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Zorro

(18,932 posts) Wed May 20, 2026, 08:38 PM May 20

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This famous beer is about to be brewed for the last time [View all]

Schlitz beer is about to be brewed for the last time.

Wisconsin Brewing Company, with permission from Schlitz's owner, Pabst Brewing Company, announced it'll brew a final 80-barrel batch on Saturday, May 23, at its Verona brewery. The batch will be brewed using Schlitz's specifications dating back to 1948, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY Network.

The company was founded in 1849 in a Milwaukee tavern before later expanding and, at one time, becoming America's largest brewer. Kirby Nelson with Wisconsin Brewing Co. said he wanted the brand to go out with "dignity and respect," according to the Journal Sentinel.

An early ceramic mosaic of Schlitz is featured at the entrance to Water Street Brewery where owner R.C. Schmidt has been collecting beer memorabilia since 1987.

Pabst Brewing Company stopped brewing Schlitz months ago, reported local TV station WQOW.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/05/19/famous-beer-schlitz-brewed-one-last-time-ending-177-year-run/90157205007/

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This famous beer is about to be brewed for the last time [View all] Zorro May 20 OP

Right Cirsium May 20 #1

Mel Farley. I'd never heard that. underpants May 20 #3

Might have to be a badger to get that 303squadron May 20 #5

Wolverines, too Cirsium May 20 #14

One of my bestest friends UpInArms May 20 #2

My dad liked Schlitz. OAITW r.2.0 May 20 #4

Olympia "Tumwater" beer for my old man AZJonnie May 20 #6

Hey, Olympia got me through school.. Permanut May 20 #7

Was that grammar, junior high, or high school? AZJonnie May 20 #8

Details are fuzzy.. Permanut May 20 #9

Yeah, I was the #1 Ultimate player AZJonnie May 20 #11

Them's fightin' words, friend! MustBeTheBooz May 21 #28

lol, same experience FHRRK1 May 21 #21

Carling Black label was a RI beer, I think. OAITW r.2.0 May 21 #22

According to Wiki, can't blame Rhode Island for this... Totally Tunsie May 21 #26

LOL... They still make Schlitz? buzzycrumbhunger May 20 #10

In high school it was our beer of choice ornotna May 20 #12

Black Label in the dayglo orange cans. Now there's one that makes Schlitz seem like a high dollar micro lol Cheezoholic May 20 #13

"Nastygansetts" was my go to brew back in my "no money 70's days. I think it was the cheapest beer you could buy, OAITW r.2.0 May 20 #15

Red White and Blue or Weideman's. $3 a case! We called if fishing beer. A case, a dozen minnows and gas, $5 lol n/t Cheezoholic May 21 #27

Way back in my beer drinking days, Schlitz did a "recipe change New Schlitz" that made it even toxicer. I never drank it NBachers May 20 #16

Genesee got way better... AStern May 20 #17

Last UC I had,. I'd hitched up to Syracuse from Miami and had some odd change, so I bought a quart of UC. Unfortunately NBachers May 20 #18

UC has a microbrew - or did - called Saranac AStern May 21 #20

Genesee was a good brew. so was Rolling Rock. OAITW r.2.0 May 21 #24

When I stationed in Great Lakes in the early 70s, we'd go to drink Schlitz at a tap room a block away from ... marble falls May 21 #19

In Phoenix we had twenty five cent beer night FHRRK1 May 21 #23

At my school. every dorm had a bar. We had 8 for $2.00 draft beer cards we could purchase. OAITW r.2.0 May 21 #25

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