1947 beer isn’t the good stuff, but it’s not the bad stuff

1947 beer is pretty damn good!

Welcome back to Frosty’s Mug!

This month, we’re gonna kick it old school! In fact, we’re gonna kick it so old school that your parents weren’t born yet! I wish my parents weren’t born yet. All my mom does is nag me. “Frosty, you drink too much!” “Frosty, when are you going to get a job?” I DO have a job, mom! And you know what? It’s drinking beer! And I don’t even know my dad, but he’s probably just as bad as my mom! Parents just don’t understand.

Where was I?

Oh right, the review.

This month in Frosty’s Mug, we’ve got 1947 beer.

When AJ told me that I’d be reviewing 1947 beer, I told him that I didn’t mind drinking expired beer, but he was nuts if he thought I was going to drink beer that expired almost 80 years ago. Sure, I was still gonna drink it anyway, but when you’re negotiating with your boss you have to play hardball sometimes!

AJ explained that this beer wasn’t actually brewed in 1947, and gave me some long boring backstory about the name that I forgot before he was even done telling it to me.

I don’t really know why they call it 1947. The label says something about it being a really good year, but it doesn’t even say why. How am I supposed to know what happened in 1947? It’s not like I was there. Go ask that History with Heston guy what happened in 1947, I bet he knows. This beer has something to do with history though, so it’s probably for smart people.

AJ told me that he found this beer on the discount rack at his usual spot when he was buying his usual stuff. It must have been there for a while, because the bottles had dust on them. Hey, maybe that’s why it’s called 1947!

1947 beer tastes pretty good though. The label says it’s a lager but it doesn’t taste like Yuengling (the “good stuff” as we call it in the biz!). But that’s okay, because if I wanted Yuengling then I’d drink a Yuengling! Yuengling Lager is dark and strong, but 1947 beer is light and crisp. I think there’s a hint of fruit in there too. Maybe? I don’t know. It’s really sweet though.

There’s an elephant on the label, so I thought that maybe this beer was brewed in India. I’ve had plenty of India Pale Ales and most of them tasted like butts, so I wasn’t too sure about a lager from India. But it turns out 1947 beer is brewed right here in the good ol’ US of A!

They say elephants never forget, so I think the elephant is on there because they want you to remember their beer the next time you’re at the store buying a six pack. Either that or it’s a joke about someone’s dong. One time I went to the zoo with my friends Slim and Edwin. When we went to see the elephants, Edwin asked me and Slim if we wanted to see his trunk, then he pulled out his weiner and made elephant noises.  Now Edwin always asks me if I remember that time we went to the zoo and he showed me his bird. It’s not funny anymore Edwin! I wish I had some 1947 beer so I would have remembered the beer instead of Edwin’s dong.

This beer isn’t the good stuff, but it’s not the bad stuff either. They want me to remember it, and you know what, I probably will! (He won’t. ~Ed.) AJ only bought me a six pack because he’s a cheapo, but I could drink a whole case of this stuff.

I don’t know what happened in 1947, but I do know what happened to the 1947 beer: I drank it all!

I hereby declare 1947 beer Frosty-approved!

 

Hey you. Yeah, YOU! No, not you, I’m talking to the other guy. Yeah, him. You wanna buy me a beer? Well you can’t, because AJ says I’m not allowed to ask you for money. But he says you can suggest a beer for me to try. Just leave a comment below or send AJ an email at [email protected] and if AJ can find the beer then he’ll buy it for me to review!