Word: maytag
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overloaded Maytag washing machine interrupted the evening plans of 75 residents of Old Quincy on Saturday evening...
...result, the Crimson backs felt free to overlap into offensive roles and take shots, and sweeper Miles Welch, the last line of defense before Ginsburg, who was as lonely as a Maytag repairman most of the afternoon, played most of the second half almost on the midfield line...
...gavel to gavel. Few takers are likely to mistake it for their steady brew. In a nation where the major beer brands are lager light and getting lighter, Anchor Steam turns out a product that is dark, dense and slightly bitter. It is the antithesis of what Brewer Fritz Maytag, a scion of the washing-machine family, calls "lawnmower beers." Some authorities, not all of them locals, call it the best beer brewed in America...
...Steam acquired the second part of its name-or so legend has it-because early batches tended to geyser out of their wooden kegs when tapped. The brewery fell on hard times during the rise of the national brands, and it was about to go out of business when Maytag bought it in 1965. A novice, he became a master brewer and turned what some considered a wealthy man's hobby into a serious business. Last year Anchor Steam produced 33,500 bbl. of beer, and while most of that is sold in California, it is available...
With a retail price of $4.99 a sixpack, Anchor Steam is not exactly a poor man's tipple. That should make the convention freebies taste all the better. Says Maytag: "When the beer is free, it usually sells fairly well...