The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:17 pmWIP
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:17 pmRe: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:31 pmI didn't see this coming!
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:53 pmWow! LoL! In one of my business trips to Milwaukee I visited the Shlitz brewery. That was about the late 80s.
I believe that beer trademark is not anymore alive.
I believe that beer trademark is not anymore alive.
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:32 pmFamous for its bad beer?
/runs for his life
/runs for his life
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:25 pmBetween QcRail and Buzz, I think they have "tapped" into a "keg" of beer reefer demand. In as much, I would like to toss my suggestion into the repaint ring. I haven't found any prototype pics yet, so I'm not sure Olympia even had billboard reefers. But I like the logo, and the beer isn't that bad either.
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:33 pmMore fun silliness.
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:41 pmNaw, It's either "From the Land of Sky Blue Water" Hamm's or "Lite & Like-Able from God's Country" Old Style. Maybe even, "I am From Milwaukee, and I Ought to Know, Blatz Beer, Tastes Great, Where Ever You Go!" 
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:42 pmcnwfan wrote:Between QcRail and Buzz, I think they have "tapped" into a "keg" of beer reefer demand. In as much, I would like to toss my suggestion into the repaint ring. I haven't found any prototype pics yet, so I'm not sure Olympia even had billboard reefers. But I like the logo, and the beer isn't that bad either.
I have no problem of a "what if" reefer. Some people have actually fallen into 'this is real' trap but I still think a little whimsy every now and then is just fine. I cannot tell a lie. When I first started drinking beer (being a Midwesterner) my beer of choice was in fact Schlitz. Somewhat later we graduated to Old Style a at the time little known beer out of La Crosse Wisconsin. It became kind of a cult beer for us in Northern Illinois.
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:55 pmcnwfan wrote:Between QcRail and Buzz, I think they have "tapped" into a "keg" of beer reefer demand. In as much, I would like to toss my suggestion into the repaint ring. I haven't found any prototype pics yet, so I'm not sure Olympia even had billboard reefers. But I like the logo, and the beer isn't that bad either.
You're from Illinois, You should be all about Franklin McCormack's favorite Beer... "Meister Bräu". I remember listening to Franklin, at night, on his "Meister Bräu All Night Showcase", telling people how great it was, over the "Clear Channel Voice of Mid America" WGN. I was 496 Miles away from Chicago. How's that for dating one's self.
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:34 amGood grief! yeah that's old stuff for me as well. It was made by Peter Hand Brewery. In one of my early lives we hauled cases of beer out of there to Lake Geneva Wisconsin for the tourist trade.
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:30 amcnwfan wrote:Between QcRail and Buzz, I think they have "tapped" into a "keg" of beer reefer demand. In as much, I would like to toss my suggestion into the repaint ring. I haven't found any prototype pics yet, so I'm not sure Olympia even had billboard reefers. But I like the logo, and the beer isn't that bad either.
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:33 amRe: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:28 pmRudiJaeger wrote:...and the beer that made Seattle famous:
Vitamin "R"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NeQnSCDxeY
I didn't even know Rainier had billboard reefers!
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:03 pmI tried Old Style once. Not a big fan of it. My dad on the other hand loves it. It is big around here in the "tri-states" area of Iowa.
Re: The beer that actually made Milwaukee famous
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:55 amAbout the trademark, Schlitz is made by the Pabst Brewing. Their beers are actually brewed under contract by MillerCoors.
Interesting to see some of these old box cars. I see the cans almost every day.
Interesting to see some of these old box cars. I see the cans almost every day.