I tried a 45 Year Old Busch Beer.

[@jshall14]

Fun story about the founding of Busch Beer. In 1955 Gussie Busch, the AB heir also owned the St Louis Cardinals. After the St Louis Browns moved to Baltimore, Busch bought Sportsmans Park in St Louis. He wanted to rename the park Budweiser Stadium, but the National League had a rule against corporate naming of ballparks at the time. To get around the rule, Busch renamed the park Busch Stadium and launched Busch Beer.

[@treehousebrewco]

Great story!

[@bryanptacek1161]

Thank you

[@McShag420]

RIP, Nate, you'll be missed. You did it for science!

[@juliusdover3683]

My name is Julius. I went to treehouse with some close friends about 6 years ago and we were blessed with some really top shelf brews. When were in line my buddy yelled , "Hey my friends name is Julius !!!" The whole brewery got together and gave me a round of applause. It was the coolest experience ever !! This brewery ROCKS !!!

[@Double_deuce22]

I appreciate your honest reviews. You set yourself apart from the “beer snobs” by giving an honest assessment based on an everyday person’s taste and preference. You do not unnecessarily attack the American beers; especially the light beers. They are what they are, and they serve a purpose. I think you make that abundantly clear in your reviews. Great job!

[@treehousebrewco]

Our pleasure- thank you.

[@finstor3386]

Just starting watching and its a lot of fun. Its made fun by him not making a face and saying how disgusting every macro American beer is. We all know the deal, and while they arent the best beers out there, we grew up drinking them, and they are still a good, enjoyable cold beer even if they arent what we would pick. If you are out there sweating on a hot day, in the sun, really thirsty and someone dropped off a cooler filled with different types of beer, its hard to imagine anyone choosing anything over Coors Light for that particular environment.

[@ericsalituro7365]

If Nate is interested in continuing these types of experiments, I live in central Massachusetts and I am in possession of an unopened 32 oz can of Miller High Life that is from the (as far as I can tell based on the pull tab) 1970s. I would gladly donate it to the cause as long as I can watch it be opened and poured:)

[@mkeysou812]

Excellent work Nate, DEFINETLY want to see more of these videos!

[@treehousebrewco]

Thanks! Will do!

[@CraigLafferty]

Busch Bavarian was the very first beer I tried at 4 years old when I picked up my dad's quart bottle in 1969. I still remember that flavor to this day. Being a beer can collector, I would put that can at 1975-77. Maybe earlier because they ran some test markets on aluminum cans much earlier than other breweries.

[@TheDennys21]

Was beer better 50 years ago? Or is it better now? Or is it pretty much the same?

[@PartyTimeBrewing]

So what you're saying is that I should try out the full Billy Beer that my dad has kicking around somewhere. Cheers!

[@treehousebrewco]

godspeed

[@kurtmehrmann]

Hilarious. "Not feeling very well." Cut video, I'm gonna hurl! That was fascinating to watch. What fun! The condition of the liquid was impressive. I was expecting a caramel sludge, to ooze out.

[@ElCaminoMasLargoBrewing]

It looks like you had a bit of an audience. If I was there you would have heard me screaming out, “don’t do it, Nate! Think of your family!” 😂

[@dalefrolander3583]

I found an unopened can of Schlitz stout malt liquor in the ceiling of my house, which was built in 1973. It has the old pull tab on it like your can has.

[@jamarimutt]

Excellent instructive video. Looking forward to more on this topic.

[@LachieDazdarian]

We were close to a "a man drinks a 45 years old can of beer and dies!" 😂 But anyway, just recently subscribed to this channel and going through videos is such a treasure trove rummaging. This channel deserves to have a mil of subscribers at least. Great stuff!

[@treehousebrewco]

thank you! Hopefully!

[@danielcolaco5981]

You’re one brave dude, man… 😅

[@scottgoebel4671]

I once found a six pack of old Lowenbrau dark in a house i was working on. Tallied my way into taking it home, chilled it with anticipation. It was flat as a board and nasty like dirty socks. Wish i had kept the five left now that i know you would take a hit…

[@danmcconnell5941]

I used to collect beer cans as a kid in the late 70s, I remember those Busch cans. Also I once had a growler of IPA that sat for a month and it was dead as can be.

[@jeffreymartens2793]

“It’s like drinking a shoe!” 😂

[@tommyjohn_45]

Great content! Would love to see a video that goes into detail on aging beer. Why you can with some, not with others, what the brewing process consists of, etc. 🍻

[@treehousebrewco]

Thank you! There is a video on the channel about freshness and there are some tidbits in there

[@justinbleier3456]

I was there when you were filming this! Felt like I was watching rockstars at work!

[@GIZMOSkH]

I have tons of old beer that I bought from an estate sale years ago. I have a few Lucky lagers with the US presidents on them. Another Lucky Bock beer. A can from the Fort Collins Budweiser grand opening in 1988. A few other budweiser limited edition bottles from 1998 and a really old brown bottled Guinness.

[@andrewbretz3160]

While I'm definitely not jealous of your experience drinking the 45-year-old Busch, I wish it was possible to have a fresh can of the Busch that was brewed in that era to taste beside the currently brewed recipe. Fun video!

[@treehousebrewco]

that would indeed be neat!

[@johnharvey4911]

My brother has an unopened 6 of Bad Frog beer from the early 80's - it was completely gross when fresh. maybe age has helped it - Wanna give that a try!!!!!

[@Garrettdx1988]

The guys on Good Mythical Morning would describe the taste of that 45 year old Busch as Boggs

[@martinhill4463]

In a future taste test of various beer brands, I would like to see a couple of Canadian brands in the mix. Molson Canadian and Kokanee.

[@treehousebrewco]

Great suggestion!

[@mr.g3588]

Let’s get this out onto a tray, nice mkay

[@jaredburke7461]

Hi Nate, I have a 30 year old bottle of Shipyard Export ale to commemorate the commissioning of the USS Maine we’d love to find out how it still tastes. Has some sentimental meaning behind it as well. Happy to message the details and photos.

[@thenarrator869]

Mainer here. Cool bottle. Don't open it! Lol

[@NCFB4Life33]

Just bought a mixed case from Charlton location yesterday. Several beers didn't have a "canned on" date.

[@treehousebrewco]

Which ones? It happens sometimes. Can help.

[@NCFB4Life33]

@@treehousebrewco The beers were Azure, Doppelganger and Doomfire. From Hop Box of Dreams

[@joshuahedrick]

Busch Beer when it was Busch Bavarian Beer when I was much younger tasted completely different then it does now, and the abv was 4.6 instead of 4.3

[@tubemetubeyou]

We drank a 75 year old Holihans's beer at Homebrew Club plus a 25 year old homebrew. These tastings are always interesting.

[@treehousebrewco]

holy cow

[@alpha-male1959]

Awesome channel!! I just subscribed 👍

[@MichaelCasullo]

lololol "...drinking a corpse." Amazing!

[@TheDennys21]

A disturbing yet accurate statement i reckon.

[@anothercitizen4867]

I have a Stroh beer and an Old Style lager both from the early 90s. Wonder how they’ve aged?

[@alexandrahartman7574]

I’d love to send you two premium 👌 cans of “Daytona 1994 Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles Beer”. Brewed and filled by the Joseph Huber Brewing company of Monroe, Wisconsin. No idea what kind of beer it is, it just says “Ride Straight”. It’ll be fantastic, if for no other reason than the vintage can design is great!

[@DavidFleck]

If Rhett and Link ran a brewery channel

[@davewilliamson9022]

That was impressive, the things you do for science

[@IllyaLeonovMorganFreepony]

Busch was the best cheap beer on the market in the 1970's. Then they changed the formula and the can design and it went to sh**. That is one of the good ones you have there.

[@massivebeers]

Julius cans with old school pull tabs or this video never happened! Always wanted to rip one of those old cans from flea market, back on my radar yet again, this was fun!

[@treehousebrewco]

we have some old Julius cans that we will do next!

[@AdamRossD]

I have a bottle of Potosi Porter from 1950 behind my home bar. The cap is rusty and it looks like about an inch has evaporated from the neck. The liquid was crystal clear on the shelf of the antique store. I assumed someone had refilled it with water, but all those solids shook up enough on the way to the cash register that it looks like a porter again. I'm too scared to try it. Speaking of 70s booze, next week a couple buddies and I are going to taste an unopened bottle of Jim Beam from 1974. I'm guessing it held up better than the Busch.

[@treehousebrewco]

i can get down with the beam, that will be awesome!

[@paulff3]

Morning Nate. Remember, "Drink Fresh!"

[@treehousebrewco]

i should take my own advice 🤣

[@paulff3]

@@treehousebrewco I took a cooler of various Treehouse offerings to Rochester NY for Thanksgiving. They were well received! 🙂

[@stephensmith5514]

I have some Guinness Extra Stout from the 70s I can send to you guys for a stout comparison 😉

[@Longm8]

Out of a can? You're brave, drinking plenty of the liner by now no doubt

[@treehousebrewco]

eeeeeek

[@n8311a]

My thoughts exactly. That taste was probably all the BPA and whatever other chemicals were used then. Get that man a spittoon!

[@BellofattoBrews]

I need to try your Julius, please ship to Maryland.

[@kapado690]

This man either has no fear or has super faith in his brew work!!

[@treehousebrewco]

🚀

[@ArdFarkable]

He only brews the highest rated beers in the country. LEGEND!

[@wallycox4579]

I have a can of Coors Light that I've had in my fridge for many years. I never opened it because it was only half filled. The can is now a little collapsed. I wonder how bad it is now. Clearly there is no pressure in the can.

[@TheDennys21]

How is it only half filled? Have you opened it?

[@wallycox4579]

@@TheDennys21I could tell by the weight. It is still sealed.

[@willtrippe8982]

I have a bottle of Troegs mad elf from 2011 I'd trade for some fresh tree house.

[@scottkasper6378]

If a person from the late ‘70s, the day the Busch light was canned, had a Time Machine and watched this they’d be like “cool. See? My hairdo, beard and trucker hat are still in style fifty years from now. Even my penant is still in”

[@treehousebrewco]

👍🏻

[@leehaseley2164]

They sure knew how to can corpse juice in the year I was born!😋

[@treehousebrewco]

👻

[@hoosierfreak40]

We should bring back pull-tab cans

[@lars2894]

I mean, I bet if we could somehow go back in time and compare 2023 stuff to 45 year old stuff in the day, the older Busch would taste better

[@briand8713]

Please bring back growlers 🙏🏼

[@robertkatz8093]

Is it possible that if you let it breathe for an hour or so, like an old bottle of wine, the volatile acidity might disappear and the flavor would be good?

[@treehousebrewco]

Doubtful

[@marcusbowling5308]

I wonder how he was feeling after the filming as he did say before it ended he was starting to quickly feel funny

[@treehousebrewco]

i held it together, wasn’t too bad.

[@BurtonGuster57]

I wonder if you could get a hold of some Red Dog beer for a taste.

[@treehousebrewco]

ISO

[@ogm19881]

The growlers usually don't hold carbonation well. It all depends on what caps were used.

[@treehousebrewco]

Indeed. We switched to the ones with convex plastic liners not long after. Those hold up.

[@MyMW3Channel]

Why do older cans simply look better? The shape was just better.

[@treehousebrewco]

like many old things, indeed..

[@dlhartwell]

Had the julius growler been kept cold? Would it have mattered?

[@treehousebrewco]

yep. we used two diff types of growler caps over the years… one version had a convex mechanism that formed a resilient seal and then this type which is just flat and clearly didn’t hold up!

[@Seether1975]

So Nate, did your stomach keep up afterwards? I was worried when I saw the rust on the tab of the Busch can.

[@treehousebrewco]

Felt a bit gnarly for a bit but I’m ok now

[@keithfleming3042]

So we shouldn't be expecting 10 year aged Julius to be released?

[@treehousebrewco]

😂

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

Did the Busch come with the antidote or did you have to pay extra for that?

[@kevmorris3000]

Pull tabs. I haven’t seen those since I was a kid.

[@Clayd6287]

barleywine is life

[@paulyoungblood7484]

He said brand new "Busch light". he's actually drinking a standard busch beer.

[@natefalardeaudrums]

Wears hat that says Live Well, Drink Fresh *proceeds to drink 45 year old beer.

[@curtpick628]

One brave soul 😅😅

[@carlosmatos9848]

Busch Bavarian lol! The only thing Bavarian about Busch is that it smells like a urinal at a German beer hall.

[@mattmatthews3909]

Are these chilled or room temp?

[@treehousebrewco]

chilled

[@jumpinallans]

Who laughed when Nate said wash it down with a fresh bush?

[@user-cf6pr8sq3u]

What does a beer at ph=4 do to the inside lining of a can for 45 years. I would never put that shit into my body! But hey, it did look great

[@masonfisher1535]

Ten years ago a growler of Julius was a little hard to come by! What were you saving it for?

[@treehousebrewco]

this video I suppose. 🤣

[@scene.objects]

Bring back growlers!!

[@slheinlein]

So the big question for me...did you keep the 45 year old Busch down or did it come back up??

[@treehousebrewco]

held it down!!

[@finspin4984]

I feel like there should be a pinned comment saying Nate is alive and functioning

[@treehousebrewco]

😯

[@mattbuchanan9024]

I am disappointed that you didnt say BUSCHHHHHHHH while opening it.

[@mkmead2006]

You are a brave soul doing gods work LOL

[@treehousebrewco]

🙏🏼

[@JJMassar]

Nothing better than some fresh bush. 😑

[@Zackaryah]

We were all expecting you to do some Exorcism puke after first sip of that 45 yr old Busch 😂😂 Must have been pretty rancid lol

[@treehousebrewco]

we were 100% ready for a spit take but i held it down! 🤣

[@Zackaryah]

@treehousebrewco hats off to ya for having a stomach as sturdy as those tanks 🫡 It was amusing nonetheless 😆 - Time to get a spittoon behind that testing box just in case.

[@user-pt9lt7kd8u]

How is that beer tasting?

[@treehousebrewco]

it’s in the vid. 🙏🏼

[@zackgalleur8141]

Am I seeing things or did you guys post a PBR on nitro video that got taken down pretty quickly? Thought I saw something along those lines… 🤔

[@treehousebrewco]

wasn’t us

[@nh1662]

That was the guys at Clawhammer 🤙

[@zackgalleur8141]

@@nh1662 ahhh, must have been a recommended video! Thank you! 🍻

[@FermentationAdventures]

I can send you a 30 year old bottle of Thomas Hardy Ale.

[@treehousebrewco]

ohh I have old bottles of that, they usually taste great

[@FermentationAdventures]

unfortunately, I inherited the bottles I have from a friend who since past. The were not cellared properly and probably alternated temperatures between 40 and 90 in the run of the year at times. @@treehousebrewco

[@joeb3002]

Is there any hope we will get to use our Tree House growlers again?

[@bodybybeerpodcast]

This video is a masterpiece - deserving of a million views!

[@treehousebrewco]

Let’s get it there!

[@Saturday8pm]

Yeah, UHHHhhh …

[@edbelben6273]

Id drink a 10 year old julius before a 2 month old bush

[@bryanthrow]

The one time I went to the Charleston Treehouse location I was bitten by three dogs, kicked by a child, & then spent $18 on a cold grilled cheese sandwich from a food truck while getting barked at & screamed at by more dogs and children.

[@petegow663]

This did not help my hangover🤣🤢

[@treehousebrewco]

… oh no 😭

[@mf1462]

Did you know beer has four ingredients, but one of them can kill you? Find out which one from a PRO brewer!

[@LibertyMonk]

Can't they all?

[@bushmaster4135]

Thats not a busch light😮

[@pimhoff]

Busch wasn’t very good when it went in the can in the 1970s. I was afraid you would drop dead when you drank it.

[@treehousebrewco]

🤣 glad i made it out alive

[@leroygross9144]

🤣🤪👍

[@finspin4984]

😂😂

[@MrModaman]

Growlers are not a good way for long-term storage.

[@treehousebrewco]

yeah…

[@huskavarnaband]

Breaking news"" HE DIED

[@treehousebrewco]

still going 🏄🏻‍♂️🤣

[@mainebeer]

Con artist

[@tufaznail]

Haha! Nate is definitely a hypochondriac.

[@krj1979]

@chubbyemu

[@Sub4dkg1]

Strong work Nate, i was expecting you to say the aroma of that 45 year old bush light was similar to formaldehyde…side note: I am loving the Trail Fresh Hop Strata. Incredible accomplishment: picked/flight/Tree House all within 12 hours.

[@treehousebrewco]

the aroma was the only redeeming quality… 🤢