Gibbons Famous Lager

best beer for the money ..... period....Original beer taste! love this stuff!... Allentown PA

I remember drinking this stuff years ago when I visited my friend in college in Albany. We bought Gibbons and some Red, White & Blue. As I recall, RWB was pretty bad, I’ll have to check and see if it is still around. The Gibbons wasn’t all that bad. As I recall it was a typical low-end lager, golden color, with the obligatory malt and corn cereal flavor. I see from some of the other reviews that it is back in the Wilkes-Barre area. I’ll see about picking some up on my next trip to PA and recall those old days.

Gibbons Famous Lager is one of my father’s favorite brews. It’s been brewed for years but only available in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area for about the past fifteen years and only in sixteen ounce returnables. My Dad hasn’t drank Gibbons since the mid-80’s when my older brother brought a case (of cans) back from the Poconos. On my trip to Cooperstown, NY for Ommegang’s July 2005 fest I stopped in Schiff’s Beverage Center, Dickson City, PA and bought a case of Gibbons for $14.57 (including deposit) for my Dad. I was number one son the day I dropped the case off for my Dad. Gibbons itself is a coal cracker classic, corny aroma, yellow colored with some barnacle bubbles clinging to the side of the glass. Flavor is corny, creamy malt bubble gum macro beer. A great value for the price, and one of my eighty-seven year old Dad’s lifetime favorite beers. .

Another new arrival at Epps in Limerick, PA. Some redeeming qualities in this. The Lion brewery is not bad, and this one is fairly priced. I’ll probably lawnmower this one next spring.