Haffenreffer Private Stock Malt Liquor

Pabst Brewing Company
Brewed at Lion Brewery, Inc.
Style: Malt Liquor
Woodridge, Illinois USA

Light gold. The head died in quite the hurry. The aroma shows assloads of corn, hints of continental hop, light acetaledehyde and a little bit of higher alcohol harshness. Rather watery on the palate, with some toasted corn and stewed vegetables. Very mild hop bitterness allows the finish to have a hint of dryness, which helps because otherwise it goes down a lot like fizzy corn syrup.

Can. Yellowish colour, hardly any head. Rather weak and sweet aroma of malt and corn. Waterish bit sweet flavour of malt, corn and something uncomfortable that should not be in there...or maybe it should according to the brewer. A bad beerish product that warms up the stomach.

(Bottle, courtesy of mar via daknole) Pours a pale yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of grain and corn. Flavor of huskiness, grain, and cardboard.

Bottle... rusty cap... consumed on the rocks as suggested... I just read HoppityHop’s rating and agree that this could be a Ballentine Light... a Ballentine Super Light even. TheBeerLover popped open a 1946 vintage bottle of Ballentine Burton Ale last December and this was definitely reminiscent of that brew (although I rated the Ballentine fairly highly (would’ve been a 3.7 on Ratebeer) and I’m rating this one very low), but now I’m comparing 61 years old ales to ten-year-old lagers... anyway... Murky golden lager with a large, creamy, off-white head. Decent retention. The aroma is almost nondescript, but I was able to pull some stale perspiration with watered-down apple juice and a rumor of cardboard out of it. Tastes mainly like a stale ice cube made of water pulled from a rusty tap... sorry, that’s the best I can do. Thin and watery texture with only a hint of carbonation. Stale, flat finish. Strangely, not the worst beer I’ve ever tried, but it was definitely workin’ toward it. I think just one more year in that green bottle would’ve done the trick. I’m gonna start drinking all my beer on the rocks!

Pours gold with a generous white head. Smells of corn, rice, sweet. Tastes sweet and malty with lots of skunky hints.

A soft creamy palate belies the fact that you’re drinking a malt liquor. But the aroma of this filmy, urine-yellow brew jolts you back to reality. Smelling this is like landing in a talcum powder covered cornfield, and I know a bit about that (minus the powder). The flavor provides that diesel fuel taste that we’ve all come to enjoy in this style. Lovely.

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Interesting, this label indicates Narragansett Brewing Co. Wilkes-Barre, PA. I know Miller contracted to do this one for Pabst at one time, but usually they still put Milwaukee on the label somewhere. Straw color with a small lid of white bubbles. Light hops and alcohol aroma. Malt and grain flavor with some flavor hops to balance. Certainly does have a nobel hops presence. Alcohol takes over as it warms. Really a decent strong euro lager.

Can. Pale color with an average frothy white head that was mostly lasting with fair lacing. Light sour citrus hop aroma. Light body with a watery texture with soft carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a short sweet finish. Drinkable beer that met my expectations.