Pabst Blue Ribbon

Pros: Low Price
Cons: Flavor; Appearance; Aroma; Everything Else

Note: This is my write- off entry for "I Can't Believe I Bought This Piece of Junk", hosted by Epinions members Hawgwyld, Ariel10575, and Joubert. Be sure to read the entries posted by the other participants, who are listed below


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Pros: It's cheap.
Cons: It's cheap.

Imagine, if you will, stopping by your neighborhood Wendy’s for a hamburger. You place your order and wait patiently for it to be filled. To your surprise, you see a Wendy’s employee in the back room with an armful of Burger King bags. He unpacks them...

Pros: cheap, shocks the pundits
Cons: not much in the way of flavor or character

Many Philly bars have a drink special that is simply known as the "Special". This special is a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon and a shot of whiskey. Often time this special can be had for as little as two or three dollars. It is a cheap way to ...

Pros: Cheap - in this case, verrry cheap
Cons: It's not exactly Sam Adams

“Need a penny, take a penny,” said the small, handwritten note on the liquor store counter. Immediately, I interpreted this saintly gentleman’s generosity as an offer of “need a beer, take a beer.” For I had no need of a dull copper ...

Pros: Cheap! Tasty! Tough!
Cons: Doesn't mix well with food....

On any given Friday or Saturday night, you can catch me with an ice cold can of PBR in hand. It's kind of cheesy, to be sure, but I've got several reasons to justify my drink of choice:

1. Price. My PBR habit was born out of pure...

Pros: It's cheap!
Cons: You'll hate yourself in the morning

People are actually on here speaking well of Pabst? That's pretty odd. This beer is just plain awful. Pabst may be better than a kick in the groin, but not by much.

I well remember the first (and last) time I bought Pabst. I had about three...

Pros: Pros? It wins the coveted "Stinky Seal of Hatred."
Cons: Keep away unless you're a bum or broke college kid.

A good way to tell if you're a hopeless drunk is to swill this garbage on a regular basis. If you go for low prices and quantity over a couple of extra bucks and quality, you might need some help. Unless you're a skid row bum or a broke college kid, you...

Pros: inexpensive
Cons: too many to say

For those who have read my other "beer reviews," you all know I love beer. I love to drink exquisite beers and ales. After a hard day at school or at parties with my friends, drinking a cold, great-tasting ale is always in order.

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Pros: cheap and wont kill you the next day
Cons: trust me, just don't try to drink it any way but cold

Pabst Blue Ribbon has found a spot in my heart and it isn't stopping the blood flow. This is one of the true 'American' Beers, the kind of beer that has brought us through wars and droughts. This beer has survived the worst parts of our countries...

Pros: Cheap, Not as bad as Bud, Goes well with the Mekons
Cons: not a knockdown taste

Although I am primarily a music reviewer, I do love beer...and I feel a certain moral obligation to direct those discerning music listeners to beers which perfectly sum up feelings, etc, of particular bands. Today's Band: Leeds punk legends the...

Pros: none
Cons: everything about this beer

I once recieved a 12-pack of this beer as punishment for losing a bowling game. The winner got a 12-pack of Newcastle and the lowest a 12-pack of Pabst. Suffice it to say, I threw the game thinking that any beer is better than nothing.

I...

Pros: Cheap, drinking 150 years hertiage, goes down easy
Cons: So-so taste, take a lot of heat from drinking cheap beer

Pabst has been around has long as I can remember and a matter fact as long as my dad can remember. I think this is the beer for someone who tends to drink more than your typical beer drinker. The quality of this brew is so-so. But you get for what you...

Pros: Makes Oklahoma family reunions much more comfy
Cons: Many if not purchased for the above reasons

If you's is eva go in to a tend a white trash party, this is the huckleberry of a prop. Only Pabst Blue Ribbon can coincide perfectly with wife beater's( a type of undershirt named this for a reason), missing teeth, and incestual couples.

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Pros: Unique taste, relatively cheap, good buzz
Cons: Smells a little funny, not a politically correct beer

Pabst Blue Ribbon.............it brings back memories of my dad having a few while watching Dizzy Dean announcing the baseball game on black and white television back in the 1960's. Evidently it was good enough for Dizzy and absolutely a big hit with my ...

Pros: It is cheap and cool!
Cons: You kiddin me mister?

I've been a beer drinker since I was a Boy Scout so let me tell ya, I have swilled my share in my day brother! Yet never have I enjoyed a beer quite like PBR. I first started drinkin it just because it was cheap, and it is cheap! Around 5.99 for a ...

Pros: Taste, Goes Well with Meat Meals
Cons: None

What will you have? Pabst Blue Ribbon!
This is a full flavored, grainy tasting beer. It is an excellent beer for picnics and outdoor barbeques. It goes well with any meat meal. Steaks, burgers, hot dogs; you name it. It will leave you feeling...

Pros: CHEAP-CHEAP-CHEAP.
Cons: tastes better out of a bottle

I was a devout SAm Adams drinker. Nothing could sway me. I remember visiting New Orleans and finding one or two bars Only that served SAmmys and I was distraught.
Then I had a baby and quit my job and decided to stay at home and surf. Actually, I...

Pros: Cheap.
Cons: Bitter, metallic taste (especially in can form).

Disclaimer: This epinion refers to underage drinking, primarily because I believe that is the only venue in which consuming Pabst Blue Ribbon is acceptable. I recommend that young people make wise decisions when drinking to get drunk. Remember to know...

Pros: Of the inexpensive beers, the best after Miller and some of the locals
Cons: "Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer" (image), watery

This is one of the cheapest beers you can buy. While not necessarily perjorative, that does set the parameters around which this beer can be discussed. It isn't going to be Boulevard or Bitburg, and it won't be Coors or Bud. On the plus side, it won't...

Pros: I found it, I drank it
Cons: As beer goes, it's "not exactly"

What'll you have? What'll you have? What'll YOU have?
If you don't know that the answer is Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer then you're way too young to be reading this and should head straight to bed because it's past your bedtime.
Like someone else...

Pros: Cost
Cons: Not the best tasting in the world

I've seen a lot of mixed reviews for this beer. Most of them seem to either mock it for its taste or praise it for its low cost. I am not here to mock or praise it, just to give you the simple facts.

This beer is by no means the best tasting...

Pros: Very cheap; great taste; Attractive packaging.
Cons: Not always easy to find.

Though it's not at the top of my resume, I guess I can be considered a master of the "Budget-Drunk" craft. In the early days, I had to choose which bill I could skip payment on for the month just to afford to keep the party going. Hence, I had no...

Pros: Patriotic, cheap, and alcoholic... kinda like a favorite uncle
Cons: Frequent urination, the urge to cut your own hair

In the disturbingly elegant film 'Blue Velvet' (directed by the disturbing & elegant David Lynch), Dennis Hopper's demented villain Frank Booth asks a timid Kyle MacLachlan what kind of beer he likes. Poor Kyle answers, "Heineken". Frank...

Pros: Dirt Cheap
Cons: Metallic taste in cans; Intoxicating effects

After a long night of drinking Pabst, I start to get ideas. Bad ideas. What is it about this beer that makes me think I can fly? Yep, after putting away a 12 pack of PBR, I like to play in traffic. I also like to break things. Just ask my fraternity...

Pros: cheap, decent beer
Cons: you cant pick up girls with a pabst in your hands

As a college student, I really want to get drunk and dont have a lot of money to spend. This beer really fills the order. Although you wont impress anyone with this cheap beer (especially girls, dont even try), any you might even be made fun of, at...

Pros: Cheap!
Cons: Not the most impressive tasting beer.

First of all, at $9.99 for a case of bar bottles, how can you go wrong? Pabst Blue Ribbon, unlike most beers in its price range, doesn't seem to be brewed with the intention that it be cheap. It's light, smooth, and tastes every bit as good as other...

Pros: Tasty and cheap
Cons: Nothing

I am a twenty something college student and I am always looking for good cheap American beer. The first time I got PBR, it was on sale for 6.99 a twenty-four pack. That was just what I was looking for!

Cheap beer for a poor college...

Pros: Clean taste, refreshing, consistent from batch to batch.
Cons: Not a great beer to drink other than cold.

Pabst has been around FOREVER. This is one of the beers I remember seeing as a kid back in the 50's. An old standard although now it is run out of Texas instead of Milwaukee. The price, at least here in Maine, is very reasonable. Frankly, I like it...

Pros: Cheaper than dirt. You can brag about having drank PBR.
Cons: Taste it...you'll know.

No one can argue this beer is a little less than stellar. It's still one of those beers you have to drink to fully appreciate any other potable fluid. Don't judge the beer purely on it's taste though. I know that sounds absurd but you have to consider ...

Pros: Tasty, distinct yeast and honey flavor.
Cons: Must drink ice cold only, hard to find in bottles.

PBR tastes very good when kept ice cold. It's best to drink this out of a frozen mug. It has a lig ...

Pros: good price, taste good.
Cons: fruity flavor, etc.

This is a true classic beer made by Pabst. The price for a six pack is not bad at all, considering $3.25 would suit anyone's wallet. It's slightly very good beer overall.
The flavor is a lightly fruity flavor, with a trace of yeast and honey, it's...

Pros: Cheap, sometimes good, always smooth (or bland)
Cons: this beer is sometimes very bad.

Since Sam Adams became popular, many American beer drinkers are under the impression that every beer must be an act of God and that anything less is inexcusable. Others stubbornly consume Budweiser and Miller because in reaction to these "beer...

Pros: Cheap, makes others look at you funny
Cons: Strong smell and looks like something out of a horse

Pabst Blue Ribbon beer proudly displays on each bottle and can they their beer won some kind of "best beer" award in the 1890's. The fact that they have not won another award THIS CENTURY might help to clue you in on the overall quality of...

Pros: everything
Cons: I just ran out

Pabst, Pabst, Pabst. What can be said about a beer that was created/consumed on the 7th day of creation while He sat down and admired his well doing. Flavors: Pabst seasoning, the finest in Pabst hopps, the wondefull metallic Pabst aftertaste, the...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: Bad taste, sour stomach

Do not get me wrong, I’m not a beer snob. My non-microbrew beer of choice is Grainbelt Premium. However, I have found Pabst Blue Ribbon to be a foul tasting brew. I have found Pabst Blue Ribbon to often be slightly skunky or sour tasting. Also, I...

Pros: Diuretic
Cons: Stomach Rot

well, i'm sipping a PBR right now and i don't know if i can stomach
the whole can. (my brother was visiting and he seems to like it).
after the first few sips, i thought `this isn't bad,' but now,
halfway through, the lingering...

Pros: consistant good taste
Cons: Can't always find it by the case in NW Georgia

As a long time beer drinker(39 yrs.), I am still a PBR drinker. I have tried many other beers and I am of the opinion that Pabst still makes the finest lager available. It is a plus that it is less expensive. Could this be that they dont spend 250...

Pros: good taste, cheap
Cons: not for people who only like "good beer"

Right off the top of the bat, let me give you my credentials. I was born in Milwaukee, the home of beer, and I go to college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where more beer is drunk than anywhere this side of Germany.

That being...

Pros: Cheap as dirt
Cons: Tastes like battery acid

Now, if you have to lower yourself to drinking this beer, maybe you should just give up drinking all together. Really, this is a horrible beer. It's not as much beer as it is water and alcohol. There is no complexity to the taste, and in the end, it is a...

Pros: Great beer!
Cons: No bottles in Alabama

My Husband is the beer drinker of the family. Me? Well, give me a nice mixed drink or a glass of good wine over a beer anytime.

Recently I made a "beer run" to the corner store. What! No Pabst Blue Ribbon in bottles! Why?
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Pros: cheap, light
Cons: not too good warm

Having had a few family members and family friends that worked at the Pabst plant nearby in the Oranges, my household always had PBR in the refrigerator. Not that one acquires a taste for PBR, but it is no worse that Busch, Bud, or Coors Light.

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Pros: A beer for the poor.
Cons: A snobbish horror

Ok, I love Pabst. I really do. From the bitter snap of the first drink to the crashing of my body into bed for a night of sleepless sleep, this beer is truly a beautiful thing.
Look, I'm not going to lie to you, this is a beer that if you're used to...

Pros: cheap. simple.
Cons: taste. this is no belgian trappist ale.

Man, what is up with all the other reviewers of this beer? They're a bunch of whiners!

Look, Pabst isn't about flavor and complexity and all that crap. Pabst is about two things: price and image.

IT'S SO CHEAP. I think I bought a...

Pros: none
Cons: tasted like dog urine

After watching Blue Velvet with Dennis Hopper (great movie). Dennis Hopper loves pabst blue ribbon. Me and my friends wanted to taste this great beer. If you havent seen this movie make it a point to go and rent it.

But back to the point we...

Pros: price
Cons: headache and blandness

I have been reading a variety of reviews on national brand beers and I have to add my two sense worth.The beer I have chosen is Pabst Blue Ribbon.Like most beers that are, or were, marketed to the whole country there is the need to sort of" bland...

Pros: Inexpensive, even-flavor
Cons: None

Ok, so Pabst Blue Ribbon isn't one of these new "trendy" beers or micro-brewery beers, but have you tasted some of those lately? Some of those are awful, and they cost 3 times as much as Pabst.
I think Pabst isn't a bad beer for the price...