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It hasn?t always been this way.

I recently decided to make my first foray into homebrewing (more on that in a future post), but I?m not the type to begin a new hobby by dropping several hundred dollars. I called my uncle to borrow his old equipment, and he obliged, mostly because it hadn?t been used since about 1994.

Included among the buckets and boxes were two cases of empty bottles. A few of them still had their labels. I?m fairly certain that my uncle received them as part of one of those ?beer of the month? clubs. Most of these were no-frills amber ales and golden lagers that make today?s beer geeks scoff; they used to be the primary options available from the fledgling craft brewing industry. I did a background check on some of these, which turned up some interesting (at least to me) info. If you saw these in a liquor store today, how many of these would you bother trying?

Katahdin – Golden and Red Ale Judging from reviews , this beer was still in grocery stores as recently as 2007. However, the Weinhard name goes back to 1856(!) in Portland, OR. In the 1990s, it was owned by G. Heileman, which was bought by Stroh’s in 1997, which sold Weinhard to Miller in 1999, who promptly shut the brewery down. However, the Weinhard brand is still contract brewed to ‘meh’ reviews by Full Sail in Hood River, Oregon. Got all that?

I found the commercial description humorous: “This beer doesn?t have too strong tastes of red beers, so it is recommended for red beer beginners”

Spanish Peaks Black Dog and Sweetwater Wheat Ales Now things are looking familiar. Buffalo Bill’s is located in Hayward, CA (near Oakland) and has been producing pumpkin ale (billed as the first of its kind) since 1985. You can still find their beers around town today, and it appears they are producing an Imperial Pumpkin Ale this year. No word on whether it will be available locally.

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