You Can’t Get These Beers from Missouri Anymore

When you get older occasionally you recall things that were special that aren’t available anymore. This session of “Member when” focused on beer from my past that I can’t get anymore. Specifically, Pete’s Wicked Ale. To my mind Pete’s was the first specialty beer I’d had. This was years before the explosion of micro brews across the USA.

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That conversation led to the memory of beers you used to be able to get as it was made in Missouri.

Falstaff –

Originally pouring forth from the Lemp brewery in St. Louis in the 19^th century, it officially became “Falstaff” beer in 1903. This was a prominent product in and around St. Louis for many years and grew to be the third largest brewer in the USA with plants across the country.  The flow of Falstaff slowed to a trickle over the next 50 years, ending for good in 2004.

Muehlebach Beer –

The Muehlebach’s brought the Swiss perspective to an America awash in German style beer. In Kansas City for nearly 100 years (1868-1956) Muehlbach pumped out a pilsner, lager, their own Kroysen, a Muehlebach Special and a malt liquor too. Then in 1956 they sold to Schlitz who subsequently turned off the taps by 1973. You don’t have to scratch the surface of KC to deep to find the presence and influence of the Muehlbach name upon the city to this day.

Rock and Roll Beer--

Beginning as the house beer at Blueberry Hill in St. Louis, Rock and Roll beer only popped on to my radar when Chuck Berry put his face on it, and my father in law bought some (meaning that it was inexpensive).  This was back in 1984, years before I would marry his daughter. But the memory of his frugality and the uniqueness of Chuck Berry on Rock and Roll Beer still comes up from time to time. Back then you could score this brew in several states and in select overseas countries. Ultimately it was made in Pennsylvania (Boooo.) But it started in St. Louis at Blueberry Hill, where you can still go, but Rock and Roll beer isn’t served anymore…..(feel free to ad lib Don McLean “American Pie” type lyrics here about the day Rock and Roll beer died)

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The recipes for these previous beers are out there. Owned by various companies. With nostalgia being bankable could you imagine a retro pub with beers from yesteryear brought back on tap? What if it was just a weekend event?