  Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w Post Number: 58 Registered: 02-2007 |
Since it's the eve of St. Patrick's Day & many will be doing the pub crawls and quaffing a few ( or more )beers thought I'd bring this up. I really miss a good bottle of Stroh's. Especially their Bock beer which they only made & sold in the spring. That Bohemian " Fired Brewed" taste was one of kind! I'll guess I have to suffer with Labatts | ||
Bongman Member Username: Bongman Post Number: 1447 Registered: 12-2003 |
Last time I stopped in Honest John's he had Stroh's. What's the delay ? | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 419 Registered: 11-2005 |
Hey, Labatt's is my favorite thing about Canada! I love that beer. Beats the hell outta Budweiser. | ||
Treelock Member Username: Treelock Post Number: 197 Registered: 03-2005 |
Signature. Mmmm. | ||
Roomseller Member Username: Roomseller Post Number: 10 Registered: 03-2007 |
Stroh's was a great beer. If you're looking for good, cheap, and plentiful (who isn't) MGD fits. Molson is another good bottled beer. I can make a shameless plug for Lincoln Park brewery,,,Lincoln Lager really good and smooth. | ||
Bobj Member Username: Bobj Post Number: 1808 Registered: 11-2003 |
I remember the days when you could Stroh's on tap at almost any bar in Detroit. Good stuff | ||
Rjlj Member Username: Rjlj Post Number: 288 Registered: 11-2003 |
You can still find Stroh's at plenty of places around town. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 420 Registered: 11-2005 |
Not the same, though, Rjilj. I still try to support the Detroit-brewed beers whenever I can. Me and the little lady love the MCB and its Ghettoblaster. | ||
Professorscott Member Username: Professorscott Post Number: 265 Registered: 12-2006 |
Where is Stroh's brewed anymore? Also: you can't get Signature now, can you? | ||
Spitty Member Username: Spitty Post Number: 539 Registered: 07-2004 |
It's brewed in Milwaukee. I just read it on my $1 bottle last night at 3 Nick's on Eureka. | ||
Crew Member Username: Crew Post Number: 1138 Registered: 02-2004 |
ProfScott, Shroh's is now marketed by Pabst. It's really not the same beer anymore. They no longer make Signature. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1553 Registered: 04-2005 |
Fire brewed in copper kettles!  A couple of memory flashbacks. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1605778765966622592 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6998144552202322358 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1021265538819564472 Enjoy a Stroh-A-Party | ||
Whithorn11446 Member Username: Whithorn11446 Post Number: 22 Registered: 03-2007 |
My grandfather worked at Stroh's from 1951-1981. A lot of people will tell you the beer tasted different after they left the brewery on Gratiot. One of the speculations about the change in taste was due to different water being used. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 4151 Registered: 10-2003 |
I love Strohs but I need the black stuff on my namesake's day. Gimme several pints of Guinness. My mouth is watering already. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 787 Registered: 01-2006 |
I enjoyed many a Stroh's, way back when, and I have drank some in recent years. The current version bears absolutely no resemblance to the original. None. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 8567 Registered: 10-2003 |
If you are gung ho to support local beers you still have: In Detroit: Motor City Brewery Detroit Beer Company Traffic Jam Atwater Brewery Elsewhere: Kuhnens Dragonmead WAB Bells Fort Street Arbor Brewery Grizzly Peak And probably 50 others. Instead of reminiscing about the demise of Strohs in Detroit support the small scale places that make beer here. Drink Detroit and drink Michigan. Both Forans and the Park Bar serve many locally brewed beers. Honest Johns server MCB and I am sure that many, many other places serve Detroit/Michigan beers as well. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 8568 Registered: 10-2003 |
http://www.michiganbrewersguil d.org/findbeer.asp Breweries in Michigan | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 260 Registered: 10-2003 |
I've got a brick from the Stroh's building. It holds my bedroom door open. | ||
Professorscott Member Username: Professorscott Post Number: 266 Registered: 12-2006 |
I believe Bell's is now the largest brewery in Michigan, is it not? Dragonmead also makes some fine beers (and has the weirdest location for a tap room of anyplace I've ever seen). I haven't had all the others. Stroh's of course was different in that it was Detroit's beer. I recall the poignant song "After the Brewery on Gratiot is Gone" by George Baier in his "Dick the Bruiser" character, to the tune of Don Henley's "Boys of Summer". Sad day indeed. I have fond memories of the Strohhaus, but I agree with Jt1 that the best thing is to support the variety of local brewers. Still, it's fun to reminisce. "Alex, that better be your water you're drinking..." Professor Scott | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 8569 Registered: 10-2003 |
I believe that Bell's is the largest and Atwater (Stoney Creek) surprisingly sells a loit of beer in retail outlets. I believe they just started shipping thier producst to Oklahoma and Penn in addition to the 7-8 other states. Dragonmead, IIRC has a huge selection. I have drank at most of the SE Michigan microbrews and enjoyed most. I don't care for Kuhnens but haven't been there since they just opened (may be better) and I think the Bastone's beer is far below par. | ||
3rdworldcity Member Username: 3rdworldcity Post Number: 550 Registered: 01-2005 |
Four or five years ago I was hiking out of the little town of Pelican, AK, a 100 person fishing village, one of two on 7,000,000,000 acre Chichikoff Island 6 hours west by boat from Juneau. Pelican can be reached only by boat or seaplane. It's located on Lisianski Inlet off the Pacific Ocean, and has a 2 block long "main street", up from the boat docks, a boardwalk on stilts above the water. In the middle is a little bar with a hanging "Stroh's" sign as it's only identification. We walked in and I said to the bartender. "I'll have a hamburger, and since I'm from Detroit, give me a Strohs." He looked at me like I was from Mars. I don't think he had any idea what or where Detroit is, and said they haven't served Stroh's in 20 years. Said he'd never had one, but the sign was probably free when some prior owner served the stuff. Well, I tried. | ||
Jjw Member Username: Jjw Post Number: 271 Registered: 10-2005 |
I agree with Revine. Not sure if it is me or Strohs but the taste has changed. Not to fond of it anymore. In terms of the Canuks--mentioned was Labatts and Molson. What about Moosehead or Alpine?--both great beers. | ||
Professorscott Member Username: Professorscott Post Number: 267 Registered: 12-2006 |
There are a lot of excellent Canadian beers including a great many microbrews. Hie on over to The Beer Store (remember "Brewer's Retail"?) and check out the selection. Even some of the rinky-dink town Beer Stores have a good selection. Be prepared to pay, though, quite a bit more than you would in Michigan. I threw an Ontario Micro-Brew party a few months back, and everyone had a great time but it set me back quite a few loonies. If this is tu | ||
65memories Member Username: 65memories Post Number: 361 Registered: 10-2003 |
There was no beer like Stroh's. Any beer now that calls itself "Stroh's" is just a facsimile. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 174 Registered: 02-2007 |
What about Goeber's? | ||
Foodcity Member Username: Foodcity Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2007 |
Last night before the Bob Seger concert, we drank draft Stroh's at The Park Bar. After the concert, we drank bottled Stroh's at the Detroiter Bar. Right now, I'm enjoying some Stroh's Ice Cream (vanilla bean). Yum! | ||
Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w Post Number: 59 Registered: 02-2007 |
Stroh's taste was part of it's brewing technique which used copper kettles & direct open flame to brew it. My dad worked there in the early 50's and liked working there it but needed steady work with our family growing. It's been a long time but Stroh's aroma was unique to me- I always could tell it apart from other beers. Stroh's also sold a dark lark lager on tap. I used to drink it at Lum's Restaurants. Man was that good stuff. One beer I just discovered is called Yuengling- from Pennsylvania. It's really good but they don't sell it here. I live close to the Lincoln Park Brewery- gotta try it soon. | ||
Nyburgher Member Username: Nyburgher Post Number: 125 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yuengling- from Pennsylvania is great.Another great Pensylvania one is Straubs and i want to go there before I die. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg /07009/752291-155.stm A sacred thing if there ever was one. I don't want to act like a sick grave dancer but is that big Stroh's Brewery still standing? Old Breweries are often nice well built buildings and could make some nice work spaces for artists. I just want to put in the word before you need more parking. | ||
Whithorn11446 Member Username: Whithorn11446 Post Number: 23 Registered: 03-2007 |
"I don't want to act like a sick grave dancer but is that big Stroh's Brewery still standing?" Stroh's was torn down in 1985 or 1986 and during the demolition they had a major fire there. As I mentioned my before my grandfather worked there from 1951-1981. He had the type of job there where losing fingers, hands, falling off catwalks was a constant worry. The other problem was some of his co-workers were not always sober because drinking during lunch hours at Stroh haus was acceptable, and it unfortunately at times became a safety issue with the machinery. However, he did receive two interesting gifts from them over the years. In 1968 he got the day off because he won a raffle and had the opportunity to watch Game 5 of the World Series in a box at Tiger Stadium with either John or Peter Stroh. In 1976 he received a nice watch for 25 years of service. He died at the same time that Stroh's decided to end brewing here. | ||
Miss_cleo Member Username: Miss_cleo Post Number: 430 Registered: 05-2005 |
Leininkugel makes some mighty fine beer, love the Original and the Northwoods Lager. Does anyone else remember the commerical * From one beer lover to another Stroh's beer*? | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 3104 Registered: 10-2003 |
3rd world, 7,000,000,000 acres, eh? That's a big island. | ||
Mrjoshua Member Username: Mrjoshua Post Number: 1273 Registered: 03-2005 |
Even Fidel knows a good beer when he sees one... http://youtube.com/watch?v=tEb tEwm1SLw | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1556 Registered: 04-2005 |
Stubby's with JP doing the voice over. I forgot about those type bottles. http://youtube.com/watch?v=T3V 4qLJMqzU | ||
Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w Post Number: 61 Registered: 02-2007 |
That's commercial's great! Urbanize:What about Goeber's? I think you meant Goebel- it was a Detroit Brew and Stroh's bought it. Used to be able to get 6-pack for 96 cents plus tax around 1973- a dollar "high". Before bottle deposit. Mentioning the brewery-it was a landmark being on Gratiot by I-75. The sign big red letters that spelled out Stroh's Beer.Psip that pic you posted is pretty cool. By the way I originally mentioned bock beer- Michelob makes a bock that's pretty good. I'm drinking one now. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1557 Registered: 04-2005 |
Goebel's with a guest appearance of Detroit's own Van Patrick. c1956 http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=4821062430789211535 http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=1786014193419209589 http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-7981628504437166992 http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=7214071549898560318 | ||
Yaktown Member Username: Yaktown Post Number: 129 Registered: 02-2006 |
About 15 years ago, I picked up a 40 of Stroh's. My friend chided me "That's an old man's beer!" I was 21 at the time. It tasted fine to me though! My dad and his buddies used to drink Goebel (pronounced zho-bell) too, cheap stuff! I recall working at Arbor Drugs and one loyal customer bought a case of Goebel 6 days a week! He would strut in about 5pm with his case of empties from the previous day and pick up a full one. Normally we wouldn't have carried it but for him we made an exception. At the time, I think it was $8.99 a case. Anyone else here try Molson XXX? I first bought it in Windsor a few years ago and they now sell it here. I'm enjoying a bottle right now, 7.3% by volume! | ||
B24liberator Member Username: B24liberator Post Number: 65 Registered: 01-2007 |
just for fun.... Breweries that once called Detroit home: http://www.mi-brew.com/locatio n/detroit-1.html .... and that's just page one! | ||
Taj920 Member Username: Taj920 Post Number: 200 Registered: 01-2004 |
Some of these microbreweries should buy the Stroh brand from Pabst and start fire-brewing Stroh's again. it would be a big hit. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 190 Registered: 02-2007 |
"Some of these microbreweries should buy the Stroh brand from Pabst and start fire-brewing Stroh's again. it would be a big hit" That's like hoping the Auto Industry will produce Steel Bodied Cars again. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 191 Registered: 02-2007 |
Or that KFC would actually start using the recipe (only one copy left, no restaurant uses it) and cooking the chicken the Colonel did. | ||
Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger Post Number: 219 Registered: 05-2006 |
In 2000, I went on a cruise of the South China Sea, which began in Hong Kong. The cruise ship was docked adjacent to a large shopping mall. In this mall was a small grocery/party store. While shopping for snacks I was shocked and delighted to find Stroh’s Beer. I promptly bought their last three cases and lugged them back to my cabin. Needless to say, it was a very enjoyable cruise. | ||
Stryker81 Member Username: Stryker81 Post Number: 26 Registered: 10-2006 |
Molson XXX is a decent brew. I can remember being 19 and going to Canada to drink it. I was happy to see it finally being sold here a few years ago. Slam a whole 6'er and you're pretty much set for the whole night. Only tried Goebel once a couple years ago. I found and bought a 12 pack of it at the Farmer Jack at 9 and John R. It wasn't bad. Like Strohs, I believe Pabst brews this also. I have heard that Goebel was a popular beer around Detroit in the 1950's. | ||
Drm Member Username: Drm Post Number: 1095 Registered: 10-2003 |
Pabst doesn't brew anything anymore. They are a marketing company headquartered in suburban Chicago (formerly San Antonio, TX) that contracts out the brewing of their beers to Miller. For a short time the cans actually said "San Antonio, TX" but I guess it's better for marketing to pretend that the current incarnation of the company has some relationship to the original based in Milwaukee. http://www.jsonline.com/story/ index.aspx?id=432981 | ||
Jeff_of_dayton Member Username: Jeff_of_dayton Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2007 |
Believe it or not Strohs was popular in Kentucky. We used to drink it when I was in college in Lexington, including that special Bock Beer. They also had those "Stroh-man" promotions in the supermarkets too (sort of a beery snowman). | ||
3rdworldcity Member Username: 3rdworldcity Post Number: 555 Registered: 01-2005 |
I don't think Stroh's was ever a top seller in MI, or Detroit. Maybe 3rd. Strange. It was pretty good beer. | ||
Enduro Member Username: Enduro Post Number: 91 Registered: 11-2006 |
Yuengling is excellent! It's everywhere in Pittsburgh, I saw the brewery on History Channel once, there's something remarkable about it but I can't recall what it was. I'm not old enough to have had real Stroh's but the current version always tastes kind of 'skunked' as they say. | ||
48202 Member Username: 48202 Post Number: 29 Registered: 10-2003 |
America’s oldest brewery Yuengling Black and Tan. Definitely worth trying. | ||
Everydayislikesunday Member Username: Everydayislikesunday Post Number: 315 Registered: 12-2004 |
Union Street has bottled Stroh's. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 4818 Registered: 11-2004 |
I still had very fond memories one very hot summer of having a tall Stroh's in a frosted mug; it was the first weekend I had moved out of my parents' house and it was at Mr. B's in downtown Royal Oak. It was about 102º in the shade and I couldn't believe how well that thing went down. Ahhh... good memories. | ||
Winstin_o_boogie_iii Member Username: Winstin_o_boogie_iii Post Number: 22 Registered: 02-2007 |
Who else hoisted a few at the Stroh Haus? You'd could pull in with your lunch about noon to see what was on draft that day. They'd ALWAYS have Stroh's Dark, which was also ALWAYS on tap at Ivanhoe- the Polish Yacht Club. After the Dark was gone, well then let's pop in a tape of classic Strohs TV ads and try a mmmmm a Signature. Ah yes!!! | ||
1st_sgt Member Username: 1st_sgt Post Number: 49 Registered: 11-2006 |
My Dad worked at Stroh's for 15 years. Seemed he came home drunk a lot then. He was a machine repair machinist. He kept the lines going. Mom did not like him working there. We always had Stroh's beer in the house. I think there was still some in bottles in a case out in the garage when we sold his house, along with E&B and Pfeiffer beer bottles. | ||
Beavis1981 Member Username: Beavis1981 Post Number: 379 Registered: 08-2006 |
2 years ago I was in the u.p. and stopped at this brew/pub in grand marais. Best hamburger ever and homemade blueberry ale! | ||
Revolutionary Member Username: Revolutionary Post Number: 120 Registered: 09-2004 |
I wonder what Michigan beer is the cheapest and still brewed in-state. Anybody have any idea? I'll stick with my High Life until I figure it out. | ||
Jeff_of_dayton Member Username: Jeff_of_dayton Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2007 |
Its not cheap but Michigan brews some good microbrew. Third Coast and those other Bell's products from over in Kalamazoo, I think. | ||
Imhere Member Username: Imhere Post Number: 12 Registered: 02-2007 |
I used to kid my Grandmother, that the demise of Stroh's was her fault. She was a die hard Stroh's drinker and drank her fair share, if not more, of it. She ended up getting cancer and had to stop drinking. It was within a month of her quiting drinking that Stroh announced they were closing the Brewery on Gratiot. It was just to coincidental to not joke with my Grandma about it. | ||
Rkick Member Username: Rkick Post Number: 4 Registered: 02-2007 |
HEY JOHNLODGE YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR STROH'S BRICK?I KNOW YOU DON'T-BUT CAN YOU BUY ONE SOMEWHERE? ANYBODY KNOW IF THERE FOR SALE OR STILL ON THE GROUND OR IN A PILE SOMEPLACE?? | ||
Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w Post Number: 73 Registered: 02-2007 |
This said it all:  (Message edited by Eric W on March 28, 2007) | ||
Mortalman Member Username: Mortalman Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2007 |
Any non compete contract that the original Stroh family had to sign must be up by now. I wonder if they ever consider reintroducing the original recipe back in ole Detroit. Here is another example that everyone remembers Stroh's Beer but nobody remembers the money transacted that relegated this great beer to oblivion. Business is going to slowly but surly squeeze the humanity out of the human race for the sake of a dollar. I hope we wake up before the last measure of that humanity is teased out of us! I'm not against money or profit but the tradeoff has to be considered to say nothing of how much money is enough? | ||
Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w Post Number: 78 Registered: 02-2007 |
One of their ( Stroh's Family ) big mistakes was growing to big too fast and taking on a ton of debt. They had a good thing going with being a strong regional brewery. When they bought Schlitz then Heilman breweries, they saddled themselves with huge debt at a time when beer sales were slowing in the 80's. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 5688 Registered: 02-2004 |
At least Stroh's Ice cream is still up and running in Detroit. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 309 Registered: 10-2003 |
"HEY JOHNLODGE YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR STROH'S BRICK?I KNOW YOU DON'T-BUT CAN YOU BUY ONE SOMEWHERE? ANYBODY KNOW IF THERE FOR SALE OR STILL ON THE GROUND OR IN A PILE SOMEPLACE??" Nah I couldn't sell it, I remember my dad driving me down there just so he could run up on the site and grab it. No idea where you can get one. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1689 Registered: 04-2005 |
Danny, I am afraid its a here today, gone tomorrow situation. Enjoy it while you can. https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/91697/95249.html | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 5689 Registered: 02-2004 |
Yep I know Stroh's born 1775 died 2000. | ||
Swingline Member Username: Swingline Post Number: 762 Registered: 11-2003 |
Who remembers the Stroh's "Destoyers?" They were 16 oz. returnables sold by Strohs in the days before the bottle deposit law. They were sold in those red and gold heavy weight cardboard cases that were sturdy enough to use for bookshelves and tables. Perfect for dorm room furniture. | ||
Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w Post Number: 79 Registered: 02-2007 |
I do - I used to buy them at a party store on Fenkell- Calamity Jane's for about 23 cents each. I used to use beer boxes for all sorts of stuff-storing camping gear winter clothes- they were very durable. Another little note: Anyone recall the scene in " the Shawshank Redemption" where the con's were drinking beer on the roof? Those bottles looked a lot like Stroh's & Morgan Freeman's narration included the term ice cold Bohemian beer which was Stroh's term for the beer. | ||
Mortalman Member Username: Mortalman Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2007 |
The exact quote was, "And that's how it came to pass that on the second-to-last day of the job, the convict crew that tarred the plate factory roof in the spring of forty-nine wound up sitting in a row at ten o'clock in the morning drinking icy cold, Bohemia-style beer, courtesy of the hardest screw that ever walked a turn at Shawshank State Prison." | ||
Defendbrooklyn Member Username: Defendbrooklyn Post Number: 95 Registered: 11-2005 |
"Yuengling- from Pennsylvania" I have not had a Yuengling since i moved to Detroit...Yuengling is a great cheap beer. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 164 Registered: 01-2007 |
4 cases of good beer in my fridge may 2, 1979  | ||
Detroiterinspirit Member Username: Detroiterinspirit Post Number: 37 Registered: 01-2005 |
ProfessorScott - If you want to hear your favorite Bruiser song, go to www.motorcityrock.com and under Band go to Dick the Bruiser and then Audio.... Enjoy!!! I miss the Stroh Haus, Friday afternoons skipping the late class from WSU..... | ||
Ray Member Username: Ray Post Number: 875 Registered: 06-2004 |
This takes me back to junior high school, when we used to drink strohs in our parents' basement. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 4932 Registered: 11-2004 |
As the weather slowly warms up, thoughts of tall frosty beverages do sound good. And a local brew even sounds that much better. | ||
Hardliner Member Username: Hardliner Post Number: 34 Registered: 02-2007 |
2 Points... 1. My grandfather was a "working" Alcoholic and I just about ended up there myself. So, I avoid the stuff. 2. When I was drinking, Molson Ice was my favorite beer. I am smart enough to realize that not all beer drinkers are Alcoholics. All about moderation. But for some reason those beer commercials strike a cord with me, Glamorizing beer drinking. I don't know if I like that. -HL | ||
Sippean Member Username: Sippean Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2009 |
I grew up in the Detroit area and started drinking Stroh's. Moved to Texas in 1982 and was thrilled when my favorite beer was available locally. While the beer did not taste the same, I continued to buy 30 packs. The old Stroh's that I remember had a distinct flavor. Ok, I bought this beer yesterday called Saint Arnold's Lawnmower, and to me it tastes very similar to the Detroit brewed Stroh's that I remember. It would be interesting to know if others agree. So I'm having another while waiting for replies. I've attached a link to give others more information on the beer, which is brewed in Houston, Texas. http://www.saintarnold.com/bee rs/lawnmower.html I am curious to know what others think. |
