UPDATED: OCT 1, 2019 12 ounce can into lager glass, best before 10/14/2019. Pours crystal clear pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with solid retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of cracker, corn, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. A bit too fruity corn aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt/grains and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of cracker, corn, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great robustness and balance of pale malt/grains and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal fruity/yeasty notes. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.9%. Overall this is a delicious pale adjunct lager. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt/grains and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Great clean pils malt/grain showcase, with solid earthy hop presence/balance for the style. Not overdone on adjuncts. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example. One of the better AAL I've had, as expected of Pabst.

UPDATED: MAY 19, 2019 My favorite inexpensive beer. Very unique and pleasant taste compared to all the discount beer out there. Great blind taste test beer, your friends will be fooled.

UPDATED: APR 5, 2019 VERY crisp, very competent. On my Wisconsin beer journey, this is in the top 3. Slightly malty, some corn, little hops, platonic ideal of beer 'savory,' different from Miller/Budweiser because it's less sweet, similar to New Glarus Two Women/Totally Naked but like 10x cheaper. Good name and a good-looking can. (Special Export still looks the best). Watery but not as watery as other beers at same price-point.

UPDATED: APR 14, 2018 12 oz can pours golden with a white head. Aroma of corn, grass and a little bread. Taste is grains, some sweet malts and hay

I grew up in Milwaukee drinking Blatz on draft and also in bottles. I personally think can beer sucks. I still buy Blatz bottles in the case and I truly enjoy the flavor. I know it's not the microbrew of most people's choices but knowing the history of Valentin Blatz and seeing it in my Grandpa's refrigerator back in the 1970's gives me a greater appreciation of it than most people have. It's a nostalgic heritage type thing. The flavor us refreshing and brings me back to a greater much simpler time. I imagine everyone has a beer like that in their lives.

Can. Pours a clear pale golden color with a fair head and spot of lacing. Aroma grain and hint of malt sweetness. Taste of light malt sweetness and grain. Mild bitterness and fairly clean finish. Light body, smooth with no real redeeming value. Blast from the past...

Bottle at the Old Fashioned. Pours a clear pale yellow with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has lots of straw and hay with some bread and earthy corn backing. Flavor has straw and grains with earthy corn and bread backing.

Can. Gold pour with a small head. Nose is fair unengaging. Light roast. Creamed corn. Little else. Drinks quite sweet. Sugary cereal. Paper. Tired and flabby. Bright carb keeps things from being overly arduous.

I know beer snobs are going to beat up on Blatz...I’m a microbrewer who sometimes like to sit down and drink the heck out of some vintage beer, and without a doubt this is my go-to! Blatz is the first beer my dad ever let me sip, and I’ve been chasing that flavor like Captain Ahab ever since. I can’t get it where we live so whenever we go to Wisconsin I load up...I guess you could claim I’m a Blatz smuggler! Anyways...try one, and cheers!

I was suppppeerrr freakn stoked to see this at my local store. I was kinda hoping for something a bit more tho unfortunately. I dont really even know why tho. Fun vintage beer, you look cool drinking but that’s about it