Favorite "cheap beer"??

[Cadillac_Mike]

I just went to the convenience store and bought a 4-pk of Hamm's tall boys for just $3.50. You'd think it would be the worst swill out there but actually it's a non-offensive adjunct-lager with good taste! I've had pretty much the most expensive craft beers $$$ can buy so I like to measure up the affordable classic offerings! Premium Grain Belt is one of my stables being from MN lol...

How 'bout you guys??

 

[Skeezix]

When it got too close to payday my roommate and I chose this, $3.50 for a case.

But this was in the early 80's.
Pretty funny because we would sit in our room with the door opened
and people would ask if they could try one.
We would say no, but we would trade you for one of yours.
A case of generic beer quickly became a case of Michelob.

 

[Cadillac_Mike]

When it got too close to payday my roommate and I chose.

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But this was in the early 80's.

Oh wow, pretty good stuff lol!

 

[Cactus Bob]

I miss cheap beer lol. I used to buy Hi Brau Beer in the 70's back in Chicago for like $6 a case in returnable bottles, brewed by Joseph Huber in WI.

 

[Cadillac_Mike]

I miss cheap beer lol. I used to buy Hi Brau Beer in the 70's back in Chicago for like $6 a case in returnable bottles, brewed by Joseph Huber in WI.

$6 a case!!

 

[bobba66]

I'm back on the wagon but Miller Lite was my daily driver for years and Busch Light or Natty were not out of the question.

 

[gln1955]

I've been done with cheap beer long ago. My low bar is Yeungling, which even the worst dumps my band plays in will have.

 

[Gorn]

Coors Light.

 

[Lo-E]

Balantines or Gennesee Cream Ale were my go-tos when I was broke.

 

[turf3]

Carling's Black Label was something like $3 for a six pack at the 7-11 down the street. 1985. Don't forget Buckhorn. Pearl. Jax/Falstaff.

 

[Gorn]

My local Stop and Shop sometimes has six packs of Miller Highlife for 5 bucks. Relative to the price, they're excellent.

 

[GR7G5TER]

I love going to the Beer hoi when I'm in Hanoi.

Works out as about 35p for 250ml. Good cold beer and the food and snacks are equally as cheap.

Just costs £1200 to get there!

 

[MuseChaser]

Back in the can't-afford-salad-days of my youth, nothing was off the table...generic, Hamm's, Milwaukee's Worst, et. al, and the cheapest and worst, Iron City, all were consumed happily.

Now? About the only cheap beer I can stand, other than some cheap malt extract homebrews I make myself, is Rolling Rock. It isn't that it's good beer (it isn't), but there's nothing objectionable about it. Sins of omission (flavor, body, aroma) rather than sins of addition (skunkiness, soapy-tasting, chemical bitterness, etc.) as it were.

 

[Cactus Bob]

Coors Light if I want a beer on a weekday

 

[Jeff K]

Balantines or Gennesee Cream Ale were my go-tos when I was broke.

Can't get Genny Cream Ale here in Memphis, but that was my go-to for years when I was still living in PA.

 

[GR7G5TER]

is Rolling Rock. It isn't that it's good beer (it isn't), but there's nothing objectionable about it. Sins of omission (flavor, body, aroma) rather than sins of addition (skunkiness, soapy-tasting, chemical bitterness, etc.) as it were.

This is how you make a successful selling beer, make it as bland as possible and then advise to serve it ice cold!

Mass appeal but little to no flavour.

Coors anyone?

 

[Jeff K]

I'm not much of a beer drinker anymore (although I sure used to be). When I do grab some nowadays it's usually one of the Yuenglings or Rolling Rock if I'm going on the cheap.

 

[Jay Corwin]

A cold Rolling Rock on a summer day. Or 5 or 6 of them!

 

[Jeff K]

This is how you make a successful selling beer, make it as bland as possible and then advise to serve it ice cold!

Mass appeal but little to no flavour.

Coors anyone?

I do like regular Coors. Back in the day, Olympia wasn't too bad either.

 

[MuseChaser]

A cold Rolling Rock on a summer day. Or 5 or 6 of them!

Exactly. I call them "Mowers" (as in beers for after mowing on a hot day) or "Timers" for grilling (as in, fish takes one beer, steak or burgers maybe two depending upon thickness, chicken legs and thighs take three or four, ribs take six, and we won't discuss smoking a butt roast).