Topic: What kind of beer are you drinking?

[drbarryc]

Old schooling it with Genesee Cream Ale

[Alan F.]

Old schooling it with Genesee Cream Ale

Sounds good. I've got Miller Lite, tastes great/less filling.

Maybe a beer commercial component to this threat would go over?

[Gordon]

Just picked up some Iron Thistle from Rahr & Sons in Fort Worth.  It's one of my favorite Scotch style ales.  Dark, malty, slightly smoky and high gravity.  It's a seasonal that used to only come out in the Spring, but it makes more sense to me as a Winter beer. 

[Gurp]

That sounds like a Quality brew!!!

[spotty]

still on the heinekins, peronis and st ettienne i got for christmas

[seanbarney41]

Heinikin?... #$%* that #$%*!  Pabst Blue Ribbon!

No, i have had my fill of pbr.  Just cant drink it anymore.  Just had to bust out movie quote to see who knows it.

[seanbarney41]

I got a 6er of Coors banquet beer on chill...

[rocket johnny]

dennis   hopper      black velvet              i still like pbr  for cheap shop beer

[Gurp]

Not really beer but the ole lady got me some coffee liqueur and I'm going to town on it.

[britman]

None, not a drop, not even a sniff.  Quit over 2 1/2 years ago and right after I did Coors Lite had to lay off the entire night shift.  Now the one and only time I really miss it is when steamed blue crabs are thrown on the table.  I know it is an East Coast thing, but I swear crabs and beer are just made for each other......

[Stev-o]

I got a 6er of Coors banquet beer on chill...

Remember when Coors had the small round holes on top to drink out of?

https://www.google.com/search?q=Coors+has+the+small+round+holes+on+top&newwindow=1&safe=off&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS786US786&sxsrf=ALeKk02wDOazHzzldhlia_DCt7MZo4BQXg:1610038960176&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0t67CporuAhVMSq0KHZVlASsQ_AUoAnoECA4QBA&biw=1388&bih=589

[Gordon]

I got a 6er of Coors banquet beer on chill...

Remember when Coors had the small round holes on top to drink out of?

I've never seen those before!  Were they in-between the pop-tops and sta-tabs that are used now? 

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Natty Daddy 8%. Do NOT try to drink more than 3.......

[Alan F.]

Natty Daddy 8%. Do NOT try to drink more than 3.......

12oz. or the tall 24oz?

[seanbarney41]

I got a 6er of Coors banquet beer on chill...

Remember when Coors had the small round holes on top to drink out of?

I've never seen those before!  Were they in-between the pop-tops and sta-tabs that are used now? 

huh...never knew about those either

[Stev-o]

I got a 6er of Coors banquet beer on chill...

Remember when Coors had the small round holes on top to drink out of?

I've never seen those before!  Were they in-between the pop-tops and sta-tabs that are used now? 

I barely remember it, I must have seen them when my older brother drank 'em mid 70's.

Here's your history lesson for the day, boys and girls,  from Wiki...

In 1959, the recyclable aluminum can was introduced to the market in a 7 oz. size by the Adolph Coors Company.[citation needed] Also in 1959, Ermal Fraze devised a can-opening method that would come to dominate the canned drink market. His invention was the "pull-tab". This eliminated the need for a separate opener tool by attaching an aluminum pull-ring lever with a rivet to a pre-scored wedge-shaped tab section of the can top. The ring was riveted to the center of the top, which created an elongated opening large enough that one hole simultaneously served to let the drink flow out while air flowed in. In 1959, while on a family picnic, Mr. Fraze had forgotten to bring a can opener and was forced to use a car bumper to open a can of beer. Thinking there must be an easier way, he later stayed up all night until he came up with the pull tab.[4] Pull-tab cans, or the discarded tabs from them, were colloquially called "pop-tops". Into the 1970s, the pull-tab was widely popular, but its popularity came with a significant problem, as people would frequently discard the pull-tabs on the ground as litter, or drop them into the can and risk choking on them. These problems were both addressed by the invention of the "push-tab". Used primarily on Coors Beer cans in the mid-1970s, the push-tab was a raised circular scored area used in place of the pull-tab.[5] It needed no ring to pull up. Instead, the raised aluminum blister was pushed down into the can, with a small unscored piece that kept the tab connected after being pushed inside. Push-tabs never gained wide popularity because while they had solved the litter problem of the pull-tab, they created a safety hazard where the person's finger upon pushing the tab into the can was immediately exposed to the sharp edges of the opening.[citation needed] An unusual feature of the push-tab Coors Beer cans was that they had a second, smaller, push-tab at the top as an airflow vent—a convenience that was lost with the switch from can opener to pull-tab. The "push-tab" was introduced into Australia in the early 1980s and was locally known as "pop-tops".[citation needed]

The safety and litter problems were both eventually solved later in the 1970s with Daniel F. Cudzik's invention of the non-removing "Stay-Tab". The pull-ring was replaced with a stiff aluminum lever, and the removable tab was replaced with a pre-scored round tab that functioned similarly to the push-tab, but the raised blister was no longer needed, as the riveted lever would now do the job of pushing the tab open and into the interior of the can

[Gordon]

That is fascinating! I was born in '75, so I knew of and lived through the transition from pop-tops to sta-tabs, and I have never seen one of those cans. 

I need to ask my dad if he remembers them. He's always been a big Coors fan!

[Alan F.]

Rip Tommy Lasorda.

[river]

Just had a Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin IPA. It was glorious.

[Terry in Australia]

My bariatric surgeon will only let me drink ginger beer, as the ginger is good for the gut. So I drink Stones "Ginger Joe" (8%) or my home made version (10-12%) mixed with Bundaberg Rum. Better than heroin, and no track marks.........

[Don R]

 I don't care, what kind you got?

[Alan F.]

Couple, two, tree IceHouse 24oz 5.5% up a nickel recently to $1.10 grumble, grumble...

I remember when you could get this stuff in bottles and 12oz cans.... just after the millenium...

[river]

Had a graham cracker porter from Denver Beer Company over the weekend. It was surprisingly delicious.

[Terry in Australia]

I bottled 60 litres of (very) alcoholic ginger beer yesterday. This stuff is very dangerous, I mixed a glass with a couple of shots of rum last Friday and went into a coma for a couple of hours, but felt pretty good when I woke up again, just in time for bed. I gave Spotty 50 or 60 bottles to pay for a couple months rent on garage space at his place, plus I have nowhere to store 120 pint bottles of the stuff.

I still have to bottle another 30 litres this week, or I might just add yet more sugar and yeast and let it brew for another week or so....

[Gurp]

Sadly i haven't had a beer in about a month. Think I'll fix that.