omhper (45152) reviewed Blue Ribbon from Pabst Brewing Company 19 years ago
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.
jake65 (5819) reviewed Blue Ribbon from Pabst Brewing Company 19 years ago
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.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Big Bear from Pabst Brewing Company 19 years ago
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.
radagast83 (13601) reviewed Blue Ribbon from Pabst Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
It’s not that good any way you look at it. Cheap drink, but you get what you pay for it.
McDermottDrink (4627) reviewed Blatz from Pabst Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Draft, at Tom’s Place, Lemont, IL. I have no history with Blatz in my underage drinking or impoverished student days, so this review comes with no baggage, except my surprise at finding it not only on tap, but finding a bar with an old Blatz sign out front. In a pint shaker ($2.25), it shows that familiar pale straw color under a thin macro head. But there’s a noticeable lager malt taste here. Some corn adjunct, but I didn’t find it distracting. And just enough bitterness for an uncomplicated finish. Probably never a great beer, probably not the same recipe for generations, but I wonder if, when it’s being contract-brewed, Miller doesn’t mess around trying to "modernize" it.
Irishboy (4684) reviewed Blue Ribbon from Pabst Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Gold with a gold tinge toit’s white head.Malty aroma with a malt flavor. You can taste a tiny bit of hop bitterness in the aftertaste.
jcwattsrugger (14801) reviewed Schmidt Beer from Pabst Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 oz can-pours a medium thickness white head. Color is straw, pale-yellow. Aroma is mild grain. Taste is mild grain, good carbonation. Nice finish. Nice taste. This has been one of my regular beers for years. I didn’t have any on hand a few months ago when I started doing ratebeer entries. This is the first time I have had Schmidt’s in a few months, I still like it! For the price it should get a higher rating, but this is supposed to be only about the beer.
shrubber (15840) reviewed Schmidt Beer from Pabst Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Can. Cases are usually pretty cool with some sort of outdoor scene plus it’s the beer they drank on "Grumpy Old Men". Malt aroma and flavor. High carbonation. Just as good as BMC at 60% of the cost.
shrubber (15840) reviewed Pearl from Pabst Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Another small brewery beer swallowed by Miller. Still drinkable but doesn’t seem to be as good as prior to the take-over. It may just be my prejudice but it’s not the beer it used to be and the one Robert Earl Keen sings about.
jcwattsrugger (14801) reviewed Blue Ribbon from Pabst Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
pours a medium white head that retains a thin layer. Mild flavor but finishes with a bite.