I was a Kokanee guy early in college (most of my friends back home switch between kokanee (as their good beer) and Coors light(cheap beer)).

Sierra Nevada is basically my cheap (despite not being very cheap)...everyday type beer.

I had my camera with me last night at a gigantic liquor store, so I took some shots of the amazing selection of Forgotten Shitty Beers available here in Wisconsin... things most of you only vaguely remember your dad drinking 25 years ago live on here in broad daylight.

Huber Bock (?!) and Huber Light:
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Grain Belt Beer (and I think Blatz next to it?):

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Premium indeed!

edit - Nope, Schlitz.

Esser's Best:


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Truly, wonderfully, bad.

Jesus, Cap! My dad used to drink MEISTER BRAU!! Fuck that stuff was awful.

And, y'all don't know bad liquor til you've drunk "Military Special" brand.

The uncooled can cases:

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My new screen wallpaper. That's nice shootin boys [/Wiggum]

Dog Style:


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--and finally the most disgusting liquor that doesn't have a dead animal floating in it... Stroh 80. Austria's most cruel joke upon the world since giving birth to Hitler.

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I promise you, upon my honor, that if I put a shot of it in one of your hands and then a shot containing 87 octane gasoline and orange juice in the other, you would NOT be able to tell me which is which.

There's the Blatz. Whenever my parents went to International Falls they'd pick me up a case of Blatz for like $8. I'd basically freeze the fuckers so all I'd taste is an icy beer-like drink. The second it approaches anything like room temperature it's undrinkable.

i love grain belt, i wish we got it down these parts.

anyone heard of or had Golden Anniversary?

I like Bud Dry if I am having domestic.
It's hard to find, but I have my source.

I have a cousin who used to drink NOTHING but Red, White, and Blue.

I used to get six packs of Stag in the can for $3.23. If kept at 34 degrees Farenheit, it's drinkable.

My dad swears by this for his cheap beer.

I may have to investigate it, then. I've never had one.

I like how if you buy 12 or more they are only $27 each. What savings!

My grandfather prolly still has (some) shwag for all of that... A lot he gave away, already, though.

But when he & my grandmother go, if he still has that triangular Blatz wall-clock -- it plugs into the wall! -- I'm seizing it. I love that clock... &, I actually love that beer. (Made Milwaukee famous, bitches. & that band whose jock Shiv is all up on wouldn't have a career without it, either. (Because, well, Rod Stewart wouldn't have a song about it.))

BEER CITY. MILWAUKEE. REPRESENT.

FUCK THE LOU. BUSCH IS MANURE LIKE WAYNE ROONEY.

Yeah I only noticed that after I got home and saw the pics. The place is cheap as hell, though - Woodman's. Gi-normous locally owned grocery store chain that pays employees well, (is emp-owned in fact), and has attached to it the largest, most wonderful Disneyland of a liquor store ever.

room temp old style with a few shots of vegetable juice.

i'm jealous of all you people in normal states that can buy beer and booze in grocery stores.

what sucks is that they have separate rooms for the booze here in wisconsin. You have to check out twice (once for groceries and once for booze).

Yeah, what a hardship

Here you can't by beer in a liquor store. And since liqs are staterun, the selection is pretty shitty.

For real. It is always somewhat of a mild shock when I travel to other states and find booze in grocery stores, convience stores, and WalMart.

The law here that drives me up a wall is the case law, which means that most beer outlets can only sell beer by the case. They can't sell 6 packs. The ONLY place that you can legally buy a six pack are places that prepares food and has a place to sit down and eat it. So you'll find a pizza place here and there that also has a section of 6 packs, and you can also buy 6 packs from a microbrewery's brewpub. But other than those two rare occourances, nada.

what's the rationale behind the case law?

i've been to states where you can get everything in the same place and it's not separated. Plus you can't buy alcohol here after 9PM at stores.

At least in Idaho and Washington you can get beer at grocery stores until 2AM (they have state run liquor stores but i rarely drink liquor).