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Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:34 pm
Posted by HeyCap
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:34 pm

Cleaning out the attic a found this from my college days; a beer ball tap. We used to get one of these for small gatherings since I don’t think they held but a dozen or so beers, but it was nice to be able to tap a “keg” in the dorm room. If memory serves me correctly only Coors made them, or maybe they were the first. They marketed them as party balls. Good times.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:43 pm to
Bud Dry
Posted by Blue Jay Friend
United States of America
Member since Feb 2026
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:44 pm to
Ahh the glory days of keggers and doing keg stands. It was always tragic when the last keg was floated.

Good times. Good times
Posted by Sun God
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:45 pm to
PETE class of ‘11 kegstand champ

72 seconds
This post was edited on 3/2/26 at 5:50 pm
Posted by TTB
LA to L.A.
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:47 pm to
quote:

Bud Dry


Why ask why?
Posted by Gifman
Member since Jan 2021
18400 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:49 pm to
The most mayhem I ever saw with a drinking vessel was 3 watermelons, a drill, and 3 handles of everclear on a 95 degree day in Starkville.
Posted by putt23
Pingree Grove, IL
Member since Oct 2010
5315 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:49 pm to
Party ball tap.

I feel like they were 5 gallons, but I'm not sure. I know they had different ones, not just Coors.

I remember the mini-Heineken kegs too, but those were smaller than a party ball. I threw up drinking on one of those mini kegs.


I think I saw a Miller Lite PB just a few years ago.

I'm 47, so I could be wrong with everything I just said haha.

Posted by Shiftyplus1
Regret nothing that made you smile
Member since Oct 2005
14482 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:52 pm to
Do they still make Red Dog? For whatever reason, I was around a lot of that stuff in the late 90s, early 00s.
Posted by Jauquismos
Member since Jul 2023
351 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:52 pm to
Red Dog
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
47606 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:00 pm to
5 gallons
They came in a box that you filled with ice

now replaced by the corny keg. We did not improve on 1980s technology
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
14594 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:02 pm to
Red Dog ended production in 2021. I only drank that shite because I was at LA Tech at the time. Bottle of MD 20/20 (lemon lime) and a six pack of Red Dog, good times.
Posted by Grifola
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:02 pm to
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:31 pm to
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:39 pm to
quote:

Red Dog ended production in 2021. I only drank that shite because I was at LA Tech at the time. Bottle of MD 20/20 (lemon lime) and a six pack of Red Dog, good times


We only drank it because a few times Delchamps put it on sale for 4.99...for a 12 pack. We claimed them all. Also it was uncommonly smooth.
This post was edited on 3/2/26 at 6:40 pm
Posted by putt23
Pingree Grove, IL
Member since Oct 2010
5315 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:39 pm to
quote:

Red Dog ended production in 2021. I only drank that shite because I was at LA Tech at the time. Bottle of MD 20/20 (lemon lime) and a six pack of Red Dog, good times.


I remember, The Keg near USL, had dollar Red Dogs and you could pay another dollar for a shot of Goldschlager added to it.

I did, this past Christmas, find a shitty liquor store that had all flavors of MD 20/20. I bought all 9 and brought it to a Christmas party. It was pretty fun to see someone open that box and people wanted to steal that gift.

I was a Banana Red guy in high school. I can taste that shite right now. OOF.
Posted by HeyCap
Member since Nov 2014
1057 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:43 pm to
quote:

Red Dog


I drank a lot of cheap beer in college but couldn’t do the Dog. Too sweet/malt liquor-ish. I remember the logo having a subliminal message when turned upside down.
Posted by bigberg2000
houston, from chalmette
Member since Sep 2005
70662 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:49 pm to
quote:

I remember, The Keg near USL, had dollar Red Dogs and you could pay another dollar for a shot of Goldschlager added to it.


Lol yeah the Keg had that dollar bar near the bathrooms. We would drive there from BR most Wednesdays in 98-99 because we had friends there, it was cheap, and they didn’t care about the drinking age. We did rolling rocks and various shots.
Posted by putt23
Pingree Grove, IL
Member since Oct 2010
5315 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:58 pm to
quote:

Lol yeah the Keg had that dollar bar near the bathrooms. We would drive there from BR most Wednesdays in 98-99 because we had friends there, it was cheap, and they didn’t care about the drinking age. We did rolling rocks and various shots.


Oh man I remember "Drinkin on Lincoln" at the Pub down the street too. I turned 18 in the middle of my Senior year, not that it mattered, but I remember going to school on Thursdays with the same long sleeve Polo or Tommy Hilfiger with a pack of cigs in the chest pocket.

Just craziness.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
32718 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:05 pm to
Did you know the Coors originally marketed the “Beer Ball” in Louisiana?

Louisiana was a test market to see if it was worth producing.. I was a TKE, at Southeastern at the time, and we’d buy a shite-ton of them for last minute gatherings.. Surprised it failed as a marketing idea, they were easy, cheap and disposable.

Louisiana is often used as a test market for many alcohol products.

Pretty sure I still have one laying around somewhere..
This post was edited on 3/2/26 at 7:11 pm
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
16271 posts
Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:13 pm to
I remember we did the math and flats of 16 Oz keystones from Am Mart ended up being cheaper per ounce than kegs. The math should have been simple to prove but my roommates argued about it for hours. It just ain't the same, though.
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