Pabst Brewing Company

Client Brewer in San Antonio, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Pabst Brewery - Out of business

Established in 1844

Contact
110 E Houston St., San Antonio, TX, 78205, United States
Description
In 1996 Pabst, once one of the largest breweries in the United States closed down its production in Milwaukee after 152 years. Since then Pabst’s legacy brands like Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR), Old Milwaukee, Lone Star, Rainier, Stroh’s, Old Style and Schlitz are brewed under contract by third parties. For nearly two decades, MillerCoors brews and distributes all of Pabst's beers under an agreement. In 2019, it has entered with City Brewing Company into a 20-year contract production agreement until 2040. Pabst will gradually transfer from 2021 until 2024 its production from MillerCoors to City Brewing.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 6
Clearance rack at Albertsons, $4 for a six pack. Clear golden pour, fizzy head. Aroma is pickle juice, dill. Taste seems toned down compared to the aroma, sour, dill, and pale malts .
Tried from Can from Albertson's (Various Locations) on 04 Jun 2026 at 01:28

2.3/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 1.5 Texture 6 Overall 1.5
Disconcertingly sweet, lacking much in the department of briney dill goodness. Pickle-ish, sure, but mostly a watered-down gimmick beer. Who authorized this?
Tried from Can on 14 May 2026 at 20:25

5.6/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
12 oz can. Aroma is garlic, dill. Taste is garlicky with dill not as pronounced. Thin and watery. Way too much garlic.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2026 at 02:08

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
0.355 l can from a kiosk in Munich. Pale golden. Aroma is lightly grainy and floral. Flavour is very thin grainy with a floral and slightly perfumy hint. Thin, watery, moderate carbonation, not creamy, quite drinkable. Moderate dry abrupt finish. Clean.
Tried from Can on 03 May 2026 at 00:14

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 5 Overall 6
Bought locally, best by June 28th 2026.

Pours very pale straw gold, small head of foam, retention is not bad, as is the lacing.

Smell is sweet grain, touch of grass, not much to it. It's a light beer.

Taste is sweet, grainy, touch of grass, very thin body, lively carbonation.

I tried it so it is off my list.
Tried on 18 Feb 2026 at 15:12

4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4.5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
16oz can, free from Woodman's. Vile, insipid stuff. The aroma is terrible, corn syrup, general factory nastiness. Sweet, corn flavor. Just all around a terrible product.
Tried on 11 Oct 2025 at 22:44

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Not the best, it is a boring product, a kind of juice of malt, few hop, watery, barely drinkable, better to put some cents more, 19.03.17
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2025 at 13:10

3.4/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
Golden yellow with small, short-lasting head. Corn, barley malt, and light grass aroma. Mildly sweet barley malt and very mildly bitter grass flavor. Light body. Decent for what it is - better than Michelob Ultra.
Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2025 at 22:02

5.3/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 6
16 oz can to glass at The Peanut in Mission, Kansas. The pour is a clear golden, a touch on the paler side, with a foamy white head that falls quickly. The aroma is soft grain, malt sweetness and just a whisper of floral. The taste is the cereal grain malt, softly sweet, and a touch of earthiness. The palate is light bodied, active carbonation and a mostly clean sweetish finish. Easier drinking than most American Light beers, though still pretty bland.
Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2025 at 00:32

4.5/10
96 calories, but 30 points for quality
Tried from Can on 07 Aug 2025 at 09:10