Brew's Clues: The Party Beer Edition
Dennis Mongello
Issue date: 9/20/07 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Best party game: Flip cup
Pabst Blue Ribbon
For some reason, this is the hipster beer of choice. If your friends listen to Girl Talk or ride a bike with no brakes and sweet handle bars made in part from crutches, you've probably had Pabst Blue Ribbon before. Also, if you've ever heard a beer be described as "piss yellow," it was probably PBR. It leaves about a half inch of bone white head on top of the dubiously colored brew and leaves a nice lacing. It has a very faint earthy smell. It looks like they went out of their way to mask the smell here and with good reason. It isn't a "fresh pine" earthy smell; it's more of a dirty campsite type of earthy smell. The taste is very watery with a slightly hoppy taste. It is nicely carbonated and full bodied. The bad taste makes this beer bad to sip, but it is excellent for chugging.
Best party game: Drink the beer
Best
Milwaukee's Best is better known as "Beast" because of its seemingly primordial ability to make its drinkers think even the most beastly looking co-eds looks good enough to take home. The beer itself is more clear than yellow. It poured with a thick, heavy foam, which dissipates slowly to a quarter inch of head. It has a musty, corny smell that wasn't appealing at all. It leaves a slight bitterness on the tip of the tongue that finishes to the back of the sides of the tongue. It gives a woody aftertaste. Woody like a tree. No matter what you call it, if this is honestly the best Milwaukee has to offer, they should just pack it up and start packing cheese instead of beer, like they do in Green Bay. Honestly, this beer's horrible taste makes it hard to even chug.
Best party game: Kings
Natural Ice
Natural Ice, better known as Natty Ice, pours with a very slowly dissipating head and is a very pale yellow. It is almost transparent. The smell was a bit heavy on the rice side. This beer makes no bones about it using more filler than actual beer ingredients, like hops and malts. The taste is a testament to that. It has a rice heavy flavor. It starts crisp, but ends with a sour bitterness. It has lots of head which attributes to its medium body. It's tough to drink because of the slight alcohol burn going down. That's really bad for when you are a few cups behind in beer pong.
Pabst Blue Ribbon
For some reason, this is the hipster beer of choice. If your friends listen to Girl Talk or ride a bike with no brakes and sweet handle bars made in part from crutches, you've probably had Pabst Blue Ribbon before. Also, if you've ever heard a beer be described as "piss yellow," it was probably PBR. It leaves about a half inch of bone white head on top of the dubiously colored brew and leaves a nice lacing. It has a very faint earthy smell. It looks like they went out of their way to mask the smell here and with good reason. It isn't a "fresh pine" earthy smell; it's more of a dirty campsite type of earthy smell. The taste is very watery with a slightly hoppy taste. It is nicely carbonated and full bodied. The bad taste makes this beer bad to sip, but it is excellent for chugging.
Best party game: Drink the beer
Best
Milwaukee's Best is better known as "Beast" because of its seemingly primordial ability to make its drinkers think even the most beastly looking co-eds looks good enough to take home. The beer itself is more clear than yellow. It poured with a thick, heavy foam, which dissipates slowly to a quarter inch of head. It has a musty, corny smell that wasn't appealing at all. It leaves a slight bitterness on the tip of the tongue that finishes to the back of the sides of the tongue. It gives a woody aftertaste. Woody like a tree. No matter what you call it, if this is honestly the best Milwaukee has to offer, they should just pack it up and start packing cheese instead of beer, like they do in Green Bay. Honestly, this beer's horrible taste makes it hard to even chug.
Best party game: Kings
Natural Ice
Natural Ice, better known as Natty Ice, pours with a very slowly dissipating head and is a very pale yellow. It is almost transparent. The smell was a bit heavy on the rice side. This beer makes no bones about it using more filler than actual beer ingredients, like hops and malts. The taste is a testament to that. It has a rice heavy flavor. It starts crisp, but ends with a sour bitterness. It has lots of head which attributes to its medium body. It's tough to drink because of the slight alcohol burn going down. That's really bad for when you are a few cups behind in beer pong.
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Bob Skilnik
posted 9/20/07 @ 7:37 AM EST
I know you're trying to set up the "cheap beer" premise for the story, but the argument that Prohibition led to the brewing of cheap beer as presented here is much too simplistic. (Continued…)
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