Why so many beers have retro-looking cans

Love those cans. Not available near me for some reason, the beer that is.

Enjoy

 

The second one is aight

 

Not so old. They may have been around in the 90s (or even later) We liked them for being small and easy to hide. They were often referred to as "driving beers", being so easy to conceal. Drinking and driving these days is idiotic, but in the 60s and 70s things were different and many law enforcement officers did not practice zero tolerance perspectives. Open containers is one thing, drunk driving has always been stupid.

 

Apparently 7 ounce cans of Rolling Rock are available now:

“Rolling Rock (8 pack 7oz cans) Price: $5.49”

https://www.buyritewines.com/beer/Rolling-Rock-Rolling-Rock-w0115159bh

Cheers!

 

I wondered about that, too - oddly, their own website doesn't show that package:

(Could be a typo on the BuyRite site, too...).

 

FWIW, according to my local distributor Genesee's southeastern PA wholesaler (not sure about other regions) bought a very limited quantity of Genny Bock this year and it sold out very quickly. Previous recent years the wholesaler bought zero. Hopefully they got the hint and next year there will be more Genny Bock here, because it's a really good bock for an unbeatable price.

 

Me too - my parents still have them in the original boxes, cellophane intact, NOT handed down yet. I'm 61, so they are 82. I'd guess their Shiny Brites are exactly 61 years old...

 

I bought a 12-pack at my local Wegman's thanks to you making me aware. When I bought it they had a stack of 12-packs (maybe 6-7) and once that got depleted they were indeed gone.

Hopefully Origlio will order more next year.

Cheers!

 

Or be an unreadable mess

 

No kidding, I've had to explain what “stepped on a pop top” meant.

 

Wow mint Shiney Brites, I’d ask for them before a brother or sister swoops in, if you have siblings of course. They’re very rare.

 

I was told the wholesaler is Muller, but maybe it's both... but no matter (we don't have to turn this into another discussion of PA distribution)... regardless of how it gets here, hopefully we get more Genny Bock next year.

 

My go-to bottle opener that I received from my father has me covered

 

Interesting. Those older bottles were conical, but I did like the 12 oz cans to pack away. The beer is now different, kinda funky/malty.

 

The Pony cases were gold ,easy to get cold fast, 7oz bottles you drank them fast. RR is one of those beers imo that is absolutely horrible as it warms. I think we bought them for like $3.50 a case 1974 or so.

 

Yeah, the Rolling Rock "Pony" 7 oz "Throw-Away" bottles (w/o labels, all the legal info [pre-Gov't Health Warning] info embossed in the glass or on the crown) came in two different styles, a "conical" (I'd call it a variation on a "select" style bottle) and sorta mini-Stubby - which, I think, came first. These appear to be from the '70s (and the crowns are not original - just popped 'em on there - screw-off threads - 'cause I think bottles look better with them).

They came in boxed 12 packs, as I recall. And the T/A's were quite a bit more - in 1964, a case of 2 X 12 T/A's=$3.30 while the returnables were $2.70 + 75¢ refundable deposit.

The deposit bottles, 12 oz. and 7 oz., of course, were the famous silk-screened units, from which the current AB label takes its design.

Pretty sure Latrobe went with paper labels after the above embossed bottles, probably eventually in both size bottles for throw-aways.

At some point, under either Sundor or Labatt ownership, as they went national, they abandoned that two different bottle shapes and went with long-necks for both T/A and Deposit/Refillables.

 

I remember them well, but really miss Rheingold Chugga Muggs. That was good beer!

 

Mom's favorite.


(Eventually they, too, abandoned the silk-screened bottle, then the embossed brown bottle and finally used paper labels and even went to a 10 oz. bottle! Which we all know is apparently even less beer than you get from those !@#$'ers who use 11.2 oz'ers!)

 

I I suppose it's bigger than a pony bottle!

 

I really do appreciate the quotes from the article because I didn't bother clicking the link, not just because I am lazy (which I really am) but also because it is Vox after all...just another sensationalist "news" group, no different from Breitbart or Mother Jones in their methodology or motives...anyway off the 'ol soapbox....


Oh man, am I ever a sucker for retro cans. I guess mostly for the obvious nostalgia reasons-- not that I've ever had any of these beers back in their heyday but I just remember seeing some of those old style cans as a child. Does anyone recall the Coors Heritage cans they released a few years back? Not gonna lie, I really loved them. Especially that center can on the bottom row. I remember my Dad having them all the time, (I think? perhaps it was the bottom-row left side one....I'm hoping @jesskidden can correct me here. I was born on NYE of '86 if that helps at all). I really hope they bring these back sometime. It was a great marketing gimmick.




Of course I'm a big sucker for the Narragansett vintage cans as well. It seems like they're locked in on the current "modern" can style as of late (the can with the big "Hi Neighbor!" on the side) but it was pretty interesting to see the styles of the 30s, 50s, 70s, 80s...my personal favorite was probably the 80s one



And finally, as mentioned in the quote from the article. I do recall there being Tecate throwback cans in and or around 2012/2013 when I was living in Arizona. I bought a bunch of those too. Mexicali is another sorta retro throwback can that started getting popular (reminded me of a Mexican PBR).