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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 1/8/2018. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lemon, cracker, corn, white bread dough, biscuit, and herbal/grassy earthiness. A bit fruity on aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with pale malt/corn and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, cracker, corn, white bread dough, biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, cracker, corn, white bread dough, biscuit, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness of pale malt/corn and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.7%. Overall this is a nice pale adjunct lager style. All around nice robustness of pale malt/corn and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. Very flavorful and never watery for the low ABV. Clean pale malt/grains and solid earthy hop presence for the style. Not overdone on adjuncts. Exceeded my expectations. A nicely enjoyable offering, and great style example. One of the best macro AAL I've had.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2018
at 20:47
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can, as Schlitz The Bull Malt Liquor (Stroh's). Pale gold with a white head that never quite disappears. Mildly grainy aroma with a little paper. Dryish with no fumey notes. Again, slight paper. Not much of anything really. A little corn at the end where bitterness is just noticeable. Vacant. Nothing terribly offensive but nothing good either.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2018
at 07:35
1.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
From May 2008
Ok, I saw this at a local liquor store and thought I'd try it. I'm not expecting much...
Woah. It turns out to be worse than I thought it could be. It doesn't look half bad in the glass but whilst hoisting said glass to my nose and mouth, I got a whiff of an atrocious smell of what? Stale corn? Chemically stale corn? Whatever it is, it put me off right from the get go.
Taste? I sure didn't have any when I decided to pick this up. Nasty semi sweet flavour of rotting grain? I kid you not, this absolutely sucks and is most assuredly a drain pour, I really can't imagine a market for it. "nuff said.
Ok, I saw this at a local liquor store and thought I'd try it. I'm not expecting much...
Woah. It turns out to be worse than I thought it could be. It doesn't look half bad in the glass but whilst hoisting said glass to my nose and mouth, I got a whiff of an atrocious smell of what? Stale corn? Chemically stale corn? Whatever it is, it put me off right from the get go.
Taste? I sure didn't have any when I decided to pick this up. Nasty semi sweet flavour of rotting grain? I kid you not, this absolutely sucks and is most assuredly a drain pour, I really can't imagine a market for it. "nuff said.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2017
at 08:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From my notes of July 18, 2008 before Schlitz 60s formula was entered.
This is the newly reformated 60s formula in a bottle and I got some in trade with Lofgrep. Thanks Peter!
Well, it pours pretty much the same in appearance except that I notice the head of foam is a good 2 finger with this one and the head retention is very good.
The nose has a similar maltiness to it but I'm also getting a decent amount of hop bitterness and that's a good thing.
Tastewise, The hops play a good role in the flavour as well as the nose. Sure, the malt is up front with some corny tones and some sweetish tones but dag nab it, then some nice hop bitterness moves in and it dominates the finish. Good aftertaste from those hops as well. A much better product than the cans that they have been putting out all these years and something that I could easily revisit. Darn drinkable and darn tasty. I like.
This is the newly reformated 60s formula in a bottle and I got some in trade with Lofgrep. Thanks Peter!
Well, it pours pretty much the same in appearance except that I notice the head of foam is a good 2 finger with this one and the head retention is very good.
The nose has a similar maltiness to it but I'm also getting a decent amount of hop bitterness and that's a good thing.
Tastewise, The hops play a good role in the flavour as well as the nose. Sure, the malt is up front with some corny tones and some sweetish tones but dag nab it, then some nice hop bitterness moves in and it dominates the finish. Good aftertaste from those hops as well. A much better product than the cans that they have been putting out all these years and something that I could easily revisit. Darn drinkable and darn tasty. I like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2017
at 10:56
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
From old tasting notes. Bright honey gold color. Creamy white head. Pungent, vinous malty aroma. Flavor is initially bittersweet but fades quickly to become bland and listless. Light sour aftertaste.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2017
at 21:01
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
From old tasting notes. Bright medium gold color. Big bubbles lead to a creamy white head. Very light grainy malt nose with a hint of sour apple. Tart inoffensive malt/hop flavor. Some zest initially, but it fades quickly. Light dry finish.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2017
at 20:55
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Can shared at Cotteridge convention 05/03/2016. with thanks to Leighton. A pale yellow / straw coloured pour with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet pale grains, apple and corn. Harsh on the nose. Flavour is composed of sweet apple, adjunct, suhgary, high alcohol, Palate is semi sweet with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2017
at 14:38
8/10
Rating b/c of memory!
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2016
at 07:17
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 3.5
Can split at CCii, thanks LKS, 05/03/16. Clear golden with a well appointed off White cap. Nose is grain, lemon splash, cereals. Taste comprises apple pie, grain, straw, faint bread, trace of citric peel, fluoride, glue. Medium + bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a boost factor represented.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Mar 2016
at 03:08
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Can at Cotteridge Convention 2. Thanks to Leighton for this style whopper. Pours golden with thin white head which dissipates quickly. Aroma of corn, farts and apple. Tastes of varnish and apple and a little malt. Not the best.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2016
at 16:57