2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 4/20 GrooveDaddy (15) - Bham, Alabama, USA - FEB 6, 2008I haven’t as yet had the privledge of sampling this superb lager, but I have seen it savored in a movie at a dinner scene, which made it look pretty decent.
The film is Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, and the scene which I recall is when Henry, his roomate and fellow scumbag Otis, and Otis’ (actually very nice) sister are finishing up a supurb fish dinner.
The scene starts with some song by an unknown band which goes, "IIIII’ve got my FINGERS ON IT"..then the music is subdued, and we see the camera pan out, revealing the broiled fish, with what looks like some potatoes and some sort of vegetable (broccoli?).
Henry is rolling a cigarette (possibly pot, as Otis sometimes sells it) and they are all sipping on Old Styles.
After Henry introduces Otis to the wonderful world of murder (killing a couple of ladies of the night, and dumping their bodies in a dumpster), he first comforts Otis with some fries; then when they get home, he offers Otis more comforting words ("You didn’t have no choice here, either."), he asks Otis if he wants a beer; Otis replies in the affirmative, then Henry quickly returns with a can of Old Style - Henry first takes a sip himself before he hands it over, explaining "There was only one left".
It seems that not even a notorious serial killer can resist this one - I’d sure like to try it - with some fish & potatoes...however I’ll pass on the murder as I’m ethically opposed to it.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20 nighthawk42 (4) - - MAY 17, 2013 does not count
One of the most popular cheap beers for those who grew up near Chicago. Not the best beer, but there are definitely worse out there. Discovered this stuff when going on a beer run for a co-worker while attending college and working job near Chicago. It’s a light beer, and won’t make you feel bloated unless you drink tons of the stuff
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20 kaser (1005) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAY 15, 2013
Can't believe I haven't rated this gem. It is golden. Tastes better cold than warm. Better fresh than not fresh. Better at a cubs game (where I am drinking it now) than not at a cubs game. But it sucks.
1.4 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20 DrinkEmUpJones (984) - Georgia, USA - MAY 3, 2013
Clear golden yellow with thin White lacing. Slightly skunky nose. Drink this beer extremely cold.
1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 2/20 ryecatcher (351) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAR 12, 2013
A Chicago standard -- particularly with Cubs Fans -- old school run-of-the-mill American pre-microbrew-era staple of Midwestern drinkers far and wide. Funny as it may sounds, this was actually slightly better a few years back than it is now that they’ve changed the formula. It’s still pissy and now it’s also basically flavorless. You could use it to extinguish a small house fire, or to drown your sorrows while watching the Cubs suck for another century ;-)
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 WozWx (56) - Lafayette, Indiana, USA - MAR 9, 2013
My absolute go-to cheap beer... Much more flavor than Coors or anything AB puts out (Cardinals suck)... Go cubs go!
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0.8 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 2/20 Travlr (7984) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - MAR 2, 2013
I used to drink this in college, before there was good beer in the US. It was peer pressure, I guess, since they were from Chicago and I was a New Yorker. I felt like I had to drink it, especially on football weekends. I didn’t like it very much and I used any excuse to avoid drinking it.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 Mittenator (453) - Michigan, USA - FEB 21, 2013
Can. Finished off a long evening with this. Should have just stopped. Grassy and weird.
0.8 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 2/20 ads135 (1572) - Lawrence, Kansas, USA - DEC 18, 2012
This is about as bargain basement as beer gets. I tried this for the first time in Chicago. Somehow, the watery blandness of similar pale lagers gives way in this beer to MORE cardboard aroma and stale bread than usual.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 Blairgus (1753) - California, USA - NOV 15, 2012
16 Nov 2012, bottle. Slightly sweet, slightly skunky, crisp lager. Slightly perfumey. Skunky finish.
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1.1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20 swillguzzler99 (104) - Peoria, Arizona, USA - OCT 21, 2012
Pours out of a twelve fluid ounce can .Pours the consitency of urine. Skunky nose. Tastes like butt. Yuck.
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