Heilemans Old Style

Pabst Brewing Company
Brewed at Miller Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Pale Lager
Woodridge, Illinois USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Tasted at the Bad Beer Bonanza 2012. The Bad Beer Bonanza is a blind taste test to determine the best of the best of cheap beers. It is the beer we will all be drinking in 2012 if good beer is not available. Requirements, sold in 6 pack of cans for $4 or under. 15 beer snobs tasted 16 of the worst pale lagers. At the end of the day Old Style was the clear winner. So if you are looking for a bad beer, this is the one to buy. No aroma, has a stale water taste with a hint of hops, it’s cheap it gets you drunk, and it’s better than all its peers.

I drink this beer when I play beer pong. The finish on this beer is comparable to someone putting a frozen turd in your mouth mixed with Scope. Still, if you want to get drunk for cheap, I guess this isn’t a bad way to go. Just don’t be surprised when you’re pissing out your O ring the next day.

12oz can. Appearance is totally awesome with the can’s sweet logo. A pale lager, with some pale malts in the aroma. Not much else. Light texture. A good beer of this style.

24oz can. Pours clear, light yellow with a healthy white head. Corn and grassy aroma. Void of much flavor, faint skunky taste dulls to a bitter finish. Creamy texture with soft carbonation. A very small step up from the better known macros.

Can. Pale yellow pour with a fairly thin white head (once it dissipated). Mostly just corn on the nose and taste. Not good, not good at all.

Poured from a tallboy into a plastic cup at Wrigley Field. This beer should not be confused with a good beer, however every dog has it’s day and when I’m at the friendly confines, pipe organ playing with the "L" whizzing by on a beautiful summer afternoon with a dog in hand (no ketchup) and the boys of summer on the field I find this beer refreshing and worth drinking.

On tap at Old Chicago Westminster poured a clear gold with a lasting white head. Aromas of white bread and a hint of fruittiness. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of white bread and a hint of citrus with a crisp dry finish.

Can. Steve’s deck. Surprisingly clean, flavor isn’t too bad- still grainy / corny but to a much lesser extent than a Miller Lite for instance. Quite drinkable in a pinch.