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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3/10
Tried from Can on 13 Apr 2018 at 21:44

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
On Tap at Homestead, Meridian. Clear golden yellow witha lasting soapy white ehad and lacing. Looks like a PBR Standard light cereal malts witha hint of some actual hops. A step in the right direction.
Tried from Draft on 06 Apr 2018 at 02:04

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
24 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 2/5/2018. Pours fairly crystal clear pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and mild herbal/grassy earthiness. Pretty fruity aromas, but not too overwhelming. Okay aromas with pale malt/corn and light earthy hop notes, with solid strength. Taste of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and mild herbal/grassy earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness of pale malt/corn and light earthy hop flavors; with a nice 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. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.75%. Overall this is a nice pale adjunct lager. All around nice robustness of pale malt/corn and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. Very flavorful, never watery for the ABV, and not overdone on adjuncts. Clean pale malt/grains and decent earthy hop presence/balance. A nicely enjoyable offering, and great style example. One of the best macros AALs I have had so far.
Tried from Can on 05 Apr 2018 at 23:40

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Pounder: Grass and orange peel nose. Clear amber, thick head, good lace. Grainy, hint of grass, a little vegetal. Fusel alcohol on the back end. Light body, easy carbonation. Nice try, but no.
Tried on 02 Apr 2018 at 01:17

6.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can. Orange, biscuit malt, light pine, and orange peel aroma. Golden yellow with large off-white head. Moderately sweet orange, creamy biscuit malt, and mildly bitter orange peel/pine flavor. Okay body. Not bad - a decent effort.
Tried from Can on 25 Mar 2018 at 21:05

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can dated, I believe February 5th. 0836 is part of the second set of numbers.

Pours a crystal clear pale gold with an impressive and long lasting head of foam. Lacing isn't lacking.

The smell is light. Grainy, light grass, nothing more that I can discern.

Taste is more assertive. Grainy but not corny or sweet, bitter in a mostly non descript way; if pressed, I'd say grassy. Not balanced in any way but I find it surprisingly drinkable.

Mouthfeel is good. Good APA overall. Still, I would much rather have Old Tankard at my beck and call.
Tried from Can on 12 Mar 2018 at 01:48

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
16 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 2/12/2018. Pours fairly crystal clear golden/amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pear, melon, red apple, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, white bread dough, light honey/toast, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pear, melon, red apple, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, white bread dough, light honey/toast, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Lingering notes of grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pear, melon, red apple, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, white bread dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly clean finishing. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a delicious American pale ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Very classic tasting APA with Cascade/Liberty hops. Nicely juicy balanced citrus/earthy hop complexity, with a nice bready malt backbone. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2018 at 22:01

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Good for the curiosity factor, I guess, but little else. Thin, watery pale ale, with a strangely pilsner-ish hop profile and malts that still taste closer to an adjunct lager than anything belonging in a quality APA. Corn and mild hints of toasted grain form the base, while the finish grows bitter and floral, but not in any enjoyable sense. Better than PBR, but what isn't?
Tried on 01 Mar 2018 at 03:48

3.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 3
Botella de @Supermercado, Oviedo 04/02/2018
Color amarillo claro, aromas metalicos, sabor cereal metalico, lager industrial.
Tried on 19 Feb 2018 at 20:51

2/10
Tried on 18 Feb 2018 at 14:26