SFist: A Harbinger?

Nekura

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:41:34 -0800

Nice King of Kong reference =]

Elizabeth

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:24:53 -0800

Many Hamm heirs live here in SF.

thither

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:07:36 -0800

No, the cool kids drink Tecate out of cans, and have for a couple years. It's decent beer, cheap, and refreshingly free of the h*pster stigma which now clings ineluctably to PBR.

aj

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:44:09 -0800

Henry Weinhard's would be a good option, wsanders. Or Corona in cans.

SFX

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:23:46 -0800

excellent point, wsanders. prior to the red hook revolution, we seattlites drank oceans of the vitamin R (rainier) unless we could afford the good stuff, henrys.

Grrg

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:06:41 -0800

When the Rickshaw Stop first opened a few years back, it sold Icehouse in a can for $1. I'm not sure how long that lasted (not long enough).

wsanders

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:23:35 -0800

If you are going to promote low-brow hipster (ha!) nostalgia beer, why not have something local? Austin has Shiner Bock, which my grandpappy considered cheap low class stuff, and when we went to Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros back in the day we never paid more than 25c for a Corona. And there was Pearl and Lone Star, all brewed in San Antonio. Doesn't SF have its own indigenous cheap brew? Even something from the Central Valley, or Asia, would be more indigenous than midwest brands. Maybe Olympia comes closest.

jacksevanroo

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:15:29 -0800

I appreciate the tactful avoidance of the term "hipster" in this post.

Generic

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:10:22 -0800

I bother wasting time @ the Transfer because I'm waiting to, uh, transfer.

zippy_monster

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:54:19 -0800

Ah, PBR, the juice of the tragically ironic hipsters. http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/11/pabst_blue_ribbon/

cazzooo

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:53:13 -0800

Hey Schaefer was the official beer of the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park in the 1970s. The gingle was, "Schaefer is, the one beer to have, when you're having more than one!". And man after a long hot humid summer day at Fenway man did the place smell like warm rotting piss.

Angrybat

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:12:24 -0800

I've been waiting for Schaefer to make a comeback as an ironic beer choice. Best ad campaign ever - "Schaefer, when you're having more than one."

Joel

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:05:22 -0800

I'm from the Land of Sky Blue Waters and even I'd need to beg off on a can of ice-cold Hamm's

troymccluresf

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:43:47 -0800

I agree, ginger. It makes Expansion/Metro look klassy.

salty

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:34:05 -0800

Minnesota import...well, maybe today... Back when this town had a strong Bottlers' Union, I used to work at Hamm's (also Lucky Lager). Great job, beer on tap in the break room, quarts to take home...

duke

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:30:40 -0800

If they had Grain Belt Premium aka "Premo", I might be interested

pfeiffer

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:11:24 -0800

This makes me want to go into the Transfer and order a cosmo just to be non-conformist

Ginger

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:11:12 -0800

the transfer is a sh*thole. why bother wasting time talking about their horrible happy hour selection?

stanthecaddy

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:58:33 -0800

Ever had a "hammtini"? Hamm's in a martini glass with a lime. Very sophisticated.