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re: A beer from the past
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:19 pm to Loup
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:19 pm to Loup
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I remember we did the math and flats of 16 Oz keystones from Am Mart ended up being cheaper per ounce than kegs. The math should have been simple to prove but my roommates argued about it for hours. It just ain't the same, though.
How much did a Party Ball cost? I very much remember them, but no clue with the cost.
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:45 pm to putt23
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How much did a Party Ball cost? I very much remember them, but no clue with the cost.
$29.99. Not bad for just over five gallons of beer.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:47 pm to RolltidePA
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:49 pm to upgrayedd
When things were tight I used to get six packs of these at JD’s in Tuscaloosa for $1.69. Cheapest buzz I could find.
I think Sterling went bankrupt in 2005
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:51 pm to HeyCap
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:54 pm to HeyCap
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:54 pm to Loup
Yeah we started doing flats for a lot of stuff. $9.99 at the time and it was easier.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:58 pm to RolltidePA
Kirby Smith days:
Old Milwaukee's Best Light
You could get that crap for something like $3 a 12-pack.
Rolling Rock
A Pennsylvania guy introduced us to it before it became a thing.
Tsingtao
Buddy of mine found out you could buy Chinese beer real cheap. We ordered cases of it.
It actually wasn't bad. 
Old Milwaukee's Best Light
You could get that crap for something like $3 a 12-pack.
Rolling Rock
A Pennsylvania guy introduced us to it before it became a thing.
Tsingtao
Buddy of mine found out you could buy Chinese beer real cheap. We ordered cases of it.
It actually wasn't bad. 
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:59 pm to Zendog
Dixie
Posted on 3/2/26 at 8:02 pm to HeyCap
Milwaukee's Best (The Beast) was always the cheapest keg. Rolling Rock was either $2.99 or $3.99 at the Am Mart and we drank oceans of it.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 8:02 pm to putt23
Were party balls finicky a lot of the time? I don't have specific recollection of the issues, if any
But I do have very specific recollection of cutting through the ball plastic and pouring beer out manually on multiple occasions
But I do have very specific recollection of cutting through the ball plastic and pouring beer out manually on multiple occasions
Posted on 3/2/26 at 8:04 pm to HeyCap
Old Milwaukee. And no, not Beast or Beast Lite.
Old fricking Milwaukee.
Old fricking Milwaukee.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 8:04 pm to LSUgusto
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Rolling Rock A Pennsylvania guy introduced us to it before it became a thing.
I always liked Rolling Rock until they sold out to Budweiser and they closed the brewery in Latrobe. They moved production to New Jersey of all places.
Another small western PA beer that I like is Stoneys. Shirley Jones family was and I think still is the owners.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 8:07 pm to KCRoyalBlue
The last time I saw this was in a grocery store in West Virginia in 1999
Posted on 3/2/26 at 8:18 pm to RolltidePA
$33 plus tax around 2000 for a keg.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 8:27 pm to dallastiger55
Posted on 3/2/26 at 8:32 pm to HeyCap
damn I have never seen a party ball before.
we had a full size kegerator we bought with our money pooled freshman year I think.
before I turned 21 I would get my mom to buy us 3.99 six packs of rolling rock. Great deal that beer wasnt that bad.
we had a full size kegerator we bought with our money pooled freshman year I think.
before I turned 21 I would get my mom to buy us 3.99 six packs of rolling rock. Great deal that beer wasnt that bad.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 8:34 pm to upgrayedd
Was the first Keg I purchased in college.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 8:37 pm to HeyCap
Schlitz and Stroh’s are still around. I have both in my garage fridge. Grew up drinking stroh’s and it’s at all of my family gatherings.
Schlitz brought back their original recipe around 2007 or so. The “New” (old recipe) Schlitz is pretty good. The recipe that turned it awful thankfully is no longer used. There is a huge, huge difference between the two. Similar situation happened with Rhinelander. The classic recipe isn’t great but the one they changed to was multiple levels of terrible. The original was made again and it’s great compared to what they had before.
Last week I drank a bar out of Blatz. Granted, it was the local VFW so they have Blatz, Hamms, and Old Style on tap.
For as many signs as I still see hanging outside and inside of bars around here you’d swear Andeker was still around. Nope.
Schlitz brought back their original recipe around 2007 or so. The “New” (old recipe) Schlitz is pretty good. The recipe that turned it awful thankfully is no longer used. There is a huge, huge difference between the two. Similar situation happened with Rhinelander. The classic recipe isn’t great but the one they changed to was multiple levels of terrible. The original was made again and it’s great compared to what they had before.
Last week I drank a bar out of Blatz. Granted, it was the local VFW so they have Blatz, Hamms, and Old Style on tap.
For as many signs as I still see hanging outside and inside of bars around here you’d swear Andeker was still around. Nope.
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