Who remembers how beer was served??

Beer came in stoneware / pottery bottles at one time.

pinchvalve wrote: You can still get beer that requires a Churchkey. Chruchkey Beer Churchkey Can Co. Flat Top Beer Can from Churchkey Can co. on Vimeo.

That's cool. I still have the churchkey/bottle opener my parents had for as long as I can remember. I'll have to look for that beer even if I'm not a big lager fan.

I remember when the pulltabs came out - you didn't want to be walking around barefoot where people were drinking beer, you'd step on one of those things. Ouch.

I was doing some digging a few years ago against the foundation of my house and found a Gluek's beer bottle right down by the footing. My house was built in 1913 so it had been there for a century. It looks like this one: http://www.antiquebottledepot.com/images/sale/P6200010.JPG

stuart in mn wrote: I remember when the pulltabs came out - you didn't want to be walking around barefoot where people were drinking beer, you'd step on one of those things. Ouch.

And that statement is immortalized in a Jimmy Buffet song.

I remember the pull tabs. I thought I swallowed one once because I couldn't remember if I had put it in the can or threw it away. Had to visit the doc to find out (did not swallow). Also, I remember those tabs being all over the place on the beaches in Florida.

Around the same time I was helping my dad work on the house and we found a bunch of empty steel cans in the wall. I also remember the Hawaiian Punch cans that opened that way.

I have a church key in my kitchen drawer.

Hey, you never know.

Datsun1500 wrote: Hawaiian Punch doesn't taste the same without the slight metal taste from the can.

The first few beers I ever had were like this. Its like you were tasting the solder. I think it's why I don't care so much for it today.

wbjones wrote: I remember Coors (brought back from the west) that had little round punch holes that you'd pop with your thumb … tiny one for slicing your finger, and larger one for severing you tongue.

FTFY

Pull tabs? I remember cutting my bare feet on the damn things.

Here is a local old school brewery from my hometown, they shutdown in the 80's and tore down the building.

Datsun1500 wrote: I used to find these when I was a kid in the early 70s. As in as empty cans, not as in in the fridge.

Damm, I thought I threw that can in the garbage when I finished it. But I do have a sixpack of the original Old Frothingslosh stashed away.

I was a Mason tender as a youngster and one of my responsibilities was getting beers out of the cooler. Usually after noon but occasionally before.

Back in the 60's I lived in a dry county. We would drive to Aberdeen & have glass gallon jugs filled with draft beer to take home.

stuart in mn wrote: I remember when the pulltabs came out - you didn't want to be walking around barefoot where people were drinking beer, you'd step on one of those things. Ouch. I was doing some digging a few years ago against the foundation of my house and found a Gluek's beer bottle right down by the footing. My house was built in 1913 so it had been there for a century. It looks like this one: http://www.antiquebottledepot.com/images/sale/P6200010.JPG

I think gluek may be the worst beer I have ever had.

My Bucket's Got a Hole in It, can't buy no beer ...

Back in my university days in Ottawa, circa 1970-75, drinking Molson Export, or Labatt's 50 in a quart bottle in Hull,Quebec.

This thread needs more pictures of Oktoberfest type serving girls.

SVreX wrote:

Datsun1500 wrote: I used to find these when I was a kid in the early 70s. As in as empty cans, not as in in the fridge.

What is that E36 M3, brake fluid??

No, brake fluid tastes better. (yes, I've had Iron City)

When I first read the title, my first thought was a frosty mug of beer with a nice head.

Drawn by a comely bar maid.

In reply to slowride:

Now we're talking....oh wait a minute.

alfadriver wrote:

stuart in mn wrote: I remember when the pulltabs came out - you didn't want to be walking around barefoot where people were drinking beer, you'd step on one of those things. Ouch.

And that statement is immortalized in a Jimmy Buffet song.

Sometimes I wonder if young people really understand the line in that song.......I blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top.....

My buddy suggested we grab a 6-pack of Mickeys Wide mouths for our 30 minute lunch, split them, and down them. The wide mouths help it go down quicker. This is the day I realized I shouldn't drink at lunch when working.

Datsun310Guy wrote: Sometimes I wonder if young people really understand the line in that song.......

Uhh... Young people don't listen to Buffet.

Random image search for "parrothead"

His demographic is a bit more AARP biased.

akamcfly wrote: Pepsi products in Kanada used the 2 button cans well into the 80s. We also had 280ml cans for all pop into the late 80s. We didn't get the 355s until I was in highschool. I remember going to Duluth as a kid and getting a can of A&W root beer in a 355ml can. My little mind was blown.

That explains why they seemed familiar. Because I sure wasn't drinking beer with those tops.

DeadSkunk wrote: Back in my university days in Ottawa, circa 1970-75, drinking Molson Export, or Labatt's 50 in a quart bottle in Hull,Quebec.

I'm assuming you called it Cinquante, not "Fifty".

When I pulled up my deck a couple of years back, I found a pull tab and the top from a 35mm film canister. Both mysterious objects to the youth of today.