jmd@rduxb.UUCP (Joseph M. Dakes, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, Pa.) (05/21/85)
Does anyone remember a soda that tasted like beer? I vaguely remember this product being sold about 15 years ago (I was 10 at the time). It wasn't available for too long maybe only a summer or two. No one seems to remember it not even the friends I hung around with back then. I'm positive there was such a product. Then again maybe it was the real thing and it ate my memory away:-). Joseph M. Dakes AT&T Bell Laboratories Reading, PA rduxb!jmd
wimp@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Jeff Haferman) (05/22/85)
From wimp Tue May 21 23:10:49 1985 To: /tmp/fol015582 Subject: Re: NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER (BEER SODA) > Does anyone remember a soda that tasted like beer? I vaguely remember this > product being sold about 15 years ago (I was 10 at the time). It wasn't > available for too long maybe only a summer or two. No one seems to remember > it not even the friends I hung around with back then. I'm positive there > was such a product. Then again maybe it was the real thing and it ate my > memory away:-). > Joseph M. Dakes I know that when I was back home (Minneapolis) a few years ago, the Grain Belt Brewery had a product out called "Near Beer" that tasted like beer but had no alcohol. I don't know if it's still around, but it's the only beer-like "soda?" that I ever heard of. Jeff
ogre@mhuxl.UUCP (LO COCO) (05/22/85)
> Does anyone remember a soda that tasted like beer? I vaguely remember this > product being sold about 15 years ago (I was 10 at the time). It wasn't > available for too long maybe only a summer or two. No one seems to remember > it not even the friends I hung around with back then. I'm positive there > was such a product. Then again maybe it was the real thing and it ate my > memory away:-). > > Joseph M. Dakes > AT&T Bell Laboratories > Reading, PA > rduxb!jmd I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but there is a product on the marketn called Moussey. -- John B. Lo Coco (...mhuxl!ogre) (...szuxn!ogre) 1-201-467-7436
mielke@ihuxk.UUCP (R. W. Mielke) (05/22/85)
> Does anyone remember a soda that tasted like beer? I vaguely remember this > product being sold about 15 years ago (I was 10 at the time). It wasn't > available for too long maybe only a summer or two. No one seems to remember > it not even the friends I hung around with back then. I'm positive there > was such a product. Then again maybe it was the real thing and it ate my > memory away:-). > > Joseph M. Dakes > AT&T Bell Laboratories > Reading, PA > rduxb!jmd In the Chicago area, this stuff was called "Jett Near Beer". It came in a short brown bottle, much like the type "Old Style" comes in now. Bob Mielke AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, Il
howard@sfmag.UUCP (H.M.Moskovitz) (05/22/85)
> Does anyone remember a soda that tasted like beer? I vaguely remember this > product being sold about 15 years ago (I was 10 at the time). It wasn't > available for too long maybe only a summer or two. No one seems to remember > it not even the friends I hung around with back then. I'm positive there > was such a product. Then again maybe it was the real thing and it ate my > memory away:-). > Although I am not a real fan of the taste of beer, I always thought that Diet Dr. Pepper (AKA The Black Death :-)) tasted somewhat like very bad, old, stale, skunky beer. ...but then, that's only what I think... Howard Moskovitz AT&T Info. Systems attunix!howard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Well he took in the four a.m. show at the Clark, and he bit the usherette's leg in the dark..." - Warren Zevon
page@drutx.UUCP (KnipferRP) (05/22/85)
> Does anyone remember a soda that tasted like beer? I vaguely remember > this product being sold about 15 years ago (I was 10 at the time). It > wasn't available for too long maybe only a summer or two. No one seems > to remember it not even the friends I hung around with back then. I'm > positive there was such a product. Then again maybe it was the real > thing and it ate my memory away:-). It sounds a lot like a drink that I thought was called Apple Beer. There was also a strange tasting drink on the market called Champale. It was supposed to be half champagne and half beer. Bob Knipfer ihnp4!drutx!page
ccs020@ucdavis.UUCP (ccs020 -- Kevin Chu) (05/22/85)
> Does anyone remember a soda that tasted like beer? I vaguely remember this > product being sold about 15 years ago (I was 10 at the time). It wasn't > available for too long maybe only a summer or two. No one seems to remember > it not even the friends I hung around with back then. I'm positive there > was such a product. Then again maybe it was the real thing and it ate my > memory away:-). > > Joseph M. Dakes > AT&T Bell Laboratories > Reading, PA > rduxb!jmd I remember something called "near beer" (neer beer?), which was a non-alcoholic beer. Is this what you meant? Kevin Chu ucbvax!ucdavis!vega!ccs020 /ex
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/23/85)
> Does anyone remember a soda that tasted like beer? I vaguely remember this > product being sold about 15 years ago (I was 10 at the time). It wasn't > available for too long maybe only a summer or two. No one seems to remember > it not even the friends I hung around with back then. I'm positive there > was such a product. Then again maybe it was the real thing and it ate my > memory away:-). > They make the stuff here, and it's enjoying a slight comeback. It's just non-alchohlic beer, available at Grocery stores etc...There's even a non- alchololic liquor store around here somewhere (well, maybe it was in Denver, it was someplace I was living a few years ago). -Ron
jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) (05/24/85)
> Does anyone remember a soda that tasted like beer? I vaguely remember this > product being sold about 15 years ago (I was 10 at the time). It wasn't > available for too long maybe only a summer or two. No one seems to remember > it not even the friends I hung around with back then. I'm positive there > was such a product. Then again maybe it was the real thing and it ate my > memory away:-). > > Joseph M. Dakes > AT&T Bell Laboratories > Reading, PA > rduxb!jmd Do you mean Apple Beer? I really liked this stuff when I was a kid. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) aka Swazoo Koolak {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff
thomas@gondor.UUCP (Angel) (05/25/85)
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> Does anyone remember a soda that tasted like beer? I vaguely remember this
Here in PA they sell a beverage known as Neer(sp) Beer.
I haven't tasted it, but my mother claims that it tastes
exactly like real beer, so much so that she new someone
who got "drunk" from it.
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I've seen "Near Beer" around recently. I don't believe this is the "non-alcoholic" beer originally referred to, however. I think Near Beer is slightly alcoholic. I seem to remember my parents telling me about something being marketed under that name during prohibition - it had an alcohol content just low enough to be legal. There was also a quote concerning it, attributed to Babe Ruth, if I remember correctly: "Whoever named that stuff was a damned poor judge of distance" Bob McQueer amdahl!rtech!bobm
rob@osiris.UUCP (Robert St. Amant) (05/29/85)
> > Here in PA they sell a beverage known as Neer(sp) Beer. > I haven't tasted it, but my mother claims that it tastes > exactly like real beer, so much so that she new someone > who got "drunk" from it. > -- > Angel I heard on the radio the other day that many of these drinks that advertise as being non-alcoholic actually contain a percent or so of alcohol. The subject came up because there are those who are teetotallers for medical reasons who have tried the near beer and have suffered violent reactions. Caveat emptor. Rob St. Amant
michaelf@ISM780.UUCP (06/04/85)
Tastes like beer? No kick? Must be Coors.
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (06/06/85)
> Tastes like beer? No kick? > Must be Coors. Coors doesn't pass the first statement. Some of their other beer is passable (Herman Josephs or George Killeans, neither of which they sell back east here). -Ron