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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2.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 3
Looks ok, but smells of a yeast infection. Tastes like a standard forty pretty much, at least when it is relatively cold. Really, it is an ok forty with an unpronouncable name. I would drink this again I suppose.
Tried on 26 Nov 2006 at 12:38

1.1/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 1 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 0.5
Can and wish to godde I never had. To quote a good friend "Whoever called this ’near beer’ was a damn poor judge of distance. Drink water, cat urine, even bleach, but don’t drink this. I spat out the first swallow and wish I could rate this lower. I told Coenraad I would kill him if he poured this again. Fortunaltely I could wash the flavour out with Victory Pils. (My favourite pilsener.)
Tried from Can on 10 Nov 2006 at 01:28

3.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 3.5
As far as cheap American beers (not malt liquors) go, this is probably my favorite. It actually tastes like beer, not very good beer, but watery, cheap beer without much good flavour. I would buy this over Bud or Coors any day of the week. You also look like a hipster if you drink this, so that is cool. Apparently this used to be an OK beer in the 60s, but clearly not anymore.
Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2006 at 14:31

1.2/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 1 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
I wish I could give negative numbers for aroma, because surely this beer would deserve it. It smells horrible. It is the cheapest malt liquor in the store around where I live. It tastes bad and requires effort to actually drink. After my friends purchased it once I told them to never buy this rubbish again. But hey, it get you drunk and that is good I suppose, but so do things that taste better than this.
Tried on 29 Oct 2006 at 13:40

3.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Can: Poured a very light yellow color beer with a medium white bubbly head with average retention. Aroma of corn and adjunct is not surprisingly dominating. Taste is as bland as it can be done with no aftertaste at all (which is probably the purpose but does not provide me with any satisfaction.
Tried from Can on 25 Sep 2006 at 13:01

1.9/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1.5
My aunt had a can in her fridge, so I had to rate it. i have been giving her Hefes and wheats she likes. Nose has a corn note, pale gold with a small white head, a lillte malt in the flavor.
Tried from Can on 20 Aug 2006 at 19:20

4/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Clear yellow body with a large frothy white head. Aroma of sweet grain. Sweet grain flavor, light hints of honey. Hard to hate this when you live in Richmond.
Tried on 06 Jul 2006 at 21:32

3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
[Canned] Pale golden, small dense head. Fruity aroma with notes of vodka and clue. Sweet with mellow mouthfeel. Fairly clean flavour profile. There’s adjuncts in there, but not massive amounts of boiled vegetables, making it fairly drinkable, but oh so dull. No bitterness, and too sweet for it’s own good.
Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2006 at 06:28

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Draft: Better than a lot of the macro alternatives. Mild amount of flavor, malts, wheat, not much else. For whatever reason, it’s always cheaper than bud or coors... At least is has some taste, albeit not much.
Tried from Draft on 10 Jun 2006 at 10:37

3.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
40oz bottle from some store in the middle of nowhere Michigan, consumed out of a paper bag in the backseat of a car on 6/2/06. Deeply golden, with strong amber tints, really speaking to the heavy amount of corn syrup in it. Though I did not decant it, the head foamed up quite nicely in the bottle, very white and fluffy, with fair retention (no lacing). Ahem....The nose is a stale barley aroma, much like budweiser, without any note of hops. Highly cerealic graininess, though mushy and doused in corn syrup. Some very light crisp lager yeast notes are slighly redeeming. DMS is heavy from the outset though, with light rancid cabbage and huge amounts of black/white pepper. Sweetness, however, does not overwhelm, dosent have that typical medicinal/cough syrupiness. The flavor, at first, seems passable for a malt liquor, with a decent amount of real malt flavor, certainly bolstered by some biproducts of corn syrup fermentation, which, while not exactly pleasant, are acceptable for the style (plastic, light powderiness and vanilla). Everything goes right out the window, however, when you arrive at the finish, which is just a mouthfull of boiled yams, cabbage and stale, rancid corn. Huge DMS, alcohol and plastic, with a light stinging sensation makes you sorry that you ever took a sip. Just hugely chemical in nature and truly disgusting. Mouthfeel is highly carbonated, though less syrupy than many. Still, plenty of sugars make it through.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2006 at 14:48