Grolsch. I also find it interesting that the word “Grolsch” sounds like the noises created over the toilet after you drink a couple bottles.
Ah, yes, that brings to mind another fine beer: Pfeiffer. It was 3 cases for 7.00 (with empties) when I was in high school. It was .99 if you bought it by the six-pack.
There was even a name for the after effects–The Pfeiffer Squirts.
Oh, I beg to differ.
It most certainly can be done. If memory serves, up to 12 Hamms can be consumed in under an hour (if one were to split a case of longnecks with one’s UWEC roomate before hitting the bars). I don’t recommend it however. The after-effects are…disturbing.
As an avowed beer hater, I didn’t think I’d be contributing to this thread (except for the “Genessee Kwah” bit), but I have just thought of a truly repellent beer I once had:
Champale
Brewed in Trenton, New Jersey. Supposedly ale that tasted like champagne, it actually tasted like neither.
I was once present at an inaugural event in Trenton. They had all the Champale you could drink there. There was a lot left over.
And just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, there’s:
Pink Champale
Regular Champale dyed industrial pink, apparently in imitation of Pink Champagne. This fools no one, believe me.
Egyptian beer; can’t remember the brand name but I’ll suppose there’s only one in the country. Thank heavens the Supply Officer had the forethought to bring along two reefer trailer loads of beer from Cannes, France. (USS Forrestal port visit to Alexandria, Egypt)
San Miguel. Truly nasty stuff regardless of where I encountered it. (far to many places to try mentioning here)
Peroni. Italian stuff that should not be consumed for any reason.
Budweiser. One can of this crap gives me a huge headache.
Busch. Used to be pretty good until they made some sort of change to the recipe.
Oh yes, RWB was THE cheap beer in my teen years (78-84) here in Columbus, Ohio. The alcoholic drummer in my band and I would be reduced to that if we didn’t have enough for Pabst Blue Ribbon. I have no idea if it is still available though the market where we purchased it (on High St. a little north of Hudson) is still there. I think a pilgimage is in order.
One of my friends brought a six pack of this shit back in high school. It was the most god-awful creation in the history of time. Tasted like formaldyhyde, and worked much better than Ipicac. For the longest time I thought it was just a gag, until I ran into some people who had also seen the stuff.
This thread takes me back to the days of swiging from a jug of plastic Vodka with a PBR chaser.
hehe, that was supposed to be “plastic jug of Vodka” but "Jug of plastic Vodka is probably equally accurate.
The Egyptian beer mentioned earlier is called “Stella.” Its brewed in a government owned brewery and was made semi-famous during the Grateful Dead’s trip to Egypt in 1978. According to the tale, the band bought damn near every bottle in Cairo and then bought damn near all the ice to get it cold.
I’m with Schlitz on this one.
Now I can certainly stomach most of the pisswater beers. Bud, Miller, etc. (I don’t drink Coors, though.) I can also stomach the ultra-cheap pisswater: PBR, the Beast. . .
A few years ago a friend of mine was working at a convenience store. During one night of drinking we ended up there while he was working. While sitting in the back he suggested that we get some Schlitz. I was already drunk, so it sounded like a capital idea. I then proceeded to drink one of the most godawful beers I’ve ever tasted. You know it’s bad if you can’t even stomach it while drunk.