Genesse has been brewing beer in New York since 1878. Back in the 70’s around
here it was usually a underage guy’s first beer since it was so cheap and tasted okay. The company that brews it, North American Breweries, was the sixth-largest brewing company in America by sales volume in 2012.
The biggest beer scam was Yuengling beer, in my opinion. The oldest brewery in the USA. Back in my youth it was inexpensive beer. Then they hired a marketing guy, who changed the label to look like parchment paper and claimed it was a top shelf premium beer... and the company jumped up the price. And people bought into it.