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Yup. He sold Genesee, too, but I don’t remember them called “hand granades.” Was that because of short stubby bottles?
Mr. 11top, I've googled it twice now, and so far, even the almighty google can't find them. In our area, they came in 8 packs of short, stubby 8 oz. bottles. Everything I find online is taller (normal bottle shape) or short stubby 12 oz bottles. These 8 packs of 8 oz bottles were the beverage of choice amongst a group of my friends. They tasted way better (IMO) than Little Kings, and were perfect "throwing" size.
I know, I know. Not a litterbug. But as Dean Wormer said "skinny, buzzed and stupid is no way to go through life, son. But you do have a good arm."
Funny side note to this, and a "lesson" from my youth. This is during college. My former boss had a jeep and we rarely had the top on, so we'd drink one, and hit the next sign we passed with the empty. We'd always play "whoever hits the most, wins something... maybe the odd extra beer or whatever. Well one of my friends didn't go to college, and was working and went out and bought himself a brand new car. The VERY FIRST night he had it, they were out on the back roads partying and one of my other friends in the passenger seat throws a Genebomb at a square yellow "curve ahead" sign. It hit right on the edge of the sign, so instead of the glass breaking, it hits the sign and bends it back then springs back off of it and hits the car... shattering the windshield. The owner was so pi$$ed he couldn't see straight BUT, knew it was his fault. He was doing it too.
The lesson here, for you young kids, is NEVER throw beer bottles out of a moving vehicle, and at a road sign... unless of course you have good enough aim and timing to hit it square.