Shortened Bar Orders

Red or blue?

Enjoy

 

Natty-no explanation needed.

In the early 80’s if you asked for a Black & Tan you would get Bass Ale and Guinness Stout, they were likely the only two ales on tap.

 

Growing up in Baltimore . . . that would be correct. We sometimes just said Gimme a Boh!

 

In the mid-90s too, at least in Chicago.

 

Unsure if its been said... but "Beast" for Milwaukees Be(a)st

 

In New Brunswick (Canada) where I spent my formative years, you either ordered Moose (Moosehead Lager), Moose Red (Mooshead Pale Ale), or a 'Pine (Alpine Lager).

Anything else and you got a dirty look, because it meant the bartender had to go digging in the fridge for it.

 

I wonder if you could get away with ordering a "Cow" in Wisconsin?

 

Sure, but you may not get a beer!

 

Just remembered the schooners of Lowenbrau at Lum's in Greensboro and Richmond in the late 60s. It was a big glass and we loved the good fresh Munich Lowenbrau they served. At the Lum's in Richmond, down near Monroe Park we ended up asking for schooners of Lowie. We made it a regular stop after basketball practice. They loved seeing coming in the door. We couldn't get enough!

 

Where I grew up...

"C-Minus" = Coors Light
"Vitamin T" = Tecate
"Manila" - Dark Horse

 

BL = Bud Light
Bud Heavy = Budweiser
Natty = Natural Light
Rock = Rolling Rock
Pony = Rolling Rock
Water = Coors Light
Bucket = 4 SNPA's

That's how it was at the dive I frequented in New York during college, man I miss those days.

 

Damn I forgot this one! And "Hockey" would get me a Labatt Blue

 

We called it fighting juice

 

Was that the same Lums as the chain? There were several in the Rochester NY area, maybe they were bigger than I realized. I knocked back a few Lowenbraus back then too.

 

It used to be common for people to order Fat Tire via "Gimme a Fattie" in CO.

Granted, that has gone on to mean other things in CO, but it also seems like Fat Tire has dwindled here. It used to be in nearly every bar in the state. You could order it anywhere - it was just a given that they'd have it, or they'd offer you Avalanche as a Pepsi-like substitute. Now I don't know if it's even in CO's top 5 craft beers anymore.

 

Must have been.

 

Genesee Cream Ale was always a “screamer” for me up upstate NY

 

Bull immediately came to my mind.

 

A Natty in Baltimore would get you a National Bohemian.

 

Slightly off topic (sorry)... at a bar in Havre De Grace, Maryland, a few years ago I ordered a Natty Boh. I was asked it I wanted it with Old Bay. Apparently that was a "thing" in that region- Old Bay around the rim of a glass of Natty Boh.

Two things I really like that I decidedly did not like together.