# Rhiengold **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958 "2016-02-02T15:50:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jacked36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jacked36](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacked36)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/1 "2016-02-02T15:50:22Z")
do they still make rheingold ? ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_Vaughan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/francis_vaughan/32/3093_2.png) [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/2 "2016-02-02T15:55:35Z")
Brünnhilde had it, but she left it for the Rheinmaidens to reclaim. So no. Actually I assume you mean something else - perhaps the beer. Perhaps be a little more explicit in the question? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/3 "2016-02-02T18:41:15Z")
Froim Wikipedia (the first resort of the lazt): > [@](#): > > Rheingold shut down operations in 1976, when they were unable to compete with the large national breweries. Corporate consolidation and the rise of national breweries led to the demise of dozens of regional breweries. The Orange, New Jersey brewery was the last facility to close.[citation needed] > > The label was revived in 1998 by Terry Liebmann and partner Mike Mitaro.[citation needed] The beer’s evocative name is an allusion to Germany’s great river Rhein as well as Richard Wagner’s opera Das Rheingold.[citation needed] > **[Rheingold Brewery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheingold_Beer)** > > Rheingold Brewery, also referred to as Rheingold Breweries, or Liebmann Breweries, was the producer and marketer of Rheingold Beer from 1883 until 1987. This article is about both the brewery and its primary brand “Rheingold,” which has been sold by other companies intermittently since Rheingold Brewery was ended. > Founded by Samuel Liebmann and his three sons as S. Liebmann Brewery, the brewing company was run by the Liebmann family, through several name changes, until 1964 when the fourth Am... This one is from 2010: > **[Do You Remember Rheingold The Dry Beer? It's Back!](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/remember-rheingold-beer-its-back/)** > > It was more than the advertising, it was part of the culture. And now, like dad to the fridge, Rheingold Beer is back. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/4 "2016-02-03T00:06:10Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/5 "2016-02-03T00:12:05Z")
> [@Francis\_Vaughan](#): > > Brünnhilde had it, but she left it for the Rheinmaidens to reclaim. So no. After four operas and fourteen hours, the gold is back where it started, in the river. In it. With the Rheinmaidens. Which means that the whole thing could start up all over again! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/6 "2016-02-03T00:13:45Z")
[_My beer is Rheingold the dry beer Think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer It’s not bitter, not sweet, it’s the extra dry treat Won’t you try extra dry Rheingold beer?_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_51RANXHg0) I grew up with it. It was my parent’s and grandparent’s favorite beer. After 50 years I still can sing the jingle. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/7 "2016-02-03T00:15:05Z")
Now I’ll have that classic ad jingle running through my head: _My beer is Rheingold, the dry beer. Ask for Rheingold whenever you buy beer Rheingold’s taste ain’t effete Smells like old stinky feet Pabst and Schlitz can’t compete With my beer!_ ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/8 "2016-02-03T13:08:04Z")
I see it and Ballantine in my local beer store occasionally. Growing up, Rheingold sponsored Mets games and Ballantine sponsored Yankee games so I thought they were the two largest beer companies in the world. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/9 "2016-02-03T14:38:04Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Now I’ll have that classic ad jingle running through my head: > > _My beer is Rheingold, the dry beer. > Ask for Rheingold whenever you buy beer > Rheingold’s taste ain’t effete > Smells like old stinky feet > Pabst and Schlitz can’t compete > With my beer!_ Stinky Feet Law: the probability that **any** mention of Rheingold on the Internet will have the parody jingle posted in the thread/comments doesn’t just approach but **is** 1. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/10 "2016-02-03T15:30:20Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > After four operas and fourteen hours, the gold is back where it started, in the river. In it. With the Rheinmaidens. Which means that the whole thing could start up all over again! I love Anna Russell, but really, she’s wrong here. Alberich’s fate is ambiguous, but other than him there’s really no one left to squabble over the thing. To put it another way, here’s my Ring synopsis: See, there’s this ring. Then everybody dies. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/11 "2016-02-03T16:19:43Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > I love Anna Russell, but really, she’s wrong here. Alberich’s fate is ambiguous, but other than him there’s really no one left to squabble over the thing. > > To put it another way, here’s my Ring synopsis: > > See, there’s this ring. Then everybody dies. And what’s great is, you can use this to summarize _Lord of the Rings_, too. Except some of them don’t die, they just go to the Grey Havens (which comes to the same thing, for most practical purposes). ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhiengold/744958/12 "2016-02-03T16:34:18Z")
I’m from Chicago, so I only knew Rheingold via baseball broadcasts from New York. Shea Stadium used to have a Rheingold sign: “The ten-minute head: Haven’t you timed it yet?” As a kid I thought this was totally cool. I couldn’t wait to grow up and time my beer heads, to prove that I was a discriminating beer connoisseur. Then I grew up and saw that nobody did this. You get a beer and you drink it. Otherwise it gets warm. And so, another one of my childhood illusions died.