#old-milwaukee

1/31/2025: Old Milwaukee Non-Alcoholic

This is it--the final day of Dry January. Well, mine's been mostly dry. I had a cheat weekend away with Michelle and had a few drinks when we visited her parents at the beginning of the month. But, that's it. So, before we launch into normal February tomorrow, I figured we'd look at my old reliable NA beer: Old Milwaukee Non-Alcoholic. Old Milwaukee's owned by Pabst. Since there's no "About Us" section on their website , I'm just linking you to this post I did last April that has a little bit of Pabst history in it. I'll also say that, according to Wikipedia , Old Milwaukee was originally brewed in the 1930s by Schlitz, which was acquired by Stroh which was acquired by Pabst. Turns out there're a few old beer brands tied to Old Milwaukee. Non-Alcoholic has a brief entry on the brand's "Beer" page . This bills it simply as a "Classic American Lager with zero alcohol." My can says this is America's non-alcoholic near beer and it contains less than 0.5% ABV. So, not exactly no alcohol, bu