Cheap College Beers

[BlackDog]

OK, so let's time-travel back to your college years, and hypothetically say you took some time off from studying to drink a few beers. You and a buddy scraped enough cash up between you to buy some beers. What was your college beer of choice?

I went to school in Ohio, and there it was generally Mickey Wide Mouths, or Little Kings if we were really desperate. If it was summer and I was back in New York, it was probably either Schaeffer or Bud, since those are what my father usually drank. If my folks had company over, he would buy Lowenbrau, so I sometimes scored one of those.

[dyieldin]

It did not matter much to us, we always got some 'Milwaukees Best' and we would always have something good for later because we always saved the best for last..........

[chippewastud79]

Keystone Light - Still drink the 'Stones
Natural Light
Coors Light - Now I'll only drink it when its on tap at a discount
Busch Light - Still drink 'em
Jacob's Best - Can't find it anywhere but the UP near Wisconsin, but it was the best $9 case you could buy
Red Dog Deuce Deuce's - Had 7 of them one night after two 40's in about 2 hours, never drank Red Dog again.
Old Style - When we could find it or get it brought back from Chicago

I would drink pretty much anything with the word Light or Lite in it, still remains the case for the most part.

I still drink the 'cheap beer': Busch Light, Keystone Light, Hudy Delight, Burger Light and Little Kings have all made appearances in my beverage fridge within the last 6 months. :tu

[thebayratt]

Natty Light
Shlight - Busch Lite
Southpaw
King Cobra "kang"

Hot or cold they all where aweful!

[awsmith4]

College night - $10 in pocket

Miller High Life, 18pck pony bottles for $6.50

Marlboro Lights for $2.00

Enough money left over for dollar menu...priceless

[Scottw]

The BEAST (Milwaukee's Best) Ice!

[MiamiE]

Coors Light and Miller Lite!

[Krish the Fish]

Hypothetically speaking of course, I (would) get a 30 rack of Natty to polish off a night. For the price (and considering I'm trying to get my body in shape), it's the right beer at the right price. Also, it has a bit of a bite to it, which I enjoy in a beer.

If it's a six-pack, my first choice would be Bell's Oberon, followed probably by Brooklyn Lager. Seasonally, I enjoy the fine taste of Great Lakes' Christmas Ale in the winter season; so around that time, it's what I'll spring the good $$ for.

[macsauce13]

Still in college. The current rotation

Miller High Life
Newcastle Brown Ale
Kentucky Ale (from the tap)

In all reality, I really like all three of these beers! If you haven't tried Newcastle, give it a shot!

[icehog3]

OK, so let's time-travel back to your college years, and hypothetically say you took some time off from studying to drink a few beers. You and a buddy scraped enough cash up between you to buy some beers. What was your college beer of choice?

I went to school in Ohio, and there it was generally Mickey Wide Mouths, or Little Kings if we were really desperate. If it was summer and I was back in New York, it was probably either Schaeffer or Bud, since those are what my father usually drank. If my folks had company over, he would buy Lowenbrau, so I sometimes scored one of those.

Mickey's Big Mouths were one of our go-to's also, Warren.

Used to drive up to Steven's Point, Wisconsin once a summer and buy numerous cases of Point Beer before you could get it anywhere but there....$4 a case and a $1 deposit on the box.

Stroh's pounders (16 oz long necks) were cheap, but also required a deposit on the case.

Worst summer ever....one of my friend's brothers and his friends (yeah, they were chitbags) broke into a trailer outside a beer distribution warehouse and stole maybe 30 cases of Schlitz Malt Liquor....so we drank that for free all summer long....:pu

[mosesbotbol]

When is was in college, the beers we drank were

Haffenreffer Private Stock - 40 & 64 oz.
Colt 45 - 40 oz.
Olde English 800 - 40 oz.

I had a tough time taming the 64. It would always be too warm by the end. They really nailed it with the 40; just the right amount of beer to get things started.

[taltos]

Lets not forget

Narragansett
Utica Club
Genessee Cream Ale and other fine varieties
Carling Black Label
Schaeffer (the right beer to have if you're puking more than once)
Hamms
Red White and Blue
Dixie Beer

These are just a few that guarantee to make a lousy evening even worse.

[Smokin Gator]

In college we mostly drank kegs of whatever was cheap. It was usually Busch. If we went for cans/bottles it was usually Old Milwaukee or Pabst Blue Ribbon. No way I would drink an OM these days, but I still enjoy a PBR from time to time.

[BigCat]

Keystone Light
Black Label - it was $8 for a case
Beast and Beast Light
Busch Light
Coors light kegs when we'd have a party

Eventually we developed taste and started buying better beer and just switching to booze quicker. Although I still have a certain fondness for a 30 pack of stones.

[Ogre]

Lone Star Beer. Still a tradition at BBQ competitions in Texas. Have to have just one (all that anyone can handle) before judging. Boy I miss that!!!

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Keystone, Bud, Miller.

Keystone for the most part though:r

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Mickey's Big Mouths were one of our go-to's also, Warren.

Used to drive up to Steven's Point, Wisconsin once a summer and buy numerous cases of Point Beer before you could get it anywhere but there....$4 a case and a $1 deposit on the box.

Stroh's pounders (16 oz long necks) were cheap, but also required a deposit on the case.

Worst summer ever....one of my friend's brothers and his friends (yeah, they were chitbags) broke into a trailer outside a beer distribution warehouse and stole maybe 30 cases of Schlitz Malt Liquor....so we drank that for free all summer long....:pu

Thats funny Tom:r

[BigCat]

Olde English 800 - 40 oz.

They really nailed it with the 40; just the right amount of beer to get things started.

We used to play Edward 40 Hands, where we'd have two 40s taped to our hands and no one could go to the bathroom until they were done. Olde English was a staple, as was Mickeys. You'd get a pretty solid buzz basically pounding 80 ounces of malt liquor. In retrospect, we were idiots :D

[BeerAdvocate]

I didnt see anyone mention Pabst Blue Ribbon yet!

[icehog3]

I didnt see anyone mention Pabst Blue Ribbon yet!

In college we mostly drank kegs of whatever was cheap. It was usually Busch. If we went for cans/bottles it was usually Old Milwaukee or Pabst Blue Ribbon. No way I would drink an OM these days, but I still enjoy a PBR from time to time.

;)

[GreekGodX]

Bud Light or try to find Bud select on sale ;) Otherwise the same as most; keystone, busch, high life, natural ice. I found very quickly that I liked vodka way more than cheap beer. And I'd rather spend some extra money on that then get crappy beer.

[chippewastud79]

We used to play Edward 40 Hands, where we'd have two 40s taped to our hands and no one could go to the bathroom until they were done. Olde English was a staple, as was Mickeys. You'd get a pretty solid buzz basically pounding 80 ounces of malt liquor. In retrospect, we were idiots :D

Edward 40 hands isn't even a challenge unless you have been drinking before hand. ;)

[GreekGodX]

Edward 40 hands isn't even a challenge unless you have been drinking before hand. ;)

Exactly! I just hated feeling so full after :td

[yourchoice]

It seemed like it was always Natty (Natural) Light in college. We made the mistake of buying Narragansett once. :pu That was really terrible.

[BigCat]

Edward 40 hands isn't even a challenge unless you have been drinking before hand. ;)

We usually had been.

Exactly! I just hated feeling so full after :td

That's why we stepped it up to Edward pint and chaser hands :D

[Salvelinus]

We drank 30 racks of Miller High Life as our regular. The standard cheap beers made it into the rotation as well though.

[76GTFan]

Natty Light was a staple. Miller Lite is still my stock beer. Never been much for the other cheapies, however PBR is not bad. Noone has mentioned Lebatts yet. Not the cheapest, but mighty tasty.

[icehog3]

Natty Light was a staple. Miller Lite is still my stock beer. Never been much for the other cheapies, however PBR is not bad. Noone has mentioned Lebatts yet. Not the cheapest, but mighty tasty.

Sh*t, I still drink Labatts after some hockey games. :r

[GHC_Hambone]

Still in college and I don't like most of the cheap stuff. Miller Lite is ok, I can do Coors and Coors Light sometimes too.

[mahtofire]

The Hamms Dirty 30!:al

[ridenlive]

i still drink these

[The Poet]

We'd always get a case of Old Milwaukee every day, and two cases each day on the weekend. And keep in mind - in Chapel Hill, back in the day, the weekend started Tuedsay night. :r

[mahtofire]

Grain Belt

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

We'd always get a case of Old Milwaukee every day, and two cases each day on the weekend. And keep in mind - in Chapel Hill, back in the day, the weekend started Tuedsay night. :r

Worst beer ever made:r

[The Poet]

Worst beer ever made:r

Yeah, maybe, but hell . . . after the first six or eight, who gave a fark? :r

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Yeah, maybe, but hell . . . after the first six or eight, who gave a fark? :r

It's kinda weird, but after 1 MB, I start to get a headache. Its like that with Bud Light too. I know other people who have the same thing happen.

[krash]

Dime tappers of Schmidt on Tuesday nights at Willie's Bar. Buck a pitcher. It doesn't get any cheaper than that. Tasted like burnt wheat.:pu

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Dime tappers of Schmidt on Tuesday nights at Willie's Bar. Buck a pitcher. It doesn't get any cheaper than that. Tasted like burnt wheat.:pu

wow:r:r

[icehog3]

Grain Belt and Schmidt....Minnesota traditions!! Do I hear Glueck or Hamms?

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

What about Busch? Ahh beer pong with Busch:r

[mahtofire]

Yeah I got Hamms out there, although I gotta admit I draw the line at glueck....

[icehog3]

Yeah I got Hamms out there, although I gotta admit I draw the line at glueck....

Although Glueck was still better than Blatz! :r

[ODLS1]

Homebrew. It's cheaper :D . I won a medal in a homebrew comp when I was 20 because they didn't ask for age. I just sent my beers in, haha. Average of $10 for 50 beers that taste great is way better than $20 for 30 beers that taste like piss.

I'm still in college (should have just graduated, but I'm way behind in school), and I've had this for awhile...

http://surrealstudio.net/Beer/keggeratornew.jpg

[ridenlive]

Homebrew. It's cheaper :D . I won a medal in a homebrew comp when I was 20 because they didn't ask for age. I just sent my beers in, haha. Average of $10 for 50 beers that taste great is way better than $20 for 30 beers that taste like piss.

I'm still in college (should have just graduated, but I'm way behind in school), and I've had this for awhile...

http://surrealstudio.net/Beer/keggeratornew.jpg

i want to do this,one problem tho I'm pretty sure the apartment complex would not enjoy it when the lease is up.

[ODLS1]

i want to do this,one problem tho I'm pretty sure the apartment complex would not enjoy it when the lease is up.

So buy another fridge :) . I got that for $80 off Craigslist. Fits Six, 5gal homebrew kegs, about the size of 1/6bbl kegs. Drilled a bunch of holes, and made a keggerator.

[ridenlive]

So buy another fridge :) . I got that for $80 off Craigslist. Fits Six, 5gal homebrew kegs, about the size of 1/6bbl kegs. Drilled a bunch of holes, and made a keggerator.

ahhh i so would... she would kill me must hit idea out of head

[druturn]

Although not technically a college beer, a staple in my fridge at college is Shiner Bock! Dang that beer is good, and a true Texan beer! -(P

College beers that I drink:
PBR
Miller High Life

[bigswol2]

My college days were spent drinking Artic Bay, Olde English 800, Molson Ice, and Newcastle ale.

[hornitosmonster]

The Usual Suspects
Bud Light
Beast
Coors Extra Gold
Natural Light
Little Kings

If we had extra change
St Pauli Girl
Sam Adams
Moose Head
Heineken
Rolling rock

[Wanger]

Wasn't a big drinker in college, but up in Grand Forks, the big things there were Busch pounders and Primo Night at Whitey's in East Grand Forks ($1 pints of Grain Belt Premium).

[kaisersozei]

Mostly keg beer at fraternity parties, so it was whatever they were serving up! But when we bought, you couldn't beat a case of Hamm's for $5. :tu

[IBQTEE1]

I am from WI so it was:

The Beast - Thursday nights $1 taps
Hi-Life
Red Dog

Started drinking PBR when I was like 5. It didn't fit in the glass when I poured them at parties at our house so I would just finish what was left!!

[rack04]

The Beast
Natty Light
PBR
Long Star
Keystone

[ucla695]

Key Light, Natty Light, Old-E and MGD when we wanted a treat.:chr

[JJG]

being from Texas, we enjoyed Lone Star pretty exclusively as our cheap beer of choice. but for some reason, all my friends loved to buy this stuff called Dundee's Honey Brown ale. I don't know if they still make it but it was pretty good.

I still enjoy Lone Star regularly, especially if I'm at an overpriced bar.

[scoot]

When is was in college, the beers we drank were

Haffenreffer Private Stock - 40 & 64 oz.
Colt 45 - 40 oz.
Olde English 800 - 40 oz.

I had a tough time taming the 64. It would always be too warm by the end. They really nailed it with the 40; just the right amount of beer to get things started.

These plus St. Ides and 211 Steel Reserve. Yuengling Lager Quarts, too, but they cost more and you get less. Once people started turning 21 we mostly drank pretty respectable beer.

[cricky101]

High School Cheap Beer - Busch Light
College Cheap Beer - Ice House. If I remember right, it was stronger than typical cheap beers, and we could usually get 12-packs of bottles for between $5-$6. But wow did it taste bad.

[OLS]

Life was, even then, too short to waste on cheap beer. Or maybe I had priorities.
But the lowest in price I would stoop was Busch. Which granted, is pretty low down.
But I would only buy Bud Light when it was me doing the buying, which was 90% of
the time. Worst thing was realizing on Sunday am that you had really F'ed up and
let Saturday get away from you. NO BEER in most of Mississippi on Sunday. And
even when we would plan ahead and get beer for two days, some idiots would always
stay up later than us and drink Sunday's beer at 2am and be GONE the next day when
it was reckoning time. I used to love Rose's Quik Stop outside hattiesburg, though.
You'd go to the back of the store WITH your brown paper sack and fill it up and bring
that to the counter. She would look in the bag, ring you up and get you out the door.
Just shows to go ya, where there is a stupid law, there is someone bold enough to bribe
someone to let em break it.

[OLS]

It didn't fit in the glass when I poured them at parties at our house so I would just finish what was left!!
Every sip's a cold one!

[macpappy]

From Texas: Lone Star (but only in long necks) or Pearl (also only in bottles)
Then there was Washington State and Olympia, Heidelberg and Rainier. I really got started on dark beer with Heidelberg Alt which was made with dark roasted malt.

[forgop]

No mention of Icehouse yet? It seemed really popular in the early-mid '90's at Purdue for events like penny beer night. It was also said to have a higher alcohol content than most of the others out there. I just remember that the stuff was awful.

[dwoodward]

Keystone Light ... at 15 bucks a 30-pack. How can you go wrong?

[mahtofire]

Schnitzengiggles :r

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/09/27/beerfest_wideweb__470x311,0.jpg

[pnoon]

Nice review.
Posted via Mobile Device

[OLS]

No mention of Icehouse yet? It seemed really popular in the early-mid '90's at Purdue for events like penny beer night.
My god, PENNY BEER NIGHT? It was NICKEL beer night when I was binge drinking and that was 1982! Talk about reverse-flation.

[forgop]

My god, PENNY BEER NIGHT? It was NICKEL beer night when I was binge drinking and that was 1982! Talk about reverse-flation.

That's because they were giving us Icehouse, not to mention the $3 cover charge. I wouldn't drink one if it was given to me now. :D

[longknocker]

Lonestar Longnecks From Deep In The Heart Of Texas!:banger

[BigAsh]

Homebrew. It's cheaper :D . I won a medal in a homebrew comp when I was 20 because they didn't ask for age. I just sent my beers in, haha. Average of $10 for 50 beers that taste great is way better than $20 for 30 beers that taste like piss.

I'm still in college (should have just graduated, but I'm way behind in school), and I've had this for awhile...

http://surrealstudio.net/Beer/keggeratornew.jpg

The pic holds the answer! :r:r

Meisterbrau.....and the HighLife....Michelob when cash was good!!

[gvarsity]

Old Milwaukee in returnable bottles. 9.99 a case and it tasted the same warm or cold. Which is not really a good thing but you didn't care if you grabbed it off the floor or out of the cooler. We used the empty cases as furniture until the end of the semester when we would do a mass return to the liquor store.

Tom PBR was top shelf.

In high school we drank Special Export (Green Death) and Black Label.

[icehog3]

Special Export!! I forgot about that swill, Bob! :r

That and Rhinelander...I was happy to forget them. :r

[baldanders]

Red,White and Blue
Golden Anniversary Beer
Old Milwaukee
Schlitz

[TheLostGringo]

I was a strange kid, by 17 I was already obsessed with Micro-breweries and Brew-Pubs. Most of my college visits we done so I could eat dinner at the local Brewpub in the area. By 21 I had sampled well over 1,000 different beers and attended the Great American Beer Festival twice.

But on those nights were volume was the goal, mostly stuck to Busch Light, Coors Light & Lowenbrau Ponies

[Powers]

Speaking as a recent grad from the University of Florida, a consistent top 5 party school:

- Natural Light (AKA Natty) was the base for all parties and drinking games.
- Bud Light is what the frat boys drank.
- PBR was considered classier, sipping beer
- Icehouse was more bang for the buck sipping beer (5.5%)
- Guinness was a special treat to be savored. Usually bought for a special occasion, like birthdays or after beating Georgia's @ss up and down the field
- Blue Moon is what u bought a chick at the bar
.......and Genny Light was the one beer that was universally unbearable

Not that I ever touched the stuff but that about covers it for my experience! :banger

:chr

[pektel]

Been out of college for a while now, but still drink Keystone light at music festivals.

Main choices during college were Leinenkugel's, Pig's Eye, Old Milwaukee, Miller High Life and Busch light.

Around the festivals I go to, I see a lot of Hamm's being drank. Dunno what that's about.

[icehog3]

Speaking as a recent grad from the University of Florida, a consistent top 5 party school:

- Guinness was a special treat to be savored. Usually bought for a special occasion, like birthdays or after beating Georgia's @ss up and down the field


Excellent Michael...you got to drink quite a bit of Guinness then! :tu

[Powers]

Excellent Michael...you got to drink quite a bit of Guinness then! :tu

you bet! Guinness always tastes better with a hint of victory mixed in with the hops :r

[OLS]

We used the empty cases as furniture until the end of the semester when we would do a mass return to the liquor store.

Talk about an invitation to German Cockroaches!! I bet you guys had em running all over the place.

[Snake Hips]

College beers? High Life, PBR and Coors are still commonly seen in my fridge.

[JDTexan]

Lonestar Longnecks From Deep In The Heart Of Texas!:banger

Oh Yeah!

[St. Lou Stu]

Coors and anything Seagrams.
My buddy's dad owned the distributor. :tu