Not sure if this belongs here or MPSISMS, but since it involves beer, I’m starting here and apologizing to the mods later.
Ok, so my grandparents died awhile ago, and we’re still mourning our loss. They were the center of our family life; the head of our clan, if you will. Anyway, it’s become a new tradition to hold a dinner on their respective birthdays in their birthday to honor them. And naturally, it involves a toast, this dinner. And ideally, it should involve their favorite drink. For instance, we toast my nana with Bailey’s, because that was her favorite drink.
And here is where we come to the crux, the reason for this thread; what to toast my grandfather with? See, his favorite drink was Falstaff beer, which went belly up about seven years ago.
And so I ask you fair Dopers for your help and/or generosity. Can you help me locate some Falstaff beer, if there is any extant? My own efforts have come up bupkus. My best lead was a liquor store in Temple, Tx which had nothing for me.
Thank you for even taking the time to read this my friends.
Even if you could find some, drinking it would be a sure way of disrespecting the memory of your grandfather. After seven years, even perfectly stored Falstaff would be foul.
Sorry, but you’re going to have to come up with another idea.
I loved Stroh’s. Couldn’t stand the smell, but I loved the taste. I only mention this cause I miss some old beer too.
Since I didn’t know your grandparents, I can’t say they would be okay with this or they’d come back and make you marry the butcher.
If it were my grandpa, I’d get Grain Belt, cause they make that again and serve it in a Falstaff goblet. I saw some new last week, almost bought one, I think I was at a Dollar Store.
I’m sorry I started this thread. I was just trying, in my poor, pathetic way, to try in some small way to honor my grandfather. Thank you so very much.
The question was answered immediately, which was that seven year old beer would be undrinkable. And in the normal course of events, it became about Falstaff beer. “Grandpa beer” is a common term for old brands of beer that do not have huge, current advertising campaigns behind them.
Yeah, I live in the middle of nowhere. I just meant I miss being able to easily get an 18pack for $5. I’d have to drive 4hrs to get some. Maybe if I add it to 5 Guys run…
Of course it woudln’t be drinkable after seven years. Hells bells, it probably wasn’t even very good to begin with. That’s not the point. In fact, it misses the point by quite a wide margin.
It seems like part of the problem is that Falstaff ended up being owned by Pabst. A lot of grandpa beers… er… heritage brands have been picked up by smaller breweries (although often the new version is some hoidy-toidy craft brew instead of the old swill) but with Pabst, they expect the brand to sell enough to make macro-brew sales margins.
It looks like Pabst still sells Haffenreffer in some markets, which was Falstaff’s malt liquor brand.
What I want to know is when is Schlitz going to be available on the West Coast? I’ve heard they went back to the “original” recipe and that it is actually pretty damn good, but it is nowhere to be seen out here.
Is this necessarily true? Is there no way to maintain a bottle of beer for 7 years? Though even if you can, I suppose you are right that he is unlikely to find a new one anywhere.
Yeah, you can get it in Michigan. It’s a cheap beer, not to bash it. It is pretty good, actually.