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Bruce's avatar

The history of beer in the US is a pretty interesting story. There’s a great book called “Beer Blast: The Inside Story of the Brewing Industry's Bizarre Battles for Your Money“ that covers all that weird stuff that happened in the ‘80’s and ‘90s. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/745119.Beer_Blast

Joel Hobart's avatar

I thought for sure I'd had Ballantine until I read they'd shut down when I was a toddler.

But wait! "Eventually only a watered-down version of Ballantine XXX Ale survived, largely in the 40-ounce bottles associated with street drunks."

Ah right, that's how I know it.

Alex Remington's avatar

I now feel I have a fuller appreciation for the Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris's brilliant Miller High Life ad campaign – https://www.errolmorris.com/commercials/miller.html

Bruce's avatar

Millers, had one more recently touting it as “A good, old-fashioned macrobrew “