They all seem to be copying my dad’s beer of choice for most camping trips in the 1980’s and 90’s.
1 Like
Awesome!
In college, a friend’s older brother was in a country band named after that beer.
1 Like
I am now curious if there is some other beer can imagery that pre-dates Old Style but looks very similar. They’ve all got the same blue, white, red and gold color combination.
For an honorable mention of local swill beer, I’d like to point out the very drinkable beer I bought at a gas station in Tennessee for Bonaroo in 2003. We bought it already chilled for the low price of $4.99 per 12 pack, and it wasn’t even on sale. I don’t recall the exact number of 12 packs we drank during the festival, but it got the job done in 90 degree July heat and a torrential downpour that created a lot of mud that needed to be traversed.
I’d still buy another 12 pack of Josef Hoffbrauer for $4.99 if they were selling it.
1 Like
ahahahahah
You know about this too? The ram ranch thing is like an inside joke amongst my friend group!
If you look at the artist, he’s made HUNDREDS of these ram ranch style songs. What’s so funny about the original ram ranch song is the metal riffs and the guitar in the background. Like the guitar isn’t actually half bad… and then… the vocals begin 
I have managed to find almost a dozen similar songs from other artists that I’ll play at get togethers with my friends. We will be having a serious, serious conversation and then I (or someone else) suddenly puts on an absolutely HORRIFIC song
There’s a particular parody of frozen’s let it go… Just type in “frozen parody let it go my ass” and you’ll find my favorite one. Listen to the whole song, because the guy starts SCREAMING at the top of his lungs… In the description of the video “Also after i was done recording 5 minutes later the cops showed up because of a noise complaint”
1 Like
Mine too.
We have a group chat literally called “Invincible Ram Ranch Slur” for like 10 years now lol.
1 Like
You should watch the frozen parody song… It’ll be the highlight of your day
1 Like
what?
4.99 for a twelve pack?
You know how Aus has egregiously high taxation on cigarettes/tobacco products (that has hilariously created one of the biggest black markets for cigarettes in the world). Well… we do that with alcohol too
And vapes are illegal now (bigger boost to organized crime). Granted I don’t vape… but our politicians never learn. Many of our nanny state policies are starting to lead to serious repercussions.
How can you uphold public safety whilst simultaneously ensuring organized crime syndicates reap in huge profit margins. Banning or taxing products to high heaven that are legally accessible (almost everywhere) and cheap to purchase overseas… that’ll work…
anyhow, a twelve pack here is 20-30$. Yet our rate of alcohol consumption per capita is on par with the US, perhaps slightly higher. Haven’t checked the stats in a while…
I remember the genius idea politicians had to heavily tax and restrict how mixed drinks were sold. Minors frequently drank mixed drinks (vodka cruiser etc). What politicians don’t understand is
A: The market for underage drinking in MOST countries is huge (that includes the US, why else do you think fairy floss and bubblegum flavored vodka mixers exist?)
B: The kids that WANT to drink (less than 50% I’d argue until you hit the age of 16-17) will drink whatever they can get their hands on, but they prefer the mixers.
So what happened was… a switch from mixed drinks and goon (cheap wine) to hard liquor. WhAt A sUcCeSs
When I quit drinking a 30 pack of regular Budweiser was like $16.00. Average cost for average beer 20 years ago.
My scummy neighbors asked me to pick them up a case “since I was going that way” a couple years ago.
Old Milwaukee, basically liquid fart spray in a can was $25.00 a case! It used to be like $6.99 or something.
That stuff (at least in PA.) has gotten ridiculous.
1 Like
Beer went way up about 6 or 7 years ago.
Between you quitting and the big spike, an entire craft beer explosion happened. And not necessarily the bullshit strawberry shortcake chocolate covered almond with toasted coconut stouts, but your run of the mill lagers, various ale types and other traditional European beer styles.
A lager from a craft brewer usually did taste better than the mass produced Bud Light rice water, but it also cost 20-100% plus more. And people were buying anyway to the point it began reshaping the beer market and hitting the big guys pockets.
So they started buying the craft breweries. In many cases they let them operate independently and with their original recipes, but they got to control price and distribution, and had entirely new market insights.
Basically they learned they could charge more for beer. Instead of paying $12.99 a six pack you could pay Bud $5.99, or they could raise prices to $9.99 and get your money one way or the other now. They don’t have to scalp for business because they own both sides of the fence.
Basically they and a handful of others created a monopoly of sorts, and we are paying beer cartel prices, or the normal markup for legitimate locally brewed beer that would come with a smaller scale operation.
1 Like
Yeah, I did used to knock them back. Left quite a hole in the market. 
There has been a big shift, at least regionally, in custom craft places brewing a few batches and coordinating a menu to go along with it. Like a beer as food type thing. I’ve been told that they’re pretty good.
Yeah, 20 years ago in rural Tennessee. I think you could also get an 18 pack of Miller High Life for $7.99 or $8.99.
1 Like
Usually it’s whatever style of beer brewed the traditional way, without mass production shortcuts.
Like Bud for example actually uses rice for fermentation instead of grains. That’s why it has the weird, sweet aftertaste. The craft guys will typically use traditional grains per style and often import specific yeast strands from Germany or Belgium for authenticity. It’s like Dominoes vs a legitimate pizza shop basically. Plus it used to be Bud, Miller, Coors and maybe one or two local guys per market. Now you have Hefeweizen, altbiers, 73 types of ales, kolsch, marzens et cetera.
The new trend is “beer” smoothies basically. Strawberry banana pale ale with a kiwi kick or some shit. It’s like a bitter wine cooler and disgusting. Much gayer than bud light.
1 Like
An old British buddy of mine told me about these shanty that they drank when they were kids. It was like half a beer, and the rest filled with lemonade. Said it was really common at the pubs for kids.
The commercials for Linenkugels (?) reminded him of them.
3 Likes
You can buy this beauty for only $13.99 at total wine.
Now that isn’t $4.99, but it is a rack of beer (30 cans). Works out to $5.60 per 12. Not too bad.
I was kinda on the craft beer kick for a few years, but I’ve reverted back to stuff like Hamm’s, or Grain Belt Premium. The craft stuff is just too expensive for me these days. I really only drink craft if I am out with friends at an actual brewery.
I also think despite being cheap, those brands I mentioned have a cool factor to them. They don’t have the same stigma as Bud, Miller, or Coors as being just cheap tasteless beers (even though they are cheaper than than those brands). Maybe it’s because those beers are local or at least originated in my area? Maybe it is the Hamm’s mascot?
2 Likes
Yeah this is totally different than a shanty. Basically “how can we fit all known snow cone flavors and combos in to a beer”.
1 Like
Yes! I stopped in Mercersburg a couple years ago and bought a duecer of Hamm’s. Now I get it anytime I go through PA. It’s the only state I’ve seen it in up the east coast.
1 Like
Aren’t non binary people, besides being attention whores, annoying and mentally ill, neither women nor men so therefore they can’t be lesbians?
2 Likes
That was my initial thought as well.