Brewery: Latrobe Brewing Company (now Anheuser-Busch), PA

Brewery Description: “Ingredients: Water, malt, rice, hops, corn, brewers yeast.
From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment, as a tribute to your good taste. It comes from the mountain springs to you.”

Brew Style: American Macro Lager, 4.6% ABV

Recommended Glassware: English pint, Lager, Shaker, Stein, Dimpled mug

The Ugly Truth: Yet again, another beer that is being reviewed solely because it was left in my fridge by a relative, this time my brother.  That being said, I probably drank several hundred cases of this stuff throughout college since even then I hated Bud/Miller/Busch/Natural Light/Keystone/etc etc.  So I was very interested to see what I thought of it now since my tastes in beer has changed so much.

It doesn’t horribly suck, but I don’t like it nearly as much as I used to.

Color is a straw yellow, with a white head on it that is substantial and on the airy side.  Looks to have lots of carbonation from the number of bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass to the top.  It had the typical macro lager smell to it: a bit of hops, some biscuit malt and a hint of sweetness.  This also marks one of the few beers that I’ve had (that I know of) that actually has corn in it.  Bad enough its got rice as an adjunct, but corn?  The taste is a little on the sweet side for your typical lager, I’m guessing from the corn and rice.  It wins a point there because that helps make it moderately drinkable.  The body is light, but had a very flat mouthfeel which was surprising given the amount of carbonation coming off the bottom of the glass.  Finish is your typical clean lager one, helped along by the rice.  Aftertaste is pretty nonexistent.  The taste turned a bit acidic for me the further along I got and dulled any minor amount of enjoyment.  Overall, a bit different than the typical macrolager but not something I’d go for anymore personally.  Not a bad beer, but just not one I’m interested in anymore.

Verdict: Ol’ 33 falls short and only gets 5 out of 10 bottlecaps.

Side Note: I promise from here on out to get back to the typical micro/craft beers.  Up next is hopefully DeuS, which rang up at $28 for the 1 pint 9 oz bottle.  Supposed to be damn good stuff, and for that price I hope it is.

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