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Schlitz (Classic 1960's Formula)
Pabst Brewing Company
- From:
- Pabst Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #21 - ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #25,871 - Avg:
- 3.55 | pDev: 18.31%
- Reviews:
- 302
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 05, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 13, 2008
- Wants:
- 117
- Gots:
- 79
Brewed under contract for Pabst by Miller Brewing Co.
"Classic 1960's Formula" Schlitz Gusto reintroduced in 2008. 12 oz. bottles, 16 oz. "tallboy" cans, and draft.
Original Schlitz in 12 oz. cans and draft:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/106/263
"Classic 1960's Formula" Schlitz Gusto reintroduced in 2008. 12 oz. bottles, 16 oz. "tallboy" cans, and draft.
Original Schlitz in 12 oz. cans and draft:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/106/263
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Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
3.28/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.28/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours straw yellow with a fluffy white head that dissipates quickly. Smells of cereal grain, not much else. Tastes of plain grain, not much else stands out but fuller than most. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, an above average beer.
Mar 05, 2024Reviewed by MKE_Chief
4.55/5 rDev +28.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.55/5 rDev +28.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
A fantastic AAL, and my favorite overall. Well balanced, as its not too bitter, malty, or metallic. It has the right amount of foam, and the color is as expected for a AAL. I highly recommend this to be poured from the can to a glass.
Jan 10, 2024Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.83/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Can purchased and drank at Prohibition Pig in Waterbury, VT.
This one pours a very clear golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This just smells like every classic old man lager – corn, light sweetness, and some breadiness, and just that general cheap lager smell.
As these things go, this is pretty solid, with a lightly sweet and very crisp taste to it – it goes down smooth, no off flavors, just a general smoothed out low key taste to it.
This is really crisp and very drinkable – it wouldn’t be hard to have a few of those.
I don’t love Pro Pig’s beers, and this was the only option that wasn’t brewed by them. I’m not mad at the choice!
Jun 06, 2023This one pours a very clear golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This just smells like every classic old man lager – corn, light sweetness, and some breadiness, and just that general cheap lager smell.
As these things go, this is pretty solid, with a lightly sweet and very crisp taste to it – it goes down smooth, no off flavors, just a general smoothed out low key taste to it.
This is really crisp and very drinkable – it wouldn’t be hard to have a few of those.
I don’t love Pro Pig’s beers, and this was the only option that wasn’t brewed by them. I’m not mad at the choice!
Reviewed by hybridnoisebloom from Wisconsin
4.48/5 rDev +26.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.48/5 rDev +26.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
underneath the pretty unremarkable smell and old-school packaging lies maybe the platonic ideal of the american pisslager. schlitz is a beer that does one thing and does it well: it's a simple, reasonably priced corn-adjunct lager. nothing more, nothing less. and within that framework i think it is among the best if not the outright best. sweet corn adjunct with slightly metallic hops. kinda vegetal and grassy, in a good way.
cheap pisslager appreciators: i have seen the light, and it is schlitz.
Jun 07, 2022cheap pisslager appreciators: i have seen the light, and it is schlitz.
Reviewed by angrybabboon from Massachusetts
2.12/5 rDev -40.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.12/5 rDev -40.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Consumed 5/16/22
Yellow gold, crystal clear, pours with a medium-large bright white head, retains a small cap, leaves some lacing
An odd mix of aromas and flavors that are unfortunately common for this style including white bread, overcooked corn, microwaved vegetables, hints of grain, hints of malt extract, virtually nothing resembling hops, slight sour, low sweetness but with a lingering residual sweetness
Medium body, not really crisp but definitely not smooth, medium carbonation
I remember drinking this like 12 years ago and thinking it was not too bad. This has been an unpleasant revisit, as there is little positive I have to say about this beer. It certainly has more flavor than some other macros, but the flavors are not exactly endearing. Maybe I'll try again in 2034.
May 17, 2022Yellow gold, crystal clear, pours with a medium-large bright white head, retains a small cap, leaves some lacing
An odd mix of aromas and flavors that are unfortunately common for this style including white bread, overcooked corn, microwaved vegetables, hints of grain, hints of malt extract, virtually nothing resembling hops, slight sour, low sweetness but with a lingering residual sweetness
Medium body, not really crisp but definitely not smooth, medium carbonation
I remember drinking this like 12 years ago and thinking it was not too bad. This has been an unpleasant revisit, as there is little positive I have to say about this beer. It certainly has more flavor than some other macros, but the flavors are not exactly endearing. Maybe I'll try again in 2034.
Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan
2.16/5 rDev -39.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
2.16/5 rDev -39.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Lives up to its reputation.
I haven’t had a beer this intentionally bad in a long, long time. There was a vegetal, sickly sweet taste to it, like the water from boiling corn and frozen chopped veggies, then mixed with an artificial sweetener. I couldn’t finish it.
Jan 12, 2022I haven’t had a beer this intentionally bad in a long, long time. There was a vegetal, sickly sweet taste to it, like the water from boiling corn and frozen chopped veggies, then mixed with an artificial sweetener. I couldn’t finish it.
Reviewed by Raime from Korea (North)
3.47/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.47/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Late night sixer to celebrate the Dodgers clinching a postseason birth. Random sixer grabbed at MLP. Intrigued by the rating.
Look - Dark golden with a twonfinger head of egg white froth. Stick is moderate. High carbonation.
Smell - Your usual suspects. Adjuncy with some sweetness.
Taste - As described above though sweeter than your typical run of the mill AAL.
Feel - Where it stands above the others. Super smooth, not overly carbonated in the mouth or on the swallow. Flavors retain but the sweetness is nice as it lingers around long after the swallow.
Overall - Solid AAL. If this were available in a reasonably priced 30/24/15 pack I'd likely make it my regular over high life due to several factors. 1. The carbonation isn't overbearing and won't screw with my stomach as I continue to indulge. And 2. Thay sweetness was a very nice effect. Not quite as good as Estrella Damm which imo is the greatest AAL I've ever had. But good nontheless. Likely up there with Toña and other random AAL that have pleasantly surprised me over the years. Do think some of the immediate reviews are giving bonus points for their perceived nostalgia but whatever.
Sep 15, 2021Look - Dark golden with a twonfinger head of egg white froth. Stick is moderate. High carbonation.
Smell - Your usual suspects. Adjuncy with some sweetness.
Taste - As described above though sweeter than your typical run of the mill AAL.
Feel - Where it stands above the others. Super smooth, not overly carbonated in the mouth or on the swallow. Flavors retain but the sweetness is nice as it lingers around long after the swallow.
Overall - Solid AAL. If this were available in a reasonably priced 30/24/15 pack I'd likely make it my regular over high life due to several factors. 1. The carbonation isn't overbearing and won't screw with my stomach as I continue to indulge. And 2. Thay sweetness was a very nice effect. Not quite as good as Estrella Damm which imo is the greatest AAL I've ever had. But good nontheless. Likely up there with Toña and other random AAL that have pleasantly surprised me over the years. Do think some of the immediate reviews are giving bonus points for their perceived nostalgia but whatever.
Reviewed by MrFitgers from South Dakota
3.69/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
People are far too critical of the Schlitz, Pabst and Grain Belts of the USA. These beers have a style & history of their own and should be appreciated for what they are.
Jul 01, 2021Reviewed by alson from Michigan
4.69/5 rDev +32.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.69/5 rDev +32.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I started drinking Schlitz while in the Navy 1967. Back in Michigan in later years I started drinking it again, still tasted real good on a hot day. Now it can't be bought where I live for the last 3 years or so. Used to go cross the border to Indiana to find it, I sure miss it.
Apr 20, 2021
Schlitz (Classic 1960's Formula) from Pabst Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
576 ratings
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