Board #4

 Now, before I begin, let me tell you that it ain't easy to take these pictures when you live with a dog that associates "camera" with "walk":

Okay, now that we've gotten the ham outta the way, let's move onto the denizens of board # 4.

We start out with the run of the mill Hamms, a Zulu child. Next to him, we have a Hamms from the Florida trip, a smooshed twist-off.  Next up is a Huber, brewed by Joseph A. Huber, the second-oldest continuing brewery in the USA (dating from 1845).  Ironically enough, they are the brewers of the Berghoff brand at present.  Next is a Korr's Steam-brewed Beer, a product of Geyer Brothers, who ran the old Frankenmuth brewery until bought out in 1987.  The main plant burned in 1987,  but the remains were turned into a microbrewery, which was then destroyed by an F3 tornado in 1996.  How's that for hard luck?  I think my nephew had something to do with this one.  Finally, one of those rare Miller Lites that wasn't a twist off.  Another Zulu child.
Second row kicks off with a Miller Lite Florida twist off, nicely flattened.  Next up is another Florida stamp, an Old Style  twist off (the only branding is G. Heilman Brewing Co. who owned damn near everything for a while before overreaching , being bought with Junk bonds by Aussie Alan Bond in 1991, and going belly-up in 1996). Following him are his brethren, one a regular twist off (a Zulu child which hasn't taken the ages so well) and the other a non-twist that was a roadside find.  Finishing off row two is a Heineken Florida stamp.

Next up is a regular Heineken I pulled from the tar of Webster Road, on a walk with my nephew and his sister.  This was a famous walk in family history;  It was late in the weekend, and my nephew (who was only 3 years my junior) was known for getting a little irritable-and irritating- at this point in the proceedings.  He decided to take it out on his sister (who was about 5-6 at the time) by repeatedly depositing her face first on the asphalt.  Her response to this was to bounce up and scream, "You FOCKER!" (yes, she knew neither the meaning of the word nor the pronunciation).  Eventually the story got to my sister, who twisted it into "FOCKER, FOCKER, FOCKER!!!" where it has remained ever since.
Then comes a Labatt's 50 Ale that came through another nephew, whose mom I believe had relations in Canada.  Next comes your garden-variety Miller Lite twist off, followed by the typical Miller High Life tall twist (albeit a bit paler than the norm), and the common Miller twist off.  Line four starts with a non-twist Miller, then a GEORGIA-stamped Miller twist-off. Next are a pair of heavily-battered Lowenbraus ("here's to good friends/ tonight is kind of special/ the beer you pour/ must say something more, somehow/ so tonight, tonight, let it be Lowenbrau"), one black and one blue. definitely "casing the dumpster" caps. And finally, my first Michelob Light cap, a twist off road find.

That's it for board number four.  Next trip down memory lane will feature my beloved Old Crowns.