Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR) - Pabst Brewing Company

thehyperduck

Ontario (Canada)

3.48/5  rDev +16%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

This is the Canadian version, which I'm fairly certain is contract brewed in Ontario by Sleeman (same as Old Milwaukee). First time having this; I've generally heard good things about it, but I don't know a lot of other craft beer drinkers so their standards are probably different than mine.

Pours a rather pale straw colour with a half-finger of head that doesn't last very long before turning into patchy islands of foam. Very non-descript smell, basically the same as any other adjunct lager; grainy malts, some rice or corn-type vegetal odours and that's about it.

Taste is mostly pale grain malts mixed with corn adjunct. A little sweet at the start but some stale hop bitterness cleans it up in the finish. Nothing really lingers on the palate; very crisp and clean. Thin-bodied and heavily carbonated, this stuff is as easy to drink as water.

I think I see why this stuff is so highly recommended, it's actually pretty good for what it is. I don't think I'm hip enough to go out and buy a Mac or wear aviators without looking like a turd, but if someone hands me a PBR in the future I'll happily drink it. Within the style, I think it would be difficult to find something of comparable quality and price.

Serving type: can

07-07-2011 04:09:53 | More by thehyperduck

NormLobstah

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +25%

05-25-2013 03:44:08 | More by NormLobstah

HardyA

Michigan

2.5/5  rDev -16.7%

05-25-2013 02:57:00 | More by HardyA

dnoahg

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev 0%

05-25-2013 02:53:56 | More by dnoahg

oakaged88

New York

3.5/5  rDev +16.7%

05-25-2013 02:25:41 | More by oakaged88

SpencerT

Ohio

3.89/5  rDev +29.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This beer fits the style it was intended for. It is an easy drinking American Macro Lager beer. If I'm drinking this style this is one of the few I drink. Just because it's not $10 a 6er doesn't mean it's bad beer. I'm with the Bros on this one... Good Beer, not spectacular but I keep a 30 pack around.

Serving type: on-tap

05-24-2013 15:59:03 | More by SpencerT

Thecasehead

Ohio

2/5  rDev -33.3%

05-23-2013 23:21:12 | More by Thecasehead

InfernoBoss

California

2.75/5  rDev -8.3%

05-23-2013 07:04:57 | More by InfernoBoss

himynameisping

California

3/5  rDev 0%

05-23-2013 05:30:38 | More by himynameisping

stella77artois

New York

1.25/5  rDev -58.3%

05-22-2013 17:26:22 | More by stella77artois

billbeers

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev 0%

05-22-2013 17:25:18 | More by billbeers

zacky_U

Michigan

1.5/5  rDev -50%

05-22-2013 17:14:00 | More by zacky_U

Aretis

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev +16.7%

05-21-2013 05:45:14 | More by Aretis

cfitterer

Arizona

3/5  rDev 0%

05-21-2013 02:33:51 | More by cfitterer

Kingcurio

Oklahoma

2.75/5  rDev -8.3%

05-21-2013 02:11:03 | More by Kingcurio

BlueMoon10

Mississippi

2.75/5  rDev -8.3%

05-19-2013 18:33:26 | More by BlueMoon10

dweeuu

Virginia

3/5  rDev 0%

05-19-2013 00:59:55 | More by dweeuu

Photekut

Azerbaijan

2.5/5  rDev -16.7%

05-18-2013 22:33:17 | More by Photekut

mattsucks

Ohio

3.25/5  rDev +8.3%

05-18-2013 14:12:28 | More by mattsucks

dimitrov

Oregon

3.25/5  rDev +8.3%

05-18-2013 06:45:07 | More by dimitrov

iHeartMNBeer

Minnesota

2/5  rDev -33.3%

05-18-2013 03:25:18 | More by iHeartMNBeer

verge

California

3.5/5  rDev +16.7%

05-17-2013 22:06:43 | More by verge

bobbyr5

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +16.7%

05-17-2013 21:59:19 | More by bobbyr5

Ribsandwhiskey

Oregon

1/5  rDev -66.7%

05-17-2013 19:36:03 | More by Ribsandwhiskey

ElizabethEleanor

Texas

2.75/5  rDev -8.3%

05-17-2013 03:22:18 | More by ElizabethEleanor