When I was in college, we had no real choice in beer, to speak of. A place downtown served Schlitz Dark, which I enjoyed a lot, but it was crappy beer. We had Scholitz, PBR, Bud, Miller, Mic, and then Stroh came along. No Coors, unless someone drove some back. I think we could buy Heineken, but no one did. I seem to recall St. Pauli Girl at some liquor shops.
My first day in grad school was taking exams, placement tests really, about 6 hours worth, so I walk downtown in CH exhausted and order a gin and tonic. Much to my suprise the bar couldn't serve liquor. There were only three bars for students in CH, a thing which still amazes me, and they were not large bars.