Schaefer

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

One of the few drain-pours in my life. This stuff is disgusting, and I can usually handle cheap-o beer. From the first sip to the next morning, you’ll regret picking the wrong cheap 12 pack. FYI, Schaefer Light isn’t nearly as awful; it just tastes like nothing.

This beer gets props for being the oldest brewery surpassing Pabst. But anytime I buy it I have to wipe off the dust which is kind of gross.

Ahh Schaefer. Just for kicks I bought a 30 of this stuff and brought it to parties. People were amazed. When you crack one open there is a smooth sweet corn aroma and a similar taste. To be honest, I’ve had much worse, but if you drink more than you can count on one hand, you will be friends with Mr. John the next day. Beautiful can though.

No matter what other people say, I refuse to budge. Schaefer is not horrible, and it’s better than quite a few craft beers and a lot of the pretentious garbage that Sam Adams is pumping out, except of course for Sam’s White Ale which is yummy. Schaefer is the kind of beer you can get a twelver of for 4 bucks, and you can drink every last one of them over the course of an MLB game and feel none the worse for wear. Beat that.

Tried just for a change of the PBR. . A typical macro lager. Nothing special. One redeeming fact is that it is brewed under the Pabst name...

I jumped at trying this again in my week long quest of trying old pale lagers and malt liquors I drank many moons ago. My first experience with this beer was stealing it off a friend’s neighbor’s porch during a sleep over. It is how I remember it. Strong macro-like taste with the carbonation killing any real flavor that it has. Nice light gold pour with a pillowy 3 finger white head. Not bad for what it is and who it came from.

Foamy (no discernible bubbles) head, settles to yeasty, bready, bubbly head and then to a slight film. Urinously yellow-colored and lowly carbonated, but carbonated feel on the tongue. Sour aroma and taste, grassy/corny aroma. Dry and bitter without being hoppy, and thin and watery, unlike some other cheap brews that have a nice full creamy sweetness. I would liken it to Budweiser in this way. Goes great with, and can cut through, the flavor of saltines or any other kind of cracker/snack/pretzel which would lend a hearty sweet bready flavor to this somewhat harsh, thin, and slightly understated-hop - ish beer. I used to get this ’to go’ in waxed soup cups - such a disrespectful way to consume such an understated, underrated beer.

12 ounce can. Had not had a Schaefer in a long time. Drank Schaefer by the GIQs in high school and in college. Not bad. Just OK.