ok folks, the situation is that if i want a good beer, i know what to get. if i want quantity over quality, what cheap beer can be had that doesn't taste like excessively fizzy beer-flavored soda? anything with any substance that doesn't cost too much?
BOB-O
BEER SNOBS! A REDNECK ANSWER TO WINE SNOBS!
Yeungling if you're in an area that has it.
Narragansett if you're in an area that has it.
Pabst Blue Ribbon.
I'VE HAD THAT YEUNGLING STUFF
and it's pretty frickin great. Probably only "Bud" cheap when it's close to home though.
MY PERSONAL FAVE
currently is BALTIKA "9 grade"(see beer thread) in the 51oz bottle. Total win, 51oz's for 3.99, 8% (yeah!!) and tasty as hell.
Dundee Honey Brown. That's the cheapest microbrew we can get here, and it's GOOD.
Quote from: E.O.T. on March 10, 2010, 02:42:40 AM
I'VE HAD THAT YEUNGLING STUFF
and it's pretty frickin great. Probably only "Bud" cheap when it's close to home though.
MY PERSONAL FAVE
currently is BALTIKA "9 grade"(see beer thread) in the 51oz bottle. Total win, 51oz's for 3.99, 8% (yeah!!) and tasty as hell.
Baltika is yummy. Red Stripe is another unoffensive bargain.
Dale's Pale Ale and Mama's little yellow pils (both oskar blues brewery)
Hoffbrau
Magic Hat number 9
Sam Adams has some ok stuff sometimes
Allagash White
Sierra Nevada (sorta)
Hoegaarden
Wittekerke (cheapest of all these i think)
Quote from: bob-o on March 10, 2010, 02:07:00 AM
ok folks, the situation is that if i want a good beer, i know what to get. if i want quantity over quality, what cheap beer can be had that doesn't taste like excessively fizzy beer-flavored soda? anything with any substance that doesn't cost too much?
BOB-O
BEER SNOBS! A REDNECK ANSWER TO WINE SNOBS!
Nova Schin (Brazilian)
Schlitz
Black Label
I think you guys are missing the point, as most of these suggestions are still sold by the 6-pack and not the 30-pack.
also, PBR is both absolutely disgusting and only for consumption by shitneck hipsters.
I usually go with Busch when I wanna drink something cheap from a can, although Miller High Life (champagne of beers, baby!) is also quite drinkable.
that said, if you're in an area where you can get either of them, Yuengling, Iron City, and the immortal Rainier are probably the best cheap american-brewed beers around, they're just not distributed nationwide.
I am pretty keen on Iron City and Miller High Life, for cheap beers.
Although it's true, nothing touches Baltika #9 for pure kick-ass.
well now, if i want the really cheep beer i go for Coors light or rolling rock.
Grolsch and Hertog Jan are pretty damn good and don't really cost you an arm and a leg ... over here :-P
If you want cheaper go for the Schultenbrau cans, unlike the Albert Heijn storebrand cans they don't contain sugar additives but just beer ingredients.
This information is useless if you don't live in the Netherlands.
I like the sierra Nevada. Its not cheap here tho.
Red stripe in this country is awful.
Grolsch is bad in cans here, the traditional flip top bottle is where its at.
Being on meds means beer is rationed. My one beer of the week better be a good one or imma be :crankey:
I hate cheap lager as a rule, cos there is too much crap in it in the UK.
is hams the equivalent to pabst in quality and hipshit?
not as hipster, but also even less drinkable IMO.
YMMV, however. And I haven't tasted Hamm's in many years so it's possible that it's improved.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 11, 2010, 04:20:21 AM
not as hipster, but also even less drinkable IMO.
YMMV, however. And I haven't tasted Hamm's in many years so it's possible that it's improved.
Nope... not in the slightest. It's the water of beers!
I saw a tall boy of something called Żywiec tonight that was only 3 bucks at the bar. So it has to be cheap in the stores if you can find it.
They were calling it "the Polish PBR".
Never had it, but it looked worth a try.
this thread needs more Old Milwaukee. (not to be confused with Milwaukee's Best)
Oh. I forgot about Genesee Cream Ale.
And, for those in the know, GOLDEN MOTHERFUCKIN' ANNIVERSARY.
wow. so much beer and so little money. this is going to be interesting.
BOB-O
just remember: anything that's NOT sold in a 30-pack of cans has no place ITT.
IMHO - the only true, really real valid choices should be available in all of the following: 30 Pack (12 oz cans), 4 or 6 pack of 16 oz cans, 24 oz cans, and 40 oz bottles.
also, I'm a little ashamed that we've gotten this far into the thread before anybody mentioned Mickey's Fine Malt Liquor.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 11, 2010, 07:13:09 PM
also, I'm a little ashamed that we've gotten this far into the thread before anybody mentioned Mickey's Fine Malt Liquor.
That stuff is awesome.
I have a huge mickey's hornet tattooed on one of my legs, in tribute.
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 11, 2010, 07:56:33 AM
I saw a tall boy of something called Żywiec tonight that was only 3 bucks at the bar. So it has to be cheap in the stores if you can find it.
They were calling it "the Polish PBR".
Never had it, but it looked worth a try.
Zywiec is really damn good. It's a completely smooth and drinkable session beer without being weak. They make a porter as well that's decent. Plus they have a sticker that appears when the beer is of "appropriate drinking temperature" and they did it years before Coors.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 11, 2010, 05:07:32 PM
just remember: anything that's NOT sold in a 30-pack of cans has no place ITT.
Hey, I thought the Yeungling/Nastygansett suggestions were appropriately cheap beer. I disagree with your estimation of PBR though. It's really surprisingly not terrible for its cheapness.
dude, PBR is horrible. At best, it's no better than Budweiser.
Also, shitty hipsters.
(http://www.taverntrove.com/beerpics/Labatts-50-Ale-Labels-John-Labatt-Ltd_41369-1.jpg)
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 11, 2010, 05:07:32 PM
just remember: anything that's NOT sold in a 30-pack of cans has no place ITT.
I am pretty sure you cannot buy 30-packs of cans in Oregon.
Thanks, OLCC!
Also, I am pissed that my favorite bar has replaced Iron City with Old German, the WORST FUCKING BEER IN AMERICA.
ooh, ooh, question from the beer noob:
what's the difference between malt liquor and beer? i had some Old English once and it was quite good.
BOB-O
Quote from: bob-o on March 12, 2010, 01:12:15 AM
ooh, ooh, question from the beer noob:
what's the difference between malt liquor and beer? i had some Old English once and it was quite good.
BOB-O
Well blow me down, but this is pretty accurate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt_liquor
also:
"Beers are either "top fermented" or "bottom fermented." Porters, ales, and stouts are top fermented and malt liquor is bottom fermented, which means the wort (the resulting brew of malt, prepared cereals like corn or rice, hops and water) is fermented by yeast of the bottom fermentation type (i.e. yeast which settles to the bottom of the fermenting tanks). Top fermenting yeast does the opposite. Malt liquor is made from a wort containing a high percentage of fermentable sugars which makes it slightly sweeter and a bit spicy in flavor and also raises the alcohol content."
So really, you could technically call most bottom fermented, high ABV "beer" with malted barley a "malt liquor". And if you look on most of the labels of the newer microbrews they'll even say "malt beverage" or something similar to that.
I think the malt liquors we all know and loathe were just cheaply made abv boosted roasted malt beverages made with crap ingredients to keep cost down and get you wasted.
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 11, 2010, 11:07:41 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 11, 2010, 05:07:32 PM
just remember: anything that's NOT sold in a 30-pack of cans has no place ITT.
I am pretty sure you cannot buy 30-packs of cans in Oregon.
Thanks, OLCC!
I'm pretty sure the 30-rack of Busch 3 feet away from me proves you wrong. :ECH:
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 11, 2010, 07:56:33 AM
I saw a tall boy of something called Żywiec tonight that was only 3 bucks at the bar. So it has to be cheap in the stores if you can find it.
They were calling it "the Polish PBR".
Never had it, but it looked worth a try.
Zywiec is fucking DELICIOUS.
I cant get it anymore here, though, I havent been able to find it in a couple years.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 12, 2010, 07:44:35 AM
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 11, 2010, 11:07:41 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 11, 2010, 05:07:32 PM
just remember: anything that's NOT sold in a 30-pack of cans has no place ITT.
I am pretty sure you cannot buy 30-packs of cans in Oregon.
Thanks, OLCC!
I'm pretty sure the 30-rack of Busch 3 feet away from me proves you wrong. :ECH:
No shit! I've only seen 24-packs.
Malt Liquor is totally on my list of stuff to taste when I'm ever in America. I really wonder how it measures up against your average tripel or "strong beer", which has about the same ABV (8-11% with the strongest I've seen at 13% called Beelzebub)
Holy shit I had nearly forgot about Mickey's-oh the memories. LoL
Yeah-I usually just go for coors light for the cheap beer.
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 12, 2010, 06:47:51 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 12, 2010, 07:44:35 AM
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 11, 2010, 11:07:41 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 11, 2010, 05:07:32 PM
just remember: anything that's NOT sold in a 30-pack of cans has no place ITT.
I am pretty sure you cannot buy 30-packs of cans in Oregon.
Thanks, OLCC!
I'm pretty sure the 30-rack of Busch 3 feet away from me proves you wrong. :ECH:
No shit! I've only seen 24-packs.
Hawthorne Freddy's sells 30-racks for sure. Don't know about anywhere else, since I live within walking distance of the Hawthorne Freddy's and thus have no NEED to know about anywhere else.
For the record, American Malt Liquor tastes similar to American Lager, only slightly sweeter.
So, think of it as a Miller High Life with a pinch of sugar and a kick like a mule.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 12, 2010, 07:20:40 PM
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 12, 2010, 06:47:51 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 12, 2010, 07:44:35 AM
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 11, 2010, 11:07:41 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 11, 2010, 05:07:32 PM
just remember: anything that's NOT sold in a 30-pack of cans has no place ITT.
I am pretty sure you cannot buy 30-packs of cans in Oregon.
Thanks, OLCC!
I'm pretty sure the 30-rack of Busch 3 feet away from me proves you wrong. :ECH:
No shit! I've only seen 24-packs.
Hawthorne Freddy's sells 30-racks for sure. Don't know about anywhere else, since I live within walking distance of the Hawthorne Freddy's and thus have no NEED to know about anywhere else.
I only live walking-distance from Whole Foods. :( I'm hosed.
Hatin' it. But at least it's not New Seasons.
Quote from: bob-o on March 10, 2010, 02:07:00 AM
ok folks, the situation is that if i want a good beer, i know what to get. if i want quantity over quality, what cheap beer can be had that doesn't taste like excessively fizzy beer-flavored soda? anything with any substance that doesn't cost too much?
BOB-O
BEER SNOBS! A REDNECK ANSWER TO WINE SNOBS!
Steel Reserve. You're welcome.
For the inexpensive stuff, I'm a fan of Rolling Rock and Heineken. Something about the green bottles I suppose.
Quote from: Ten Ton Mantis on March 13, 2010, 12:51:17 AM
Quote from: bob-o on March 10, 2010, 02:07:00 AM
ok folks, the situation is that if i want a good beer, i know what to get. if i want quantity over quality, what cheap beer can be had that doesn't taste like excessively fizzy beer-flavored soda? anything with any substance that doesn't cost too much?
BOB-O
BEER SNOBS! A REDNECK ANSWER TO WINE SNOBS!
Steel Reserve. You're welcome.
THIS!
and yes
WHEN
all the piss swill like Pabst/ Old German/ Blitz just isn't cutting it, because you have to drink 27 cans to get that special high - the maltz are where it's at! Tastes like shit, but fucking love it!! Mickeys, Steel Reserve, Big Bear, Siver Ice and (MF!!) Black Ice ('clockin in at almost 11%)! Five bucks and 80oz's later...
Coors Lite, I'd rather go for something that doesn't taste like anything at all than something that tastes like pee. Besides, if you're shitcanned (and if you're buying a 30pk you better be) the quality doesn't matter at all.
I really don't understand how anyone can GET drunk on anything that comes in a 30-pack. That's the shit I drink when I'm trying to extend a long evening without getting more than a faint buzz.
You pile them on top of each other like you're building a stairway to drunkville.
I don't really get drunk. (I weigh about 54kg, the most I ever drank was half a bottle of Balvenie in around 2.5 hours, minimal impairment (could stand on one leg, recite PI to 20 digits, etc, etc. Got picked as "the sober one" to escort people to the priv, etc.) BAC should have been in the .21 range IMCAC. I should have been unconscious, instead I decided it was time to stop before I got to the "should be dead" range.) Thus, I tend not to go for cheap shit bears because they just taste terrible & don't get me drunk anyway. Therefore:
Laphroaig 10yr. Good whisky, under $40/bottle. Has a strong seaweed aroma, very strong malty/peaty flavour. Very long finish. One of the best cheap whiskys out there, and a classic single malt to boot. Keep your damn beer.
Quote from: PeregrineBF on March 13, 2010, 07:18:51 AM
I don't really get drunk. (I weigh about 54kg, the most I ever drank was half a bottle of Balvenie in around 2.5 hours, minimal impairment (could stand on one leg, recite PI to 20 digits, etc, etc. Got picked as "the sober one" to escort people to the priv, etc.) BAC should have been in the .21 range IMCAC. I should have been unconscious, instead I decided it was time to stop before I got to the "should be dead" range.) Thus, I tend not to go for cheap shit bears because they just taste terrible & don't get me drunk anyway. Therefore:
Laphroaig 10yr. Good whisky, under $40/bottle. Has a strong seaweed aroma, very strong malty/peaty flavour. Very long finish. One of the best cheap whiskys out there, and a classic single malt to boot. Keep your damn beer.
I"LL
take both, thanks.
HOWEVER
this thread is about cheep BEER.
P.S.
keep your seaweed whiskey
Seaweed and peat sound very unappetizing.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 13, 2010, 01:07:51 AM
For the inexpensive stuff, I'm a fan of Rolling Rock and Heineken. Something about the green bottles I suppose.
where are you getting your Heineken? I like the stuff quite a bit myself but I never find it anywhere in ME for less than $14 for a 12-pack, usually $8 for a 6-pack. Of course, in my neck of the woods my choices are Hannaford and Hannaford.
Quote from: PeregrineBF on March 13, 2010, 07:18:51 AM
I don't really get drunk. (I weigh about 54kg, the most I ever drank was half a bottle of Balvenie in around 2.5 hours, minimal impairment (could stand on one leg, recite PI to 20 digits, etc, etc. Got picked as "the sober one" to escort people to the priv, etc.) BAC should have been in the .21 range IMCAC. I should have been unconscious, instead I decided it was time to stop before I got to the "should be dead" range.) Thus, I tend not to go for cheap shit bears because they just taste terrible & don't get me drunk anyway. Therefore:
Laphroaig 10yr. Good whisky, under $40/bottle. Has a strong seaweed aroma, very strong malty/peaty flavour. Very long finish. One of the best cheap whiskys out there, and a classic single malt to boot. Keep your damn beer.
Laphroaig 10-year is the best bottle of scotch available in America for under $60 that I am aware of, by far. The 16-year is fucking phenomenal.
But, neither of them are beer.
IN THIS NECK
'a tha woods
THE HIPSTERS SAY
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:jUBkJr3NBWRQzM:http://www.itop10.com/Article-images/37/Frank%2520Booth.JPG)
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 13, 2010, 09:11:03 AM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 13, 2010, 01:07:51 AM
For the inexpensive stuff, I'm a fan of Rolling Rock and Heineken. Something about the green bottles I suppose.
where are you getting your Heineken? I like the stuff quite a bit myself but I never find it anywhere in ME for less than $14 for a 12-pack, usually $8 for a 6-pack. Of course, in my neck of the woods my choices are Hannaford and Hannaford.
Protip: Grolsch also comes in green bottles and does not taste like water.
The only problem with Grolsch, that I've found, is it gets you drunk really fast. Every time I've had it, one bottle got me buzzed. Two, and I was off my head. Yet it takes 4 cans of Fosters to get me pleasantly merry and Newcastle Brown Ale...I can drink 7 bottles of the stuff in one night and still be able to walk in a straight line.
Quote from: BADGE OF HONOR on March 13, 2010, 06:58:48 AM
You pile them on top of each other like you're building a stairway to drunkville.
Then I just feel distended like a bloated horse and I have to pee every 15 minutes! I am a fragile flower.
Quote from: Triple Zero on March 13, 2010, 06:07:10 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 13, 2010, 09:11:03 AM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 13, 2010, 01:07:51 AM
For the inexpensive stuff, I'm a fan of Rolling Rock and Heineken. Something about the green bottles I suppose.
where are you getting your Heineken? I like the stuff quite a bit myself but I never find it anywhere in ME for less than $14 for a 12-pack, usually $8 for a 6-pack. Of course, in my neck of the woods my choices are Hannaford and Hannaford.
Protip: Grolsch also comes in green bottles and does not taste like water.
further PROTIP: The pisswater Grolsch that gets exported to America is HORRIBLE. The pisswater Heineken is better, because at least you can get it in a can so it won't be skunked. Were I in the islands where the real versions of both can be obtained and where people know how to store green bottles so they DON'T get skunked, I would agree with you.
What's skunked mean?
Quote from: Triple Zero on March 14, 2010, 12:04:01 AM
What's skunked mean?
It's an odor and taste that happens to beer that's old, stored improperly, or subject to hot/cold variations. Beer gone bad, basically. You would know it if you smelled it.
It's what happens when it's exposed to too much light. The yeast get all ick and it goes frampy on you.
Quote from: E.O.T. on March 13, 2010, 09:15:33 AM
IN THIS NECK
'a tha woods
THE HIPSTERS SAY
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:jUBkJr3NBWRQzM:http://www.itop10.com/Article-images/37/Frank%2520Booth.JPG)
Dont you Fucking look at me. baby wants to fuck
:lulz: Both Turdley and Fogukaup kick ass in this thread!
Quote from: fogukaup on March 14, 2010, 02:36:20 AM
Quote from: E.O.T. on March 13, 2010, 09:15:33 AM
IN THIS NECK
'a tha woods
THE HIPSTERS SAY
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:jUBkJr3NBWRQzM:http://www.itop10.com/Article-images/37/Frank%2520Booth.JPG)
Dont you Fucking look at me. baby wants to fuck
WELL,
i was thinking of "FUCK Heineken, (!!) Pabst Blue Ribbon (!!!)"
BUT
i like your Frank line suggestion
Does PD love Lynch as much as I do?
Quote from: fogukaup on March 14, 2010, 03:20:15 AM
Does PD love Lynch as much as I do?
I love your hair and lips in your photo if that's you and that's all
in the way that it's always the same and that's a shame and that's aaawl
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 14, 2010, 08:02:02 AM
Quote from: fogukaup on March 14, 2010, 03:20:15 AM
Does PD love Lynch as much as I do?
I love your hair and lips in your photo if that's you and that's all
in the way that it's always the same and that's a shame and that's aaawl
lettin the liquor do the thinkin?
Well even sober I still think your hair and lips are bitchin.
How bout that ;)
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 14, 2010, 04:47:14 PM
Well even sober I still think your hair and lips are bitchin.
How bout that ;)
cool thanks
Quote from: E.O.T. on March 13, 2010, 02:33:07 AM
Quote from: Ten Ton Mantis on March 13, 2010, 12:51:17 AM
Quote from: bob-o on March 10, 2010, 02:07:00 AM
ok folks, the situation is that if i want a good beer, i know what to get. if i want quantity over quality, what cheap beer can be had that doesn't taste like excessively fizzy beer-flavored soda? anything with any substance that doesn't cost too much?
BOB-O
BEER SNOBS! A REDNECK ANSWER TO WINE SNOBS!
Steel Reserve. You're welcome.
THIS!
and yes
WHEN
all the piss swill like Pabst/ Old German/ Blitz just isn't cutting it, because you have to drink 27 cans to get that special high - the maltz are where it's at! Tastes like shit, but fucking love it!! Mickeys, Steel Reserve, Big Bear, Siver Ice and (MF!!) Black Ice ('clockin in at almost 11%)! Five bucks and 80oz's later...
Honestly, I think it just tastes good. I don't drink to get wasted these days and if I did I'd go for a bottle of scotch or maybe some cheap wine if I wanted to be a fiscally responsible drunk.
The fact that it comes in the perfect serving size and that it's stupid cheap don't hurt either.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on March 13, 2010, 09:11:03 AM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 13, 2010, 01:07:51 AM
For the inexpensive stuff, I'm a fan of Rolling Rock and Heineken. Something about the green bottles I suppose.
where are you getting your Heineken? I like the stuff quite a bit myself but I never find it anywhere in ME for less than $14 for a 12-pack, usually $8 for a 6-pack. Of course, in my neck of the woods my choices are Hannaford and Hannaford.
Hannaford or Wal Mart. I refuse to buy groceries, or anything really, from Shaw's.
I take it back about this Zywiec stuff.
I had one last night and was kind of repulsed.
It was way too sweet and kinda sunk to the bottom of my stomach like a stone.
Bleich. Not good.
To paraphrase^W blatantly steal and change the brand of someone else's line: The amazing thing about Bud Light is that they get the cat to squat over the can.
Quote from: fogukaup on March 14, 2010, 03:20:15 AM
Does PD love Lynch as much as I do?
Hoops and I have macked on Lynch here before...don't recall anyone else with the gaga for the dude, though.
I dig him.
He can get ridiculous, but it's at least interesting.
He's certainly outlandish.
Quote from: Jenne on March 19, 2010, 06:18:38 PM
Quote from: fogukaup on March 14, 2010, 03:20:15 AM
Does PD love Lynch as much as I do?
Hoops and I have macked on Lynch here before...don't recall anyone else with the gaga for the dude, though.
I'm a huge David Lynch fan, and in one of my more petty moments here I've used still images from eraserhead to spag up someones thread. Of course, my favorite movie of his is The Straight Story.