Oh yes, the swill known as Billy Beer was quite the surprise to most beer drinkers. Let’s just say it was not the best beer I ever had… and I drank cheap beer most weekends…
For those of you to young or too stoned to remember, Billy Beer was marketed by Billy Carter, then President Jimmy Carter’s brother. Redneck to the max; he even drove a pickup truck with empty beer cans in it. Ah, it was a wonderful time. But, Billy was no fool. He reportedly made over $500,000 that year alone, yet his brother the President made “only” $200,000! Beer wins…
Enjoy!
I was too young to drink (legally) at the time, but I do remember the Billy Beer. I was told it wasn’t any good, yet it still surprised me with it’s awfulness. As I recall it ranked just below Old Millwater and the other formaldehyde beers.
I use to buy a beer called Huber beer out of Wisconsin because it was just plain cheap. So I’d drink two or three good beers to get my buzz going and then drink Huber for the rest of the night, because once you’re drunk… beer is beer.
BUT… not when it came to beers like Billy Beer. I’d rather not drink than consume beers like that. Horrible stuff it was. But, it still sold something like 2 billion cans or something like that… gotta love marketing! 🙂
OMG I totally forgot doing that! Starting the night off with a few “good” beers and then switching to the really cheap ones.
Ah, youth.
Huber does brew a respectable, if not necessarily impressive, bock beer in the spring. One can at least start the evening with it, without shame.