It's 1985: what's your beer of choice?

[Theodore]

Half the forum is 70 years old so this should be easy.

 

[rickenvox]

1985 is maybe the beginning of my frequenting a local British (style) pub and liking Newcastle first, then Bass.

 

[sleewell]

I was 3.

Probably still drink pbr or labatts.

 

[DdBob]

1985 ....I did not touch the hops. It was all weed. I might've had a few swigs of some warm Budweiser and decided beer was shite.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Molson Canadian

 

[wok]

I was only 11 years old, but this was the local beer:

 

[Guitar Heel]

Moosehead.

 

[SnarkAttack]

Through April, San Miguel. Starting in May, a panoply of German beers. (I moved from the Philippines to Berlin.)

 

[GomezAddams]

Sterling was far and away my favorite beer in those days. It was cheap, but pretty darned tasty.

It was made by the Evansville Brewery which was owned by Heileman.

Music related story: The band I was in at that time practiced at my house. My band mates used to complain constantly about having to drink my Sterling. I'd always tell them to feel free to pick up a case of Budweiser for the next practice. They never did, but they still complained. I'm sure if you asked them about it today, they'd still bitch about it.

 

[Devil is Dill]

Moosehead.

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I was going to say either that or Old Milwaukee. My uncle drank Moosehead and my dad drank Old Milwaukee. Outside of commercials that was my only exposure to beer at the time.

 

[Motorik]

In Northern Ireland Tennents lager was the drink of choice, with the 'lager lovelies' on the back of each can.

 

[Lerxst]

I wasn’t old enough to drink but my dad had a fridge stocked with Schaefer

 

[mongooz]

Stroh's Signature

 

[Rick 381]

Lowenbrau Dark Special imported from Munich

 

[telecaster911]

I wasn’t old enough to drink but my dad had a fridge stocked with Schaefer

Schaefer is the one beer to have when you’re havin’ more than one.

 

[tiger roach]

My love of weed did not leave much cash left over for beer, so whatever was cheap. I remember going through a lot of Stroh’s back then.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

 

[Guitar Heel]

I was going to say either that or Old Milwaukee. My uncle drank Moosehead and my dad drank Old Milwaukee. Outside of commercials that was my only exposure to beer at the time.

My Dad drank Stroh's mostly, as there was a brewery in Winston-Salem, but drank Moosehead when he wanted the good stuff. As a kid who would often sample, I always recommended the latter (and drank that in the beginning of college).

 

[Honkridge]

St. Pauli Girl. My girlfriend and I drank a case a day for a couple of years back then. Pretty good times...

 

[bsman]

1985 I lived in Eastern Idaho, so these were pretty much the only ones you saw (3.2, of course - if I wanted real beer I had to drive to Jackson, WY...)