Cheap Booze!

[HersheyWalker]

Keystone light. It is Coors light, same can,same beer, different paint.

Only 5.99 a 12 pack. 3.00 less than a 12 pack of coors light (around here anyway)

Coors light is in the competitive market of Bud Light and Miller Lite.


Coors didn't have a beer for the Bush level beer market.

So instead of creating a new beer they just use Coors light and call it something else.

Don't believe me? Buy a can of each, pour each into a glass and do a taste test.

No difference.

Coors Light, to me, is essentially a nonalchoholic beer. After the second one it's like drinking water, all piss no drunk.

[Kenyth]

Coors Light, to me, is essentially a nonalchoholic beer. After the second one it's like drinking water, all piss no drunk.

You're right. That's why I think it make a good beer for outdoor work or sports/picnics. You can chug with reckless abandon and still hit the Vollyball.

[BigMacFU]

If I have to drink crap, which I never do (I'll always spend money on food, drink and toilet paper), I'll drink rolling rock or if I'm desperate and there are 3 dollar pitcher specials, labatt blue.

[nhcigarfan]

Back to the topic, cheap booze, I also like Seagram's 7 as an in expense whiskey. Easy to sip on the rocks and I like the taste more than Canadian blends.

Although I prefer a single malt scotch, I seem to put much more of a dent into the expense single malt than I do the S7.


Also, Sailor Jerry spiced rum is great. It was 9 bucks a bottle but recently went up to about a dollar over captains. But this stuff is 94 proof whereas captains is 70. So it has a nicer bite, same spice and less "sweetness" which I like a lot. Captains, is too sweet for me.

So while it is not cheaper than Captains, you will get a few extra drinks out of it due to the higher alcohol content, so I think it is still a deal.

[Dub's]

Ezra Brooks for bourbon (has a cork top & 90 proof vs. JD 80 proof), O'Leary's for Irish cream (much creamier than baileys), Seagram7 vs. V.O. or any other blended, Finlander for Vodka, (but its still not cheap ! grrr,I love good vodka)
Now Beer ? Thats a hard choice !! I drink mostly dark beer so its never cheap, regular beer its euro (becks,st.paulie,grolsh..) & still pricey ! I did find Bavaria or Hollandia to be a great sub to Heinken. American beer..Budwieser ! and have only had bush as a sub, good 30 packs for partys or marinades.

[JFellows]

Finlander for Vodka, (but its still not cheap ! grrr,I love good vodka)

If you're looking for a relatively good vodka at a great price, check out Svedka. It's about $14/liter around here, and I prefer it over Stoli and other similar varieties.

[COMB2]

A great Vodka for cheap is "Rain" about $15 a fifth. I put it right up there with the top shelf vodkas anyday

[Newfie]

snip...if I'm desperate and there are 3 dollar pitcher specials, labatt blue.

You're joking on the price, right??

Pitchers here are normally $12-15 depending on where you drink. A case of 24 bottles (at the beer store) is somewhere in the vicinity of $36 with cans being $40 even for 24. Beer in bars is $3.75-$6 a bottle, depending once again where you're drinking and what (all prices are for 12 oz bottles and cans).

I remember one time I was in Loozyanna on business and stopped at a convenience store for a 6 pack. I chose Red Dog (I think it was) in 16 oz as I'd seen the ads, but have never tried it. I handed the guy a $20 and he gave me back $16 and change. I said "Pal, I had 6, not 1".

He looked at me and laughed and said "You're not from around here are ya??"

The moral of the story, Canada and cheap alcohol can never be used together.

[mills]

That sucks. There's a tiny little dive bar near here where you can get lit for like ten bucks. My friend ordered 3 shots of Crown Royal and a Heineken, and it came to 8 bucks.

[Kenyth]

What I love is what they call drinks at popuar dance clubs. There was one place that served shots in these tiny little medicine cups. There was maybe half an ounce in it and they called it a shot. I assume it's the same measure they put in a mixed drink. The mixed drinks were in small glasses packed with ice. Four or five sips though the cocktail straw and it was gone. You want to stick with bottled drinks at places like that. At least you know what you're getting.

[mills]

We have some of those around here too, but not the place I mentioned earlier, definitely full sized, if not more, shots. It's not a social place at all though, just somewhere you go to drink.

[metaldonnieg]

I'm a big fan of Southpaw since I can get it in a 6er of 16 oz cans for $2.85.

And I also actually kind of like the King Cobras, .99 for a 32 oz. beer which is plenty to get me a little loose if I drink the whole thing before it gets warm.

[BDurrani]

If you are looking for something cheap and don't care much for taste then you could always get Red Dog beer.
It's $6 for a 30-pack and according to a friend the taste is basically "straight yeast."
As for cheap liquor, here's what I've have had, and don't plan on having again:

Rum - Port Royal
Vodka -Bartons, Zelko, Popov
Whiskey - Early Times