When I started to drink beer in the mid-1970s, Schlitz was pretty terrible. I don't know that it had that reputation--it was in a lot of stores and on tap in a

When I started to drink beer in the mid-1970s, Schlitz was pretty terrible. I don't know that it had that reputation--it was in a lot of stores and on tap in a lot of bars. However, even in a world of undistinguished lagers, it stood out as bad.