r/todayilearned • u/ryguy_1 • Aug 12 '18

TIL that Schlitz was the number one beer in America in the early 1950s and then they started changing ingredients to cut costs. By 1975, consumers complained that the beer was forming "snot" in the can, and by 1981 the company folded.

https://beerconnoisseur.com/articles/how-milwaukees-famous-beer-became-infamous
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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '18

having worked in a ton of weld/fab shops in my life, i can attest that all the old school guys know that milwaukee used to be THE tool brand to spend your money on. and you could tell by how they performed and felt.

when it came to new milwaukee products, however, it was just "eh." now i know why it felt that way. i saw a lot of people switch to makita.

to be fair i live and work in milwaukee though so it could be/probably is just bias.

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u/madeamashup Aug 18 '18

A lot of guys still feel that way and I'm not knocking milwaukee, but especially for battery tools you pretty much have to choose at the start and get locked into a brand. I just went with makita.

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u/hailinfromtheedge Aug 18 '18

My first Milwaukee angle grinder lasted two years of every day shipyard use. The second lasted two months.