I will admit that in 1987 I did not like beer. Our campus was all Busch, all the time. Case of bar bottles was 9.99, I think. 1/4 barrel 19.99, 1/2 barrel 29.99.
Instead I would get a 2-liter bottle of Sun Country and carry that around. There was some puking involved.
Forgive me, it was 1987...