The 'green death' name was apparently first used by New Englanders to describe Heffenreffer beer, but the name was happily coopted by WNYers to describe Genesee's ale...and its effect on drinkers.
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During a few strikes in the seventies and eighties, Brewers Retail (now the Beer Store) closed, and LCBOs were allowed to import large amounts of cheap beer from the U.S. In the Niagara Peninsula, we seemed to get a lot of Blatz beer, which my brother described as the beer named after the sounds made the following morning after drinking it.