Late 70's Party Beers

[RhodyRams]

I didnt drink beer until 1980

Ballantines

 

[IowaRam]

It was Budweiser


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIuSxUbWzU

 

[thirteen28]

We did. I was at RTC Great Lakes from Jan.9, 1983 for 8 weeks (Company 014) Company Commodes were BT1 Bautista and HT1 Rauer

I was at NTC Great Lakes for BEE and ET "A" school from Mar. 1983 to April-May 1984.

Hah! We did cross paths at some point! I was in BEE until the end of Mar. '83 until shipping out for sub school.

 

[Loyal]

Hah! We probably crossed paths at some point. I was in BEE until the end of Mar. '83 until shipping out for sub school.

So you were a nuclear field machinist mate?

 

[thirteen28]

So you were a nuclear field machinist mate?

Ha ha, nope, sonar tech. Went to sub school then went out to sunny San Diego for ST 'A' school and a 'C' school after that. Ended the year in Newport News shipyard, where my boat was under construciton.

 

[Loyal]

Ha ha, nope, sonar tech. Went to sub school then went out to sunny San Diego for ST 'A' school and a 'C' school after that. Ended the year in Newport News shipyard, where my boat was under construciton.

Wow. Why didn't they just make you go to ST "A" school in Great Mistakes? You missed the joy of Kenosha, WI for real beer...or did you get after it with that 3.2 beer at the enlistment man's club. I don't remember a ST "A" school at NTC San Diego. I later got shore duty at Naval Ocean System's Center on Point Loma from 1984-1986

 

[thirteen28]

Wow. Why didn't they just make you go to ST "A" school in Great Mistakes? You missed the joy of Kenosha, WI for real beer...or did you get after it with that 3.2 beer at the enlistment man's club. I don't remember a ST "A" school at NTC San Diego. I later got shore duty at Naval Ocean System's Center on Point Loma from 1984-1986

Did go up to Milwaukee once during my time at Great Mistakes, to a bar called The Safe House. Drinking age was still 18 then.

ST 'A' school was on the ASW base, separate from NTC, at the corner of Nimitz and Harbor. All the sonar techs, surface and sub, went to school there. It's not there anymore, not sure when it was closed, think sometime in the 00's. Enjoyed it out there though, the weather was spectacular.

 

[Loyal]

Did go up to Milwaukee once during my time at Great Mistakes, to a bar called The Safe House. Drinking age was still 18 then.

ST 'A' school was on the ASW base, separate from NTC, at the corner of Nimitz and Harbor. All the sonar techs, surface and sub, went to school there. It's not there anymore, not sure when it was closed, think sometime in the 00's. Enjoyed it out there though, the weather was spectacular.

Tell me about it. I lived off base and got paid for it In San Diego. I had 14 section duty and got every other Friday off because the civilian engineers which we assisted got that (I was an ET). Three day weekends every other weekend. Hell, the big decision most mornings was what sort of bagel with cream cheese of which i had to choose after muster. What a freakin' shock when I went to the fleet in 1986....lol

 

[Ramlock]

Drank a lot of Busch in the late ‘70’s...most before I was 21

 

[CGI_Ram]

Oh man... listen to this;

Back in the mid 1980’s my Mom volunteered for the Girl Scouts and they held can recycling drives in a nearby church parking lot...

One day a guy drops off his beer can collection.

Keep in mind... mid 1980’s... and it was already a collection.

Mom grabbed those bags and put in her car.

I still have this. 3 boxes in my garage.

I opened them a few months ago... that collection was nice, with lots of weird ones... and back then it wasn’t the microbreweries of today. So there are some from all over.

I could spam this thread with photos. Maybe I’ll post a few this weekend.

 

[Loyal]

Oh man... listen to this;

Back in the mid 1980’s my Mom volunteered for the Girl Scouts and they held can recycling drives in a nearby church parking lot...

One day a guy drops off his beer can collection.

Keep in mind... mid 1980’s... and it was already a collection.

Mom grabbed those bags and put in her car.

I still have this. 3 boxes in my garage.

I opened them a few months ago... that collection was nice, with lots of weird ones... and back then it wasn’t the microbreweries of today. So there are some from all over.

I could spam this thread with photos. Maybe I’ll post a few this weekend.

THAT would be pull top heaven!

 

[dieterbrock]

and back then it wasn’t the microbreweries of today.

Boy can I relate to that.
The last time I drank a beer was 2002, and though there were plenty options then it's nothing like it is today

 

[thirteen28]

Tell me about it. I lived off base and got paid for it In San Diego. I had 14 section duty and got every other Friday off because the civilian engineers which we assisted got that (I was an ET). Three day weekends every other weekend. Hell, the big decision most mornings was what sort of bagel with cream cheese of which i had to choose after muster. What a freakin' shock when I went to the fleet in 1986....lol

Man, maybe I should have had your job! I did get a fair amount of shore time after A and C school, but it was in Norfolk/Newport News area when my boat was still under construction. Once we became fully operational, we got homeported in Pearl Harbor, which was awesome, but there was plenty of sea time as well. But it was always cool when we were going "home" it meant we were going back to Hawaii.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Here are most of those beer cans. I could make 3/4 more size stack with some others.

Count how many you’ve drank! lol

A few of these, mostly those Schmidt’s and a couple others were still full!

One was leaking so... I pulled the tab @Loyal! It was awesome and after I did it... said to my wife “I should have recorded that”. (But not what poured out... )

 

[-X-]

Here are most of those beer cans. I could make 3/4 more size stack with some others.

Count how many you’ve drank! lol

A few of these, mostly those Schmidt’s and a couple others were still full!

One was leaking so... I pulled the tab @Loyal! It was awesome and after I did it... said to my wife “I should have recorded that”. (But not what poured out... )


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Hell yeah. I started collecting beer cans in 1978, and had a pretty massive collection within a year. I had several of those cans too. My friend and I used to go "beer can hunting" regularly. We'd go to remote locations and walk through the woods looking for cans. We found MANY flat-tops (cans you needed a can opener to open), and I remember one time I found a black Budweiser Malt Liquor can. Unfortunately, my dick of a dad threw them all away one day because he felt like it. Those were fun times though. We used to write some of the corporations like Schmidt and Coors and ask them if they could send us any *irregulars* or misprints they had, and we had quite a few of those as well. Thanks for the memory, Daniel San.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Hell yeah. I started collecting beer cans in 1978, and had a pretty massive collection within a year. I had several of those cans too. My friend and I used to go "beer can hunting" regularly. We'd go to remote locations and walk through the woods looking for cans. We found MANY flat-tops (cans you needed a can opener to open), and I remember one time I found a black Budweiser Malt Liquor can. Unfortunately, my dick of a dad threw them all away one day because he felt like it. Those were fun times though. We used to write some of the corporations like Schmidt and Coors and ask them if they could send us any *irregulars* or misprints they had, and we had quite a few of those as well. Thanks for the memory, Daniel San.

Ever hear the story with Schmidt and the animals? Those cans were always my favorite.

I don't remember, if I did.

 

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Ever hear the story with Schmidt and the animals? Those cans were always my favorite.

I don't remember, if I did.

The wildlife cans? I'm not aware of any story, other than they were commissioned by some artist.

 

[CGI_Ram]

The wildlife cans? I'm not aware of any story, other than they were commissioned by some artist.

Yeah. That makes sense, some of them were outdoor sports too.

I remember those Falstaff cans... my Grandpa would have that beer sometimes. I’ve never had it.

 

[IowaRam]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QAEmCuBnck

 

[Loyal]

Here are most of those beer cans. I could make 3/4 more size stack with some others.

Count how many you’ve drank! lol

A few of these, mostly those Schmidt’s and a couple others were still full!

One was leaking so... I pulled the tab @Loyal! It was awesome and after I did it... said to my wife “I should have recorded that”. (But not what poured out... )


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I aint admitting it here, cuz the Canucks might get me for bootlegging that Schmidt's beer! But that can of Schmidt's that I outright chugged was better than an IPA! ~CGI

Hey Bruh, do you have any of those transitional can tops between the old pull tops and the current pull tabs? These had like an aluminum push button top that opened the hole from which you drank? It is a great collection. In fact you put them on a new shelf below that deer head with antlers that you bagged in '88. Your wife will love both in the family room!