Old Milwaukee

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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I’d hate to try New Milwaukee, if such a thing exists. Thank God it doesn’t. I’m not impressed with virtually anything from Milwaukee.

Tastes like urine. Nothing nice to say about it. This RUINED Milwaukee for me! Now I see it’s brewed over the state line, I guess I’ve been a bit hard on that city. But yeah avoid this beer unless you’re getting every tick you can.

Backlog Mexico january 2011 Bought/tasted at supermarket in Playa del Carmen, tasted on bottle. Light color & ok foam Vedry light body and complexity Very little flavour Steer away

What the hell was I thinking? Usually when I buy crap beer, it’s because I have never seen it and I know there is an off chance it might be a bargain. I knew better with OM, yet I bought a sixer anyway. I’m generally cheap beer-friendly, but this is just bad. It is bland and simple enough that I might finish the 6-pack, but who knows right now. Light yellow, too fizzy, not much to look at, smells like it is already stale, and tastes like metal and foul adjuncts. Old Milwaukee’s only saving grace: it is so watery and boring that you actually can drink it, and enough of it would get you drunk, though it barely qualifies as "beer." No hops, no malt, just crap. Not a "blue collar" beer a la PBR, Old Style, or Genesee, but more of a wife beater beer. Bonus guess: Bud Light fans might like it.

Originally reviewed: 8/18/09. Had a few cans of this at a buddy’s house. Poured into a mug. Pours a pale yellow with a big bubbly white head on top. No retention, and little sticky lace globs on the glass. Smells of cheap grains and sweet malts. The mouth is thin and wet. No carbonation bite at all. Flavor is muted grains, light bread, and finishes slightly buttery and sweet. This is a decent cookout brew, but that’s about it. Honestly, if you must, there are better macros than this out there.

Looks and tastes like all the other big brands of cheap beer. But the price at the LCBO is decent so keep it cold and drink it fast!

355ml can pours a pale straw color with a finger of white head that dissipates almost immediately and leaves no lacing behind. Aroma is light cereal grains and grassy hops. Taste is light malty sweetness with a sharp grassy hop bitterness. Typical macro lager and not recommended.

Originally rated May 2005. Yeah... starting my swillfest. This popular one pours a light golden colour with a light carbonation. Malt aromas with slight urine... sweet urine (or malt). Ok... sweet malt is in the taste. Light though. Starting a headache... which comes from mass-produced beer, usually. Not a bad swill brew, judging from the taste, but in other departments, not too good.

Tall boy - from DiarmaidBHK - this is bland watery corn oil with some alcohol accidentally poured in. It’s clean yellow like corn oil, it has the texture of oil... Canned in a beer can by mistake?

Tall boy ripped away from a random Canadian. Pours clear with an inch of white foam. Not much carbonation. Very clear yellow. Smells like urine. Oily mouthfeel. Watery finish. Just a cynical, poorly made beer. When non-beer folk say they don’t like beer, this is what they have in mind.