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Re: The Beer Thread

Posted: September 16 09, 8:07 pm
by Hungary Jack
I don't think I have had a Schlitz. It was a dying brand during my formative imbibing years.

IIRC, the rights to Schlitz were acquire by a small investor group from Pabst. I think it's brewed somewhere in Illinois.

Re: The Beer Thread

Posted: September 16 09, 8:33 pm
by jim
Hungary Jack wrote:I don't think I have had a Schlitz. It was a dying brand during my formative imbibing years.

IIRC, the rights to Schlitz were acquire by a small investor group from Pabst. I think it's brewed somewhere in Illinois.
It's the 60's formula which apparently makes a big difference, I guess the later years it was really bad. My Dad and Uncle swear it really is the "good beer" as he called it to differentiate from the "crap beer" in the 70's.

Re: The Beer Thread

Posted: September 17 09, 12:14 am
by G. Keenan
jim wrote:Take this beer snobs.... I just bought a 12 pack of this tonight:

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It's good too. I love it.
Oh hell yeah to Schlitz. As cheap beers go it is right up there.

Re: The Beer Thread

Posted: September 17 09, 6:57 am
by Popeye_Card
The Schlitz 60's formula is no longer cheap. It sells for around $6.50 a 6'er around here. 12 pack of cans used to be $5.99. Now they pulled the cans off the shelves--just the 60's formula in bottles. I'm kinda pissed. I've had to switch back to Stag and Busch.

Re: The Beer Thread

Posted: September 17 09, 9:27 am
by jim
Popeye_Card wrote:The Schlitz 60's formula is no longer cheap. It sells for around $6.50 a 6'er around here. 12 pack of cans used to be $5.99. Now they pulled the cans off the shelves--just the 60's formula in bottles. I'm kinda pissed. I've had to switch back to Stag and Busch.
$10.99/12 here.

Re: The Beer Thread

Posted: September 17 09, 9:30 am
by JL21
jim wrote:
Popeye_Card wrote:The Schlitz 60's formula is no longer cheap. It sells for around $6.50 a 6'er around here. 12 pack of cans used to be $5.99. Now they pulled the cans off the shelves--just the 60's formula in bottles. I'm kinda pissed. I've had to switch back to Stag and Busch.
$10.99/12 here.
How is it? I've wanted to hit it up in the new old incarnation.

Re: The Beer Thread

Posted: September 17 09, 9:54 am
by Popeye_Card
$10.99 > $5.99 = Schlitz fail.

Re: The Beer Thread

Posted: September 17 09, 10:08 am
by Hungary Jack
A sixer of pretty much any craft brew starts at about $9 here in Chicago. Sometimes you can get stuff on sale for $1 less. So Schlitz at $5.99 might be a bargain.

Re: The Beer Thread

Posted: September 17 09, 10:15 am
by lukethedrifter
Popeye_Card wrote:$10.99 > $5.99 = Schlitz fail.

On the Internet ">" means better than as opposed to greater than, right?

Re: The Beer Thread

Posted: September 17 09, 10:29 am
by Popeye_Card
My condolances to Chicagoans.