The opposite of a tallboy: a 12-oz. beer can in the hands of Andre the Giant
No, that’s not a new 4-ounce pony can of beer, it’s a regular 12-ounce can of Molson Canadian engulfed in the hand of wrestler Andre the Giant in a Dec. 1981 photo from Sports Illustrated in an article posted on Atlas Obscura, a website devoted to the lost places and the ephemera of the world and its cultures. It’s one of my favorites websites…
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John
John Foyston is Oregon's longest serving beer writer, and wrote a weekly beer column for The Oregonian until just recently. His work has appeared on CNN, and in Beer Connoisseur, Celebrator Beer News, Oregon Beer Growler, Mix Magazine and other publications and will occasionally appear on these pages, at least until Angelo and DJ get tired of him too...He can be followed on Twitter at @beerherejohnny.