Vintage Beer Brands That Are Sadly Missed!

Americans love their beer, and it's a big industry with a long history. But over time, there are always winners and losers in this competitive market. Some beers that were once extremely popular have simply fallen out of favor and vanished, never finding their way back into a bottle, can, or keg. So, these are the vintage beer brands that are sadly missed.
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[@Justnobody0950]

My dad was in WWII and a big farmer in South Alabama. He always kept a small cooler either on the tractor or combine he was on with a 6 pack of Falstaff beer. As I was growing up from the 50's and 60's with my Dad. I would be in the fields with him on a different tractor. And at the end of a hot summer day my Grandpa WWI would meet us at a pond we had with his cane fishing pole and a can of worms. And he usually brought more Falstaff with him. We would park our tractors, and get under a big old live oak tree near the pond. And my Dad would look at me and say, "sport there is nothing any better than smelling fresh turned dirt, sitting under this tree and a good cold beer. Here have one with me. Just don't tell momma!" I'm 69 now and O' how I still miss thoes days and especially my Dad and Grandpa. They will always be my heroes.

[@fredstriker2042]

Was the first beer I ever tasted with a bunch of friends in a vacant lot

[@jerrysanders9101]

You didn’t call him pawpaw in Bama? Great story btw.

[@johnchandler1687]

Falstaff was first beer I got a buzz from. 1966 Holiday In Dixie Carnival in Shreveport, Louisiana. 😊

[@wfsfghthkh866]

Grew up on a tobacco farm in N.C..we had Kruger/ old Milwaukee sometimes, lances peanut butter nabs.....fish sandwiches, beer..and 22 acres of tobacco in 110 degree summer days..

[@billgund4532]

Great story!

[@garyleibitzke4166]

As a kid growing up in Wisconsin in the 1950s and 1960s I always enjoyed the humor of the Hamms beer commercials.

[@MysteriaSdrassa]

Hamms, Rhinelander, Old Style... all great beers

[@keathp2744]

Hamm's the beer refreshing... Hamm's the beer refreshing...

[@risseldyrosseldy910]

I think they were "slipstreaming" behind the popularity of Yogi the Bear (Hanna Baberra cartoon).And in the process , making customers for the future

[@billgrandone3552]

From the land of sky blue waters to the john with yellow pee. Hamm's beer.

[@johnleos1687]

I'm 59 and still remember the Hamm's bear! 2024!

[@michaellrakes5521]

Hamm's is alive and well again and sells pretty well in my area. Cheap, effective and good tasting!

[@jasonwilliamson8416]

I had a few Hamms just last night out by my fire pit!

[@seume]

It’s around but I don’t know about good taste.

[@joesphschramm3754]

I think they were the first to do 30 packs. It was called, The Beer Chest.

[@michaellrakes5521]

@@seume when's the last time you tried one?

[@seume]

@@michaellrakes5521 fairly recent just didn’t care for it.

[@user-wm1js2no9x]

Back when the world was a better place.🍺

[@markme4]

They will say that about now in a hundred years

[@durindaau8085]

I remember commercials for Carling Black Label beer. I wish these videos were a couple hours long. Takes me back to a kinder, simpler time.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

The Vietnam War was a kinder, simpler time????????

[@gregggoss2210]

​@vicepresidentmikepence889 , yeah it was, anything else?

[@rhipsalislvr7141]

Schmidt's. Came in small bottles. This was late 1970s in Colorado. Was about $1.99 a six pack. 99¢ on sale.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

@gregggoss2210 Sorry, 58,000 Young, American boys, coming home in body bags, is not kinder, simpler times

[@kengoodwin5838]

Label, Black Label

[@markwickk]

Old Milwaukee.. wow..my best friend growing up.. made that beer famous.. he never was without a twelve pack..id drink one..he drinks eleven.. Dedicated he was..lost him over a year ago..61 years old.. RIP my friend.

[@daawedge9324]

my friend "ron beerman " , had " OLD MILL !!! " written of the front of his hot fod chevy truck !!! "

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

friend was Budweiser 12 pack me one him 11 and we tru them into. pile in the back yard mt Budweiser

[@jamesbertolini-rh4mw]

Cheers. My college roommates and I built an entertainment center out of Old Mil cases of bottles 84-89

[@normanthompson4729]

Shaffer beer was brewed in Allentown pa, I drank it in the mid 60's went I was in high school.

[@wesleywooten1655]

I loved their light beer! One of the best and I mourned its departure for a long time.

[@romine777]

I remember their commercial with "Hey, Mabel, Black Label" and she would wink at the camera.

[@johnyoung9874]

Yep !

[@daawedge9324]

a very good beer !!!

[@billgrandone3552]

The first song bI ever sang when I was three or four was "Hey Mabel , Black Label, Carling's Black Label Beer,"

[@garyszewc3339]

I don't remember hey Mabel, I remember a whistle, Mabel Black Label. Back when men would whistle for the waitress.

[@da_mask]

I loved that commercial!

[@David-wy9jl]

Schlitz was the number 2 beer at one time just behind Budwizer.

[@mal1465]

Drank Schlitz dark and I have to tell you that bull kicked my ass a few times

[@jacksons1010]

Schlitz was even #1 ahead of Anheuser-Busch back in the 1950’s. Bad management destroyed the brand: going into the ‘70’s they skimped on ingredients (corn syrup instead of malted barley!?!) and added some chemicals to try and fake the quality - they got caught. A disastrously bad advertising campaign accelerated the declining sales and workers who hadn’t had a raise in years went on strike, killing the company.

[@EricT3769]

Haha. I remember in the early 70s running around the yard at my grandparents’ house and the old folks sitting outside drinking Schlitz. I stopped and asked my grandpa for a sip. He told me I wouldn’t like it, but I wanted to try it anyway and he let me. He was right. Lol. Sometime around 2010 I was in downtown Baton Rouge and stopped and ate at a place called Schlitz & Giggles. The dough for my pizza was made with Schlitz beer. Actually wasn’t bad.

[@tmscheum]

Schlitz and Blatz. Grew up in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

[@cmans79tr7]

​@@mal1465- TV commercial way back when: "We say BULL! the Schlitz Malt Liquor BULL!"😂

[@Nancy-vi4cr]

You forgot Stroh’s Beer from Detroit. Tasted great with Detroit style pizza.

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

I grew up in Detroit and Stroh's was king. Remember when you could tour the brewery and get free beer at the end? I even liked Stroh's Ice Cream. The good old Bohemian style beer! Until they left and moved west. After that it was never as good. Kind of like what they say happens to Guinness when it crosses the ocean. I hated American Guinness but a friend talked me into trying it at a German pub that had it on tap. We sat there for the next couple hours drinking the stuff. Some things are just meant to be near where they were born.

[@j.bjornson4148]

Yep. I used to love Stroh's beer!

[@ericpetersen8155]

Alex was the Stroh’s mascot dog

[@timmillan6701]

Strohs was a pretty good beer, and quite different from most. I think they said the process was different- like maybe ‘fire brewed’?

[@edgein3299]

Strohs still available, but no longer fire brewed.

[@tomhowe1510]

My dad played baseball with the Cubs club from 1942-1956. His yearly contract was the minimum $ plus bonuses AND on the road staying at team motels, he got a Steak Dinner, a Pitcher of Budweiser, a pack of Chesterfields, and any Wrigleys product, daily. Its in his contact. I have it.

[@Calrad]

That is sooo cool!😎😎

[@rorybellamy2533]

I drank Olympia beer in Missouri in 1981 when i was 14 years old.

[@paulstevekillian3882]

There is so much junk on You Tube. This guy produces so much quality content. I'm 55 years old and I can relate to so much of his subject matter. I want to wish him every success.

[@donwyoming1936]

The best part about Olympia was the price. Grocery stores often had it under $5 a case. 🤠

[@JamesSmith-pc6bh]

Used to drink this when I was stationed at fort Lewis. A few of us would get a case or two and drink it while watching "the great white north".

[@skipperclinton1087]

Ahhh, in the stubbies!

[@davidsilvercreek8541]

Ever heard of Red Fox?

[@RowdyBorders-ni3ti]

1980

[@dougkenny6548]

​@@RH-sb5coClint and Jeff Bridges also drank it in the 1974 flick Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

[@flashkellam7395]

Olympia and Falstaff were my father's favorites.

[@kenttm42]

I miss Olympia beer. My family and I would often go on the brewery tours and enjoy a couple of glasses of Oly and Oly dark on tap in the hospitality room afterwards. Really miss those days.

[@joebarr725]

When I was an underaged drinker in high school, Olympia was our preferred beer. It came in those stubby bottles. Brewed in Tumwater, Washington. Their ads featured a jingle that sang "Oly-Oly-O".

[@mercoid]

Okay… What about Schmitz? What about Shaffer? What about Rhinegold?

[@lovly2cu725]

BALLENTINE

[@edgein3299]

@@lovly2cu725 Ballantine might still be available in the Northeast

[@cmans79tr7]

​@edgein3299 - Yes. Ballantine Ale occasionally surfaces here and there but it is not the same.😢

[@jefffuller9918]

Schaefer is still around. It is owned now by Pabst Co. I get a case every now and then.

[@the-kilted-trucker59]

At lease you didn't include slitz beer, will several people I knew it was known for cleaning out your colon!

[@scottcheely7553]

Dad always had a 12 pack of Lucky Lager in the old 50's fridge in the garage. Him and the neighbor would drink them while working on the car!

[@jefflilyea4669]

Genesee bock beer once a year and Genny cream ale . Still pumping it out after 70 years

[@JillWhitcomb1966]

My Dad was a World War II vet, and Hamm's was the only beer that he drank. Keep in mind though, he drank Hamm's in the 1940's and never bothered to try anything else. And, Minnesota was 'right next door', so he felt he was supporting a regional business, as well. However, I never saw him drink more than three beers per year.

[@joebarr725]

I remember drinking Hamms Draft in the 70s. The cans looked like little silver kegs, slightly bulging in the middle.

[@stephenrivera4382]

From the land of sky-blue waters… 😊

[@stephenrivera4382]

The Philip Philips hit song “Home” is almost a virtual copy of the Hamm’s theme song…

[@lpd1snipe]

When I met my future father-in-law Bert in 1981, who was also a World War II Navy Vet, that was when I first had Hamm's beer. I drank it for years until I couldn't find it anymore here in Florida.

[@Vector_Ze]

I had an uncle who lived in Minneapolis and worked for Hamm's. That's the only beer he would let in his house. At least, that's the story my mother, his sister-in-law related to me. It seems he made a career with Hamm's.

[@lagodifuoco313]

We drank Hamm's in California also Olympia, Lowenbrau, Meister Brau, Moosehead, Rainier and Fosters. I mostly remember the commercials.

[@floydsemlow8253]

Loved MooseHead ❤

[@joebarr725]

I remember two Canadian beers. I preferred Moosehead to Molson.

[@charliemessenger6537]

The Moose is Loose! Loved Moosehead.

[@lagodifuoco313]

Hamm's: "From the land of sky blue waters... waters... Hamm's the beer refreshing...Hamm's the beer refreshing...Hamm's." 🎶 Rainier: "Rrrrrrrrrraaaaaaneeeeeerrrrrrbeeeeeeeerrrrrrr..... " Fosters: "Fosters, Australian for beer mate"

[@jerrywoods4066]

We had most of those back in Chicago as well back then.

[@michaelfred8848]

Growing up in Louisville Kentucky I remember that we had three local breweries, Ortels, Fehrs and FallsCity. I went to work at FallsCity in July or August of 65 after I got out of the Marines and stayed there until 1972 when I started getting laid off and went to work for Kroger.

[@martinpope3835]

FROM THE LAND OF SKY BLUE WATERS! yo, i'm a minnesotan

[@mikefisc9989]

I remember Schmidt beer from the 1970's. Those beer cans had some of the greatest artwork from an advertising standpoint of any beer can in history. IIRC, those cans were highly collectable....Yes, beer can collections were a thing in the 70's.

[@robertschmidt9296]

I drank Schmidt beer in the early 80s. Still have some cans.

[@tallman369]

Philly Beer.

[@billdemarce1789]

Big mouth was my favorite

[@thomaspowers5845]

I had all of them. 38 different ones. Wish I still had them 😢

[@jeffmills5827]

Yes they had great nature pics on all of them

[@footballlvnlady]

I come from the beer capital of the United States….Wisconsin. My dad drank Pabst, Blatz and Old Milwaukee in the 60’s and 70’s. I remember Hamm’s ads with the bear.

[@j.bjornson4148]

In Minnesota we had Hamm's, Schmidt Brewing, Schell's, and Grain Belt. Minnesota and Wisconsin had some great beer!

[@noneofyourbusiness7094]

And Bub's beer in MN too.

[@user-jx7mq8bs3m]

Loved Blatz light cream ale in the small 8 oz. bottles along with the 16 oz. goose necks of Miller High Life. Yum drinking good times in the 70's.

[@edgein3299]

@@noneofyourbusiness7094 you could buy a case of 16 oz returnable bottles of Bubs for $3.99 back in the 70’s

[@ricpowers1475]

Yeesh, i grew up der too dontcha kno...lotsa great unknown beers from up der, hey?

[@dandankovic3827]

When I was younger Olympia used to sell disposable pony kegs called olly balls. 3and a half cases in a round white ball with a pump and hose. We would fill the trunk of the car with snow from the ice rink, put the olly ball in there and hit the drive inn for a double feature. Crazy times. Lol

[@BIGD-gj1vb]

I still miss the original Michelob Dry. High school memories ❤

[@some1funny28]

My dad drank Schaefer beer. 1960s to 80...90s? I never saw a bottle/he drank cans. I just checked and it is still around in very limited areas in the US owned by Boston Brewing Co and/or Pabst. I even saw a t-shirt I could buy in memory of my dad.

[@davidwalling9081]

Schaefer Beer was only beer drunk in my fraternity in 60's. but when in dire straits i woild buy the ever popular "Giltedge" beer produced by GrandUnion grocery stores!!

[@brianlayne9742]

Schaefer 30PK 19.99 here LongIsland NY

[@tomconnerton1760]

The one beer to have when your having more than one lol

[@rhillzbob]

corn made

[@chipcook6646]

Great Beer good price‼️

[@scottmcwave9479]

Lucky Lager had the riddles under the cap!

[@marycampeau9378]

i remember that!!

[@barryf5479]

I had some coworkers (three guys) that rented a house. They drank Lucky Lager a LOT. The flipped the bottle caps with the anagrams and "flew them" in their living room. Lots of bottle caps in that living room.

[@youtubecensors5419]

There was a brewery in downtown Vancouver, Washington whose capital "L" dominated the modest skyline. I'd comb the banks of the Columbia because people would always drink it there and toss the caps on the rocks. I'd go home with tons of them and we'd pass them around, solving them after dinner.

[@davidlynds9483]

I didn't particularly like Lucky Lager, but it was cheap and had the rebus puzzles that were fun. I wish I had kept them! I think a 12 pack was $2.99 and $3.18 after tax

[@silverstem2964]

I used to drink Lucky and Red Dog and Killian's Red when I lived in California years ago.

[@bobdickerson3434]

My grandfather drank Ballentine beer. It was advertised during Phillies games, and a huge billboard was in the outfield of Connie Mack Stadium.

[@joeyjamison5772]

Ballentine beer was also popular around the New York City area. I can still remember Mel Allen hawking it between innings of NY Yankees baseball games.

[@teleteg787]

@@joeyjamison5772 In Yankee Stadium, Mel Allen would proclaim each home run a "Ballantine Blast."

[@martyjewell5683]

@@joeyjamison5772Yup, good ol' Mel. The jingle...Make a ring and add another ring and then another ring and then you've three rings...I can still hear it.

[@joeyjamison5772]

@@martyjewell5683 And then [to the agony of every English teacher] "Gen-you-wine Ballentine!"

[@fredstriker2042]

I quit drinking beer when michelob light went to ultra. The original michelob light was outstanding

[@raym909]

beer history is always fun. my first beer was, my uncle asked me to get a beer from the fridge. i took a few sips befor i gave it to him. he would ask me and my cousin to get him a beer. did not ever figure out we gave him a half of a can of beer. was fun to grow up in the 50's

[@timmillan6701]

So funny - dad had a ‘workshop’ in the backyard and would send me to refrigerator to fetch his 7oz Rolling Rock bottles. He called them Pony Bottles. Soon I was opening them ( and tasting them)for him, and later I was getting one for me when I got his and drinking it behind the workshop. It was never more than one for me, it was quite enough. I was 11, in 1972. The beer itself was pretty good, and at 7oz, it never made it to the warm stage!

[@frankhenry9130]

Oh ,I bet he did!

[@jamesburgin8168]

My first beer was Busch back in 1974 when I had just turned 18 and joined the military.

[@iasimov5960]

I remember all those brands except Krueger. I expected mention of Blatz (my favorite for many years) and Schlitz, but no. I did not realize so many of those familiar names are no longer with us.

[@jasmith1867]

A lot of us here are coming up with a lot of left out names. I guess who ever made this video had limited knowledge and limited time. But overall it was a fun video. It brought back memories that I'd forgotten.

[@caseysasmr9210]

Schlitz is still around. Here in Pennsylvania. Just hard to come by.

[@cudaus1]

I think a company somewhere in Texas is brewing Schlitz. Pabst brewed it for a while.@@caseysasmr9210

[@johnkestly4762]

I buy Blatz in 12 oz bottles here in Wisconsin, still tastes great.

[@sprsmoke]

My uncle worked at Krueger in Newark. When they closed he moved to Pabst in Newark. Newark had many breweries because of their water which came down from Canadian style glacial lakes in North Jersey. Ballantine was another large brewery in Newark which sponsored the NY Yankees.

[@bozokarl]

Back in the 90's Meister Brau was our go to cheap beer if we were broke. A case of Miller or Michelob was $15 a case Meister Brau was $7.99

[@midnightflyer7510]

Yup, same for us in the early eighties

[@qazzaq248]

Reingold...... the dry beer. Everybody liked it. Young, old, rich, poor, Black, White.........tasted great!

[@marksmith4582]

I remember Grainbelt Beer. Brewed here in the upper Midwest!

[@davidbalvin8112]

Back in the late 1960s I worked for Gray Company (Graco) which was in Minneapolis, right across the street from Diamond Wells the Grain Belt brewery.

[@maryschaller1988]

@@davidbalvin8112 Good friends, good times, and Grain Belt beer - The best things in life are here!

[@deanladue5367]

When i was very young i remembered a Grainbelt delivery truck stopping at our neighbors house across the street about once every couple of weeks. Found out later that he worked at the brewery in Northeast MPLS, and they would deliver 4 cases to his house. Always wondered why he was always in a good mood.

[@jennysheetrock4615]

Anyone else drink Stroh's in the late 1970s ?

[@MonGoalian]

Aye. Also drank it in 1960s. Lindell's AC, Disc Jockey Lounge, Roostertail Upper Deck and many more. Strohs rotted my guts and my brain.

[@MountPindos]

From one beer lover to another...Stroh's Beer.

[@thomasmann3804]

Yes. I remember "Stroh a party" tv commercial.

[@exnjute]

Drank Stroh's beer at college in Ohio in the early 60s......also Schoenling, , Blatz, Hamm's and Carling.

[@thomasmann3804]

@@exnjute Schoenling Little Kings cream ale!

[@jamescoffman5756]

I remember Olympia beer commercials, and it really wasn't bad tasting beer.

[@AnonYmous-jp8uu]

My dad (1936-2013 ) talked about how much he loved Falstaff, but I never got to try it. I did get the 70's version of Schlitz from his hand though. And I LOVED it. I still love beer. and Dad. Jax was crap according to all my old uncles back then

[@SilverFatBoy]

I remember the Rainer beer commercial: A motorcycle, traveling on a road, My Rainer in the background. The three upshifts....Raiiiiiiiin. eeeeer, beeeeeer

[@TerryCloth]

My parents were beer drinkers and I remember seeing Hamms and Olympia beer in our fridge back in the 1960s when I was a kid.

[@cmans79tr7]

Terry@ - Ha! When I was younger (in the 1960's) I would play bartender and retrieve quarts of Iron City from the fridge for them as they ran out😂

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

I think Hamms and Olympia just suffered from declining promotion more than lack of interest.

[@arar8632]

Here are my lost beers: 1. Horlacher. My father's beer, dry and hoppy, the beer he let me drink at home as a teen in the mid-1960's. I can still occasionally remember its taste. 2. Rheingold, with their jingle sung to the tune of Waldteufel's 'Student Waltz': My beer is Rheingold the dry beer, Think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer, It's not bitter, not sweet, It's the extra-dry treat, Won't you try extra-dry Rheingold beer? 3. Packard's Class A Beer and Class Ale. Packard's was a department store in Hackensack NJ that had a liquor store. In the late 1960's early 1970's a case cost $5 or $6 dollars.

[@Forsaken_Outlaw]

I remember when i was a child walking into the A&P store & they had a big display of beer, black & white cans that just read “Beer”.😂

[@MrDan708]

Stroh's used to be widely advertised before it imploded around 2000. Schmidt's and Schaeffer used to be commonly found here in PA. I still remember the Schaeffer ad jingle, "Schaeffer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one!" My Dad used to drink either Rolling Rock (another PA brewer) or Carling Black Label.

[@johnchandler1687]

Stroh's "fire brewed" beer had it's own unique flavor. Then Schlitz bought them and it became just another beer. Guess they saved a few pennies on making it and it disappeared thereafter. 😕

[@garymilner2544]

I miss Stroh's too

[@stevej.1428]

Stroh's is still available. Just not in all markets. It's made by Pabst nowadays, but still has the same design and logo. Can't say much about the taste anymore as the last one I had was in the 80's, so I couldn't tell you if it's the same or not.

[@CathyHolton-jh1xv]

I remember my Grandfather drinking Rheingold Beer in Brooklyn, New York for a while. I feel like this was circa 1975 or so. They bring it back for a season every now and again as a blast from the past. How close it is to the original recipe, I’ll likely never know.

[@martyjewell5683]

My dad was a Rheingold/Schaffer beer guy. Had my first sip in 1955 as a 5yr old and hated the bitter taste but loved the foam. One of the few things I remember about my early youth.

[@terrieladow6423]

I'm 60 and my 1st beer was a bi-centennial Falstaff!!! I was 12 and it took me 2hrs to drink!!!! I'll never forget it 😂😂😂😂

[@gregwilliams386]

We used to drive down to Ensenada and buy Tecate really cheap, like $2-3 dollars a case, back when the Peso was about 16 to the dollar.

[@kdavidnelson9969]

You did a great job, however I thought I would mention one other Beer that I remember drinking in Minneapolis in my 20's while attending the University of Minnesota. It was called Blatz. It was very affordable and I enjoyed it. Thank you for your video.

[@stanjenson2026]

I would snowmobile in northern Wisconsin, and a friend always wanted to stop at an old, out of the way bar for a mug of Blatz on tap. That was the late 90s and early 2000s.

[@FerrellKatz]

We called 'em Splatz.

[@GaryAa56]

My very first beer I had with my Father was Pabst Blue Ribbon back in 1972 at age 16.

[@jamesholman2346]

I miss Lucky Lager. When I found it in California in 1993, it was an 11oz beer in a brown bottle for fairly cheap and it was good. The bottle cap had Classic Concentration like puzzles to solve when you opened it.

[@kenttm42]

One of my go to beers while I was in college because it was so cheap. The other was ABC beer. A case of 24 would cost less than a six pack of Bud

[@user-zq2yy1fc3y]

Stag was a beer my father used to drink in 1940's

[@zorakzoltan5816]

Goebel, Altes, Pfeiffer are three more atrocious beers I grew up with. They bring back mostly good memories lol.Love your channel!!!

[@frankhenry9130]

you have to be 21 to enjoy Goebel 22

[@Randall-Mi]

My dad would have Pfeiffers for the holidays! The bottles would be scuffed up from the recycling process! LOL Nothing but the best for the guest! Miss you Dad!❤🍺

[@jerrywoods4066]

Wow had goebel one time, absolutely terrible

[@cudaus1]

Gobel was a pretty decent Detroit beer. Stroh's bought them and eventually got rid of the brand.

[@johnweiss3126]

I have billy beer cans

[@caffeineaddict8929]

I enjoy Recollection Road.Love to reminisce about the simpler times.👍

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

The Vietnam War was simpler times??????????

[@saminaneen]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 Your channel and comments are irrelevant, no facts are in evidence, you are cautioned about "improper thinking", and all your comments will be stricken from the record, thanks for playing, you lose

[@joshua646646]

Ah yes Falstaff. My grandfather used to drink it. He would ask us to get him another one. If you were lucky it was you getting it. There was always a little left in the bottom of the can, boy did it taste good. I can still taste it. What fond memories. Miss ya grandpa.

[@edforfa9234]

How about Dobler beer or peils beer. Schaefer beer. Gennisee

[@russellweber4334]

My dad worked for Falstaff brewing in St. Louis.

[@joshua646646]

My uncle worked at Falstaff in New Orleans. As a matter of fact they turned the building into an apartment building. The tower still stands today with the Falstaff logo still intact and illuminated. They had a large ball on top that would change colors to denote the weather forecast.

[@russellweber4334]

@@joshua646646 My dad was a driver-salesman at the brewery until it got sold and then worked for the Falstaff distributor, and then for the St. Louis county A-B distributor.

[@Tool-Meister]

Falstaff had fabulous animated signs at their breweries. It was an enormous illuminated beer glass that “filled and emptied”, repeating endlessly. Mesmerizing….

[@russellweber4334]

My dad worked for Falstaff brewing in St. Louis.

[@kennykittrell2549]

Schlitz Beer was what my dad used to drink then he started drinking Coors beer.

[@KsKaylor]

Coors stubby bottles are always a treat.

[@johnclifton8074]

Wow ! This took me back ! I was mostly east coast back in the 70's from Florida to New Jersey . Worked in a bar and package store in late 70's and remember a lot of these brands . Near Philly there was Iron City beer, Ortleibs, Piels, Schmidt's and a host more I can't think of right now ! Billy Beer was funny . It didn't sell too well in the place I worked and the owner gave me two cases of it . Wish I'd have kept it for collector prices later on but I drank it all ! It was horrible !

[@paulpeterson8952]

Grew up in Pittsburgh, Iron City, Rolling Rock, Duquesne (Duke), Fort Pitt were some of the Beers I remember

[@YeahRightInc]

I remember Bert and Harry Piel (as portrayed by Bob and Ray). Nice memories of a simpler time.

[@BRLaue]

“I couldn’t live like that”

[@colewilliams9432]

I found a store that sells colt 45 the other day. Didn't know they still made it. So good. One of favorite beers now

[@edljnehan2811]

I remember drinking Billy beer in 1976 it tasted just like 9:05 liquor store brand beer😮

[@annettemalaski1967]

Hammns and Olympia were two of my favorites in the 80's.

[@MemoryLN]

*I remember commercials for Carling Black Label beer. I wish these videos were a couple hours long. Takes me back to a kinder, simpler time*

[@earlewhitcher970]

The two best beers ever brewed in this county were omitted - Schlitz, "Go for the Gusto" and Rheingold, "My beer is Rheingold the dry beer" - I can still sing the song!

[@wxsawxsa2941]

🍺🍺🍺FALLSTAFF JAX PEARL OLY PBR HAMMS DRAFT♥

[@LJB103]

When I was a kid and went with my father to the local package store, I remember voting for Miss Rheingold. I also remember liking the beautiful waterfall at the Carling Brewery on Rt 9 in Natick, MA

[@elizabethweistrop2369]

I was around 5 or 6, in the early 1950s in New York City. Rheingold advertised on the radio with a very catchy tune and lyrics. I learned the song by heart, and the words. One day my mother and I were out and she ran into an older lady she knew. Since I was very proud of knowing the Rheingold song, I enthusiastically sang it there, out on the street. As we walked away, my mother said to me, tersely, “It is not nice for little girls to sing songs about beer!” I always remember that. And I remember the words to this day.

[@Notintimidated2013]

No one misses Bud Light!🤣🦄🌈

[@billt6116]

I was just going to say, You notice Bud Light is not on this list! 😅

[@theathjr]

This is the only video I have seen that features Red White & Blue. My Pa in Wisconsin Rapids used to drink this in the late 70’s early 80’s. I miss you Pa.

[@marksheiman1538]

Utica club. I drank it so many years ago. Shultz and Dooley are my favorite mugs.

[@markmark2080]

I remember in 1959 Coors had come out with the first aluminum can, a little 7 ouncer for which you could get a penny a can for returning them. As a preteen always on the look out for pop bottles and their 2 cent deposit value, I stumbled on a hoard of slightly over a hundred Coors cans for which I received over a dollar at a nearby 'forbidden' liquor store, BIG money at that time for little ole me...That was back when Coors was just a regional brewery and all these great old names were in their heyday.

[@jeffdarah5633]

Now you could sell those same cans to a collector like myself for more than 1000 times what you were paid then.

[@mikalnaylor]

Coors was the reason for the movie Smokey and the Bandit: Coors was illegal to carry back east and was considered bootlegging.

[@markmark2080]

@@mikalnaylor I remember those days when students heading back east would fill their car's trunk with Coors...

[@BRLaue]

Coors was the first beer I ever tasted. My father would give me a couple of swallows after bird hunting. It was always salted.

[@JoeSmith-qn3el]

I remember those days myself. Collected a few of the aluminum cans to trade in for soda pop. My , those were the days riding my red Schwinn bike around Arvada co funding aluminum caNs along with .02 cent pop bottles for trade in ,just to get a bottle of coke or Pepsi.😊 Happy times.

[@pamelamays4186]

One of my favorites from the 1990''s. Anheuser Busch's Red Wolf. They also made a Honey Lager.

[@davidmitchell6873]

I absolutely loved Red Wolf. I have picked up some signs and tap handles over the years for nostalgia.

[@bigassfordsd]

I remember red wolf. first time i ever spewed my guts out from too much beer. ha.

[@bigmurr725]

In LA there was Brew 102 right off the 5 freeway .

[@PeterFusco]

Fall City Brewing was not the only one producing Billy Beer. FX Matt in Utica, NY also brewed it along with Utica Club. That same brewery is still in operation making beers like Saranac and apparently contract brewing for a few other companies, thankfully not Bud Light however.

[@stefanomagaddino6868]

OH, Brew me no beer with artificial bubbles; those carbonated beers of today. For Utica Club'll still take the trouble to age beer the natural way. Utica Club- UC.

[@PeterFusco]

Oh yeah!!! And remember the Utica Club? It was fictitious but it sure looked like a good time in the tv ads.

[@stephanieinglett8569]

My dad used to drink Carling🎉 black labeled beer. I was just a kid back in the 50s but that was one of my favorite commercials. O Mabel, Black label, Carling black label beer.😊

[@gregggoss2210]

I miss Black Label. Up until a couple of years ago, you were still able to find it. 🍻

[@latachia_2981]

I remember that ad. They had some really cool beer comercials back then, my favorite beer comercials were the one that Rainer Beer made.

[@MonGoalian]

When I was working for the electric power company in Cleveland back in the 1960s, we used to go to the Carlings brewery and show our ID to Security and then go to the worker's cafeteria. They had a soda machine there with free beer. Every button had Black Label on it and you pressed one and got free beer. There was also a soda machine with different brands in it but that cost ten cents.

[@gregggoss2210]

@@MonGoalian, lucky you. Now that's a vending machine I'd like to see.

[@lpd1snipe]

I have a Falstaff beer can opener hanging in my kitchen right now. It belonged to my dad. In the 1960s, I used it to open his beer. Back then, he called it a "church key." He kept it in our fishing tackle box so he would never be without a can opener. Also, when I was still in the Navy in the 1970s in Baltimore, when we were really broke, we would buy a couple of cases of Red White and Blue beer.

[@russellweber4334]

My dad worked for Falstaff brewing in St. Louis.

[@philwright2480]

Hamms, Olympia, my dad always had them in the refrigerator, Olympia was the first beer I ever drank, I used to buy both in the 80's and 90s

[@professorsc213]

My grandfather and I would always drink a Black Label when we were done after a day of cutting firewood. Great memories! Thank you for posting!

[@willhorting5317]

The first beer that I ever snuck sips of when I was around 3 or 4 years old, was Old Milwaukee. My dad was gone from Monday -Thursday every week, working construction. Many times, a couple of his coworkers would park at our house and ride to the job with my dad. And sometimes, when they would get back to our house on Thursdays, they all would stand around and split a 6-pack with dad, before they left. And sometimes, when my mom wasn't looking, my dad would sit his bottle down where I could reach it...with just the last little bit of beer left in it. And I would pick it up and drink it. Of course, to keep appearances up, Dad would pretend to "scold me" for doing it. But I have no doubt that he intentionally sat the bottles where I could reach them. Remember, I am talking about decades ago that was a MUCH different time, (socially), than the way it is today. I remember...... ... Falstaff ... Hamm's ... Meister Brau, but didn't know it became Miller Lite. ... Olympia ... Billy Beer, but absolutely never tried it.😂

[@skipperclinton1087]

Old Milwaukee? RETCH!

[@willhorting5317]

@@skipperclinton1087 yeah, well, I imagine that they likely bought it because it cost less than a "good" beer.

[@jamesnelson4925]

How about grain belt

[@ncwoodworker]

In the mid 70’s OM sold 14ioz tall boys. A six pack equated to an extra can. That was a deal.

[@dwaynehunt7095]

Yeah my dad would let me take the first sip when I was like 5 but I had to get it and open it first. 60 years ago, Shlitz

[@Scott-pe6te]

A recent loss is Anchor Steam, which ceased after 127 years of production. A perfectly balanced beer delivering the crispness of a lager with the complexity of an ale, I will miss Anchor Steam.

[@DEVOn.A.Skertic]

The LIBERTY ALE was my favorite.

[@crackerbarrel6965]

Anchor Steam is gone???

[@anonymike8280]

Are sure you're not an unemployed promotional writer?

[@mr.d.4175]

My first Anchor Steam was at a San Francisco Giants ballgame. Circa 1983.

[@suzannephillips-wooten3103]

Anchor Porter 😊

[@paullacorte2560]

Rheingold and Shlitz two great old school beers. How bout a part 2 feature all the beers mentioned in this comments section. Btw Olympia was a great beer. Really enjoyed the video. Thanks!

[@jamesorth6460]

Olympia Beer was my folks favorite, I remember them occasionally buying it in Nebraska back in the 1970s

[@johnbethea4505]

I noticed that the can beers had pop tops. We were using the openers both the counter opener and the hand opener during the 1960's.

[@internettroll7604]

I learned how to use combs, lighters, countertops, basically anything to open a bear bottle by the time I was 13 in the 80’s. Great memories

[@jimmackay3392]

Used to get a free "church key" with purchase of a case

[@johnbethea4505]

@jimmackay3392 I called it a church key also like every other drinker. I just didn't want to confuse the people who didn't know...I am 77. Have a great life.

[@johnbethea4505]

@internettroll7604 When I could get a beer in Vietnam 1966-67, I used a Bowie knife 🔪. They didn't have pop tops then.

[@frankhenry9130]

Beer bottles easy.Cans not so much.@@internettroll7604

[@davehorner8126]

In the Philly area we had Schmidt's and Ballantine

[@basher5107]

Let’s see, Schmidt’s,Schlitz,Blatz, Strohs,Carling,Old Milwaukee There’s plenty more but these come to mind off the top of my head. I’m a veteran and was stationed in Germany for awhile and upon my return it took me along time to be able to readjust to American beer. Pasteurized beer has a completely different taste,sorry I got spoiled on the best biers in the world!

[@billywalik6411]

At 1:35 in, remember prototypes of pop tabs started to appear on cans. Replacing the ole ‘church key’. Pretty dangerous business back then just to have a can of beer. Look at the tops of the 3 empty cans! All three BROKE! Those were the days. Red White and Blue!

[@internettroll7604]

I saw the title and thought Old Milwaukee. First beer I had was back in 81 as an 11 year old. I was hanging with a bunch of older kids and they went to get beer from the corner store. I gave them $1 for a quart of old Milwaukee. I basically spent the night taking a sip, walking behind a tree and spilling a bit. Might sound like a strange story, but was the start of many great memories as a teen.

[@randyronny7735]

I was allowed to start drinking in the late 1960's. My favorites at that time were Hamm's, Grain Belt and Schmitt.

[@PVT_Barry]

Dixie beer. New Orleans beer. Company used to promote it with a beer truck that parked on Tulane quad on Friday afternoons with free beer until the kegs went dry. 1979.

[@Diogenes425]

Wow! Pearl was really good when I was 12 in 1962. Don’t drink any adult beverages now. Got it out of my system 15 years back.

[@LairdKenneth]

Olympia beer was also in a Paul Newman film, Sometimes a Great Notion, I have heard because Paul liked it. So that was his his beer of choice for the film. A lot of the film was made around Toledo, Oregon. But the beer made the scene at a filming location done in Minnesota.

[@davidmihevc3990]

Oly also made an appearance in the Clint Eastwood movie The Eiger Sanction. It was an espionage/ rock climbing movie from 1975. I remember one part where Clint unknowingly carried a six pack to the top of a peak then George Kennedy took it out of his pack and they sat on top of this rock and drank Oly. 😊

[@alexshriver422]

Clint was also drinking Oly in the Every Which Way But Loose movie!

[@FatsquatchPNW]

You mentioned Olympia, which as my name might suggest tugged at the old heartstrings a little. But you forgot Henry Weinhard's. Henry's was *the* staple beer in our house when I was a kid in the 80s. They had a few varieties, including a dark that wasn't quite a stout but still had a nice earthy malty richness to it and an ale that didn't veer off into the hop insanity that the microbreweries that were all the rage in the 90s instigated with the glut of IPAs, but still had that hoppy bite you associate with a proper ale. Sadly, Weinhard's was bought out by Stroh's in the late 90s, and then resold to MillerCoors, who discontinued it in 2021. I cried a little over that. 😢 RIP Henry's.

[@edgein3299]

I liked the ale more than the beer

[@markstevenson6635]

It was Bitz Weinhard Brewery in downtown Portland. "Ignorance is Blitz" folks would say. 😂

[@kencarp57]

Here's one that not many may remember: Erlanger, by Schlitz. It eventually was sold to Dubuque Star in 1987. It had an elegant label, and I loved drinking it way back in the 1970s, when I was a young bulletproof buck!

[@wayneanthony5754]

Pabst blue ribbon beer, Genesee beer, Genesee Cream Ale, Rheingold Beer, Pete's Wicked Ale, Falstaff, Midnight Sun, Meister Brau.

[@footballlvnlady]

Back in the mid 60’s my parents took me along with another family to Milwaukee. We toured the Pabst Brewing plant. I remember these huge concrete vats full of product.

[@paulbourgeois4491]

Born and raised in Milwaukee in the 60s, me & my buddies took the tours at Pabst, Schlitz and Miller all the time, because they always gave free beer at the end of the tour! Sadly, Schlitz and Pabst are both shut down and gone, Miller is owned by Coors now, but still brews in what we call "the valley" just west of downtown. Cheers!

[@latachia_2981]

I went on a tour of The Rainer Brewery. It was very interesting. At the end of the tour, they offered you a Raineer Beer or you could have a rootbeer. I took the rootbeer,as I was the one driving,at the time,

[@marycampeau9378]

i remember as a child going on a tour of the Olympia brewing facility! My Dad loved beer

[@marklaplante8675]

I was stationed in Bremerton, Washington in the early 70's. Olympia was a favorite beer for that area and my roommate was a dedicated fan of that beer. He began collecting labels from the Olympia "long-neck" bottles, labels that had four stars on the "inside" of the label. When asked what that was all about, he told me that if he collected 100 of them and sent them into the Olympia headquarters, they'd reward him by sending him a case of Olympia Long Necks. Of course that turned out to be false, but on the other hand, he did receive a letter from the Olympia Brewery, along with a case of Long Necks. In the letter, they explained that the stars were simply an internal tracker to show which brewery had produced the beer. The case of beer that they sent along with the label though was a special thank you for his being such a dedicated fan of their beer.

[@user-oi2jn9vn5f]

Rainier from Seattle right beside I-5

[@latachia_2981]

I loved those old Rainer beer ads! @user-oi2jn9vn5f

[@markgriffin7016]

When I was a kid, bagging groceries at A&P,they sold Goebel Beer. We used to hide six packs out back behind the store and come back after hours to retrieve our bounty.

[@carolewarlick7651]

I grew up watching the shenanigans of the Hamm's Bear!

[@mercoid]

Hamm’s the beer refreshing….🎶

[@j.bjornson4148]

From the land of sky blue water.

[@larryinNH]

My parents werent really drinkers, but on the rare occasion in the late 70's , I recall my father drinking Lowenbrau. I'm pretty sure it's still around. As a teen in the 80's, we used to drink Haffenreffer. It had a Riddle under the cap, which made things fun. Of course, the drunker we got, the more difficult they were to solve. From what I recall, the Alcohol Content was quite a bit higher than we were used to. In the early to mid 90's, Bud Ice was my Go To Beer. I thought it was a decent beer, and how could you not love those commercials with the Penguin. " Drink Bud Ice, But uh, Beware the Penguins" .

[@edgein3299]

I drank many Haffenreckers

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

OMG Haffenreffer Beer i used to use that for Penetrating Fluid back in the day LOL that beer was nasty

[@cmans79tr7]

Yep. Haffenreffer "Private Stock."🍺

[@2puffs770]

"Tonight, tonight, let it be Lowenbrau"......

[@Praetor_Fenix420]

Lucky Lager had bottle caps with puzzles too. It was the cheapest beer we could get in college and tasted pretty good.

[@rayperry7315]

My dad was a Blue Ribbon and Miller High Life guy,but he would drunk Blatz when his money was tight. Years later i was in a dive bar down south and they had Blatz on tap and it was phenomena.

[@brianwilson6403]

Used to get Blatz for $2.00 a pitcher.

[@robertstockfleth3244]

Loved Falstaff beer . My Dad worked for the Galveston brewery until it was closed . In the late 70s .

[@dwright138]

We had a Falstaff here in Fort Wayne, IN. My grandpa was able to get the beer direct from the brewery

[@russellweber4334]

My dad worked for Falstaff brewing in St. Louis.