# Anyone ever try generic beer?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** beer\
**Created:** [May 20, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-try-generic-beer/688856 "2014-05-20T19:36:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-try-generic-beer/688856/41 "2014-05-31T03:35:19Z")

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It was featured in the movie [repo man](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=generic%20beer%20repo%20man&FORM=BILH1#view=detail&id=0D096D3740EA0693C1CCECFF8B75AF689E96AC45&selectedIndex=0). Stuff was vile. I thought Lucky Lager was vile and I drank enough Schmidt that the 12 pack cartons wall papered the entire apartment only partly into the school year.

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**Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-try-generic-beer/688856/42 "2014-05-31T13:28:13Z")

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I was a can collector way back when and as a result of that fact drank some of the worst panther piss you can imagine. “Beer” probably fell somewhere midrange of lower rank beers. My go-to beer in those economically challenged days was Heilman’s Old Style which was, IMHO, the best cheap beer around.

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**Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-try-generic-beer/688856/43 "2014-06-01T00:55:07Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> In our market, BEER was Falstaff repackaged. I wonder if it was different small brewers in different parts of the country?

I heard rumors that closer to St. Louis it was Stag, but Falstaff had our market for BEER.  
And seriously, it wasn’t that horrible. I’d rank it with the Red, White & Blue brand of the day, and better than Old Milwaukee.

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**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-try-generic-beer/688856/44 "2014-06-01T03:40:17Z")

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> [@jnglmassiv](#):
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> The father of a friend of mine used to drink Osco vodka. He kept the plastic bottle under the kitchen sink. Even us teenagers made fun of him.

Okay, is the hard booze under the sink a thing? Maybe with certain drinkers? My dad did the same thing in his alcoholic days, but this is the first I’ve heard.

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**Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-try-generic-beer/688856/45 "2014-06-01T04:15:29Z")

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> [@Folly](#):
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> Yeah, I thought that was just a gag in Repo Man, not a real thing…

I remember seeing as a wee lad an episode of “One Day at a Time” where Schneider (the creepy super) brought “Champagne” in a plain white can to a party. Never got the joke until recently.

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