Saturday night the guys at 162 10th and I threw a Yuengling keg party. This was significant for many reasons, but these three specifically:
1) Most college parties feature cheap cans of beer like Miller Gold Draft (MGD), Natty Light, Coors, Milwaukee’s Best (Beast), Ginny. For those unfamiliar with the product, Yuengling is a far superior lager that is a little more classy than the typical college party beer. Very tasty stuff, and not too much more in price per keg than the cheap stuff. With the tap rental (and excluding deposits) it only cost about $70 for a full 1/2 keg.
2) We’ve been talking about doing this since the middle of last semester, specifically mentioning the Yuengling part. A little initiative and no homework was all it took to get the ball rolling!
3) Since just about everyone (to include most of the underclassmen) have departed RPI for the summer, this was both a great way to get together with a lot of seniors we haven’t seen in a while, and a refreshing end to the Senior BBQ that lacked the aforementioned underclassmen who tend to lose control of their alcohol intake at parties.
It was definitely a good time, something I wish we had done a while ago! Maybe sometime down the road I’ll throw a Guinness keg party for the folks I work with, alumni/friends in the DC area, etc. Mmmm… Guinness 