Old Milwaukee
Pabst Brewing Company
American Adjunct Lager/4.60% ABV
12 Pack Cans = $6.99
=$.53 Ea.
Date Of Review = 7-6-09
Sure, it's not great beer. What do you expect for $6.99 a twelve pack? But, on the flip side, who's to say that price = quality? Well, alright, typically it does, especially in the world of beer. But with the economy being the way it is, and my work hours being cut, I thought I would dip into the realm of the "lower end" mass market beers for my first beer review, or according to beeradvocate.com the "American Adjunct Lager" which is described as follows:
Description:
Light bodied, pale, fizzy lagers made popular by the large macro-breweries (large breweries) of America after prohibition. Low bitterness, thin malts, and moderate alcohol. Focus is less on flavor and more on mass-production and consumption, cutting flavor and sometimes costs with adjunct cereal grains, like rice and corn.
Or, in summary, mass produced beer with really shitty ingredients. Hey, whatever works, huh?
Basically, Old Milwaukee and it's brethren such as Pabst Blue Ribbon, Ham's, etc. are the beers your old man and grandpa drank back in the day when beer selection was basically non existent. If it worked for the old man, then it's gotta work for you...right?
Well....maybe/maybe not. However, if your expectations are low and you are extremely forgiving than, honestly, this beer is not to bad. Seriously. If you're looking at doing nothing more than getting drunk/smashing 8-10 beers than why pay five to six dollars more for Bud/Coors/Miller when it's practically all the same thing? Surprisingly, it was actually fairly smooth with a slightly sweet aftertaste (corn, perhaps?) and was less carbonated than, say, a Pabst Blue Ribbon. Definitely nothing that will win any flavor awards, but if you get it cold enough, as is the rule with all shitty beer, than it's actually serviceable. That typical cheap beer bugaboo, the dreaded "swill at the bottom of the can" will rear it's ugly head if you don't finish it off quick, so consider yourself warned.
In summary, is Old Milwaukee a good beer? Ah, no. Is it a serviceable beer when your looking at doing nothing more than getting drunk and bullshitting with friends? Damn straight.
P.S. You know Old Milwaukee is good shit because when you look closely at my grainy picture, what's that say on the can?
"America's best tasting beer"
Now that, my friend, is ballsy. Or, just blatantly false advertising....whichever.
Verdict: It is what it is...cheap, bland, "get drunk" beer.