Red Dog - Miller Brewing Co.

yuenglingade

Pennsylvania

1.79/5  rDev -14.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.75

This was my choice beer in high school and during my first year of college. It was mostly due to the fact that you could get a 30 pack for under 10 dollars. During a game of beer pong or flip cup Red Dog was a much better choice than natty ice or milwaukees best. I do remember many headaches and tough hangovers from this beer. The taste was not awful and each one went down easier as the nights went on. I have not seen red dog on the shelves for many years. I think the only way I would drink one is if it were the last beer on earth.

Serving type: can

02-11-2013 16:55:29 | More by yuenglingade

tdm168

North Carolina

2.15/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

A - completely clear, light yellow with a big, bubbly, white head that has little retention

S - very sweet, grainy, a hint of metal

T - same as the nose; sweet, grainy, metallic

M - light bodied, crisp

When i was in college we bought this for $6 a 12-pack. That was 2001-2003. This is a pretty simplistic, tasteless beer. It's definitely better out of the can. I will avoid this in the future.

Serving type: can

12-16-2012 00:36:52 | More by tdm168

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.63/5  rDev +25.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Served in an Ohio State shaker pint glass.

Watching some Saints Row, drinkin' some Red Dog. Welcome home, Jonny-Cakes. This stuff pours a clear pale straw topped by a finger of lightly off-white foam. The nose comprises corn, light wheat, and a smattering of hard water. The taste brings in more of the same, with the corn coming through sweeter and the water harder. The body is a hefty light, with a moderate carbonation and a watery feel. Overall, given this beer's reputation, I feel it's not all that bad, but it ain't anywhere near good. If I needed a cheap sixpack in some random place, I wouldn't be as completely averse to Red Dog as I would be toward other similar options.

Serving type: can

12-15-2012 15:39:52 | More by TMoney2591

BuckettOfBeer

Minnesota

3.95/5  rDev +89%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Just wanted give this a go because I got a good laugh out of the review below me by HeyBeerSnobFU. I can't tell if he's totally joking, but I think it's mostly truth behind the review. It's certainly not the best light lager in the world but when comparing beers at a similar price , it is unmatched. Just good ol' grainy fizzy yellow beer. For macro lagers sometimes "not that bad" means a lot.

I would be lying if I said I don't get nostalgic whenever I pound a few cans. Just look at the badass packaging. Also I was just in Madison a couple of weekends ago where I saw a place selling a 30 pack for $10.99. God bless America!

Serving type: can

11-04-2012 00:09:15 | More by BuckettOfBeer

HeyBeerSnobFU

4.4/5  rDev +110.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Ignore the beer snobs that trash this beer, their uber sophisticated palletes will never be able to appreciate the awesomeness of this beer. This beer won a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival last year for a reason, it's one of the best American adjunct lagers on the planet. This beer pours from the can looking like liquid gold. The smell would probably bring Bob Mckenzie to his knees. It tastes like God just gave me a golden shower. Overall this is one of the easiest drinking beers ever created and should be a constant in everyones beer rotation. Good luck finding a better beer for the price, because it isn't about to happen.

Serving type: can

10-03-2012 06:42:44 | More by HeyBeerSnobFU

DewTheBrew

2.1/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

I poured from a can into a 16oz draft class.

The head on this beer is actually pretty thick, but it is filled with large air pockets.

Appearence was a clear dark yellow/gold and the aroma was that of any generic macro brew. Nothing to write home about to be sure.

The taste is actually where the divide is set for me and why I felt compelled to write a review for this beer. Let's be fair and honest, at $12.99 a 30-rack where I'm from, you know exactly what you're getting when you set you're money on the counter. But, inexplicably, it tastes better to me than a lot of other comparable beers (i.e. American, Genny, Milwaukee). Hard alcohol bite that shows it's more than just water. My friends and I have dubbed it "The bite of the dog". The price and RELATIVELY good taste make it perfect for a basement frat party or a trashy family reunion.

Serving type: can

09-25-2012 12:45:54 | More by DewTheBrew

SometimesIfart

Michigan

2.15/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

A - Pours a see through yellow with a three finger frothy white head. Actually leaves a good amount of lacing

S - Stale corn adjunct upfront, followed by some ever so slight rice adjunct.

T - Pretty bland, slight corn adjunct in the distance but not offensive in any way.

M - Adds some sweet rice with a moderately carbonated body.

O - Overall, it's a cheap beer. In the price range you either get this or Hamm's, And I guess I'd take this since it doesn't have the same sticky consistency that Hamm's has

Serving type: can

09-05-2012 01:50:45 | More by SometimesIfart

Arsenal11

Illinois

3.95/5  rDev +89%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

So for 2.99 a six pack what are you going to get thats better than this? I actuallly think its better than most of the bigger Macros out their. It has a good blance of corn and hops and is way better than its sister beer Icehouse. I wouldnt be ashamed to have this in my cooler at a summer outing.

Serving type: can

02-26-2012 02:10:43 | More by Arsenal11

RossPeterson

Minnesota

3.18/5  rDev +52.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

First review, figured I should do it on my most recent beer I had, and I gotta say, this is probably the number one on what I call my "Shit beer list." For just a few bucks and to get this kind of beer, going in with low expectations, it isn't bad.

A: Pale straw color. Impressive 4-finger head with little retention.

S: The weak point; musty and corny. Not awful smelling, but certainly not appealing.

T: Decent amount of hops with a stale corn after-taste, but if you're chugging it, it doesn't really matter.

M: Extremely light, but in terms of an adjunct, better than most.

O: Best "Shit beer." If I need beer and I got a few bucks, my money is on this.

Serving type: can

12-20-2011 08:46:34 | More by RossPeterson

bornridiculous

Connecticut

1.85/5  rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Found one of these left over from a party, I figured I would rate it. It pours a pale golden color with a strong head that fades quickly. It smells faintly like a floor that has had beer spilled on it a week ago. The taste is tangy sweet with a crapload of carbonation. This beer is an adjunct lager that is cheap and a vehicle for alcohol, not much more.

Serving type: can

12-17-2011 01:00:11 | More by bornridiculous

BierFan

Michigan

2.58/5  rDev +23.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Poured from a 12 ounce can into a pint glass.

Clear pale body, 1-2 fingers of white foam. Smells and tastes like what it is, a cheap adjunct lager. You know exactly what you're getting when you buy this. It tastes exactly like dozens of others in the style. This isn't really better or worse than any of the others. Just another mediocre example of mass-produced cheap beer.

Serving type: can

10-23-2011 05:49:44 | More by BierFan

WoodBrew

Illinois

2.25/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yea! Rde Doggy Daw-u-dogg! Yeah its a throw back but gots to review it. The Dawg is a typical miller product. Golden clear good carbonation that gives a sudsy white head for a short time. There is no smell beside grain. The taste is typical nothing real notible. The mouthfeel is standard...lawn mower beer!

Serving type: can

07-24-2011 23:20:04 | More by WoodBrew

JMad

Texas

1.75/5  rDev -16.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

I drank this from a tall pub glass...

The beer looks like your average macro, yellow with a thin white head that was gone in seconds. It smells like sweet and sour corn. Whoa, it's very watery, tastes like old water, it's musty. This is not anything I would ever want to drink again, it is very thin and the taste is not pleasant at all.

Serving type: can

06-26-2011 22:50:22 | More by JMad

mrseano

Minnesota

1.48/5  rDev -29.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

A: Straw colored.

S: Terrible. Possibly the worst smelling beer with an odor that smells musty and like corn.

T: Fairly hoppy, unexpectedly, for this type of beer. After slight hops diminish it has no real taste except for a slight hint of fermented stale corn.

M: Light and watery. Disappears from palate very quickly.

O: Avoid. Bad, cheap beer that I got for free. Would never buy, as it has no quality taste and smell is awful.

Serving type: can

06-24-2011 19:20:15 | More by mrseano

richkrull

Wisconsin

3/5  rDev +43.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Red Dog is really not as bad as most people think. It's a pretty easy to drink beer and for the price, it's tough to beat. Another beer that I'm surprised they bottle though as this beer is really meant to be drank from a 30-pack.

A - It's a very light golden color.

S - Not good. Smells like a stale fart.

T - Pretty decent. Not much aftertaste.

M - OK, feels like a light beer.

D - You can drink this stuff all day and not worry about getting full.

Serving type: can

01-03-2011 22:03:29 | More by richkrull

Distilled10

Michigan

2.38/5  rDev +13.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5

Red Dog! The poor mans, "lets get piss drunk" drink of choice!

A: A dehydrated piss yellow color.

S: A strong sent of hops.

T: A surprising amount of hops, as well as corn. On top of that it's watery as hell.

M: A light, crisp feel, with a mild amount of carbonation,

D: If you asked me if I wanted one of these to drink, while knowing there are better choices, I would laugh and say no.
But for those of you college dorm room kids out there with little to no money in your pocket and are looking for a way to say you drank a beer or two, this is your best choice, just make sure you don't tell anyone who knows a little and or anything about beers, they'll just laugh.

Serving type: can

01-02-2011 04:17:29 | More by Distilled10

Lemke10

Wisconsin

2.38/5  rDev +13.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3

I bummed a can of this off a friend of mine since I had no desire to buy a 30-pack of this for $12 knowing that it was not going to be good.

If you're in college with no money, then Red Dog is your beer! But if you like a good flavor with your beer, this is one to avoid. Red Dog pours a very pale yellow color and has the familar scent that American Adjunct Lagers have. There is very little flavor almost to the point that it tastes like beer flavored water. On the upside it does drink fairly smooth and does not leave a bad after taste.

Serving type: can

11-30-2010 04:37:19 | More by Lemke10

UpNorthLager

Wisconsin

2.17/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured a dull gold into my pilsner glass, a nice head quickly subsided. Definitely has a flavor, though I'm not yet adept enough to describe it. If pressed, I would say it has that Miller Flavor, the beer-like flavor that Lite has, just a little more of it. There's little aroma, and the flavor quickly fades away.

Serving type: can

08-26-2010 01:32:13 | More by UpNorthLager

GNR4life2

Pennsylvania

3.33/5  rDev +59.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 4

Red Dog! I can drink this all night and still wake up with no hang over whats so ever except a little cotton mouth but thats easily cured with a glass of water. This is my go to beer when I am dead broke and wanna get piss poor drunk.

A:very very yellow

S: Very hoppy and corn scent

T: I tasted a lot of corn and hops. Its one of those beers that no matter how fast you drink or how much you drink you will never get sick.

M: Crisp, refreshing, light and a bit of carbonation.

D: If given a case I could drink it all day, especially on a hot day. Good and cheap, can't complain!

Serving type: can

Serving type: can

07-09-2010 01:17:29 | More by GNR4life2

bundy462

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

A: Clean and clear with an almost non-existent white head.

S: Corn and a grainy malt. Sweet. Slight hops.

T: Pretty rough cereal grain and corn with a strange hop bite. Not very good and not very smooth.

M: Thin, almost no carbonation at all.

O: Low, it is not smooth at all going down and doesn't taste very good.

Serving type: can

06-22-2010 03:18:51 | More by bundy462

hardy008

Minnesota

1.02/5  rDev -51.2%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Reviewed from notes.

Pale yellow color with a white foamy head with poor retention. Smells of cooked corn, and tastes like it too. Very unappealing on many different levels. Over carbonated, extremely watery, and a poor excuse for beer. I will try anything once, but this will not get a second chance.

Serving type: can

06-06-2010 16:16:29 | More by hardy008

phillipzayas

Texas

1.02/5  rDev -51.2%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

I actually went and got a six pack of this stuff to give it a fair chance. I figured it had a nice puppy on the front and was being sold along with Old Mil and Mickey's, how bad could it be??

So I can't believe I am reviewing this beer but I am. Pale color, smells like burnt corn, tastes like corn and has the carbonation of a bad soda. Mouthfeel = water. HOLY BITE ON IT! You take a sip and this one kicks you right back in the mouth in an unpleasant way. It fizzes like soda.

On par with Old Milwaukee. Still, this is one for if you just want to get really trashed and don't care about beer at all. If you want a bit of alcohol in water then here's your beer.

It actually smelled a bit like homeless people.

Avoid.

Serving type: can

04-18-2010 20:02:00 | More by phillipzayas

jwc215

New Jersey

2.58/5  rDev +23.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours clear straw yellow with a decent-sized foamy head that fizzles down slowly, leaving minimal trailing lace.

The smell is of cooked veggies and popcorn - mild though. Otherwise, pretty vacant.

The taste is sweet, mild grain and tonic water. Not overly sweet, though, with no detectable hops. Finishes with a touch of sweetness and a watery nothing. Nothing to it, really.

It has a somewhat oily, light body. Not too fizzy for the style, giving it a smoothness in a "chugging" sense.

A bland, mildly sweet cheap beer. It might be alright for a quick refresher when breaking out in a sweat. Not a terrible cheap macro lager, but not good either. Scored for what it is... but - there are so many out there like this it would get lost in a sea of bland cheap macro lagers...

Serving type: can

03-09-2010 23:44:00 | More by jwc215

roddwolff

Mexico

1.68/5  rDev -19.6%
look: 1 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

I already reviewed "RED pig mexican ale" now follows "RED dog"; Look: Bright yellow color, no foamy head; Smell: Smooth, malt and grain, nothing new; Taste: Corn syrup and rotten pineapple; Mouthfeel: Watery, fizzy, very sweet, light body; Drinkability: Nothing good to talk about, in fact the taste is bad, but i liked the beer eating "quesadillas", also is very cheap.

Serving type: can

01-18-2010 00:13:40 | More by roddwolff

RonaldTheriot

Louisiana

3.88/5  rDev +85.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

For the price this one often goes for, it's a damn good beer. I purchased these 6-packs of 16 oz. cans for $2.99 each (that's $11.96/case) in December, 2009.

This beer has a standard thick head and golden, bubbly appearance. It has the stereotypical American style lager smell. The taste is very good and quite similar to others in it's genre (think beer). Mouthfeel is watery and light. Red Dog has the bite one expects from this style. Overall, I have to rate this as a very fine beer. It's as good, if not better, than other higher-priced beers in its class (Budweiser, MGD, Coors). That being the case, why not purchase this and save a bundle? Red Dog definitely holds its own against the others. I've always had a lot of respect for this one.

RJT

Serving type: can

12-30-2009 01:20:08 | More by RonaldTheriot