Old Milwaukee Beer - Pabst Brewing Company

yen157

New Jersey

2.73/5  rDev +13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Very clear pale yellow with a decent amount of froth. The head stuck around for some time and settled in at about 1/5" of fine bubbles. This was a pretty good looking American Lager. Fairly clean tasting with only a touch of corn in the nose. It tasted good, almost. This was one of the few "popular" American Lagers where the malt was noticeable. Crisp and clean. That was the theme of the beer. The only place this beer was lacking was in the hops. Very little hops. There was nothing that said "hey, this is what hops taste like." Instead, the thought was more like "hmm, this is slightly bitter, but where did it come from?" In the mouth the beer was quite pleasant. Much carbonation at first so I let it sit for about a minute while a looked at it waiting for the waves of rising bubbles to subside. I'm glad I did. After a minute when I tasted it there was still much carbonation, but rather being huge forced bubbles they were small and prickly. This was not as watery as the light version.

Serving type: can

01-06-2003 12:35:52 | More by yen157

Kwak

New Jersey

1.2/5  rDev -50.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Old Milwaukee
Not Pabst best beer ,light yellow tone little head empty taste
I paid $3.50 for one of these in the city and it was work to get it "and keep it" down. you aint missing anything here. I don't know
why they evenmake this crap!

Serving type: can

11-23-2002 10:57:48 | More by Kwak

bewareOFpenguin

Massachusetts

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

Old Milwaukee must have been some fouls smelling place for this stuff to be named after it. Another in the line of "old man beers" this stuff has less of a corn taste than its counterparts. I rarely see this in most stores, just the high volume macro vendors.

Serving type: bottle

10-22-2002 11:08:56 | More by bewareOFpenguin

BeerBob

Nebraska

2.35/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

Old Milwaukee pours straw yellow from a 32oz brown bottle. Head is up at two fingers and back down to just about gone, in the time it took me to type this line.

Nose is of malt and bitter hops and something chemical. Palate is bitter hops, carbonation, and malt with corn and rice.

If not for that unknown and unpleasant chemical note, Old Milwaukee would not be too bad for a low priced macro.

Serving type: bottle

08-27-2002 16:52:03 | More by BeerBob

bditty187

Nebraska

1.1/5  rDev -54.4%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

Sickly gold, white head, minimal retention, no lace. Lightly sweet nose, adjucts I assume. Harshly metallic taste. Almost impossible to drink... it brought pain to my throat. I really can't tolerate "Old Mud". Frankly this is one of the worst beers I have had. Please stay away from it.

Serving type: bottle

07-19-2002 13:16:55 | More by bditty187

Jason

Massachusetts

2.42/5  rDev +0.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Presentation: 40 oz cheap brown glass bottle with a twist off soda pop-like cap. No freshness date.

Appearance: Very pale yellow in colour, the clear clarity of a beer that was ultra filtered. White lace surprisingly stays for a while and sticks a bit.

Smell: Cooked corn in the aroma, an off smell of DMS (cooked veggie) also.

Taste: Very smooth with a feigned medium body that actually turns out to be light as the crisp carbonation unfolds. Corn grit flavour is all over the place. Malt? Very little malt on the palate, just some grainy flavours. Hops are light and seem to let a bit of cloying sweetness in the middle. Hint of alcohol flares out with a clean presence.

Notes: As close to not having much flavour at all, oddly it was not that bad going down compared to other cheap American lagers. This is the stuff to get when you only have a couple bucks in your pocket … good to have every once in a while to get the flavour of cheap lager and realize that there are so many great beers out there other than this.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2002 20:27:08 | More by Jason

Wildman

Ohio

2.33/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

This beer was a pale yellow color and had very little white head and no lace. An aroma of grain and alcohol. The flavor was of grain and alcohol. The body is extremely light and the finish mostly just bite. Okay, this has to be the most popular cheap beer that me and my friends used to pickup and what some of my older friends still try to bring over on occasion. If your going to go cheap, you might as well pick this over things like Miller.

Serving type: can

05-28-2002 17:03:01 | More by Wildman

proc

Michigan

1.3/5  rDev -46.1%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

This beer has a very strange aftertaste. For some reason, that taste can best be described as "tin". I believe it interracts with the can to form this taste. A watery beverage, that to be honest, wasn't that good. I think you must be over 60 to drink this beer as that is all I ever see buy it in the stores.

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2002 10:27:16 | More by proc

budgood1

Minnesota

3.08/5  rDev +27.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

old mil has a bit more body and character than typical mass produced lagers....it doesn't have that awful adjunt odor and has some malt body and a bit of restrained hop flavor...it goes down well and i'd rather drink it straight out of the bottle rather than pour it into a glass. all that said.....reviewing american lagers is boring and more time should be spent pounding them rather than reviewing them so i'm off to do my duty.

Serving type: bottle

02-23-2002 01:27:16 | More by budgood1

Brent

Kentucky

1.05/5  rDev -56.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Mineral and salty, with a harsh finish that passes for hops. Tastes like some sort of medicine to clean out your colon (which is does pretty effectively, too).

Serving type: bottle

08-24-2001 23:24:24 | More by Brent