Milwaukees Best

Brewed by Miller Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Pale Lager
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Ok. I have always been confused by the snooty armchair brewers of this world’s collective opinion of Milwaukee’s Best. All of you guys seem to typically agree on the shortcomings of the American macrobrew when it comes to the standards, but with the "Beast" there is definitely a divergence in opinion about why it is so bad. On the one side, you have those claiming the old gal has no flavor or character. On the other, you have those who say the flavor is loud and caustic to the point of causing permenant injury, which is actually an opposing complaint. The real story is-get ready-if you a.) are used to drinking beer-I mean if you can stomach beer in the first place other than Bud Light with Lime or Mic Ultra; b.) are not accustomed to bartenders feeling compelled to add decorative plastic toys to your drinks; c.) English is your first language, and; d.) you either curse or fondly remember the day that you or someone in your immediate family supported the efforts of any of the following: Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, GHW Bush, Clinton, GW Bush, or Obama, the flavor of Milwaukee’s Best should not be unbearable. If it makes you gag, just admit you aren’t the beer drinking sort (ironically enough, Bud Light-ophiles and micro sippers both have the same approximation of MB’s flavor)-you can like a couple of beers without being a beer guy. There just isn’t enough there to qualify this beer as disgusting. Having said that, it does have a flavor. It is a lowest common denominator American beer taste that does not lower itself to being comparable to malt liquor. It has a mildly hoppy taste and isn’t sweet or extremely bitter. It doesn’t smell great, but it won’t make you puke to take a big ol’ whiff. It looks like cheap beer (but beer nonetheless). If you honestly like beer, you should have no problem being able to take down a sixer of MB if you were forced to in some bizarre theoretical circumstance and not suffer any digestive consequences. It is not anyone’s favorite. It is cheap. It, however, has an appreciable flavor and it is a decent agree to disagree choice for those who really, honestly enjoy beer.

This piss beer is called "Milwaukee’s Beast" for a very good reason.

Just plain bad. Weak and watery as it was, it somehow managed to attack my tongue a bit with some sort of bite. An offensive product.

The worst beer I’ve ever had. I don’t care how cheap you are, it’s not worth the price.

Don’t you love the way Miller likes to use some folks as test subjects? Can’t you see some exec in an office saying, "let’s see if they will drink piss from a can?"

I took a media class in college, and they taught us that it’s illegal for any product to say it was "better" than other products, because that’s a subjective claim. But it’s OK to say it’s the "best" because that could mean that all the products are equal - whether equally good or equally bad. I guess this is the proof.

Pale, bitter, and overly carbonated. It’s slightly more bitter than a typical light beer, but other than that it tastes the same as BudLight, Miller Lite, or any other "no taste beer". Avoid unless you’re drunk, or need something to quench your thrist after a long days work.

The Beast is one of the worst beers to ever grace the planet. Even when I actually enjoyed drinking pale lagers on a regular basis, I couldn’t stomach this one. It tastes like watery vomit.