And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Back in 1968, while deployed with the USMC 3rd Tank Battalion in Vietnam, we'd often get Schlitz ($hits) beer in steel cans that were rusted and that needed a "church key" to open. We'd also get Hamms, Olympia, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Carling Black Label and Fallstaff (Fall flat). What a horrible selection of "beer."
Yes! The fine French Canadian import, as I used to call it. Pronounced it 'Shaffay.' Loved 'The Weekender' at $4.25 a case in 1986, you couldn't beat it. After a while, I noticed friends would come over to drink it, but would never bring anything over themselves. That's when I learned to appreciate warm Shaefer. No one else would drink it. Win, win!
Does anybody else remember the beer bottles that had a bottle opener molded into the bottom of the bottle ? You'd use one bottle to open the next. This would have been the early 1960s.
Worst beer ever.
ReplyDeleteNot by a long shot…
DeleteAltoona Curve brand- worst I ever drank!
DeleteBudwise would you say that?
DeleteWorst beer ever was what I drank on Gitmo in 1981!
DeleteUtica Club
DeleteWorst beer (and also the memorable) I ever had was in 'Nam in '68. Some said it was in storage since Korea.
DeleteAluminum. Yum.
ReplyDeleteBack in 1968, while deployed with the USMC 3rd Tank Battalion in Vietnam, we'd often get Schlitz ($hits) beer in steel cans that were rusted and that needed a "church key" to open. We'd also get Hamms, Olympia, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Carling Black Label and Fallstaff (Fall flat). What a horrible selection of "beer."
ReplyDeleteAll tastes about the same to me, and that includes at least 50 diff german beers when I lived there. I don't drink it for the flavor...
Deleteadd Haffenreffer to the list.
DeleteOn another note, if you remember using a church key to open a beer, YOU'RE OLD ;-))
I still have two church keys in my kitchen junk drawer and I STILL have a bottle opener on my key chain alongside a P-38.
Nemo
Same at Subic Bay Philippines in 1964, 10 cents a can at the enlisted club....Did not notice until I used glass one night...Semper Fi.
DeleteSchaefer too
ReplyDeleteYes! The fine French Canadian import, as I used to call it. Pronounced it 'Shaffay.' Loved 'The Weekender' at $4.25 a case in 1986, you couldn't beat it. After a while, I noticed friends would come over to drink it, but would never bring anything over themselves. That's when I learned to appreciate warm Shaefer. No one else would drink it. Win, win!
DeleteStag is all the rage in my county right now.
ReplyDeleteSchlitz was the #1 Brand for years. Then, they changed their brewing process, followed by a horrible ad campaign(s). Double whammy that killed it.
ReplyDeleteIt was the Bud Light of its day (early 70s). That's when Bud started emphasizing its Beechwood Brewing Process on every bottle/can.
Does anybody else remember the beer bottles that had a bottle opener molded into the bottom of the bottle ?
ReplyDeleteYou'd use one bottle to open the next.
This would have been the early 1960s.
I know Molson Canadian did that.
DeleteI think Budlight is the worst, followed by Budweiser.
ReplyDeleteBaMiBa (33 in Vietnamese)-- had a chemist analyze it-said my horse had bad kidneys------
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