Times are tough: What's the best cheapest beer?

We've got a running thing at my weekly card game to see who can bring in the cheapest beer. The guy in the lead got a 30-pack of Stroh's for $9.99 somewhere. We keep asking for the 30-pack of ho's to go with it, but no luck.

 

There is bad beer here in Ontario but it ain't cheap.

 

When I was in college, the answer was definitely Mickey's.

Keystone Light and PBR would have been second and third.

 

This is probably the best advice I've been given so far.

And there's no way in hell I'm going to follow it.

Mrs. Oggiedog is a budgeting fiend and I'm going to be dealing with a bit less discretionary spending money.

Lost Lake Ice was my fall-back, but I can't drink it. I've tried Steel Reserve Ice with even worse results.

My plan is to take $20 a week and buy a six of something good (Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Boulevard Pale Ale are my standards) and get the rest of my buzz as cheaply as tolerable.

The rules in my suck-ass beer state? Most of the major over-the counter brands (Bud, Coors, Keystone, etc) are sold cold in grocery stores as cereal malt beverages (3.2 beer). Argue all you want about the whole weight vs. volume thing, 3.2 beer sucks.

The higher-point beers are sold warm in liquor stores. Selection is usually limited. Olympia is available and it's okay, nothing special. I drank Molsen's Ice, but it's no longer available here.

I was just wondering if there might be some sleeper cheap beer I just haven't thought of yet.

 

Tried a case or two of the Blue Lights this summer. Excellent beach beer. Also enjoyed some Narragansett with my lobster rolls during a Block Island (RI) weekend.

 

I do enjoy the Keystone Light ads.

"Oh, it's for grandma."

 

I completely agree with that now. When I was young and poor, not so much... ;D

 

How could you possibly know that?

 

Probably already stated, but anything cold and in a bottle.

Leave the 40s to the homeless.

 

See the thing about PBR and High Life is that they both actually taste pretty good ... and I'm a beer snob who loves me a good micro when the mood strikes.

 

Yay, someone else likes it! I really think spirited needs to give it a try. Seriously, I'm kinda picky about beer because I usually drink wine or gin and tonics, but Labatt's Blue Lights are definitely worth it. Further perusal of the Rite-Aid ad this week reveals if you're willing to go with cans, you can get a 24-pack of the Labatts for $15.99 but I just won't drink beer out of cans unless the economy gets to the point where I'm out on the street with a tin cup. I draw the line at cans.

 

A true scenester with his can of the People's Beer of Richmond would never be caught dead listening to Dave. You play a DMB song in Sticky Rice and you'll get laughed out of the place.