April 28, 2008

All Top Five: Cheap Beer

By: Sonny Bunch

Ah, Mr. Poulos raises an excellent point: What are the five best cheap beers?

  1. PBR. Gotta agree with James, and, despite what I intimated earlier, I love me some Pabst. I just don’t love it at $4 a whack. I don’t know for sure that this is the case any more, but Rocket Bar used to have the right idea, selling cans of PBR for $2…provided you shotgunned it at the bar. Any of you readers have an idea if that still happens?
  2. National Bohemian. I don’t drink Natty Boh too often, but it’s a solid enough beer. Brewed a little to the North, in good old Bawlteemor. Surprisingly free of heroin considering the city of origin.
  3. Hurricane. Does this count as a beer? It’s a malt liquor…and what a malt liquor it is! Served 40 delicious ounces at a time, it’s important to drink this potent brew quickly; if you don’t, you risk having 15 oz of warm grossness on your hands.
  4. Let’s see…Pilsner Urquell. Only applies to this list when you get it out of the tap. And in Prague. In the states you’re dropping $5 a pint, at least….even with a terribly weak Dollar you can find it in the Czech Republic for $2 a glass.
  5. Um…I don’t know. Miller High Life is a good choice (it is the sparkling white wine of beers, after all), but I never really drink it. Mickey’s? Ugh. Five was too many. I immediately regret this blog post…