Best CHEAP Beer??
 

There hais been plenty of discussion here about the best overall beer in the US and/or the World - well what about the cheap beer that costs less than $5 or $6 for a six pack?

For some reason, Natural Light in a bottle tastes surprisingly good to me. :D

Would love to hear what everyone elses favorite cheap beer is.

In Prague recently I enjoyed Bernard 10°. It could be had in non-touristy bars for about $1.00 for 1/2 liter. I imagine the price to take home in bottles is about the same.

Aldi sells a beer called Northstar in the US. It's slightly sweet but for $4.99 per 12 it can be agreeable. :D

The cheapest beer in the world is that consumed by a friend of mine called Dermot.
It's cheap because it costs him nothing because he has short arms and deep pockets.
He's a tightwad basically - but all his friends let him get away with it because he has a gorgeous wife whom most of us have slept with without him knowing.
So whilst his beer is cheap it holds valuable memories for us.
Ain't life sweet !

The best and cheap in USA was Creek Beer I taste in Wisconsin. About $2 for 6.

Where in the US? Aldi locations I've visited in IL and TN don't sell beer, unlike all of the Aldi's and Lidl's I visited overseas!

Molson Golden can be had for $6 or less per 6-pack, and although it's an acquired taste, it's my favorite.

Stroh's 30pack for 12USD.

Pbr ^

Yah what he said.Love them pork chops in a can!!

NC ALDIs do, athough only one brand of Dutch beer, for some reason.

PBR or Cardinal in Switzerland.

Definitely PBR

I actually am partial to Shiner Bock. I can usually find it for $6/6-pack, sometimes as low as $4 when it goes on sale.

Singha :cool:

Makes me want to go back to Thailand..

Wasn't the title of this thread good cheap beer??
If so you gotta go with Chang.


I love it my 100th post is about beer.
Hopefully my next 100 won't take 5 years.;)

My everyday $5 six pack is Yeungling

I can feel my mullet growing already. Decent beer for a cheap price.

As it happens one of my favorite beers in the world also falls under your category of cheap. Spaten Optimator is available locally (Athens, GA) for $10.99 per 12 pack. At 7.2% abv it's nearly twice the strength of most American macro lagers which means less recycling, less trips to the bathroom and it's so much better tasting. I think I'll have one right now.:cool:

A beer that packs one hell of a punch for not very much money is Steel Reserve. They make it in two strengths. The stronger one is over 7% and a 24 ounce can is available for under $1. Not necessarily recommended though but $2 worth and it's tomorrow before you know it.:D

For those die hard beer fans out there I recommend converting an old fridge into a keg cooler. I've had everything from St. Bernardus Abt 12 to Old Rasputin Imperial Stout in mine and the cost per serving is WAY below what the packaged beer runs, usually less than a Bud would cost.

You're not alone. I am a fan of it too and while I get kidded about it, I find it amusing that someone wrote a college essay about NL. At a beer store years ago another customer in line laughed at my 12 pack of Bud Light and held his 12 pack of Natural Light up in the air saying "I work for Anheuser-Busch and I'll tell you there is practically no difference between these two except marketing and price." So, there you go....

In Australia: Victoria Bitter... IMO a great mass-market, general purpose beer... wish Carlton would export it.

In the US: I'm partial to some of the Henry Weinhard's labels, esp. Private Reserve and Blue Boar... both cheap and good... but not widely known outside the Pacific Northwest.

Out here in California the best cheap beer is good old Pabst Blue Ribbon aka PBR there are bars around that just charge just one dollar for one and thats not even during happy hour

I'm in the PBR train as well... especially on nickel PBR nights.

Otherwise Yuengling is good.

I've also developed a taste for Fosters when they do $1.25 pints :)

In fact, anything from the Orlando Ale House when its cheap

the blue ribbon is great - used to get sixers of the PBR tallboys for $2.50 ^

JAX beer, purchased in Mississippi, dirt cheap and tasty. Of course the best cheap beer is any beer you are drinking, that you did not buy!!

Miller Lite, yes I get mad fun of all the time for it!

I am happy to spend what ever for a Paulaner (Munich) or Gaffel (Cologne) - both Germany out of the keg^

Hey, I love me some Shiner Bock!!! :D However, I have to say that I am loathe to put it in the cheap beer category. Shiner is far better than most of the beers that I think of as cheap.

And, out here in California, it isn't necessarily cheap. But, at least I can get it! ^

Miller Lite # 1 - standby is Coors Lite

busch beer, something like 12 or 15 dollars for a 30 pack. Perfect for a case race.

What was the brew that used to be sold in the barrel shaped bottles? Was it Utica Club? I don't remember the taste, just that you could really chug them!

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?)