Heilemans Old Style Light

Pabst Brewing Company
Brewed at Miller Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Pale Lager
Woodridge, Illinois USA

I wish there was a Ratebeer rating for "value", as I would distinguish between ratings for beers I’d like to have on a desert island, and those that provide the best quality for the price. This is definitely a "value" beer, but a good one at that. At around $3.75 for a 6-pack of tall boys, Old Style Light is a light, easy-drinking beer. There is nothing offensive about the aroma, appearance or palate, although like many ’light’ beers, the flavor is pale and is best served cold. But compared to its similarly-priced peers in the cooler (High Life, Busch, Icehouse, etc.) the lower calories cut down on the heavy corn-brew tang. Add to that, Old Style Light is more "authentic" in Chicagoland than Pabst, and available on tap at Wrigley Field, to boot! Overall, a very affordable and drinkable domestic option where you can find it.

oh my gawd this has to be one of the worst lite beers in the world.... the only time i would drink this beer is if i were in the desert dying

Great taste of water but a typical bland beer not worth any serious beer drinker’s buy.

A typical light beer. Nothing exciting in here. I hope you are not looking for excitement from a light beer, but anyway………… Light pee yellow in color, small thin white head that fades quickly. Light sweet corn aroma with a geriatric little hop. As expected it is thin on the palate with a grainy watery, slightly sweet finish. Very little flavor in this fizzy beverage.

Straight from the can on a golf course in Iowa. Typical pale lager with a touch of bitterness and dryness. Not as horrible as some would have you believe, but certaily nothing special.

Had this beer on 6/6/2007. Aroma is a faint sweet malt scent. Color is a light gold light carbonation and a thin head. Taste is lie water. Starts with a very light body and goes down easy then finishes with a faint pils like taste. It just has no flavor.

This was the first beer I ever tasted as a kid, and the beer that kept me from ever trying another one until I was much older! I would rather go horribly thirsty than to put a mouthful of this down the hatch. Curse the Cubs for making this their official beer. If I could give a negative rating, this would warrant one.

poured into a mug. More head than I would have expected. Smells like any generic, really cheap light lager. Probably because it IS. Tastes like water, but there’s a tiny hint of an aftertaste that might resemble beer. Not good, but I can’t hate it because it reminds me of Cubs games and red plastic cups.