So many requests for this one, look what was at dogfish today… Don’t get mad but it was never my thing, grabbed a six of another old one they’ve been bringing back recently.
Sierra Nevada’s original Big Little Thing, the one in the purple tin. I know it got some not great reviews, but it was my go to. It was also what I considered the closest thing to Hop Stoopid. I like the new version, but once in a while it veers into tramp juice territory (like some of the other stronger beers in stove pipe format).
Geary's pale ale Catamount Anchor Steam (of course) -- if you're in Ventura County and also miss Anchor you should check out Institution Ale Co. and see if they have their California Common available , they run it several times a year it is totally like Anchor Steam those guys do a really good job with that and everything else they brew
Cheers to that one. It was my first 'favorite' beer when Igot into craft beers. Seems like after Arcadia closed that Short's brewed that one after obtaining recipe rights (?) and it wasn't even close to being the same beer.
I may be showing my age but I really enjoyed Molson Diamond and Calagry X. Delicious Canadian beers that are long gone. I can also say I miss Old Vienna too.
. You can still get Old Vienna here in Ontario. Molson Diamond is a blast from the past. I don’t think it was made for too long.
I miss Cameron’s Rye-P-A. Cameron’s is a brewery that generally makes beer I’d rate somewhere between , dull and uninspired. Rye-P-A was a true gem of a beer.
I drank OV splits in college when I lived in Fort Erie, Ontario. I believe in ancient times OV started in Ohio, but has been a Canadian beer for decades. I’ll have to look for OV next time in London. Cheers.
Gary Gillman "Beer et Seq" has written about everything you need to know about "OV". He wrote a four part blog last month about the label. Here is a link to part I. Part I suggests that you are right that the brand began in Ohio. Part IV indicates that draft OV in Canada is (or has recently been) brewed at the MolsonCoors Ohio brewery (originally Miller)! https://www.beeretseq.com/the-roots-of-molson-coors-old-vienna-lager-part-i/
Thanks for the reminder for me to think about Canadian beers that I miss. I had Cinci Lager during a Canadian fishing trip 50 years ago when I was a neophyte at beer drinking. It was instantly eye-opening when compared to the American light lagers that I had only had so far. Too bad that it's no longer brewed, or I'd be driving to Windsor on a regular basis to get some.
They were pretty common in upstate NY in the early 80s, both on- and off-premise. The splits were 6.5 oz (geez, almost 2 ounces larger than the SN Pils cans that people are freaking out over ) and came in clear "champagne" shaped bottles (think, Miller High Life). OV, still a Carling-O'Keefe brand, was also sold in the standard 11.5 brown Canadian stubby. Had a night shift job which got out at 12:30. 15-20 minutes or so to get to my truck, drive to town and park. Find a seat at the bar, throw down a $5 and order up 9 bottles since last call was 1am. ($2 change in quarters to play pinball). But can't say I miss it, other than the price.
Fort Erie is essentially Buffalo, just over the Peace Bridge. I saw the same beers as you starting a couple of years later. $6 a case sounds about right though we drank more Molson Brador (because it had a big for the time ABV of 6.2). Cheers.
Not me but the wife, she loved Sweaty Betty from Boulder Beer but sadly they discontinued it more than 10 years ago I think.
Country Boy Brewing's Papaw's Red (b1), an imperial red aged in a Pappy barrel. No version since has been in that barrel, and none has come close to the OG.
