Comments on: Refresh, Rejoice, Regurgitate – Pabst Gets the Call

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:50:00 +0000

Schmidt’s trivia -

I believe there is a Schmidt’s neon sign prominently displayed at the country bar that the Blues Brothers played at…

By: BlogFreeSpringfield

BlogFreeSpringfield — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:42:00 +0000

I agree with La Lubu that Guinness is one fine stout. After the kids go to bed on Saturday night and my wife and I settle in for a few hands of Euchre, I usually reach for a Sierra Neveda Pale Ale.

I have had Little Kings back in my college years, but not Schmidt’s. I also didn’t participate in the Dry beer movement and am confounded by it as well.

By: Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:41:00 +0000

Oh, you beat me to the Schmidt’s punch. That is a HORRIBLE beer. I’m more into the scotch scene with the occassional port. La dee freakin da.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:34:00 +0000

How 'bout Schmidt's?

Ever try that river water?

Hamm's?

Little Kings?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:26:00 +0000

My guess for what's next:

Schafer's

Now there's a classic for ya.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:00:00 +0000

Used to get it at Charlie Zaubi's for 35 cents a (frosted) mug back in the 70s. At that price, it tasted pretty good, although they also had Bud and given the choice, I'll take the Bud 99 times out of a hundred. And I did. It's not bad in the same way that Stag or Milwaukee's Best is bad, but you'd have to be pretty bold to drink one off-temp, slightly warm. A Bud will go down that way and still be good, Pabst not so good and others toxic and possibly fatal.

For me the only thing that gives PBR any cachet whatsoever is the Allman Bros. double album photo (Live at Fillmore East) in which they are all sucking down PBR tall boys. If they were on that stuff, and making music like that, then it must be good for you somehow. Or maybe Duane and Gregg didn't pay the band and roadies that well and that's all they could afford. In NYC, no less.

I think maybe that's it----it's so UN-cool that it's cool.

Never had "Old Buckhorn" but had some friends at SIU and they said it was the worst beer ever. I quit drinking a long time ago but I never understood people putting lime in their beer. I quit drinking before they came out with "DRY" beer and kinda wondered what that was all about, even though I think it is gone now. I guess that's pretty telling; it must not have been very good. At least PBR is consistent and maybe that is the attraction. It is a very old brand, and maybe that is why they can market it as a classic, when it's taste really isn't. Although ice cold, once in a while it was pretty good. To me, it's kinda like Old Style in that way. A different, distinctive taste, nothing to write home about but a decent change of pace from time to time.

The last time I was in Barrel Head, they had no draft whatsoever. If I were drinking beer today (based on advertising), it would be Coors because they use the O'Jays "Love Train"---do I sound stuck in the 70s?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:49:00 +0000

I noticed that sign, too, Dan. With much amusement, of course. I recall an article in the SJ-R biz section a year or two ago about how PBR was becoming the hipster’s suds of choice in Portland and other such (actually hip) locales. Funny how the Springfield hipsters are always behind the curve. And is Barrel Head a place that local cool kids go these days? Their beer selection is OK, and the pizza is decent (the roast beef on Black Forest rye is darn tasty, tho), but the gang and I never went there socially.

I also recall about 10 years ago in college, when I worked as a parts runner for the university motor pool. The shop foreman (a true “Son of the Soil”) asked what I was doing one particular night and invited me, in all earnestness, to “PK’s for some PBR.” I politely declined, since it was Pint Night at Tres Hombres, where they served actual tasty beer.

By: La Lubu

La Lubu — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 03:10:00 +0000

PBR on tap at the Barrelhead? But….why? Ptooie! Sorry, when it comes to the Barrelhead, I think I’ll stick with that uncool, unhip, but damn tasty Guinness!