Dammit, I went out and bought some in the interests of science.
Not the store with the 20 packs for $9, I ended up spending $4.95 for 6 20oz cans.
Right up there with Shaefer's, our cheap beer of choice in college.
That brought back memories, back when we were fourteen or fifteen Boonesfarm's Apple and Strawberry Hills were pretty much what everyone started with.
When you did shortly graduate to beer, all us newbies drank Schaeffer, on account of it didn't bring on "beer face" near as much as did Budweiser, which back then was the standard for "real" beer, to high school kids anyway.
IIRC Carling Black Label was always cheapest, and Wild Turkey was the standard hard liquor of choice for the teen set.
But I digress...
At the store the coolers were stocked left to right, premium beers at the left end, cheapest beers at the right end.
So I had to go to the right of all them beer snobs buying Bud, Miller, and Coors Lites.
The taste? Definitely didn't bring back memories of Schaefer.
Certainly beer, but only just, and with an aftertaste reminiscent of dish water. Thanks fer the recommendations but I ain't gonna be part of Kieth Stone's crowd.
But wait....
There was one other kind of beer in the cooler EVEN FURTHER TO THE RIGHT (ie cheaper) than Keystone Lite....
OLDE ENGLISH MALT LIQUOR OK guys, since we have a panel of experts here, whats the verdict on THIS one?
(note, it also comes in 40oz bottles packaged in a paper bag).
Birdwatcher