Milwaukee’s Best is better than Old Milwaukee - sorry, nostalgia loving bandwagoners. Milwaukee’s BestĪh, Milwaukee’s Best, a.k.a. the “Beast.” It’s a beer renowned for its chuggability and its prevalence at college tailgates and fraternity houses. The metallic acid isn’t so off-putting that you never want to have another one again, but it’s there. It’s got less adjunct rice and corn flavors than the big guys, but it has a slightly metallic acid taste instead. It also won an award in 2001 from the Great American Beer Festival. The beer is made by Pabst Brewing Company and comes in cans that look straight out of a commercial form the 1970s. Want to feel like an aging man from the North? Grab an Old Milwaukee. Personally, I don’t like the touch of armpit flavor left in my mouth, but it goes great when chugged as a boilermaker with a shot of Jack Daniels. I’ve had multiple people swear by the Champagne of Beers when it comes to cheap and macro. When I was in Yakima, Washington, with the brewmaster of Founders, he admitted that he can appreciate a Miller High Life or two when the time is right. It’s not available west of the Mississippi, but don’t worry westerners, you’re only missing out on a middling cheap beer. It’s malty, toasty, and sweet, but it also tastes like parts of the metal tank got into each can and keg. So cross out chugging, if that’s your cheap-beer goal. Yuengling has more to it than your traditional macro, and also feels heavier. This ranking is about ranking beer, though, not rating companies on a scale of Basket of Deplorables to Snowflakes. The owners of America’s oldest running brewery are Trump endorsers, leading some beer drinkers to initiate a boycott. You have to put politics aside if you want to judge this beer fairly. And no, the skunkiness doesn’t taste like it was put there on purpose. It’s got a lot of corn sweetness, but the most noticeable flavor is a weak skunky taste. I became familiar with Busch in college, where it was referred to as “Busch Heavy” rather than simply Busch, and it sat in a cooler of Natty Daddies, Steel Reserve, and Bud Ice. When it comes to cheap beer, the less taste the better. This goes for all beers with “ice” in the name. Natural Ice (and it’s higher-alcohol sibling, “Natty Daddy”) are thick, syrupy, adjunct-filled, 6 percent alcohol by volume slammers that have “ice” in the name because you need to drink them ice cold to get them down. Did you even know Natty Light has a huskier brother? If you didn’t, skip this and continue reading this list in blissful ignorance.
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