Stroh's - Pabst Brewing Company

Wendysd

New Jersey

1.79/5  rDev -32.5%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Poured into pint glass. Foamed and quickly went to thin layer. Slight stickness to glass. High carbonation. Very light, watered down flavor,pale yellow. Better then bud or coors for a cheap beer. Not bad for just a plain basic no frills beer. I will buy a case again for river float trips. A good river,fishing kinda of beer.

Serving type: can

03-17-2013 22:07:15 | More by Wendysd

Jordan1985rec

Maryland

1.1/5  rDev -58.5%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

I had this beer during a stag party in DC. This beer was simply gross. It tasted like milk.

It really didn't have any redeeming qualities except for the fact that it was cheap, and since I was on the hook for the groom-to-be's tab, that counted for something.

We switched to National Bohemian as a step up from this - not a great night for good beer.

Serving type: can

03-12-2013 22:40:52 | More by Jordan1985rec

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.85/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Served in an Ohio State shaker pint glass.

Oh, you'd better believe this is part of a Spelunky fest! It pours a clear yellow topped by a finger of lightly off-white foam. The nose comprises corn and very light wheat. The taste holds notes of corn, flowers, and a slightly odd and vague sweetness. The body is quite light, with a moderate carbonation and a watery feel. Overall, one of the better adjunct lagers I've had in a while, though still a good distance away from a truly good beer.

Serving type: can

12-27-2012 15:33:25 | More by TMoney2591

MikeP

4.73/5  rDev +78.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

This is flat out my favorite macro brew. What follows is based on fresh beer; in other words, consumption well before the freshness expiration date on the can and/or carton.

Consumed fresh, Strohs rewards you with crispness, body without heaviness, and flavor, flavor, flavor. And, hops. It's hoppier than the average macro brew. But, unlike most micro brews with an almost homicidal, rip-your-brains-out overly hopped nastiness, Strohs is optimally balanced, so that the flavors are ideally complimentary.

Because it's a touch lighter than standard for macros [I use MGD as a baseline here], you can drink it without feeling bloated or weighed down. Everything about it is quality, despite the low price. Everything is expertly balanced and blended, unlike so many wildly eccentric [or simply incompetant] specialty brews. If you're looking for a superb beer experience, seek this one out.

Serving type: can

12-13-2012 22:23:43 | More by MikeP

SometimesIfart

Michigan

1.4/5  rDev -47.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

A - Pours the brighest transparent yellow I have ever seen from a beer with a two finger bubbly white head. The head disappears within 2 seconds, and the beer has no lacing.

S - Smells of extremely light corn adjunct and some kind of funky sour mash? Smells kind of like a Foster's.

T - For the first time ever, I can honestly say that I have had a beer with absolutely no taste. This beer literally has nothing in the taste department other than extremely slight seltzer water far off into the background.

M - The mouthfeel brings virtually nothing new to the table other than a faint amount of rice adjunct. But overall it remains very flavorless.

O - Overall, this beer wins an award in my opinion. The award for blandest beer I have ever had. They shouldn't even brew this stuff, it actually has less flavor than Bud Light. Luckily, I didn't pay for it, as I had it at a party. The party was definitely some fun after knocking back 10 of these though!

Serving type: can

08-30-2012 22:35:56 | More by SometimesIfart

AleWatcher

Illinois

2.38/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5

Can into tulip pint.

A vigorous pour yields 3 fluffy white fingers of head. Those three fingers fizzled down to a light film and a collar around the rim after a short time. The film faded, but the rim held on for some time.
Very clear, bright straw-gold. Really fizzy.

Smells lightly grainy with a light bitterness. The taste is pretty dry with a slight sour-mashy grainy tart note.

Watery, thin, light, and highly carbonated. This is pretty much spot on for the style.

Overall-- not a very good beer, even for the style. I didn't know this was brewed by Pabst... Personally I'd rather just have a PBR.

Serving type: can

06-25-2012 03:28:15 | More by AleWatcher

beerme420

Pennsylvania

2.2/5  rDev -17%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

this beer is good for when you want to still drink abunch of beer then be completely fine to drive. Ive drank this all day and had buddies call me at night to go get a bite to eat and do some real partying afterwards so if anything its a good warm up beer i suppose.

Serving type: can

03-05-2012 18:39:39 | More by beerme420

Jerone

Florida

2.85/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Pours a light straw color, quickly fading white head and lots of bubbles.

Smell is faint but of grain, corn and some hops.

Taste is grainy in the middle and finishes with a bit of hops. Nice to actually have hops in there, finishes slightly dry. Mouthfeel is light and highly carbonated, refreshing.

An okay beer, better than the average macro but not better than anything else.

Serving type: can

01-04-2012 15:07:40 | More by Jerone

tdm168

North Carolina

3.23/5  rDev +21.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Drank this from the can at a Christmas Eve get together. Usually I wouldn't review under these circumstances, but when else am I going to have a Stroh's handed to me.

The nose was grainy and a bit metallic, but there's a noticeable hop aroma. The taste is mildly grainy with a really nice grassy, earthy, bitter hop characteristic. There are also some fruity notes, but not necessarily off flavors. This is a very crisp, light beer that's a little heavily carbonated.

Surprisingly, I enjoyed this. For the style the hops were impeccable. The grainy qualities were kept to a minimum and it was easy to drink.

Serving type: can

12-27-2011 01:59:55 | More by tdm168

SteveGus

Indiana

3.13/5  rDev +18.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Along with Miller High Life and PBR, I think this is one of the better American macro lagers.

Not sure how macro the brand is, anymore, but this is a Grandpa beer. It no longer has much of the caramel notes that it had when it was "fire brewed."

What it's got going for it now is bittering hops. For an American macro lager, all I really ask of it is that it taste like beer. This tastes like beer. There is a mixed barley and corn grainy dryness here as well, but it has a clean hop bitterness and a slight sourness in the finish.

It succeeds at being all that it's trying to be. And how many of us can say that?

Serving type: can

12-25-2011 07:25:06 | More by SteveGus

patpbr

Ohio

2.78/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Strohs is a light colored beer with a quickly dissipating head. For the style it goes down nice and simple if you get a nice batch. Not a lot to talk with the taste. Really like that you can buy a 15 pack. made by pabst better then the bud or miller offerings

Serving type: can

10-23-2011 03:37:35 | More by patpbr

AlCaponeJunior

Texas

2.6/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Yellow to straw and clear, fizzy, but the head was surprisingly decent and left some decent lacing too. Tons of rising bubbles.

Grains and grassy aromas, maybe a touch of hops, adjuncts round out the smell.

Taste followed the smell, lots of corn and grains with a little bit of hops and nothing too special.

Feel is light and well carbonated, fizzy.

Overall it's quite unimpressive but not entirely undrinkable.

Serving type: can

09-13-2011 22:30:29 | More by AlCaponeJunior

Dodt

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +50.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

picked up a six pack of this beer on a whim.
poured from the can into a pint glass
appearance pale yellow with a wispy head that goes away
smell is a bit grainy
taste wonderful not off putting .
for me this is another beer i can add to list of fridge beer for my none craft friends.

Serving type: can

06-17-2011 18:12:49 | More by Dodt

SamN

Colorado

2.88/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Quite a pale yellow beer, typical macro looks. Decent head, a little thicker than most and lasts about as long as any mass-produced AAL; that is, not very long. Not much visible carbonation, glass like clarity. Boring looks. Smell is grainy, a faint hops nose, subtle metallic aroma, wet grass. Taste has a brief flash of grainy sweetness, fades quickly to adjunct/barley lager tastes. Minimal hops bitterness, clean finish. About average tastes. Light, bubbly carbonation, a little too much for my tastes, but not bad overall.

Serving type: can

05-31-2011 01:19:31 | More by SamN

MrOH

Pennsylvania

3.43/5  rDev +29.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

In the interest of not trashing a beer I love, this review will be a bit more "to-style".

Brilliant light yellow with a single finger, quickly receding, white head. Some lace, but not much.

They must do a short boil on this, cause I get that corn smell. A hint of earthy hops, grain.

Brisk. Cheap grain taste, but has the slightest hint of citrus and pine. More bitter than most beers of the style.

Light-bodied and effervescent, what else?

Overall, I definitely think that Stroh's is one of the best, if not THE best, of the macro adjunct lagers. The fact that the price is right only makes it better. While I would still rather have a well down craft ale, sometimes you just want a simple, cheap beer, and this fits the bill.

Serving type: can

05-29-2011 03:05:51 | More by MrOH

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

2.68/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

New a guy back in the day that swore by this stuff, all he drank. I have a bar light up in my place of this stuff. Yellow beer, sudsy white head, more than your average adjunct, but it goes the way of the dodo right quick. Lager yeast, corn aroma, smelled worse.

Not much going on here, barely a malt and hop presence, balanced in terms of its sweetness. Maybe a little more bitter than most in its style. Seems like the stuff gets sold over brand loyalty moreso than uniqueness of the product, most comparable to Coors banquet beer I'd say.

A decent mass produced beer, dependable for some mass drinking where you don't want to bother wasting your $ and palate on high end brews after you're already trashed.

I wonder how many people referenced '30 pack of Stroh's, 30 pack of ho's' in their review?

Serving type: can

04-28-2011 18:26:44 | More by Beerandraiderfan

buschbeer

Ohio

2.9/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

12oz can
Served in a pint glass

A - It pours straw yellow with plenty of white head that, of course, disappears almost immediately.

S - The aroma is sweet malt. No surprises here.

T - There is actually more taste than most adjuncts. Some malt and, I may be stretching here, but some ever so feint hops.

M - Damn near water.

O - It just doesn't have that Detroit River water taste anymore.

Serving type: can

04-27-2011 01:02:18 | More by buschbeer

bryehn

Ontario (Canada)

2.58/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Review of the 5% version brewed in Canada by Sleeman. 15 pack of 355 mL cans for about $20...

Pours a pale straw yellow with a moderate foamy head that burns off after a few minutes and leaves a thin colour. Lots of visible carbonation. Very average-looking adjunct lager.

Smells typical, which is to say not good. Corn syrup, a rice-like graininess and the faint smell of rubbing alcohol.

The taste fares alright at first and it's got a very surprising bitter bite on the tongue. Unfortunately, after that it's all corn syrup and a slight sour astringent note.

Mouthfeel is crisp and watery with practically no body. It sure goes down easy. Too easy, it makes me gassy.

The wife has me on a beer budget this week and I needed something to last me a weekend. Its really no worse than most premium-priced domestics in the same vein and actually better than most comparably-priced beers. It's still pretty gross though.

Serving type: can

04-15-2011 17:19:12 | More by bryehn

epiinephriine

Michigan

3.7/5  rDev +39.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 5

If what you're looking for is a cheap beer to keep your fridge full, this is my first suggestion. It's not much different from others in this category, ie. macro brew adjunct lager, yet the one thing that sets it apart is hops. Granted it's no IPA (I'm no noob, I'm a certified hop head) but I swear to you, there is an essence of hop oil in this beer; certainly more than can be found in High Life. Oddly enough, I find it to be most present when imbibed directly from the can and not so much from the bottle or glass. Put it in a keeper-cooler on a hot day and get it before those annoying hipsters do (this'll be the next PBR on campus).

Serving type: can

03-10-2011 19:53:14 | More by epiinephriine

richkrull

Wisconsin

3.25/5  rDev +22.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Got this one out of a mystery beer machine at the bowling alley in Evansville, WI.

Took it down straight from the can. Not a ton of flavor, some corn and grain. Nothing overpowering. Light bodied beer with plenty of carbonation. Went down smooth. Could drink a lot of these without a problem.

Serving type: can

02-24-2011 16:23:26 | More by richkrull

samie85

Illinois

3.48/5  rDev +31.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

A-Pours a golden straw color with two fingers of white head.

S-Faintly floral and lightly sweet grains.

T-Sweet grain with some corn and a faint hit of floral, crisp hops.

M-Light bodied with moderate carbonation and a slightly watery feel.

D-Really easy drinking cheap domestic beer that's nice every once in a while.

Serving type: can

02-20-2011 23:23:03 | More by samie85

CuriousMonk

Virginia

2.9/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Yet another classic domestic cheap beer! From random notes: Pours a light golden yellow brew with an average white head that quickly dissolves to a fine film and white ring. Aroma of corn grits, some watery citrus peel and a touch of burnt ash. Flavor is light bodied, well carbonated, a gritty texture with flavors of watery corn syrup bread crust and some citrus. Finish is crisp, clean cut with a very short lasting bitterness.

Serving type: can

02-09-2011 22:36:11 | More by CuriousMonk

SickGnar

Pennsylvania

3.05/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: Clear pale yellow with a good size head and a few rising bubbles. Leaves some lacing and keeps a ring for a ways down.

S: Rather faint sort of corny grain. Not really malty nor sweet. Maybe some faint cooked veggies. Not picking up any hops.

T: Now this is quite a bit better than the nose. Yeah it is a pretty bland sweet adjunct grainy base, but it is reasonably well balanced by some pleasantly herbal hops.

M: Medium body with a just barely firm CO2 that makes smooth drinking. Not bad at all.

D: Hop character in an American lager? It has a decent body and mouthfeel. Looks okay and tastes okay, but does fall down a bit on the nose. Still, it is a fair bit better than many others at its price and more than a few above it.

Serving type: can

12-10-2010 22:28:12 | More by SickGnar

huxcrunner

New York

2.73/5  rDev +3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

a-pale yellow color not small amounts of white head that fades fast really no lacing

s-grassy and very hint smells of malt not strong aromas

t-nothing to write home about not bad for the price i paid for it not really bitter little bit of sweetness for an aftertaste, seems kinda watery

m- lighter body crisp mouthfeel

d-overall not very good beer but not terrible for what was paid, if your looking for a beer to just get trashed on or need to be economical this would be a good one to consider... trust me im an engineering student

Serving type: can

11-30-2010 02:40:37 | More by huxcrunner

keeganfrank

Ohio

3.13/5  rDev +18.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours with about two fingers of light, airy head that quickly dissipates. Liquid is bright gold and seems to have a bit more color than most adjunct lagers. Odor is grassy and mild, don't notice much from the malts. Tastes like grains or grass, fairly dry for this style. Stroh's is crisp and easy to drink, not too sweet and not sour or stale. If you're looking for a brew to buy in mass quantities for a party, you could do a lot worse.

Serving type: can

10-24-2010 19:28:36 | More by keeganfrank