Best Cheap AAL Out There Right Now

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by FrozenJoe, Mar 12, 2016.

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  1. TonyLema1

    TonyLema1 Initiate (0) Nov 19, 2008 South Carolina

    Milwaukee's Best/Light $13/case
     
  2. Harrison8

    Harrison8 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,771) Dec 6, 2015 Missouri
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    PBR is up there for me. I find myself buying it to grill and drink. On the opposite side, if I'm just buying cheap AAL, I'll go Stag all day long. That gold can is great. And I can spot one of my cans half a mile away on the river if my cooler goes over board.
     
  3. zac16125

    zac16125 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,358) Jan 26, 2010 South Carolina
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    Although not technically an AAL Yuengling is by far my favorite cheap beer. Notably more than the beers listed by the OP but still very cheap on the spectrum of craft beer. I enjoy it quite a bit and actually occasionally prefer it over "good beer" in certain situations. It's great with hot wings and for long days of tailgating.


    Other than that I pretty much avoid "cheap" beers. I'll occasionally have a PBR tall boy as it sometimes seems to be the best (only) option at some music venues. And I'll drink a Coors Light occasionally if I'm at a place where the only option is the standard AAL lineup. I don't hate a Corona Extra with a lime at the beach either but that's probably mostly nostalgia.
     
  4. SLewis

    SLewis Pundit (901) Jun 17, 2014 North Carolina

    PBR is the best hands down for me. Clean, crisp and refreshing.
    Yuengling is in the same price range here, but I find that it tastes how wet cardboard smells.
     
  5. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,181) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I would suggest that you give Yuengling Lord Chesterfield a try (preferably in cans).

    Cheers!
     
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  6. Vason

    Vason Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2008 Ohio

  7. BrewsingBuffalo

    BrewsingBuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 6, 2015 New York

    PBR, Yuengling, Narragansett, and Coors Banquet
     
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  8. NeroFiddled

    NeroFiddled Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,122) Jul 8, 2002 Pennsylvania
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    Yep, Lord Chesterfield - 100% Cascade hops!
     
  9. van1g

    van1g Initiate (0) May 13, 2014 Illinois

    high life in a bottle. /thread
     
  10. muck1979

    muck1979 Zealot (531) Jul 3, 2005 Minnesota

    I'll throw my two cents in for Leinenkugel's Original. Its listed 17 IBUs are on the high end for an AAL and it's still made with corn grits (as opposed to syrup) for whatever that's worth. Of course, it's probably impossible to find outside the Upper Midwest and doesn't sell for PBR prices either.
     
  11. jmich24

    jmich24 Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2010 Michigan

    Strohs and PBR for me.
     
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  12. MikeP64

    MikeP64 Zealot (661) Jan 24, 2015 South Carolina

    Another vote for PBR and big-ass cans of Steel Reserve!
     
  13. JuicesFlowing

    JuicesFlowing Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2009 Kansas

    Coors Extra Gold, Old Milwaukee, Hamms are my go-to cheapies.
     
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  14. NickyDee21

    NickyDee21 Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2011 Pennsylvania

    My guilty pleasure is Miller High Life. Usually can get 18 pk bottles for <$10 and it goes down like water. The nights I'm in it just for partying, I'll crush all but two, and save two to kill the hangover the next morning.
     
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  15. Belial

    Belial Devotee (391) Aug 9, 2005 Illinois

    my top 3 is 1. old style
    2. old style
    3. old style
     
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  16. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,071) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    "Yuengling" makes a number of beers - their AAL is called Yuengling Premium and was their flagship brand for decades. Their "amber" beer, developed in the 1980s and now their best-selling brand and flagship, is Yuengling Traditional Lager.

    Is it now? Have never seen Yuengling specify the hops used in LCA. OTOH, believing Yuengling's promotional material is problematic. They claim that LCA recipe has been the same since the brewery began "...Yuengling hasn’t changed the recipe in nearly 200 years.", but obviously that isn't true :rolling_eyes: (since as @JackHorzempa frequently notes :wink:) - it's brewed with lager yeast, and lager yeast wasn't available in the US in 1829* and Cascade hops weren't commercially available until the 1970s. Even though they now admit they converted both Porter and Ale to bottom fermentation around 1960, Yuengling claimed it was top-fermenting into, at least, the 1970s.

    * I notice also that some recent Yuengling promo material now claims they've always brewed lagers, "We’ve been brewing lagers since 1829..." but, again... no lager yeast in the New World at the time.
     
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  17. CraigP83

    CraigP83 Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2014 Minnesota
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    Incredibly disappointed that nobody said Premium Grainbelt yet, that stuff is great
     
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  18. HoppyBastard

    HoppyBastard Savant (1,005) Sep 6, 2013 Nebraska

    Hamm's.....but it may cause blindness and fits of rage.
     
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  19. fx20736

    fx20736 Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2009 New York

    Naragansett Lager
     
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  20. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,181) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    JK,

    I do not have information from the brewery but according to their wholesale distributor in the Philly area (Origlio) Lord Chesterfield is brewed using Cluster and Cascade hops. I would suggest that the Cluster hops are used solely for bittering and the Cascade hops are used for flavor/aroma additions including dry hopping.

    Cheers!

    Jack

    http://www.origlio.com/beverage/lord-chesterfield-ale

    @NeroFiddled
     
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