one of my best friends lives in Portland now (he's from Pittsburgh originally) and called me freaking out about being able to get Iron City out there. He told me that you can't get Yuengling out ther, though, which is bizarre. We can't even get Iron City in Philly, so we have a case sent out every once in awhile with visitors so my girlfriend can have a taste of home. The aluminum bottles totally kick ass though.

It's sad to se it's becoming the new PBR, because the whole drinking PBR for kitsch irks the shit out of me.

Yumm, that's a damn good one for the price, that be sure. Very enjoyable. You have a nose for the good stuff. Wouldn't mind popping a few of those myself. Got some Gordon Biersch Pilsner at home waiting for me.

This is so true, Cotton. I think I've told you before that my husband grew up in Kennett Square, so he's familiar with Iron City (plus his sister and her family live in the 'burgh). We tried to get Yuengling while in the Newark International Airport... it's now a mission on my husband's part because he has yet to taste the country's oldest beer!

Well, I see a lot of people getting Iron City, but I'm not kidding when I say that there are SO MANY PEOPLE (seems to be middle-aged yuppie types) who drink the Stella Artois. That stuff is so overrated.

Why the hell would someone drink PBR for the kitsch factor?? I don't get how it's kitschy. I drink PBR because I'm poor. (though right now I have a fairly nice merlot sitting next to me...)

Iron City actually TASTES like Iron. I don't care for it. I was surprised to find that Yuenglin was on tao at every bar in Mobile while I was down there. I mean, it's scarce almost everywhere but Pennsy. and they have it in Mobile?!? Weird.

PBR tastes like shit, but when it $1-$1.50/beer it's pretty much the best bet unless yr. drinking something hella good.

For all of us Canadian folk, what the hell does Iron City taste like? I've never heard of it. Is there a RIFL?

beerslummin'

I'm not a huge fan of Iron City, but it's one of those beers you can drink for days on end without really getting drunk. Think a Bud/Rolling Rock mix without the beershits.

It should be stated that until I was like 22 I had never drank anything but Yuengling.

Yum, beershits... I do have friends that complain that PBR is a culprit of doing this to you. I myself don't have this sort of problem with it. Anyway, this has been your TMI moment brought to you by TinyE!

And y'all's poor because you love-loath kitsch; therefore, you blow so much money on anything Battlefield Earth, or 80s Hair Metal, or 70s Animated Series, or whatever related. Old video games, fifties-era teen sex ed. books/series of books, all that shit too.

So, suck a bag of dick, irono-contrarian turd-brains; suck a Got-damned bag of dick. What money you have you spend on kitsch... So, you're not doing kitsch for being poor, you're poor for your kitsch fetish.

Oh, and now I remember this (from the Mormon kid at my high-school, who was a year behind me).... When the bland leadeth the bland, we all shall fall into the kitsch

I prefer drinking at home, alone - it's much more pleasant (and cheaper) for me...

I tricked my roommate's boyfriend into going in on a 30 cube with me, and then he went upstairs. I'm calmly plowing through it while finalizing a mix for a friend/girl who has never heard the Mountain Goats before. All he gets is his girlfriend and Goonies....

Sucker.


At least, let me think that for now - time to grab a few more cans from the fridge...

Chuckie Shaw.

I wish I hadn't finished that bottle of Manichewitz last night I really could use some. Charles will suffice for tonite but I miss the 'witz

You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by mself.

Wow... I hope all the above is intended to be tongue-in-cheek... But when directed at a hard-working girl, it almost seems an insult. I have nothing that would fall into the category of kitsch, and if I do, it's because I've had it since it was original... I don't know what Battlefield Earth is. I don't have any book series. I don't collect comic books. The only thing that could qualify as a 'collection' in my apartment is a bunch of music boxes my grandmother gave me. I don't play video games.. Oh wait, I take that back. I still have the TurboGrafx 16 system and games my dad gave me when I was 11. I don't have a VCR or a DVD player. And I rarely watch TV, so I know nothing of these 70's Animated Series that you speak of (also, I wasn't alive then anyway). This computer is probably the most extravagant purchase I've ever made. My small income is spent mostly on rent, food, and bills, with the only non-basic-utility being my phone. I buy sheet music, reeds, other random-but-necessary musical items, and have to have my instruments overhauled now and then, which gets very expensive. I also have 2 cats that require basic vet care. No cable or internet bill. No car. No extra anything. I'm paying back a student loan and saving for grad school at the same time. And as a plus, I don't have a maxed-out credit card. So, no, I am not poor because I waste my money on kitsch items. I live poorly so that I don't go broke. I live poorly because at this stage in my life, I don't need much more. I am poor, because in the long run, I'm wealthy. And I'm sure I'm not the only one like this.
Just making my case known. Please resume your Friday night (or Saturday morning) funtime.

No problem with a Friday night spent alone... If you move to Los Angeles, I more than welcome your company. You'd have to leave the cats home, though...

Plus, In defense of the newbie named TinyE (Look at that beercan. It's HUUUUUUGE!), Isn't PBR a local-ish beer for the Athens crowd? I'd drink fresh, cheep, closely-brewed beer just about every night if I could.... Unfortunately, since I live in L.A., Microbrews cost 2-3 times a normal beer and, not even when I attended High School down the street from a major Budweiser plant, has one brand of beer been signifigantly cheaper than any other...

That is, unless you're the immortal Loogar, and just using it to huff {u}and[[/u] drink - in which case, freshness/fumeness is of the essence. (slight pun intended)...

Leave the cats at home?? But they're so cute! Hmm... I'd have to seriously think about that. And a Friday night at home for me is neither a big deal or that uncommon- I usually work on Saturdays anyway, so my 'weekends' fall during the week. PBR isn't a local beer in Athens, but it is the cheap beer of choice for those who don't want to drink High Life or Bud Light. And of course no self-respecting townie bar is going to actually serve The Beast or Nasty Lite. Can't beat $4 pitchers of PBR.

I am experiencing some MAJOR LAG...as I'm still seeing Konstantil's post, un-remarked on by myself...

and I'm on a DSL/Cable line here at home...

What? What!?

Pabst Blue Ribbon is a local, Athenian (Georgia, USA) brew? Is it a microbrew too?

Jesus F'n' Christ!

Pabst was the first big-time ale to arise from Milwaukee, though not the beer that made Milw. famous (that was Blatz, for whom my grandfather worked in sales). Pabst, though, was made up in Milw., principally, until 1996. Then, the brewery closed, and the name was sold to... Can't recall. But, they bottle it in San Antonio now, on a licensing deal with a brewery down in Texas.

So, unless Milwaukee is now a suburb of Atlanta -- which, maybe by y'all's f'd up, drugged-out calculations it is, since the Braves moved to the ATL in '66 after thirteen years in Milwaukee -- or Texas and Georgia are neighbors, Pabst is not a local brew in Athens, GA.

I could be wrong about all this though... But, I f'n' doubt that.

Fuck your 80s Hair Metal comment; I listen to it because I fucking like it, nothing more.

Suck your own dick, your clever commentary is very trite.

I really don't like PBR. I'd much rather pay the extra .50 for a High Life.

I haven't been drinking much beer lately though. Mostly Stoli Raz & Tonic, which is what I had last night whilst seeing Jens Lekman.

how was that, btw? i was drinking pbr tallboys at what must have been the bar with the hippest haircuts in richmond last night. it was kind of scary.

It was pretty good.

There actually did used to be a PBR brewery in South Georgia (it closed some years ago) but it probably has something to do with why the beer is still widely available in GA; When I was growing up, PBR signs were almost as ubiquitous as "Coca-Cola" and "See Rock City" signs in rural Georgia.

I won't jump to any conclusions as to why it is popular in the Athens, Atlanta, and yonder parts WhiteBeltNeckBeard scenes; I'll leave that to cultual-criticism geniuses (read--lame masturbators) like you Monty.

I like 'em sometimes but they tasted a hell of a lot better when I was poorer.

Jaegarmeister, bacardi gold, cherry pepsi.

Wow, I got fucked up last night, and I'm definitely paying for it now. Just thought this would be the appropriate thread to share it in.

I did too and I'm thinking of getting into it again soon. Drinking alone is fun.