Man, semi trailers sure were high off the ground back then. I miss the old rounded front trailers.

I too am glad to see the Guinness cases. The Schaefer however…

Not sure how Piels tasted back then, but when I was growing up in the 80's it was basically water with a pinch of hops extract thrown in. We used to joke that it was ok to drive around with an open can of Piels in the car because it didn't actually have any alcohol in it. It's still for sale around here in eastern PA. Think it's about 12 bucks a case. Not the beer choice of highrollers and big spenders.

I don't think that I ever tried Piel's (although I remember hearing the jingle) but Knickerbocker was still around when I was in law school in the early 1970s. For some reason, it was bottled in imperial quarts, so you got about 20% more for the same price (somewhere around 50 cents.) That was a good enough deal that I drank a fair amount of the stuff.

Back in the day, light beer referred to the color and texture of the beer, not the calories. Low calorie beer didn't show up on the scene till the late 60's.

I had no idea that aluminum kegs have been used for so long, I would have expected to see wooden kegs still in use 60+ years ago.

[These are probably stainless steel. -tterrace]

Glad to see those cases of Guinness -- "It's Good for You!"

The voices of the cartoon Burt and Harry Piel in commercials were those of Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding, aka Bob and Ray. These were a great treasure.

Burt & Harry Piel were featured for years in their commercials. It was one of those long-lost New York beers from my youth along with Rheingold, Ballantine and Knickerbocker. Burt & Harry were their ad shtick. Rheingold's was Miss Subway/Rheingold, and Ballantine's was "Hey, get your cold beer" along with Mel Allen. Google memories.