Author Topic: does anyone know if blatz beer is still available? (Read 6960 times)

fuzzybutt · « **on:** February 01, 2009, 07:11:27 PM »

i was just talking to my brother in law who was telling me about it and i want to try it if possible.

ev0lve · « **Reply #1 on:** February 01, 2009, 08:08:55 PM »

Seems they are and have a handy locater on site. Washington and Virginia (my two home states) are listed but no distributors. Ohio, Wisconsin do though so mostly mid-west?

http://www.blatzbeer.com

Hah, I used to collect beer cans when I was a kid (an almost perfect symbiotic hobby for a boy and his Dad to have) and when I started up the bike rebuild pop gave me a few garbage bags full of cans he'd kept all these years. I salvaged the ones I liked and mounted them on a wall. Guess what's in there?

tramp · « **Reply #2 on:** February 02, 2009, 05:23:17 AM »

have alot of memories about blatz beer
not all of them good

MCRider · « **Reply #3 on:** February 02, 2009, 06:36:27 AM »

Quote from: tramp on February 02, 2009, 05:23:17 AM

have alot of memories about blatz beer
not all of them good

There was a joke about the name and the sound you make if you drink too much.

'Course that happens if you drink too much of anything.

cafe750 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 02, 2009, 07:12:32 AM »

HA! You have "BEER" beer...so many stories I've heard about that...

You're missing the good ol' Rainier though...

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #5 on:** February 02, 2009, 07:21:08 AM »

Consumed my fair share.. and then some at times, of Falls City in college.

Uncle Ernie · « **Reply #6 on:** February 02, 2009, 07:37:26 AM »

I'm from Millwauki and I oughta know
That draft-brewed Blatz Beer's- good wherever you go!
Kegs cans of bottles, all taste the same.
The three best is one beer; Blatz is the name.

I still sing that song,
but I like Stroh's (the only bohemian-style fired-brewed beer in America) better.

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #7 on:** February 02, 2009, 08:16:07 AM »

oh well, none of the states around me have distributors. maybe if i can get to bonneville this year.

ev0lve · « **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2009, 08:16:53 AM »

Quote from: cafe750 on February 02, 2009, 07:12:32 AM

HA! You have "BEER" beer...so many stories I've heard about that...
You're missing the good ol' Rainier though...

My god. You're RIGHT! These were mostly culled from VA grocery stores in the 70's so maybe they didn't distribute there.

I suppose I could correct that oversight myself now although I haven't even seen Rainier in a can that I can remember for a long, long time. Plenty of long necks though

72 yellow · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2009, 08:44:10 AM »

One of my neighbors was a Blatz beer deliveryman in the 50's. I remember the tan shirt with the Blatz emblem on the back. His son has a couple of the old wooden cases that the bottles came in.

754 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 02, 2009, 08:53:34 AM »

Fuzzy you can try the Blatz at B,ville, but I will be drinking Rolling Rock..

Hope a few of us make it this year.. 40th Anniversary of "The Bike"

Uncle Ernie · « **Reply #11 on:** February 02, 2009, 10:02:38 AM »

A long time ago, Rainier Ale (16oz cans) used to be called Green Death. When i was a barber, I used to go by Bavarian Cycle Works in San Francisco to do a shop trim. One guy had a moustache and beer that always seemed to drip Green Death.
Yick.

333 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 02, 2009, 03:41:42 PM »

Okay, I'm not a beer guy, so anything I say is all hearsay.

I used to work with a guy by the name of Blatz. At a bike shop, believe it or not! He said he was a not so distant relative of the beer maker. He got the "behind the scenes" tour, and the tour guide said that they should "try to find a way to get the beer back in the horse"!

Patrick · « **Reply #13 on:** February 02, 2009, 03:49:25 PM »

Back when I was in college in Milwaukee we drank a lot of Blatz. Three reasons: 1, it was locally brewed (the brewery is now shuttered; 2. Because it was cheap - like $2.50 for a case of returnables (we call them longnecks here in Texas); 3. Because it was a full 1 percent higher alcohol than the other premium brands (yes, at one time it was considered a premium).

I can't tell you I have a lot of god memories of drinking it. That 1 percent greater alcohol was real....

Patrick

cafe750 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 02, 2009, 07:36:26 PM »

Quote from: Iggy on February 02, 2009, 08:16:53 AM

Quote from: cafe750 on February 02, 2009, 07:12:32 AM
HA! You have "BEER" beer...so many stories I've heard about that...
You're missing the good ol' Rainier though...

My god. You're RIGHT! These were mostly culled from VA grocery stores in the 70's so maybe they didn't distribute there.

I suppose I could correct that oversight myself now although I haven't even seen Rainier in a can that I can remember for a long, long time. Plenty of long necks though

Iggy, If you want, as I should own stock in Rainier, next time I'm up in Seattle, I'll bring you a fullcan for your collection....

cb650 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:08:34 AM »

The rainier bike commercials were cool.

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #16 on:** February 03, 2009, 07:41:02 AM »

does anyone remember the commercial for ballentine ale? "Have a Ballentines BLAST!" or "schaefer beer is the one beer to have if youre having more than 1"

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #17 on:** February 03, 2009, 08:06:53 AM »

Quote from: fuzzybutt on February 03, 2009, 07:41:02 AM

does anyone remember the commercial.. "schaefer beer is the one beer to have if youre having more than 1"

Yup, remember that one.

Patrick · « **Reply #18 on:** February 03, 2009, 09:12:29 AM »

OK< if we're going to talk slogans... does anyone know why Schlitz was "the beer that made Milwaukee famous?"

Maybe you had to be raised in Milwaukee to know this... or to care.

Patrick

j-conn · « **Reply #19 on:** February 03, 2009, 12:31:12 PM »

i know of 3 cornerstores in my area that got it. im on n. campus in columbus ohio. its a good (cheap obviously) alternative sometimes. i havent been able to get out of this grolsch kick that ive been in for the last 3 months tho... it certainatly wouldnt be for blatz lol

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #20 on:** February 03, 2009, 12:57:52 PM »

maybe if i make a trip north this summer, i can find some then. bring home several cases, like i do with poland springs sparkling water.

j-conn · « **Reply #21 on:** February 03, 2009, 01:12:25 PM »

they have several of those oldies around here. strohs, blatz, ummm sessions. what else is there... thats all i know of. im only 22 so i dont know of what else used to be around. my pop talked about little kings and thats still around.

ProTeal55 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 04, 2009, 07:39:56 AM »

Blatz beer is readily available in Chicago (atleast the bars I go to have it).
Blatz was re-issued this past summer by PABST (who owns it).

Caaveman82 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 04, 2009, 09:04:17 PM »

We have Blatz here in Minnesota. As well as Hamms and that delicious Premium Grainbelt.

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #24 on:** February 05, 2009, 08:12:03 AM »

well, i'm going to ohio in a week or 2, i'll see if i can get some there. any space not taken up by motorcycle will be filled with beer.

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