Old Milwaukee Beer - Pabst Brewing Company

Bitterbill

Wyoming

2.08/5  rDev -13.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

This pours in glass a yellow gold with a small head of foam that shrinks quickly leaving a fine layer.

The smell is a mix of malt and corn.

The taste is semi sweet; there's some malt and grain going on with some hop character that bitters it but the flavours are light on the palate. I haven't tasted this for years and I'm sure I'll not taste it again for many more years to come. Just too damn common and bland.

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2007 22:18:21 | More by Bitterbill

twiggamortis420

Texas

3.05/5  rDev +26.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

16 oz tallboy can with a freshness stamp of JAN0410 on the bottom. Pours a crystal clear pale gold color with a large airy white foam that displays pretty good retention and leaves a few flecks of lace here and there. Not a bad looking AAL here.

Nose has more in common with pure seltzer water than beer, but there is a little bit of grainy malt on the nose. CO2 is by far the dominant scent though.

Taste is pretty clean with some husky grain coming through. A touch of stale cardboard flavor can be found along with a mild sparkling water taste. Not a whole lot here, but I can see this being refreshing when thirsty. Not bad for an AAL, pretty average actually. Has a pretty cheap price tag to boot, I got 6 tallboys for 4.99.

Serving type: can

12-30-2009 00:31:14 | More by twiggamortis420

StonedTrippin

Colorado

2.38/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

pretty rotten gear here, but still better than some crappy 30 pack stuff. pours pale and yellow, but who pours an old milwaukee right? this is a right out of the can product for sure. it smells a tad metallic, but mostly just watery, not much of a nose at all, which i guess is better than a repulsive aroma. boring. the flavor is about as exciting as the nose, maybe a touch of pale pale malt, but thats about it. this is flavored water to me, but the feel isnt horrible, great carbonation, maybe even too much, and a real light body. very drinkable if you like, but dont plan on getting drunk on this stuff and feeling very good. not bad when its freezing cold, but i will never ever ever buy this.

Serving type: can

11-23-2012 22:03:21 | More by StonedTrippin

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

tgbljb

Pennsylvania

3.05/5  rDev +26.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured a pale yellow color with initial large white chunky head., that rather quickly dissapeared.Smell is slightly sweet, but little else. Taste is very light with some mild sweetness found. Finishes very thin in the mouth. Very freshing when ice cold, but less so as it warms.

Serving type: can

11-26-2006 13:08:22 | More by tgbljb

mynie

Indiana

1.75/5  rDev -27.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

Telling people that it doesn't get any better than this is just plain mean.

Smells like grain and adjunct metal. Tastes like grain and adjunct metal with a hint of fruit. Nothing impressive. Sits in my stomach like a rock. Seriously. It feels like I've been punched.

Not bad tasting, but way too fizzy. Avoid.

Serving type: can

02-25-2005 03:13:58 | More by mynie

tone77

Pennsylvania

2.6/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 16oz. can. Has a very pale yellow color with a small head. Aroma is mild, some notes of corn. Taste is greatly lacking. Not much flavor at all here. Feels light in the mouth. Drinkability is fairly good. Overall there is not much to say, or like about this beer.

Serving type: can

10-07-2009 21:42:23 | More by tone77

brewdlyhooked13

Ohio

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

Appearance - poured a very bland and pale yellow, but with a big zesty head, lots of white snowy froth which bubbles down and holds at a semi-solid cover.

Aroma - very plain, macro grain/adjunct sniff, nothing more.

Taste - basic grainy taste, but with a splash of hops at the back mixed in with some soda water saltiness. Wasn't expecting that, a little speck of personality there, alright. Finishes cleanly if unspectacularly.

Mouthfeel - crisp, bubbly, right for the style , but it's a style without much to it, IMO. Thin and watery, lots of bubbles as intended, I'm sure.

Drinkability - for the price and the taste, it's a decent value, I doubt if most macro swillers could tell the difference between this and the rmega-lager.

Serving type: bottle

07-29-2004 02:02:08 | More by brewdlyhooked13

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

2.48/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

473ml Can

Appearance – Clear light yellow colour with an average size fizzy white coloured head. There is an average amount of carbonation showing and there is some fair lacing. The head lasted for around 4 minutes before it was gone.

Smell - Grains, bread, corn, malts

Taste & Mouth - The beer has an average amount of carbonation. I can taste malts, bread/grains, and corn. There is also a bit of a corn syrup or apple sweetness. It ends with a grainy corn syrup slightly sweet aftertaste.

Overall – Nothing offensive and yet nothing memorable. I suppose it's decent for the price, but nothing I would revisit any time soon.

Serving type: can

10-31-2011 16:02:40 | More by spinrsx

ADR

Pennsylvania

2.15/5  rDev -10.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured the can into a Pilsner glass...

Transparent lightest gold color, wide-bubbled head of a very thin character but better duration than some. Partial ring laces. Aroma is all sweetness, corn and cane sugar. Mouthfeel is thinnish but the carbonation is adequately done. No real sense of hops, malt is sweet and neutral without nasty qualities. Aftertaste is lightly honeyish without the overdone fizziness and mineral water taste of some macros. Cheap and forgetable, but not the worst of drinkabilities in the beer world.

Serving type: can

12-16-2003 19:24:29 | More by ADR

clayrock81

Virginia

2.38/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Didn't pour it out of the can to be honest. Had a metallic smell. This is a decent, watery cheap beer to buy when you're reliving the ol' college days and playing drinking card games with some buddies. Has a quasi-sweet malt taste and the use of adjuncts is minimal. Very light hop presence but is not at all bitter or going to nuke your taste buds/stomach like other cheap American macros. Goes down light-bodied and smooth because of the wateriness, but this isn't horrible.

Serving type: can

09-03-2008 17:38:25 | More by clayrock81

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

thekevlarkid

Maryland

2.5/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Out of a 16 0z can this brew was a very pale yellow color with perfect clarity. The head was pure white, two fingers large and displayed average retention and moderate lacing. The aroma was slightly stale, pale malt, macro lager malt, dry grains, corn and minerals. The flavors were very dry and grainy, pale malt and some light hops. Clean and simple. The finish was a little off, however, bitter but not in a hoppy way. The mouthfeel was rough and foamy, the body medium/light and the carbonation high. If the finish and the body were worked on this one could be pretty good, but as is, even for the style, I found it sub-par.

Serving type: can

02-22-2009 16:58:35 | More by thekevlarkid

TastyTaste

Minnesota

2.53/5  rDev +5%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Clear yellow color, small white head. Slightly malty, not a lot in the hops department. Not skunky, metallic, or musty like many beers in this price range. This beer, when judged against other American Macros, is actually somewhat of a standout. It's drinkability, affordablity, lack of off flavors, and wide availabitlity add up to a cheap beer that won't make you gag, at least.

Serving type: can

06-07-2004 14:52:07 | More by TastyTaste

armock

New York

1.35/5  rDev -44%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

A - Poured a straw color with a white head that quickly goes away

S - Typical cheap macro bad grainy malt hint of alcohol

T - Of the macros that I've drank in the name of science this is one of the worst

M - No surprises here medium carbonation

D - I'll never drink this again not even on a dare this stuff it that bad there are better cheap as dirt beers out there

Serving type: can

02-05-2008 18:52:22 | More by armock

Redrover

Illinois

2.35/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

24 oz can with no freshness dating, but it does inform me that Old Milw is carefully brewed with genuine malted barley, pure water, cereal grains and selected hops.

The beer is a very pale yellow with a large chemically looking head. Not much lacing.

The smell is not that bad. I get some sweet cereal and a bit of grass. This smells much better than the Buschs and other cheapo beers.

The taste is very one-dimensional. It is sweet and slightly grainy. It tastes a bit drawn out. No real hop or bitter notes. I’m guessing the IBUs are about 7. The flavor is watered down, but it does not have the harsh flavors some cheaper beers have.

The mouth is thin and unassuming. Drinkable only in the most dire circumstances.

Serving type: can

10-11-2006 00:17:56 | More by Redrover

puboflyons

New Hampshire

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

Poured from a 16 fl. oz. can marked 02029-D50621. This is one of those rare instances where the brand's light beer is tastier than its regular old stand-by. This pours pale yellow into the pint glass with about 1/2 inch of white, foamy head. Typical beer aroma of American pales with that sort of metallic, grassy, and lightly hopped scent. Lots of bubbling carbonation. Watery for the most part. There's something grassy with a slight hint of hops in the taste. Nothing exciting. Their slogan is "America's Best Tasting Beer."

Serving type: can

01-16-2009 23:48:56 | More by puboflyons

Pegasus

Texas

2.58/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Appearance: Pale golden color with an astonishing amount of fizzy carbonation that, nonetheless, fails to prevent the small white head from quickly fading to a paper-thin layer. The lacing is negligible.

Aroma: Faint smell of cooked vegetables and washed out hops.

Taste: A touch of carbonation, followed by faintly sweet thin malts that turn grainy in the middle, then a bit of alcohol and weak hops at the finish. The finish is clean and dry.

Mouth feel: Not unpleasant, but somewhat thin and watery.

Drinkability/notes: This beer has only availability and a cheap price to recommend it, most American malt liquors have more to offer for the money. Interestingly enough, the can copy reads "The Great American Beer Festival - 1999 Gold Medal Winner, American-Style Lager". This fact seems quite extraordinary, considering the relative mediocrity of this beer.

Serving type: can

04-21-2003 19:36:32 | More by Pegasus

pootz

Ontario (Canada)

2.63/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

The sample I tasted came from a Canadian Pabst franchised brewer; Sleemans of Guelph Ontario. If you know Sleemans, they make some of the best mega Canuck brews going; Sleemans cream ale and steam lager. The key to their meteoric success is quality control and uncompromising standards in ingredients.
This OM tasted reminisant of the ones I've tasted in the US but there was a distinct difference....this had taste and was at Canuck strenght - 5%. I'm not saying I like the taste of corn and alcohol in beer but this beer certain had flavor that it's US counter parts didn't.

It poured a medium yellow color with a good head that lasted through half the glass. The aroma was punctuated with cooked corn and CO2 with just a slight hint of hop. The taste was light with the corn overpowering the hops 10-1 and the malt 5-1, a distinct sharp alcohol finish. Not unpleasant but certainly there are better beers.

This is marketed as a cost reduced beer in a Canadian market where you pay $38 for a 24 flat of premuim mega beer. OW costs $30. Certainly a good enough beer and value for thirsty beer drinking Canucks.

Sleemans did this beer the best it has probably ever been done just as they did Blue Ribbon. This offering was a testament to Sleeman's QC and not neccesarily the original OM recipe

Serving type: can

02-05-2003 17:45:52 | More by pootz

Phatz

Pennsylvania

2.5/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Nothing interesting or special American Macro Lager. It is just like the rest of 'em... Pours an apple juice color. A musty malt characteristic in the smell and taste and clear evidence of the adjuncts (grain). The hop characteristic is minimal but present. This is an average Macro. But the Average macro is pretty poor so ... Ice cold, after a long day of yard work and it maybe an acceptable choice but WHY?

Hope this is helpful.
Cheers!

Serving type: can

02-14-2006 08:05:28 | More by Phatz

mentor

Colorado

2.78/5  rDev +15.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Can obtained in a bunch of stuff given to me for volunteering for 2005 GABF. Reviewed from detailed notes taken a week ago. Stamp on the can reads 12125 D80359. Pours a one finger sticky white head over a plae straw colored liquid. Crystal clear. Smells of corn, mild sweet, and some dark hops. Tastes thin and mild. A hint of sour and iron. Floral hops in the aftertaste are weak and easy on the tongue. Corn and cardboard are other main players. Light body and md carbonation. Hurray!, a macro where carbonation isn't a dominant flavor. Scored to style, not my preferences.

Serving type: can

11-04-2005 06:19:26 | More by mentor

IntriqKen

California

1.25/5  rDev -48.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

I need to finish this review fast because I can't finish the beer.
Pours a light golden yellow with a big white head that disppeared by the time I had turned around to close the refridgerator. No lacing.
Aroma is 'old man beer'...honest that is what I smelled...something very reminiscent of my dad and grandfather and the smell of beer at a ball game.
Taste is sweet cloying malts and corn. Nothing else
Somehow it manages to be both weak and watery leaving you wondering where the flavor is and sticky with an aftertaste that won't go away.
While the American Macro isn't one of my favorite style, this one is one of the worse I've tasted.

Serving type: can

06-16-2006 01:31:20 | More by IntriqKen

granger10

Wisconsin

1.38/5  rDev -42.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

Very pale color with a fizzy head. Head is large and dies instantly. Smells cereal grainy with a touch of corn. More taste than many macros but the taste is downright bad. A very strong metallic flavor lies in there combined with an adjunct corn flake flavor. Once the corn flake flavor leaves, the metallic flavor dominates and lingers in the finish. Body is a touch fizzy but a bit more substantial than some in its category. Maybe this used to be good, but I got a headache after drinking this can. Terrible.

Serving type: can

10-15-2006 23:15:20 | More by granger10

Drew966

Florida

1.58/5  rDev -34.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Old Milwaukee Beer pours a very pale yellow with an enormous white head from a sixteen ounce can. The aroma starts out being sweet but then something chemical seems to pop up to the front. Bland, grainy, and unfortunately a chemical taste too. I have bad memories of this beer as a youth, instant hangover no matter how little imbibed. Avoid.

Serving type: can

04-27-2007 00:50:08 | More by Drew966

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