I Love the Cheap Beer ...................... (sometimes)

It's summer time. Hot weather, fishing and camping trips, and I love to drink cheap beer this time of year. I admit it. When I'm fishing on a lake, or mindlessly working in the garage on another failed attempt as a woodworker, I enjoy the cheap beer. I enjoy it because (depending on where you live) the alcohol percentage is lower than premium beers (= I can drink more of it), I don't really have the mindset to appreciate complex tastes anyway, and, like with cigars, I enjoy spotting a deal.

So here is the list, in order, of my favorite, mindless beers to drink:

1. If I'm fishing in Ontario, Canada somewhere, it's Labatt's Blue, in a can. Nothing beats it on a hot summer day sitting in the middle of a lake.
If I'm in the states, I enjoy Milwaukee's Best Light in bottles. A college buddy of mine used to travel 4.5 hours to Columbia, MO, and bring back cases of the stuff.

2. Milwaukee's Best (regular)

3. Modelo Light - for some reason, I don't like this beer while IN Mexico. In other words, I only enjoy this beer imported, rather than domestically.

4. Oranjeboom - in cans

5. Peter's Brand - in bottles

6. Pabst Blue Ribbon

Does anyone else enjoy the cheap beer? Any suggestions for me?

Hell Yeah!

Sitting around at the hunting club at night = mass quantities of Busch beer or Bud Light!

I can pound some Busch (pun kinda intended):smiley3:

I can't believe I totally forgot about Busch Light. That was the very first beer I got drunk off of. I was 16 years old, in a bar in Houston, Texas. I was playing in an adult lacrosse league, and we had just gotten waxed during two brutal games against like Houston Metro and Texas A&M or something like that.

Good beer. Better in quantities.

It's all about PBR and Keystone Light. 30 packs are often on sale for $10.89 near my school.

Natural Light "Natty Light" is the best cheap beer. Goes down smooth like water.
PBR isn't bad either.

A pox upon your house, how can you do this to your taste buds. It's like saying, I want a mindless smoke, give me a schwisser schweeeeeeet :smiley11::smiley11::smiley11:

Life is too short to drink bad beer. If you need something light and refreshing, do as the Germans, take a heffeweisen and half and half it with cold lemonade. That's 100000000 times better than piss-beer. Yes yes, I know good beer isn't as cheap, but schwissssssers are cheaper than Gran Habanos and Rocky 2nds.

BTW, I'm not mad, just sad

I happen to really enjoy my times late at night around a campfire, bullshitting with my friends, drinking ice cold cans of Busch, or Bud Light. They're not beers that can often be found in my refrigerator at home, but they have a place in my lifestyle nonetheless.

I think the credo should be "Life is too short to not enjoy", regardless of how you choose to enjoy life.

I pound down the Bud, bottles usually, while fishing and camping or at events like NASCAR or NFL or whatever.

If I'm gonna have a beer, with time to enjoy the flavor and its compliment to a cigar......Bud just doesn't do it........I usually go for a micro-brew or semi-microbrew like SamAdams, or Pete's Wicked Ale, Alley Cat Ale, etc.......a bit more expensive, but still not break the bank expensive and much more flavorful and enjoyable.

I must admit I drink Coors Light like water when I'm working in the yard or camping. It's like a "yard gar" of beers for me.

I refuse to drink cheap beer...I'd rather do without. If you like it I won't hold it against you.

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Originally Posted by cigarsarge

I refuse to drink cheap beer...I'd rather do without. If you like it I won't hold it against you.

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That's my philosophy as well.

I'm all about Coors Light and after that, its PBR. I often wonder as I'm drinking PBR, what was the competition like for Pabsts to win a blue ribbon. That must of been some down right nasty beer if it lost to Pabst. Seriously, because when they were tearing down old homes in SE DC to clear the area for the Stadium, some one found a Pabst can before they had the blue ribbon.

Just found a new good cheap brew: Hamm's. Comes in 16 oz. cans here. Perfect fishing beer.

Keystone light = coors light. Same Manufacturer, same can, exact same beer. Pour one of each in a glass and you'll never tell the difference.

I was told back in my bartender days by a distributor that coors didn't have a beer to compete on the Busch level so instead of making another, they just changed the paint on a coors light can.

natty ice ftw? lol i had it for the first time in awhile the other night when i was down the shore. man that was bad news.

I guess I'm the lucky one. Being a homebrewer I can brew up a session beer for $18 - $20 for 5 gallons = 2 cases+. This way I don't patronize the macros and I don't impede my taste buds.

For me it's generally fosters or stella when I am pottering around in the garden, what i get for during the week generally depends on where we shop for that period.

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Originally Posted by cigarsarge

I refuse to drink cheap beer...I'd rather do without. If you like it I won't hold it against you.

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I have to agree with ya there.

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Originally Posted by mrtr33

Just found a new good cheap brew: Hamm's. Comes in 16 oz. cans here. Perfect fishing beer.

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Hamms is older 'n dirt. Your talking back in the days of Schlitz, Pearl, Falstaff, Jax, etc.

But, it has managed to survive all these years. I will drink a Hamms any day.

Now my favorite is still Billy Beer. I have a case if anyone wants one. It was brewed by Pearl back in the day. It's just a vivid reminder of when Billy Carter jumped off his plane and took a piss on the tarmac. I'm sure Jimmy remembers that one too.

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Originally Posted by DeeDubya

Hamms is older 'n dirt. Your talking back in the days of Schlitz, Pearl, Falstaff, Jax, etc.

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Schlitz is amazing and affordable.

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Originally Posted by wild

I guess I'm the lucky one. Being a homebrewer I can brew up a session beer for $18 - $20 for 5 gallons = 2 cases+. This way I don't patronize the macros and I don't impede my taste buds.

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you're not the only one. Have a two product draft system for my home brews. Just running Lite and shipyard summer right now because it is to hot to brew something new and after a few get togethers the homebrew kegs are kicked.

Post up some receipts food and drink section.

It's never too hot to brew beer. So far 120°F is the warmest I've brewed. As long as there is cool beer to drink and a nice smoke to enjoy, I can brew.

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As long as there is cool beer to drink and a nice smoke to enjoy, I can brew.

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I've got to get into this. While I admittedly love cheap beer, I love the microbrews, too. There are six breweries in the town I live in, and several more in surrounding communities. 6-pack prices are killing me. If only I could stay in one area for longer than a year, I would jump at the chance. It just seems like I'm always moving.

My brother used to brew - some IPAs and Pale Ales were his best recipes.

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Originally Posted by WOXOF

I must admit I drink Coors Light like water when I'm working in the yard or camping. It's like a "yard gar" of beers for me.

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Yup, that's the stuff! It's like pop with a kick when you're outside in the hot weather. Add a shot of Bacardi Limon' for an excellent summer beer cocktail!

of course everyone loves quality beer, but the topic is LOVE OF CHEAP BEER, so all you no cheap beer drinking haters get outta here. hahah im just playing, but seriously though this will be my senior year at coolidge, and if you can get the first 3-4 natty lights/ice down, then its all water after that. We will also add cheap beer to our jungle juice cooler, 2 handles of vodka, 4 jugs of juice, and a 30 pack of keystone, its INCREDIBLE!! PBR is also delicious

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Originally Posted by jlipski19

of course everyone loves quality beer, but the topic is LOVE OF CHEAP BEER, so all you no cheap beer drinking haters get outta here. hahah im just playing, but seriously though this will be my senior year at coolidge, and if you can get the first 3-4 natty lights/ice down, then its all water after that. We will also add cheap beer to our jungle juice cooler, 2 handles of vodka, 4 jugs of juice, and a 30 pack of keystone, its INCREDIBLE!! PBR is also delicious

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Looks like the jungle juice is working. :smiley36:

beer in your jungle juice?.....that seems awful.

The only cheap beer I've had that I can stand is Coor's Light. Not bad if I just think of it as a soda.

I drink Grainbelt Premium all the time in long neck bottles.(18.00 a case)
I dont drink it becusae its cheap i actually enjoy it.