Heilemans Old Style

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

When, out of nowhere, the other day I had the opportunity to purchase a 4-pack of this, I thought back to the first time and place (August 2002, Wrigley Field) I had consumed this beer. The Cubbies had won the game that hot day on a two-run triple in the bottom of the ninth. This experience clearly made the beer seem better than it may actually have been. In retrospect, this beer sucks.

Eh, another Pabst product. Not any different from PBR, just in Chicago. Uneventful, but drinkable, so long as it’s cold...

The back-up beer for my parents when the local grocery store was out of Bud. Not much top it. You can drink it, if you want.

CAVEAT - Drank on a hot night at Wrigley Field. Few better places to sample a beer, so this one may be rated a bit high. Still, a clean taste with enough flavour to remind me that it was, in fact, a beer. Outside of Wrigley, I’m sure it doesn’t seem as refreshing and pleasant.

This was pretty tough to drink. The aroma was different and unpleasant, but I think part of this was due to the fact that beer was partially warm. Still, this is not something that I would drink often with so many other choices out there.

(Bottle) The officlal brew of the Chicago Cubs. Pours a pale yellow with a descent-sized foamy white head. Corn aroma. Flavor of malt, light hops, and a metallic finish.

Decent american lager. Nothing too special, kinda tastes like lacrosse lager.

I had this beer while my band toured Wisconsin. We stayed with some friends called the Buffalo Joe Band. We went to the rhtyhm guitars recording studio (which he dubbed "THE GARAGE MAHAL), and this is what he had to drink----a whole freakin’ fridge full of it. I guess is was their equivilant of Milwaukee’s Best (which, ironically I didn’t see anywhere up there). It wasn’t quite as bad as the Beast. It was actually sort of refreshing. After 10 or so, who cares anyway!! I guess my rating is tainted by the fact that I had such a good time while drinking this beer (after all, that’s what beer drinking is all about!!).