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Bud Light
Anheuser-Busch
- From:
- Anheuser-Busch
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Light Lager
Ranked #164 - ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 47
Ranked #28,557 - Avg:
- 1.88 | pDev: 38.83%
- Reviews:
- 1,619
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Wednesday at 08:55 AM
- Added:
- Aug 22, 2001
- Wants:
- 72
- Gots:
- 1,822
Bud Light is brewed using a blend of premium aroma hop varieties, both American-grown and imported, and a combination of barley malts and rice. Its superior drinkability and refreshing flavor makes it the world’s favorite light beer.
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Reviewed by Death_Adder from South Carolina
3/5 rDev +59.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +59.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
My first and last ever Bud Light purchase, for review purposes only. There isn’t much in the flavor department, maybe a hair more “flavor” than Busch Light, and certainly more than Michelob Ultra. This is a water beer through and through, at one point extremely popular with the Baby Boomer generation, these days not so much. If you are going to waste your time, money, and calories with any light beer, stick with Miller Lite.
Style: Light Lager | Tap/Can/Bottle: Can | Abv: 4.2% | Rating: 3
Saturday at 04:55 PMStyle: Light Lager | Tap/Can/Bottle: Can | Abv: 4.2% | Rating: 3
Reviewed by waudozer from Canada (BC)
1.87/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1 | overall: 2
1.87/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1 | overall: 2
Finally decided to try this
There is faint cereal off smell, but noticeably less than some other mainstream beers
Taste kind of like malt forward sweet cereal/corn bread and some toffee, barely any traces of hop profile, and to top it all off, it tastes like it been diluted with soda water
Thin bodied, soda-like, fizzly
Overall it's tastes like a boring beer mixed with carbonated water, goes down easy, really don't know how to feel about it...
Mar 06, 2024There is faint cereal off smell, but noticeably less than some other mainstream beers
Taste kind of like malt forward sweet cereal/corn bread and some toffee, barely any traces of hop profile, and to top it all off, it tastes like it been diluted with soda water
Thin bodied, soda-like, fizzly
Overall it's tastes like a boring beer mixed with carbonated water, goes down easy, really don't know how to feel about it...
Reviewed by HoppyBastard from Nebraska
1.1/5 rDev -41.5%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
1.1/5 rDev -41.5%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
Poured from a 12 ounce can into a Shaker pint glass, best by date "03JUN24".
APPEARANCE: pours a clear, light golden color with one-finger white head that quickly dissipated until there was almost nothing, a small partial ring of small bubbles remained around the rim of glass, it reminded me of a soda pop, there is no lacing on the glass, medium carbonation.
SMELL: it smells faintly like sweet corn and bread.
TASTE: the taste follows the nose, initially sweet corn then bread, it's very bland and the flavors are understated.
PALATE: this beer is thin and watery with a very light body and medium carbonation.
OVERALL: This is the worst beer I have ever tasted, it tastes like nothing, it's does not have an unpleasant or off-putting taste, it's just really bland and boring, I don't understand why anyone would buy or drink this beer when there are so many better choices, the only positive things I can say is it's relatively low in calories and alcohol.
Feb 04, 2024APPEARANCE: pours a clear, light golden color with one-finger white head that quickly dissipated until there was almost nothing, a small partial ring of small bubbles remained around the rim of glass, it reminded me of a soda pop, there is no lacing on the glass, medium carbonation.
SMELL: it smells faintly like sweet corn and bread.
TASTE: the taste follows the nose, initially sweet corn then bread, it's very bland and the flavors are understated.
PALATE: this beer is thin and watery with a very light body and medium carbonation.
OVERALL: This is the worst beer I have ever tasted, it tastes like nothing, it's does not have an unpleasant or off-putting taste, it's just really bland and boring, I don't understand why anyone would buy or drink this beer when there are so many better choices, the only positive things I can say is it's relatively low in calories and alcohol.
Reviewed by Lanoke12 from Michigan
2.85/5 rDev +51.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.85/5 rDev +51.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Look is light straw yellow. Smell is of light adjunct malts and hops. Taste is inoffensive and smooth. Feel is light bodied. Overall, a decent light lager for when you want to take a break from craft beer.
Jan 27, 2024Rated by Athener56 from Oklahoma
1.47/5 rDev -21.8%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
1.47/5 rDev -21.8%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
should be classified as a seltzer. has no aftertaste whatsoever and no flavor which makes it very unenjoyable for me. others may appreciate that.
Dec 26, 2023Rated by TheRealBen from Massachusetts
1.12/5 rDev -40.4%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.12/5 rDev -40.4%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
The only highlight for bud light is the pour from my perspective.
Dec 20, 2023Rated by lflotron from Florida
4.58/5 rDev +143.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.58/5 rDev +143.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Don't know why this is so poorly rated. Easy to drink without much taste.
Nov 09, 2023Rated by Greymane from France
1.02/5 rDev -45.7%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.02/5 rDev -45.7%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Carbonated yellow water with hop extract and rubbing alcohol aroma. How can they sell this swill?
Nov 03, 2023Rated by Alpha-Leader from California
1/5 rDev -46.8%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1/5 rDev -46.8%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Bud Light is what turned me off from beer for years. Grew up thinking, "If that is what beer is, I don't want it."
Oct 14, 2023
Bud Light from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating:
47 out of
100 with
6666 ratings
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