Rolling Rock

You honestly believe that Ice House or "Beast" is a good substitute for dear old Rolling Rock? I beleve that Rolling Rock is one of the few beers that goes well with hard liquor.

Plus it has a really cool painted-on label which reads:

From the glass lined tanks of
OLD LATROBE
we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment, as a
tribute to your good taste.

It comes
from the mountain springs
to you
"33"

Since 1939, drinkers of Rolling Rock beer have wondered why the number '33' was chosen for the back of the bottle.

There are various speculations:

- Prohibition was repealed in 1933.
- There are 33 words in the Rolling Rock Pledge (including 'Rolling Rock').
- 33 letters compose the ingredients: water, malt, rice, hops, corn, brewers' yeast.
- The '33' was used in typesetting to signify the end of a document. It was an accident that it appeared on the first batch of bottles. Apparently it was too expensive to have them removed, so the '33' stuck.
- 33 was the union's local number for workers at the brewery.

None of these have been verified by Rolling Rock.