Name your cheap regional beer!

So...I love two things...travelling...and beer. They often go hand in hand. As a former "beer snob" I have evolved into a lover of all things beer....cheap and expensive. One of my favorite things to do while traveling...is to sample the local "cheap" beer. I think I enjoy it because where i live...there is no regional lawnmower beer.

So....I'll list the cities I've been to...and their corresponding cheap beers...and ask you to fill in the blanks.

Baltimore: National Bohemian
Boston: Narragansett
Seattle: Rainier Beer
Chicago: Old Style
Pittsburgh: Iron City

The city I currently live in - Asheville, NC - was actually named top "Beer City USA" in 2007. There are a ton of local microbrews and whatnot. I barely remember what national beer tastes like. So... nothing specific to list.

From my hometown in Eureka, CA -Lost Coast Brewery. My favorite is Great White.

Hell yes.

Cash, we've got a monster Anheiser Busch brewery in NJ.

I'd say the local "cheap" beer would be Big Rock. I'm a big fan of their Grasshopper Wheat Ale.

Not sure if I'd call it cheap , but Troeg's isn't too far away from me . Yuengling on the other hand is close & cheap . And fairly drinkable too

Sadly, I think we've seen the end of the glory days of the old school regional breweries. There's still a handful around, but after the conglomeration of the Big Three breweries and the start of the microbrewing movement, regionals for the most part were crushed in the middle.

While there's a lot to be said about the loss of icons like Stroh's or Olympia, after Bud/Miller/Coors expanded their scope wide enough, it was probably inevitable that they would fade away; few were distinctive enough taste-wise from the national macro-lagers to be true alternatives in the eyes of most drinkers, and unfortunately, local brand loyalty alone wasn't enough to sustain them. But the success of the craft brewing movement was in many ways built upon the micros' ability to learn from the mistakes of the defunct regionals, by not just being locally oriented but also wholly distinct from Big Three macros in terms of flavor.

Having said that, of the few remaining regional breweries, I'll take Yuengling any day.

Newcastle: quite a few, but I'd definitely recommend Mordue. Great IPA.

If you ever come to a region called Ostwestfalen in Germany (just a bit south of Hannover), be sure to try Herforder Pils.

No wait, that's the decent local beer. If you want cheap, go for a "Sparren" (if that brewery still exists).

You're right on with the Old Style.
PBR and Schlitz I see quite a bit as well, but these are standards and also measures of "coolness" in the hipster crowd. Also a way of life with some older blue collar guys.

Now if you want Cheap really cheap nasty cheap go with Natural Ice or Miller in a 6 pack of 16 oz cans

I usually get a 24 oz of Labatts, which is not regional but cheap.

But my faves are Blue Moon and Goose Island, not cheap but also not snobby.

What's your definition of cheap? In San Diego, you can usually get a 6-pack of Karl Strauss for $7, and something from Stone for a little more.

Point Special - Central Wisconsin. 14 bucks for a 24 rack and, best of all, the beer is actually REALLY good. Usually when ever I get home to Wisconsin, a bunch of friends in Fargo beg me to pick them up come.

http://pointbeer.com/point/

The regional cheap beer around here was Lakeport, but then they were bought by Labatt's, who is planning on closing the brewery and moving operations elsewhere. So now it'd be Laker or Steelback. Referring to either of these things with terms like "beer" or "drinkable" takes some imagination.

Its probably London Pride.

I can get a 6 pack of Natural Ice or Miller for $3-4. Why is the question more than how much.

Local to the North Shore of Boston, Ipswich Ale, has some pretty good flavors. The Mercury Brewing Company (who makes it) also makes some great soda flavors too.

kerrville, texas- lone star & natural
ugh both taste like piss in a cup...
& ive had piss in a cup!
long story short -don't ever leave your beer alone with friends

kerrville, texas- lone star & natural
ugh both taste like piss in a cup...
& ive had piss in a cup!
long story short -don't ever leave your beer alone with friends

My regional beers aren't cheap, but they're good. Long Trail, Magic Hat, Otter Creek, Trout River and Switchback. For a small state, Vermont has a lot of beer. And, of course, Woodchuck Cider.

Grain Belt Premium.

I think I'll call mine "Eric"

I would have to say anything made by Coors is crazy cheap out here. But in terms of smaller companies, Fat Tire can be had for like $4 a six pack occasionally. Old Chub is made just north of here, it's not my kind of beer, but its not half bad for a $10 12 pack.