A 108-year World Series drought ended for the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, lifting a curse that had outlived generations of fans and stretched back to the silent film era. And when it was all over, one lifelong Chicago devotee decided to celebrate with a beer.But not just any beer; a beer he had been saving in the back of his fridge since 1984 when the Cubs lost to the San Diego Padres in the NLCS.The beer, older than most Cubs players on the World Series winning team, had been set aside after the disappointment of 1984 for when and if the Cubs won it all—a day that seemed as if it would never come. But with a W in hand, it was time to celebrate, so Twitter user @gracejo's grandpa pulled out his '84 Coors Banquet and let 'er rip on the old-school pull-tab.The man's son was there to capture the full thing on camera, and he tells his dad to pour the Reagan-administration-era beer into a Cubs mug to get a look at the stuff. Interestingly, it doesn't look so bad—only a little darker in color than you'd imagine. However, it apparently smelled like hell.
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The camera cuts out before we get to actually see grandpa drink the golden liquid of redemption. But legendary Cubs sportscaster announcer Harry Caray, a big time Budweiser man who was once dubbed the Mayor of Rush Street for his status as a fixture in local bars, would have approved of the act of celebrating with a cold one. (Caray even kept logs of his 2,604 bar visits over the 1971-72 seasons, purportedly for tax purposes.)Finally this week, the day after the Cubs won, Budweiser ran an ad featuring one of Harry Caray's most famous calls—Cubs win!Congratulations, Cubs and Cubs fans. Sweet victory is here at last, and it tastes like a 32-year-old can of Coors.my grandpa put this beer in his fridge 32 years ago and said he would open it when the cubs won the world series. today was that day. pic.twitter.com/LPsNMQZCpp
— gracejo (@GraceJohnso) November 3, 2016