Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR)

Name: Pabst Blue Ribbon
Style: American Adjunct Lager
Owner: Pabst

BeerAdvocate Rating: 68 (Poor)
RateBeer Rating: 2,19
ABV: 4.74%

"This is the ORIGINAL Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer.  Nature's choicest products provide its prized flavor.  Only the finest of hops and grains are used.  Selected as America's Best in 1893."

Pabst has been brewing this beer since 1844, beginning in Milwaukee but this is not the one that made it famous.  

Lauded by hipsters, hillbillies and Dennis Hopper, PBR is experiencing a resurgence in popularity in the new millennium.   PBR is brewed under contract by MillerCoors since Pabst no longer has any breweries of its own.  For years it was held as the quintessential "blue-collar" beer, found wherever particular people really didn't congregate.  I'm convinced that one really should be sporting a trucker hat while drinking PBR, whether you wear it as honest attire or ironically.

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Heineken!? Fuck that shit! PABST. BLUE. RIBBON!!!

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PBR is definitely a value brand.  It is a corn-heavy adjunct lager that is cheap to produce and consume.  Its full body and inoffensive taste make it a good "lawnmower" beer when funds are low.

Serving:
Aggressively poured from a 25oz can into a Wine Enthusiast Steady-Temp Double Wall Beer Glass.  The glass relived its college days.

Appearance:
Pours a solid straw color with a fizzy white head that disappears without a trace, sort of like a ninja.  It sounds like a soda when poured into a glass.

Smell:
Very pale malt and cooked vegetables.  Hints of grass and the slightest bit of alcohol.  Nothing too off about it.

Taste:
Once again, the pale malt presents itself, with a substantial dose of corn.  The vegetal presence is presented here as it is on the nose, but it falls far short of offensive.  The slightest touch of generic hops balances out the beer so that it is neither sweet nor bitter.

Mouthfeel:
Very light for a "regular" beer, lots of carbonation and slightly astringent on the finish.

Overall:
For the price, you really can't complain.  Despite the vegetal smell and taste, it goes down fairly easy and doesn't leave any lingering disappointment in its flavor.  However, many a person will report lingering disappointment with the events that came after drinking too much of the red, white and blue.  I stop short of recommending this as a daily drinker or something to seek out, but you could make far worse choices.

But if you're ever at a party with Scuzz Twittly, listen for the Telecaster and just be careful, because he's rather protective of his cheap beer.