Ahhh... Mickey's Wide Mouth? Or Genesee Cream Ale? Both NY/New England cheap beer standbys back when I was in college, but I don't think they'd ever end up on a "best" list... ;)

No, never tried Mickey's. Genny Cream would make the top ten list of quite a few people I know back in upstate NY. I'm not a big fan, and I was amazed to find it out in CA at a premium price! :eek:

And, Utica club should be a "best" cheap beer, if that's what I'm thinking of, except it drank so quickly, there really wasn't time to taste it.

No, never tried Mickey's. Genny Cream would make the top ten list of quite a few people I know back in upstate NY. I'm not a big fan, and I was amazed to find it out in CA at a premium price! :eek:

And, Utica club should not be a "best" cheap beer, if that's what I'm thinking of, except it drank so quickly, there really wasn't time to taste it.

Afore mentioned PBR, Genny, and Natty Light....all good cheapies. As is Blatz, which was once Milwaukee's biggest seller (supplanted in the '60s for a decade or two by PBR). The stuff is increasingly tough to find outside of Wisconsin....and even takes a little searching there.

I'm a big fan of Sagres...which is from Portugal...not too bad, and nice and cheap.

-W

Quilmes in Argentina has my vote, cheaper than bottled water

I used to have lunch at a couple bars/diners back home when I was a teen age college student. The cheap draft was PBR. The pricey draft was Andeker. I always assumed it was from the folks that brewed PBR. I think it was an extra nickel a glass. It wasn't great but I always felt it was worth spending the extra nickel.

Heineken.

I can't help it, but I still have an affinity for Milwaukee's Best, especially if I need a good colon cleanse..the morning after ensures one. On college football Saturdays it's a good choice because you can go through 12 pack throughout the day without getting hammered.

I'll jump on the Shiner Bock bandwagon, too. It's not the standard pale cheap beer swill, and you can (gasp!) actually taste some hops.;) I think they're really ramping up their distribution efforts recently (I even saw a Shiner billboard in rural Delaware!), so the national availability might be going up (and the price may be going down for you at some point iapetus). The price from my local distributors here in Pittsburgh ranges from $20-$24/case.

(Of course, it's not the same as fresh off the tap at Willie's Pub, but whatcha gonna do?)

Beer Lao.

When the commies took over, they nationalized a brewery belonging to Fosters and had East Germany fly in some highly skilled commie German brewmeisters to show them how to run it.

Pretty good beer.

...?!? Awesome!! :p

Bad choice man. As they say, drinking Miller Lite is like having sex in a canoe.

Personally, I like San Miguel from the Philippines. It's also available in Hong Kong, Thailand and some other parts of Asia, but on a limited basis in some of those places. Most beer (and other bottled beverages) in this region are sold by the container. Some people who live there and haven't travelled much will look at you and act confused if a "six pack" is asked for. Price in Manila for a bottle of San Mig is about 20-30 Pesos, which is about .50-.60 USD. Good stuff and IMO it would easily top stuff that sells in North America for 3-4 times as much.

Lone Star and Tecate. I think Lone Star is only available in Texas but I could be wrong... Of course there is always Shiner (I prefer the Hefeweizen) but I don't want to put it on the cheap beer list.

My advice for which beers to stay away from, RanierBeer... Wow, that's some awful stuff.

Nothing better than a bottle of ice-cold Miller High Life. It is, indeed, the Champagne of Beers!

I used to enjoy a frosty bottle of Altes at Gusoline Alley in Royal Oak, Mich., when I lived there. Too bad they stopped making it. Tried making the switch to the next cheapest beer there, Goebel, but just couldn't stomach it (Gus's actually had a sign up that said "Broke? Try Goebel" and it was maybe $1/can).