. My Uncle drank 32 Oz Dubois Budweiser. When he opened the bottle he threw the cap away.

[@johnbarker3048]

So It seems Pabst is the death of the independent beers?

[@cliffordtreend2797]

Nope.

[@pb68slab18]

Pabst still brews and sell many of those regional labels.

[@jazzgtrs1243]

My father-in-law was a die hard Schaefer beer lover. He kept at least one if not two six packs in his fridge every day. Whenever I was at the house and went to the fridge to get a Coke there was his Schaefer next to it. He claimed it was the only beer he could drink, said other beers gave him a headache! If you didn’t like Schaefer you’d have to bring your own because he wouldn’t buy anything else. This went on for years. One day my brother-in- law brought a six pack of Michelob over to the house. My father-in-law must have run out of Schaefer and thirsty for a beer, drank some. Sometime later when I was at the house I went to the fridge for a Coke. Next to the Coke was a dozen bottles of Michelob. I never saw Schaefer beer in his fridge ever again.

[@timelliott4117]

When the drinking age was 18 kids couldn't aford good beer thats why they did well. They were cheap beers that tasted cheap, but if you drank enough of them, they all tasted good. People had more money when the drinking age went to 21 so they bought better beer. I have never run across someone who would choose PIELS over Molson the taste.

[@WoodgemanX]

Ay!

[@WoodgemanX]

Molson was the favorite of hosers Bob and Doug McKenzie.

[@johnscheibel5837]

Growing up in the 70s, Stag was the local favorite. I rediscovered it a few years ago. It's now brewed by Pabst.

[@johnglenn30csardas]

Rams Head Ale, and Stegmaier.

[@mickmacy6161]

Changing consumer preferences for light beer's and national brands. Pabst got it.

[@robertbroughton1443]

Being from Cincinnati, the first brand of beer I drank was Hudepohl gold. They also had Hudy delight, and in the early-mid 80's they came out with Christian Moerlein, which was marketed as a more sophisticated beer. All 3 had their distinct taste, but I preferred Hudy Gold.

[@jvsmith7888]

Didn't Hudepohl also make Burger Beer for a while? That was a good one!

[@robertbroughton1443]

​@@jvsmith7888 It's possible, I just don't remember that one.

[@My_Feet_Smell_Like_Cheetos]

Get nudey with with hudey

[@rafanifischer3152]

Although I no longer drink beer I have indulged in a few of the beers mentioned here: Schaefer, Blatz, Falstaff, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Hamms (from the land of sky blue waters!), and Rheingold. I can no longer drink beer but I still miss the taste of a cold one!

[@stephenkane7499]

Fall City was also the creator of Billy Beer.

[@barryh3547]

I remember growing up in the sixties and watching the New York Yankees and hearing Mel Allen say its a Ballantine blast. And by the way my dad drank Schaefer's.