On 2008-07-10, Cornholio > wrote:

> I'm a veritable fount of worthless knowledge.

We already have enough of those.

"Pabst bought Olympia in 1983. The Tumwater brewery seemed to get a new
lease on life in 1999 with the demise of Stroh Brewing Co. and its Rainier
brewery in Seattle. Stroh sold Rainier and other brands to Pabst Brewing Co.
Pabst then sold the Tumwater brewery to Miller. Miller is closing the 106
year old Tumwater brewery in 2003. With the closing of Rainier in Seattle,
Blitz-Weinhard in Portland and now Miller in Tumwater, the Pacific Northwest
has lost all its old regional breweries."

> Dang. I had a lot of cans of Oly in my youth.

I thought I hadn't seen an Oly since 1970, but in fact, not only did I see
an Oly, it was the first beer I actually liked. But, it took some help. In
the service, I drank beer, with my buddies and whatnot, but I never really
liked it. After the service, I came home to Sacramento and got a job
plumbing swimming pools. This is kind of a misnomer, as what I really did
was hand dig the ditches around the pools. Yes! I was a ditch digger.
Anyway, doing this for 12-14 hrs a day in 100+ temps tends to dehydrate you
a tad. Every day when we staggered back to the yard, there was a old fridge
always loaded with at least 2 cases of ice cold Olympia for the workers.
Let's just say the first two were mere primers, literally inhaled more than
drank. The next was drank, the fourth actually enjoyed. I had learned to
like beer.

I moved to OR for a couple years and when I returned in '75, I never saw an
Oly again. So, they may have been in production/distribution somewhere, but
I can honestly say I haven't seen a can of Oly in 33 yrs.

nb