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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post
    Oh, I'm sorry. Did I shit all over your homoerotic obsession you have with a band that hasn't put out shit in over 35 years?
    No. So no need to apologize. My obsession with The Mighty Van Halen is probably like yours, with Led Zeppelin. Speaking of your favorite band, they haven't put out shit either in the last 36 years.
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    I drank Schlitz Malt Liquor when I was a teenager. Can't believe anybody with money wouldn't opt for a better beer.
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    In 1978-8X, they didn't have much of a choice. Ed did start drinking Heinies though...
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    Quote Originally Posted by FORD View Post
    I drank Schlitz Malt Liquor when I was a teenager. Can't believe anybody with money wouldn't opt for a better beer.
    I guess it was also a fashion thing, it's not like Jack Daniels is the best bourbon around...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
    I guess it was also a fashion thing, it's not like Jack Daniels is the best bourbon around...
    Craft beers didn't exist back then... it was all about alcohol content and getting drunk. The fashion elements are just marketing crap targeting men. Schlitz had the "Bull" and Colt had the "Gun"...

    Based on US Alcohol regulations anything labeled "Malt Liquor" generally contained over 12% alcohol content and also had corn, sugar, or rice added to it to kick the fermentable sugars up to increase alcohol content. Beer generally fell below 5% alcohol and was mostly brewed from barley without the additives.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ZahZoo View Post
    Craft beers didn't exist back then... it was all about alcohol content and getting drunk. The fashion elements are just marketing crap targeting men. Schlitz had the "Bull" and Colt had the "Gun"...

    Based on US Alcohol regulations anything labeled "Malt Liquor" generally contained over 12% alcohol content and also had corn, sugar, or rice added to it to kick the fermentable sugars up to increase alcohol content. Beer generally fell below 5% alcohol and was mostly brewed from barley without the additives.
    I think it's safe to say Van Halen drank anything that was there for free although I suspect Schlitz was paying for some marketing here and I wouldn't be surprised if it came back to Monk and I wouldn't necessarily trust Van Halen Rising as the final word on anyting. Yes, there were a shortage of breweries as several thousand became less than 100 by the late 1970's. But I doubt the entire band had much preference either way. Drink a shitty beer or "malt liquor" with a high ABV or do a shot with a less shitty beer like Bud, PBR or Schlitz; I suspect that the beers were a way to keep a steady buzz on while still being somewhat hydrated and not getting too drunk. Aside from Alex, and later on Ed, I doubt the band drank 24/7 in the early years and gleaning Monk's anecdotes, they probably ate regularly and didn't drink until evenings most of the time...
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    The presumption here was that American beer was really weak until fairly recently but that was maybe because US Budweiser was.

    Funny thing to compare is that in Russia until 2012 anything under 10% so basically almost all beer, wasn’t classed as alcohol at all. It was just a foodstuff so no restrictions on it at all age or otherwise. 🙂

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZahZoo View Post
    Had to laugh at this thread derailing into political bullshit... the subtle correlation of a bullshit docu-drama full of misinformation, lies and outright crap does align appropriately...

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    Hey... If you're gonna run a fan site at least keep your main forum on-topic. It's a simple, easy administrative concept.

    BTW... I don't have half as much grey as that old fuck. Sweaters are for pussies...

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    Okay, here a "on topic" discussion for you. Why are so many neighborhoods in America gone from this:



    to this:




    Only reason can be bands like Van Halen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FORD View Post
    I drank Schlitz Malt Liquor when I was a teenager. Can't believe anybody with money wouldn't opt for a better beer.
    When you are a teen you drink any alcohol you can get.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
    The presumption here was that American beer was really weak until fairly recently but that was maybe because US Budweiser was.
    Malt liquor has ebbed and flowed in popularity. Currently, it's popular with the poor folk in the 'hood because of the alcohol content and they way it's sold in 24oz or 40oz containers and is cheap. Bud became ascendant over Schlitz and Pabst and the rest because of marketing and the taste for lighter, thirst quenching beers over flavor - a trend that seems to have begun after Prohibition was repealed and was accelerated by WWII and the use of adjuncts (like rice and corn) in place of wheat and malt. Here's a video about malt liquor!

    And also the revolution in transport brought about by the rail and trunking industries made regional brewers collapse. The trend was reversed starting in the late 60's with the San Francisco brewery Anchor Steam, or with the rise of home-brewing and a few "microbreweries" making better quality beers starting in the late 1970's. In 1980 there were something like 100 breweries (without checking), today there are over 4000, and even the "microbrews" have been renamed craftbrews because they tend to make and awful lot of beer, though Bud continues to be a best seller...

    Funny thing to compare is that in Russia until 2012 anything under 10% so basically almost all beer, wasn’t classed as alcohol at all. It was just a foodstuff so no restrictions on it at all age or otherwise. ��
    LOL Russian beer ain't bad, but it tastes like most Euro pilsners/lagers with a bit of the overcooked veggie finish...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post


    Only reason can be bands like Van Halen.
    Didn’t Led Zeppelin sleep with 14 year old kids around LA? You seem to be a little uptight. May I suggest The Magic Wand? They don’t call “Magic” for nothing. It can even make Medusa orgasm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZahZoo View Post
    Hey... If you're gonna run a fan site at least keep your main forum on-topic. It's a simple, easy administrative concept.
    Knock yourself out...

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    Pretty easy to stay on topic when talking to yourself...

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    If only "Breaking the Band" mentioned Vanny Halen's white trash America that episode would have been worth the watch. But it was deffo dumbed down so all you dumb fucks could understand it on your 3rd grade reading level skills.

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    Whatever they drank it was donkey piss, as there are absolutely no fluids in the US that deserve to be called "beer" at all. No wonder they changed to imports.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    Pretty easy to stay on topic when talking to yourself...
    Not really... my brain rambles around whether the external sound is on or off... LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidLeeNatra View Post
    Whatever they drank it was donkey piss, as there are absolutely no fluids in the US that deserve to be called "beer" at all. No wonder they changed to imports.
    Em, maybe back then. We now have craft brews that destroy any Euro cooked-veggie-swill...

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