Pabst Blue Ribbon

PBR used to be considered in the same class as Iron City. Have they changed the recipe?
 
Unfortunately Iron City (my namesake) was bought out and not made in Pittsburgh anymore...nor is Rolling Rock which was made in Latrobe (just outside of Pgh).
 
PBR is pretty drinkable if it is 1/100th of a degree from freezing, otherwise it taste like a rinsed out can of creamed corn!
 
In the 1960s, Pabst Blue Ribbon was a sub-prime beer I would buy on sale. Others were Meister Brau, Blatz, and Carling's Black Label. They were drinkable and nothing more, I bought them if they were cheap enough. Something I'd take to a party where I planned to be smoking and not drinking.

A year ago I found Pabst on tap at my nearest corner bar with good burgers. I knew it was a resurrected brand name, but it was very cheap and I ordered a glass with my burger. It was vile.

My pick for cheap guzzling beer is Leinenkugel's. I'm talking about this one

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Their fancy varieties are overpriced. Old Milwaukee is drinkable. It's what Pabst was like 50 years ago.
 
I like Rainier beer. I've drank PBR, but it seemed to go stale quickly.
 
"Hipsters" drink PBR because it's cheap. That's it.

I prefer to drink craft beer or good imported beer most of the time, but every so often I'll drink an American macro beer. I've had most of the big name ones and some lesser known ones. Honestly just about every one of them tastes the same. Schlitz, Hamms, PBR, Coors, Bud, Miller High Life, Rolling Rock, Old Milwaukee, Milwaukee's Best, Busch, Natural, Coors Extra Gold.....all of these beers taste more or less the same: watery and foul. There are differences in color ranging from dark urine yellow to less dark urine yellow, differences in carbonation from light to medium carbonation, slight differences in alcohol content, but they're all close to 5% abv, and slight differences in taste, but really they're all more or less the same flavor profile.

I understand many people don't branch out and explore varieties of beer or specialty beers, but really everyone owes it to himself to try good beer. There is a world of difference between mass produced American Adjunct Lager (AAL) and other beer varieties. If you're just in it to get drunk there's good news! Many craft beers reach 11% abv. I tend to drink craft beers at 7% abv or above because they tend to have more flavor and "heavier body" than lower alcohol beers (they aren't watery, basically).

So many people think Guinness is a dark, "heavy" beer, but in reality the one most people are familiar with, Guinness Draught, is 4.2% abv, which is the same or close to abv for light beers. Guinness is watery. If anyone tells you it isn't watery then you know that they're used to drinking AALs, because Guinness is not watery only in comparison to beers that are, more or less, carbonated water with some alcohol in there.

If you want a beer that is not watery and is actually dark, try Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout made by North Coast Brewing. It's 9% abv, and what I would consider a "heavy" beer. Drink an Old Rasputin and you'll laugh when anyone tells you Guinness is "heavy" or "thick". Try barleywine ales, imperial stouts, porters, Belgian Quadruple ales, and then see if you think Guinness is "heavy". About the only good Guinness offering I've found is their foreign extra: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/209/752. It's 7.5% abv so it has some nice body to it.
 
Fanglekai said:
"Hipsters" drink PBR because it's cheap. That's it.

I prefer to drink craft beer or good imported beer most of the time, but every so often I'll drink an American macro beer. I've had most of the big name ones and some lesser known ones. Honestly just about every one of them tastes the same. Schlitz, Hamms, PBR, Coors, Bud, Miller High Life, Rolling Rock, Old Milwaukee, Milwaukee's Best, Busch, Natural, Coors Extra Gold.....all of these beers taste more or less the same: watery and foul. There are differences in color ranging from dark urine yellow to less dark urine yellow, differences in carbonation from light to medium carbonation, slight differences in alcohol content, but they're all close to 5% abv, and slight differences in taste, but really they're all more or less the same flavor profile.

I understand many people don't branch out and explore varieties of beer or specialty beers, but really everyone owes it to himself to try good beer. There is a world of difference between mass produced American Adjunct Lager (AAL) and other beer varieties. If you're just in it to get drunk there's good news! Many craft beers reach 11% abv. I tend to drink craft beers at 7% abv or above because they tend to have more flavor and "heavier body" than lower alcohol beers (they aren't watery, basically).

So many people think Guinness is a dark, "heavy" beer, but in reality the one most people are familiar with, Guinness Draught, is 4.2% abv, which is the same or close to abv for light beers. Guinness is watery. If anyone tells you it isn't watery then you know that they're used to drinking AALs, because Guinness is not watery only in comparison to beers that are, more or less, carbonated water with some alcohol in there.

If you want a beer that is not watery and is actually dark, try Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout made by North Coast Brewing. It's 9% abv, and what I would consider a "heavy" beer. Drink an Old Rasputin and you'll laugh when anyone tells you Guinness is "heavy" or "thick". Try barleywine ales, imperial stouts, porters, Belgian Quadruple ales, and then see if you think Guinness is "heavy". About the only good Guinness offering I've found is their foreign extra: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/209/752. It's 7.5% abv so it has some nice body to it.
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All true but some folks just like a watery 4.2 I personally hate most macros and am sitting here drinking a Founders Breakfast Stout at 8:48PM! Guinness is a popular session beer as you can drink 'em all night and still play darts. Try that with Old Rasputin and you'll be throwing darts at the wall! I'd rather have 2 full bodied beers than a 6 pack of corn squeezin's any day.
 
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