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Old Milwaukee Ice
Pabst Brewing Company
- From:
- Pabst Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #301 - ABV:
- 5.9%
- Score:
- 54
Ranked #28,531 - Avg:
- 2.06 | pDev: 39.32%
- Reviews:
- 31
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 04, 2023
- Added:
- Dec 09, 2002
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 6
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Reviewed by Metalfingers
5/5 rDev +142.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +142.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Ice beer is never going to be high end. Judging this against a craft IPA is a mistake because it’s made to be cheap and get you drunk. Compared to other ice beers at the same price point I was very pleasantly surprised by how not-terrible this tastes.
Dec 02, 2022Reviewed by Reidrover from Oregon
3/5 rDev +45.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +45.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Olde Tyme review here from circa 1994.
OK just arrived in the USA with wife poor as f&ck. Got some dilapidated duplex in Hapeville GA. half the houses were boarded up..that kinda place.
Found pout St Ides and OE800 40s at 79 cents were the drink of the neighborhood which i happily joined on a Friday evening.'
Came back to work and my wife was smiling..and handed me a 6'er of this beer Milwaukee Ice..$1.99 a six..and you know compared the MLs it was a nice beer..have to tell you summer of 94 went through a ton of this stuff..actually sad it is gone!
Nov 20, 2019OK just arrived in the USA with wife poor as f&ck. Got some dilapidated duplex in Hapeville GA. half the houses were boarded up..that kinda place.
Found pout St Ides and OE800 40s at 79 cents were the drink of the neighborhood which i happily joined on a Friday evening.'
Came back to work and my wife was smiling..and handed me a 6'er of this beer Milwaukee Ice..$1.99 a six..and you know compared the MLs it was a nice beer..have to tell you summer of 94 went through a ton of this stuff..actually sad it is gone!
Reviewed by Bouleboubier from New Jersey
4.1/5 rDev +99%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.1/5 rDev +99%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
(16 oz can, OCT1419; purchased cold single... poured into fat tulip)
L: brilliantly-clear, pale yellow-amber liquid; rather tall, 2-finger high, relatively dense, white foam... slow collapse of foam, rocky center, then incredibly thick, crusty collar left, actually some long bands of lace... looks superb!
S: expected lightly-spiced, doughy aromas, with perhaps faint almond, vanilla notes... nutty, granola grain most dominant, but overall potency is a touch too mellow
T: richly malty, but relatively dry on the back end, not to mention that overtone of lightly caramel-y nuttiness, almost like a biscotto... a couple sips in, and a semi-bold, mildly herbal, cooling bitterness takes hold in the aftertaste, faint sweetish booze hanging in the back; balanced well... vaguely industrial Belgian tripel esters/phenols - great in a malt liquor, but lame in an actual tripel
F: as a malt liquor, this has a perfectly silky-smooth, lightly-luscious body, with a hearty quiet afterglow - for an AAL, it may have too rich of an initial contact, but falls short of any residual syrupy drag, though it ain't bone dry either... just divine, good grief; sipper or slurper, it does both
O: either one of the best ice beers I've had (if not the best), or a perfect marriage was made between liquid (and temp) and glass... I got a sort of 2-for-1 deal on these cans - tempted to have the other right after this, but I may need a nap after (1516)
Sep 25, 2019L: brilliantly-clear, pale yellow-amber liquid; rather tall, 2-finger high, relatively dense, white foam... slow collapse of foam, rocky center, then incredibly thick, crusty collar left, actually some long bands of lace... looks superb!
S: expected lightly-spiced, doughy aromas, with perhaps faint almond, vanilla notes... nutty, granola grain most dominant, but overall potency is a touch too mellow
T: richly malty, but relatively dry on the back end, not to mention that overtone of lightly caramel-y nuttiness, almost like a biscotto... a couple sips in, and a semi-bold, mildly herbal, cooling bitterness takes hold in the aftertaste, faint sweetish booze hanging in the back; balanced well... vaguely industrial Belgian tripel esters/phenols - great in a malt liquor, but lame in an actual tripel
F: as a malt liquor, this has a perfectly silky-smooth, lightly-luscious body, with a hearty quiet afterglow - for an AAL, it may have too rich of an initial contact, but falls short of any residual syrupy drag, though it ain't bone dry either... just divine, good grief; sipper or slurper, it does both
O: either one of the best ice beers I've had (if not the best), or a perfect marriage was made between liquid (and temp) and glass... I got a sort of 2-for-1 deal on these cans - tempted to have the other right after this, but I may need a nap after (1516)
Rated by JPNesker from Canada (ON)
2.35/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.35/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Booze overwhelms AAL
Nov 08, 2016Reviewed by JoLight from Georgia
3.31/5 rDev +60.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.31/5 rDev +60.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
(Poured into a small tasting glass)
Thick, white, frothy head. Lots of bubbles. Yellow-golden. Clear. Spotty lacing.
Aroma: citrusy/fruity??? Sweet, indistinguishable grain. A little breadiness.
The flavor has some of that typical gummy ice beer flavor. Overall, the flavor is tepidly light, like the regular Old Milwaukee.
The mouthfeel is too thinly carbonated for the style.
The finish is crisp, refreshing, light and watery, and fairly dry.
Aug 22, 2016Thick, white, frothy head. Lots of bubbles. Yellow-golden. Clear. Spotty lacing.
Aroma: citrusy/fruity??? Sweet, indistinguishable grain. A little breadiness.
The flavor has some of that typical gummy ice beer flavor. Overall, the flavor is tepidly light, like the regular Old Milwaukee.
The mouthfeel is too thinly carbonated for the style.
The finish is crisp, refreshing, light and watery, and fairly dry.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
1.96/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 2.25 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
1.96/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 2.25 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Yellow pour with almost no head. Aroma was massively like fusel alcohol. Didn't come off like the beer ingredients. No malt, hop smells.
Taste was still harsh. There's some sweetness like corn in it. Drink this one cold. Lots of carbonation all over it. Gets a lot more bitter as it warms, and it isn't a hop flavor bitter.
Mar 21, 2016Taste was still harsh. There's some sweetness like corn in it. Drink this one cold. Lots of carbonation all over it. Gets a lot more bitter as it warms, and it isn't a hop flavor bitter.
Old Milwaukee Ice from Pabst Brewing Company
Beer rating:
54 out of
100 with
91 ratings
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