Schlitz Brewing
Client Brewer
in
San Antonio,
Texas,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Pabst Brewing Company
Established in 1849
Contact
Description
The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and once the largest producer of beer in the United States. Its namesake beer, Schlitz ( /ˈʃlɪts/), was known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" and was advertised with the slogan "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer". Schlitz first became the largest beer producer in the US in 1902 and enjoyed that status at several points during the first half of the 20th century, exchanging the title with Anheuser-Busch multiple times during the 1950s.
The company was founded by August Krug in 1849, but ownership passed to Joseph Schlitz in 1858 when he married Krug's widow. Schlitz was bought by Stroh Brewery Company in 1982 and subsequently sold along with the rest of Stroh's assets to Pabst Brewing Company in 1999. Pabst produced several varieties of Schlitz beers alongside Old Milwaukee.
Admin Note: Old Milwaukee was originally a Schlitz brand but Pabst has broken it off into its own separate brand.
The company was founded by August Krug in 1849, but ownership passed to Joseph Schlitz in 1858 when he married Krug's widow. Schlitz was bought by Stroh Brewery Company in 1982 and subsequently sold along with the rest of Stroh's assets to Pabst Brewing Company in 1999. Pabst produced several varieties of Schlitz beers alongside Old Milwaukee.
Admin Note: Old Milwaukee was originally a Schlitz brand but Pabst has broken it off into its own separate brand.
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
12 oz bottle given to me by my Mother in law for Christmas. Pour is a clear light golden with a one inch head that falls noisily with no lacing. Aroma is straight forward sweet malt and general cereal grains. Fairly mild nose, though nothing offensive or unnatural. Taste is the nose, malt sweetness and toast grain and perhaps a brief touch of floral hop. The finish is a bot watery, and finishes more or less clean. Inoffensive, but dull taste. Palate is medium to thin up front, then thins out a bunch in the middle and especially the finish. A bit better than the rest of the macro crowd, I suppose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2010
at 11:24
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pours mediam gold with a frothy nearwhite head. Aromas of wheat, corn and a slight amount of fruit. Full bodied; creamy carbonation. Flavor is pretty clean, lightly sweet, and there’s a slight touch of light stone fruit in the finish. Not much heat. Just rated Earthquake HGL, and this is even better. :)
Tried
on 19 Oct 2010
at 16:37
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Courtesy Gitta og Erik. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Nice grassy notes. Light bitter ok flavor. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate. Not that bad.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2010
at 12:02
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Pour is a bright gold with a small fizzy white head. Aroma is grain and corn. Flavor is about the same. Lots of adjuncts and no hops what so ever. Its beers like this that make me glad I’m living today with so many craft beer options. It fills out a mix a six and that is the best thing i have to say about this one.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2010
at 19:58
1.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Another American water lager - there are quit a few. I don’t recommend this one to anyone!
Tried
from Can
on 24 Oct 2009
at 14:07
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Draft at the OF. Yeah I ordered this one at the bar, I guess I’ve got problems. Pale orange-yellow, hyper-filtered. Foamy white head, lots of CO2 bubbles. Macro aroma. A touch more depth than Blatz. Some sembalnce of hops in the aftertaste. Medium light body. Not horrific, but certainly not great.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2009
at 10:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pleasantly surprised that one of my cousins found this beer. Nothing really stands out about it, but just the fact that it’s the "classic formula" from Schlitz, I find myself getting more upset about how much they screwed up. The number one beer for years (decades) screwed up, and was replaced with something only marginally better than the Frankenstein concoction that the suits had come up with that ultimately destroyed their market share.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2009
at 03:07
1.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Slightly skunked aroma of barley malt. Clear yellow, minimal head. Tastes lemony with mulberry and a slightly cardboardy finish. Fail.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2009
at 23:32
1.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1
40oz bottle courtesy of dkachur on 08/01/2009. Very clear pale yellow body with a large frothy white head. Stale water and corn aroma. Sticky corn and grainy flavor. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2009
at 12:26
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
FORTY FROM FOOD LION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pours clear golden with gobs of carbonation and a large head. Poor retention and decent lacing. Aroma is creamed corn. Taste is creamed corn and rubbing alcohol. Medium bodied. Kinda creamy all over. Not good.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2009
at 21:35