# Old Beer Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001 "2001-08-30T20:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/1 "2001-08-30T20:48:46Z")
How many can _you_ name? Guess it has to do what part of the country you come from, but my Dad always drank **Schlitz** or **Falstaff** or **Black Label**. How about the slogans that went with them: “Go for the Gusto” (was that Schlitz?) “Hey, Mabel! Black Label!” And then I remember one beer commercial that talked about the beer’s brewer: One “Papa Joe **Griesedieck** ” I think that went with **Schlitz** but I can’t be sure. Anyway the brewer’s last name was jokingly the reason given for why the beer didn’t taste good. Thanks Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/2 "2001-08-30T20:53:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\* > **Griesedieck**" I think that went with **Schlitz** > \*\* Oh God! I just caught the sexual reference in that! I have _got_ to get some counselling! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/3 "2001-08-30T21:43:53Z")
Griesdieck was a real beer. Schaeffer was the beer to have… when you’re having more than one. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/4 "2001-08-30T23:55:14Z")
Boy I hope it just wasn’t out west for this one. _King Snedley’s Beer [sings] Oh, King Snedley’s Beer, It’s a regal beer…_ ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/5 "2001-08-31T00:20:05Z")
Snap a cap of Red Cap, Red Cap Ale. Crown & Anchor. Brewed by Canadians, for Canadians. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/6 "2001-08-31T00:35:33Z")
Get…Get…Gettleman From the land of sky blue waters, Hamms. In my head spinning around is, ‘Great gusto with a great, light, beer.’ Was that Schlitz Light? Could thre really have been a Schiltz light? I should know, My grandfather, father, 2 Uncles and my grandfathers 2 brothers worked there. I worked at the canning company in high school. Ah, growing up in Milwaukee. ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/7 "2001-08-31T00:47:58Z")
we still have black label… ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/8 "2001-08-31T01:27:57Z")
I believe there was indeed a Schlitz Light, endorsed by by none other than James Coburn. “We climed the mountain because it was there, but we came back down for this.” Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/9 "2001-08-31T01:47:42Z")
_My beer is Rheingold, the dry beer. Ask for Rheingold, whenever you buy beer. . ._ or _Make a ring, and then another ring, And then another ring, and then you’ve got three rings: Ballantine. . ._ or _I’m from Milwaukee, and I oughta know, It’s Blatz, Blatz, Blatz, Blatz, where-ever you go. . . ._ ---
**Author:** ![GENE\_STONER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@GENE\_STONER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GENE_STONER)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/10 "2001-08-31T02:44:09Z")
Olde Frothingslosh ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/11 "2001-08-31T03:27:23Z")
\*\*Schaeffer is the One beer to have When you’re having more than one. Schaeffer’s Pleasure, Doesn’t fade Even when Your thirst Is done\*\* Look at it. It basically says, hey, knocking 'em back as fast as you can pop 'em open? Want something you can drink, even when you don’t want to drink any more? Here’s your beer! I always loved that jingle. \*\*The most rewarding flavor In this man’s world For people who are having fun.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/12 "2001-08-31T04:16:23Z")
Gobel’s E & B ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/13 "2001-08-31T05:48:14Z")
Northwest Beers: Lucky Lager Cascade ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/14 "2001-08-31T06:17:42Z")
**Uncle** [sub]::runs far far away::[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/15 "2001-08-31T12:02:55Z")
Two of my most prized possessions are a Rheingold and a Sheaffer church key. I just need to find a Schlitz one, and I’ll have a collection. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/16 "2001-08-31T12:11:27Z")
From Brooklyn, NY: **Piel’s Lager,** the Beer Drinker’s Beer! “Fresh poured flavor…all the way down!” Voiced by the cartoon characters Bert and Harry Piel, who were in turn voiced by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding. You can still get the stuff, too, if you look hard enough. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/17 "2001-08-31T12:32:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*Two of my most prized possessions are a Rheingold and a Sheaffer church key. I just need to find a Schlitz one, and I’ll have a collection. 🙂 \*\* I’ve got a **Ballantine** bottle opener with the three rings on the side opposite the opener part. The three rings are labeled ‘Purity’ ‘Flavor’ and ‘Body’. How’s that for a trivia question? ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/18 "2001-08-31T12:34:19Z")
Fife and Drum Naragansett (sp?) Old 800 Olympia Billy Beer 😃 M_A_S\*H beer (yes, it’s true) Gennessee (sp?) Cream Ale Natty Boh, hon (When you want a beer real bad, it’s a real bad beer.) Red, White and Blue More as I remember… ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/19 "2001-08-31T13:32:30Z")
I used to read Creem magazine a lot. They always had advertisements for Boy Howdy Beer. Has anyone ever heard of it? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001/20 "2001-08-31T13:40:30Z")
_ **National** beer, National beer, you’ll love the taste of National beer and while we’re at it we’re proud to say that it’s brewed on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay!_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-beer-names/79001.md?page=2)