Schaefer
Since 2001, contract-brewed for Pabst Brewing (San Antonio), as Pabst no longer owns a brewery of its own. Schaefer has been brewed in America since 1842, making it one of America’s oldest.
1.6
243 reviews
Irwindale, United States
Community reviews
Malty, slighy sweet and smooth, not Terrible! No hops, corny with no depth in taste...
Can: drank from the can, head was white. Aroma was sweet grass. Very thin wet watery, sweet grass and stale grain.
The Father-In-Law had this one sitting about so i decided to try it. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz can this beer poured a bright yellow color with an enormous creamy-soapy yellow-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was tangy, sweet, corny and had faint notes of citrus and Windex. The flavor was corny with a dryish bite and a hint of graininess though was very mild and watery. Short corny and grainy finish. Light and watery body. Bland and inoffensive.
Honestly, this is the second worst beer on earth. First place is the light version. We use to grab this in college for about 30 cents per can (and I was in college in the 2000’s, not the 60’s). Light gold color with some fluffy head I guess. Aroma is filthy corn and wheat, dirty must, and vomit. The flavor follows almost perfectly and this is really tough to get down during a game of beer pong. Avoid at all costs.
(Can). Pale straw complexion with dissipating fluffy head. Actually leaves lacing on the glass. The flavor is mild and slightly malty. Best served ice cold. There are many worse pale lagers at twice this bargain price. This is the favored beer of my father-in-law. I’ve had this for years during summertime cookouts and with many memories.
I should be mowing the lawn! Straight from the can because anything else would be inappropriate. Grass, straw, and water. There’s hops in here somewhere (I think). Sweet, generic, the lawnmower beer.
Pours a clear yellow/gold with a large fluffy white head. Aroma of soap and straw. Flavor has straw and a bit of grass...can taste alcohol. Mouthfeel is full and the finish is dry and tastes of bitter alcohol.
12oz can at Black Jack above Pearl Dive. $2 can. Low carbonation straw pour. Weak head. No formation really and no retention. Very poor. No lace. Nose is dirty freezer, sweet cherry juice box, horse breath. Taste is tangy, sharp, sweeter. More body and less carboardy compared to the Strohs. Headache inducing though. Small DMS and diacetyl come through.
A wicked bonus from Sloth from when he sent me the Maryland’s Best.
Pours a pale golden color with the most fluffy, white, well retained, and respectable heads I’ve ever seen on a pale lager.
The aroma is sort of generically "beery" in the "its 1987 and my parents are drinking beer" kind of way. Some bread doughiness, a little grain, some alcohol, far from offensive... but it doesn’t smell great or anything.
The flavor is a little cidery, some breakfast cereal in there for sure, a light hop zippiness is present as well. The beer has some noticeable alcohol and corn.
Tastes pretty much exactly as I expected it to, so that’s pretty great.
Avoided it for years due to stigma, only to discover recently that for a cheap beer it has a really good taste, time and again. Better than Budweiser or Miller. Great beer for a holiday weekend or to kick back with after cutting firewood, mowing grass, etc.
"Had this with a bunch of friends following a funeral. It was the only beer around. Went well with our cigars.
A - Zero appearance. Looks like dirty water.
S - A more hoppy PBR but smells like nasty ice cubes
T - Citrus, Floral and burnt notes
M - Light, highly carbonated with cheap yeast
O - This is a beer I’d take on a fishing trip. If I’m not fishing, this beer shouldn’t be in my hand."
I like this beer. It is simple and is a perfect thirst quencher on or off the field. The old name is comfortable for nostalgia fans but it still remains a viable, low cost American beer. I recommend for those who aren’t finicky about basic beer. Go for it.
aroma: non-existant. Appearance: I did not look at it, it stayed in the can where it belongs; tasts: foul and mettalic; palate: watery and disconcerting; overall - not worth drinking.
It’s hard for me to judge this one, as the nuances between cheap beers are subtle, and I tried this one months after having sampled any other cheep beer. My impression put it several steps up from Natty and Keystone, but it was similar in price. It was drinkable. I would put it several steps down from any number of other mainstream pale lagers, however. Kinda on par with PBR. My intuition is that I would prefer PBR, by a (very) slight amount.
drank upstate NY, from 12 fl. oz. Can, good economy beer, mild on the palette, slight bitter aftertaste
The US’s oldest lager beer? At least people don’t overhpe it like they do for Yuengling.
12oz can on my honeymoon trip in Dec. 2009 Puerto Rico (Culebra, Flamingo Beach). Can, looked cheap, reading on can said oldest lager in US. thought it was strange. Did not expected much from this beer. Just a new beer to add to my list. Funny this is made is Illinois and I had never seen it before. Taste is grassy, watery, with a hint of pale malts in it.
40 oz bottle. My first few sips, and I didn’t think it was nearly as bad as everyone else here says. At about the fifth sip I couldn’t take it any more and poured it down the drain.
Typical American pale lager. Pale yellow in color with a minimal white foamy head. Corn like taste with little aroma. It’s a bland beer that neither tastes bad nor good. I tried this because of it’s nostalgia factor. I(and old time Patriot fans) remember that the New England Patriots used to play in "Schaefer Stadium"(since replaced by Gillette Stadium) many years ago.
Man this beer is clutch. makes me want to go explore abandoned buildings in march with some buddies a half doobie and a couple a sixers of schaefer. its a nice cold beer!
Can in NYC. Pours pale yellow with white head. Nose and taste of cereal grain, barley and stale pond water.
Had back in college. This is not terribly good. Off smell and off taste. Serving: Can
Can. Pours yellow with a fizzy white head, which dissipates quickly. Malty aroma with corn and grain. Similar flavor, with sugary grain dominating. No bitterness to speak of, almost. Light bodied with fizzy carbonation. Finishes short, crisp and clean with some lingering sweetness. Drink this fella quickly and you’re fine. Good stuff.
White foamy head, dissipates quickly . Smells of corn and pungent straw-like odor. Slightly bitter, tastes of cheap -- straw with metal.. OK mouthfeel. Not good.
For a detailed review check Otakuden below. Had this back in the day, sadly. One of America’s oldest they say. Also one of our worst.Clear yellowed straw. Tight, white foam. Light carbonation.
Can. Light gold with a thin head. Corny with lighter notes of straw and a touch of sweetness. This is the beer to have when you’re having more than one right? Yeah, I only had one.
He poured from can into my snifter piss-yellow with a steady eruption of bubbles screaming for escape from their caustic prison. I will give him credit for having a wee bit more of a pronounced nose than the Blatz which is a bit like comparing clean dirt to dirty dirt. His sweet corn-filled seltzer-esque nose reminds me of corn fields in the middle of summer where over-ripe un-picked ears are drooping under the ferocious heat. The first sip is cane sugar and creamy pureed sweet corn kernels. This is supposed to be a beer, right? Thin, spritzy, and lingering none too pleasantly with a bitter metallic aftertaste on the top of my tongue. I’ve tasted enough. The rest of my Schaefer joins his fellow brother, Blatz, in the grassy dirt.
Mm… light yellow fizzy water with a miniscule amount of taste that just happens to have alcohol so all ye who value only a long and head-ache inducing buzz, have at it. Personally, I’d rather treat my senses and my body to an alcoholic beverage with quality ingredients, flavor, diversity, and personality. This is my body after all, and I choose to respect what I put into it. That’s not to say that someone who loves Schaeffer can’t soak every porous inch of his body in it, but really, would you rather dive into a murky, algae-covered, dank swamp? Or a crystal clear ocean that sparkles under brilliant blue skies as tropical fish create rainbows of color before your very eyes?
Can courtesy of dkachur on 06/09/09. Very clear golden yellow body with a large foamy white head. Corn and grain aroma with some honey. Harsh corn and grainy flavor, some faint honey. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation.
surprisingly decent. get rid of the metallic taste by pouring it into a tulip glass. pours light straw color, no head after 10 seconds or so... nose is a little sour (could it be hops?!?) and corny maltiness. flavor is light, not unlike corn-flavored seltzer water. This is a pool-side or grass-cutting beer for sure, but it isn’t terrible.
(Sample Date: 6/9/2009 Source:Other) 12 oz can. Grainy corn and slightly winy aroma. Clear light golden with big rocky white head. Grainy, slightly cardboard like flavor. Very light spicy hop note. Finish is dry and faintly bitter.