College beers: When, where & what?

Late 1970s Falstaff and buckhorn
Thought that the hangovers were from too many beers even if just drank two. Never thought back then it was poor beer.

 

Virginia Tech in the early eighties. Football not as good as it is now but we had Bruce Smith.

Any six pack that I could buy for less than $2 was my rule of thumb.

Old Milwaukee was my favorite. I could pick it out in blind taste tests.

Bar Manager at my Fraternity.

Kegs of Old Mil and equivalent were about $35. When we wanted to get crazy we bought The Bull for $55.

But oh those grain parties!

 

An excellent question and topic.

I think it's a good thing that I can't go back but I'm not always so sure.

 

University of Alabama, early 2010's, Yuengling Traditional Lager was my go to. It is slightly more expensive than other macros, but it does not taste like piss and is available everywhere in Tuscaloosa.

 

2008-2012 @ the University of Hartford. We drank so much Keystone Light at fraternity parties that I'm positive we helped keep the brand alive. Apartments would have multiple walls completely covered floor-to-ceiling with those Keystone Unsmooth Moments 30pk dividers. I'll post a pic later if I can find one.

Edit: Here we go!

 

Luckily down here yuengling cost the same as bud light and miller, so i had an ok tasting beer

 

Western Illinois 92-95. Drank the crap out of Keystone. I think $3.50 a 12 pack. Then Ice came out and moe alcohol meant more fun. I'm pretty sure I took a couple years off my life from drinking so much of that nectar.

 

Mid-70's school of hard knocks. Falstaff mini kegs and lowebrau octoberfest

 

Community College throughout basically the entire 2000's. Mostly Busch.

 

Pabst Blue Ribbon baby!!!!!! Also maybe some MGD and Coors...

 

Same here haha

 

'07-'11 Marist. PBR (or Keystone when we couldn't afford the extra 2 bucks per 30 rack). And the occasional St. Bernardus ABT 12 when I had a couple extra bucks. But mostly PBR.

 

Umass Amherst 08-12. Early days would be keystone/Busch light or if we wanted to get "good beer" either bud light or corona. End of my junior year I toured the Sam Adams brewery in Boston and started buying various Sam Adams and harpoon six packs throughout my senior year, and would also try different things at Amherst brewing company. Currently in PT school at New York medical college (13-16) and I drink mostly craft, lucky to have captain Lawrence 1 minute from campus, and some great craft bars around. I'll still happily drink a macro though!

 

Undergrad in Wisconsin late mid-80s: Old Milwaukee, Rhinelander, Busch, whatever was the cheapest beer to buy by the case. I thought I was living large when we used to splurge for Michelob or a Canadian lager.

 

2002-2006 at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. $9.99 Flats of Natty Light (24-16 oz. tallboys) Bud/Bud light.

 

Appalachian State = PBR

 

Cambridge Scumbag University 2000-2003 (the shit one in Cambridge) – Kronenburg, Stella and Beamish Black.

 

2009-2013. Turned 21 in 2013 but was drinking Bud Light and Modelo Especial before that. My first legal beer was an Anchor Steam

 

'95 - '98 at Roger Williams U in Rhode Island. I never drank it (I was already a craft beer fan, though at that time it was still 'Microbrews',) but the unofficial beer of the school was Natty Light Ice. Dishonorable mentions go to Haffenreffer (The Beast) and whatever 30-racks were on sale for less than $10 that week.

 

My fancy beers in college were Rolling Rock and Michelob Amber Bock. The I found Boulevard Wheat and Fat Tire.