Day 347 / December 13, 2011
Private Stock Brewing Co. / Utica, NY
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aka Private Stock, Head-wrecker, Head reckaz,
P-stock, Heff's, Heffy's, Haffy, Haffen-wrecker, Green Death, Ghetto Torpedo,
Green Grenades, Green Lightning, Liquid Crack, Booty Juice, Death in a Bottle,
Hava-a-Reefer, Jolly Green Giants, Da Green Monsta, Blitz Monkies...
Or…. The beer too bad to die!
This
40 ounce malt liquor has been sitting in fridge since I picked it up in
Massachusetts this summer. I had originally
planned to do a 40 ounce Beer Run this year, but thankfully, I’m just about at
the end of the year!
I’ve
got memories of drinking the Green Monster with my high school buddies, for the
same reason most people drink malt liquor – the buzz for the buck! Haffenreffer has actually has a very long
history, beginning in the 1870’s, with a number of stops and starts in production,
and several ownership changes. In fact,
there are conflicting reports as to who actually owns and produces the brand
now – it could be Miller, Pabst or somebody else.
A novelty
feature of Haffenreffer is the rebus puzzle on the back of the cap. There was one puzzle that my friends and I
could never figure out. The best we
could come up with was “How about an exploding carrot, baby?” But I bet this
guy figured it out, because he’s got all of the Haffenreffer and
Falstaff rebus caps!
How’s
the beer taste? Pretty bad. Really bad, actually. Did I spit it out? Well, no.
Did I finish the 40? Hell no!
Apparently,
a lot of people are very fond of the green monster. Check out these web sites!
(Haffenreffer was actually omitted from
this test, but the site is pretty cool.)
We used to play Edward 40-hands in college. Not with this stuff, but basically the same garbage.
ReplyDeleteAny why in God's name would they put mind-puzzles on the cap? I'd have a hard enough time figuring out the puzzle sober!
-Lost
I wished they would bring back the Private Stock, it was the best beer in the world
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