Bud Light - Anheuser-Busch

armiakhe

Michigan

3.56/5  rDev +91.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I thought the bud light was very good. The appearance was a light yellow coloring. The smell was of wheat and a little malt to it. THe taste was very crisp and refreshing and I enjoyed it a lot. Best out of the bottle but the can was alright too. The aroma was not that good and was a little bland.

Serving type: can

04-26-2013 12:32:00 | More by armiakhe

Catherine8189

Michigan

3.33/5  rDev +79%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Served straight from a tallboy. Golden yellow appearance and a classic light beer. You can drink a lot of this beer. American beer taste. Toasted grains really come through in the aroma and taste, but there is not much flavor diversity beyond that. A very refreshing beer that has a lively, highly carbonated mouthfeel. Smooth taste, with bubbles, and with very little lingering aftertaste.

Serving type: can

04-25-2013 23:39:36 | More by Catherine8189

GarthDanielson

New Hampshire

1.58/5  rDev -15.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.5

Poured from a tallboy into a shaker pint. I can't believe I'm doing this, but I used to drink so much of it before that I almost feel compelled to give it a shake now. The beer is a pale, almost clear, yellowish coloring with a frothy white head that quickly settles into a sparse coating of filmy, white bubbling. Fast, moderate amount of carbonation bubbling. Aromas of toasted grains, and not much else. Flavors of not a whole hell of a lot. Seriously. Clean, with some toasted grain characteristics, but very subtle. Aftertaste is funky, with a slightly floral and sour character to it. Clean, crisp finish. Very neat and clean brew, but lack just about every other quality.

Serving type: can

04-06-2013 03:56:22 | More by GarthDanielson

bbluemzbeer

California

1.65/5  rDev -11.3%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75

Appearance : Pours as clear as water with some yellow tint. I got little watery lacing run down the side of the glass.

Smell : nothing here, samll hint cereal grains.

Tastes: It is like carbonated water with the remote inclusion of alcohol. It is better taste then other light beers.Dry and crisp and actually very easy to drink.

Overal: It is not the worst light beer better then Coors. I have some at the baseball game when no other beer is available. I am not going the the store to buy this beer myself . I only buy for party guest when people come over the house.

Serving type: can

04-01-2013 15:33:41 | More by bbluemzbeer

sam_bliss

Washington

2.1/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

Pours from the blue can into the globe glass and immediately a huge three-finger head forms. This tops a clear, golden light-yellow lager, but only for a while. The foamy head reduces to just a thin bubble-cap over the next couple minutes. This beer has amazing clarity, which is augmented by the light color, as close to colorless as beer gets. The first sniff is slightly sweet, and the second brings light alcohol and stale grains with a bit of that sourness typical of adjunct lagers. Tastes a tiny bit sweet and lightly malted. Feels refreshing and crisp.

By now the head has left the beer naked. Very little hop character is present to offset the mild corny flavor. The extremely understated pale and bready malts allow bland adjuncts to leave Bud Light quite watery in the mouth. Seltzer watery, specifically. It reminds me bit of dry sparkling cider because of the light body, tingly carbonation, and very weak aftertaste of tang.

I guess I prepared myself for even worse, but BL pretty much sucks. I cannot imagine how poorly it would taste if it weren't super chilled. Even Bud Light Platinum is significantly better, at least according to my review. Get me an ale! Or at least a real lager...

Serving type: can

03-13-2013 03:10:18 | More by sam_bliss

Wrigfen

South Carolina

2.11/5  rDev +13.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Will drink it if there are no other full beers or Miller lite on the low cal side. Not horrible but not something you should seek out if you have choices. If you must drink light go with Miller. But this one is better than Coors, which seems to be the three major light beers in my part of the USA. I have not tried the MIchelobe light's or ultra's so I can not compare them.

Serving type: can

02-23-2013 19:16:14 | More by Wrigfen

The21ner

1.03/5  rDev -44.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

The worst beer I've ever had. What is the point of drinking a water-down beer i may ask? Original Budweiser was nasty enough, yet they managed to make it even worse. Every time i watch a bud light ad on TV, i feel the need to puke my guts out. Bad bad beer. Can't help but wonder what is wrong with the fellas buying those 12 or 18 can cases. Must have their taste buds damaged or something.

Serving type: can

02-22-2013 21:40:44 | More by The21ner

EdgeT

3.78/5  rDev +103.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is among my top 3 favorite weekend beers. This beer is very flavorful and quite enjoyable to drink but some enthusiasts would think this beer is overdone with flavor and lacks traditional beer qualities. I would definitely recommend this beer when you want to go out an have fun or even if you are just chilling at home. The can however could use some work. The logo is simple and i like that but they can do a lot more to improve the appearance of the can.

Serving type: can

02-20-2013 03:40:25 | More by EdgeT

BradMacMullin

Massachusetts

3.1/5  rDev +66.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz can with a born on date. Poured into chilled glass

A: Extremely clear and yellow-ish beer, with no head and little lacing.

S: Nothing here.

T: No hops or real overwhelming taste. Very light and dry, with a faint malt taste.

M: Light carbonation, and with decent crisp aftertaste

O: People kill this beer, but it is what it is - an extremely cheap beer that is good in situations where you want something consistent and reliable. Not a great beer, but for the value, I think is right on the mark.

Serving type: can

02-03-2013 20:37:52 | More by BradMacMullin

flagmantho

Washington

2.39/5  rDev +28.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25

Poured from 24oz tall can into a pint glass.

Appearance: light yellow hue with a haze-free body and strong effervescence. Head poured a thin layer of frothy white foam and dissipated almost instantly. Blah.

Smell: light plastic-like aroma which is mostly inoffensive but doesn't smell like beer should. It smells much more chemical than biological, you know?

Taste: bland malty flavor, really quite watery. I haven't let it heat up to the point where it gets offensive yet, though. It's actually a bit too dull to be truly off-putting. Bland, boring, mostly tasteless, but not overtly revolting. So there's that.

Mouthfeel: extremely light-bodied, but bubbly and refreshing. Certainly adequate for a light beer.

Overall: I don't hate this beer. I just don't happen to like it very much. It can be said, however, to be refreshing on a hot day when served cold. Still, there are much better beers in the cheap-swill class which do a better job under those circumstances than Bud Light.

Serving type: can

01-21-2013 05:17:31 | More by flagmantho

Chalkhead

1/5  rDev -46.2%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

I used to go to a now defunct pizza joint in Greenville, n.c., they had this on tap, warm for $1/pitcher. No flavor, no nothing. I am no aficionado, but this is the beer of college students and people who hate their kidneys. Avoid at all costs, please.

Serving type: can

01-17-2013 16:57:59 | More by Chalkhead

StArnoldFan

Texas

2.6/5  rDev +39.8%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I don't get all the hate for the BMC's on this site. Did everyone start out drinking craft? I know I didn't and I can also say I'm not, nor will I ever be too good for a Bud. I feel there is always a time and a place for it. If I know I'm going to drink all day, like tailgating at a Texans game, I'm going to bust out the Bud rather than an IPA or stout. I'm not even going to break down this review and tell you color, taste, ect. because you should already know what a light lager tastes like. In my opinion this site is more about learning craft/micro brews that you possibly cant get or find so you read about them. This beer is too easily accessible, you want to know what what it tastes like, go buy one.

Serving type: can

12-29-2012 00:21:40 | More by StArnoldFan

Mavigo

Michigan

1.45/5  rDev -22%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Figured I'd put this into the database, it's gonna get ugly. Pint.

A: Clear yellow, no head, fizzes like soda and is bubbly. No lacing.

S: Can't really smell anything, grass, grains, corn?, that's about it.

T: Bleh, something you take a few sips then pour on the lawn or down the toilet, watery, light, tastes grassy, rice, corn, but just barely, tastes mostly like nothing.

M: No balance at all, no flavor, too much carbonation

O: Yeah, like everyone here knows, it's pretty bad, there's worse, much worse, but this is pretty close to the bottle of the well. I normally refuse this, just not me.

Serving type: can

12-28-2012 05:07:44 | More by Mavigo

Scrylol

Alberta (Canada)

1.68/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Pours a golden color with a fizzy white head.

Smells rather clean - no metallic smell, no skunk, but there is quite a bit of grain to it. No hop or malt presence.

Bland, very little taste. This is actually really close to water, there's only a hint of bitterness, and that's it really. Slight grainy taste. No presence of hops or malts.

Watery, and a bit too much carbonation on the mouthfeel.

Avoid.

Serving type: can

12-22-2012 06:25:00 | More by Scrylol

BigBry

Alberta (Canada)

2/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Had the pleasure (?) to crack a can on a recent trip south of the border. Pale yellow, very clear with streams of carbonation bubbles. Thin white head on foam that is there, then not there. Light grain/lager smell. Very light bodied, lots of carbonation, really no discrenable flavors. Yes, it is crisp, clean, and easy drinking, but only because there is not much to it. I am glad some one else paid.

Just had the family bring back one of the fancy new 16 oz alumi-bottles. Neat packaging, taste is the same.

Serving type: can

12-09-2012 04:12:23 | More by BigBry

kshizzle101

Washington

2.08/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Poured from 120z can into pint glass

A - Clear straw in color, about a 1.5" head which goes away almost immediately

S - smell is a little sweet, smells of watered down hops with some malt

T - taste starts with some sweet malty flavor, then aftertaste is 'stale hops.' ugh.

M - Very light, but good amount of carb for a light beer, some can be over carbonated

Overall - it's a light beer, they're all about the same

Serving type: can

12-03-2012 04:02:23 | More by kshizzle101

michiganman48846

2.15/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Let's face it, this beer has very little taste (more like flavored water), and is marketed for girls who don't like the taste of beer. You are paying for the name and marketing. If you paid for taste, this stuff would be almost free. This is basically an image beer.

Serving type: can

11-12-2012 12:24:35 | More by michiganman48846

freditoj

Alabama

2.23/5  rDev +19.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

What can I say, this is a classic macro light beer. It is very contested between Coors Light and this beer to which is the better one. I definitely believe the Bud Light is a better beer with more flavor and body. It has a dark yellow color and formed like a half inch head when served on the glass. The taste is somewhat strong similar to the Budweiser Lager, but much more smoother. It leaves a very bitter taste as aftertaste and is very carbonated. Overall it is a good light beer if that's what you enjoy.

Serving type: can

09-30-2012 20:03:11 | More by freditoj

punky796

Michigan

2.78/5  rDev +49.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from the can into a pint glass.

A - Pours light-amber yellow, small head, little lacing.

S - Wheat, corn, sugar, the usual.

T - Pretty standard for an adjunct. Minimal hops and malt, same stuff listed under smell, alcohol.

M - Medium carbonation, kind of a bitter finish. Guess that goes without saying.

O - Probably the most overrated beer I've ever had. It's not any more special than Busch Light, Keystone Light, etc., so why waste your money on this overpriced and overrated version? I wouldn't refuse one, but I don't remember the last time I bought this. Here, Weego!

Serving type: can

09-29-2012 18:55:21 | More by punky796

tectactoe

Michigan

1.63/5  rDev -12.4%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

There isn't much to say about Bud Light that hasn't already been said. It's not that it's a BAD beer - it doesn't have a BAD taste, or a BAD smell.... but rather it LACKS just about everything. There is almost no flavor, no smell, the beer is extremely pale (even for a pilsner - I've seen darker champagnes). You can taste some slight corn, grains, and malt, but it really all gets overpowered by the extreme carbonation. Hops are basically irrelevant and almost completely unnoticeable. The beer is about as thin as they come.

Having had many of these throughout my college years, I've come a long way. Bud Light gives you exactly what you pay for - a "beer" to drink when you really don't care about what beer you're drinking. With a nearly absent flavor and smell, there are MANY better options than Bud Light, even at comparable prices.

Serving type: can

09-25-2012 03:53:52 | More by tectactoe

ACD

2.9/5  rDev +55.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

bottles or cans

Appearance- Don't ever see it cause this is a beer you never pour! This beer my friends is drunk only out of a can or bottle!

Smell- Cold and refreshing (as long as it is not skunked) This is not a beer to smell or savor.

Taste- As is in the name. Light and one step above carbonated water.

Mouth-feel- Carbonation and cold

Overall- This is the beer of my youth and of Golf and after hockey with the boys or a night out when you want to drink a few beers socially and the good stuff can not be drunk in that quantity.

There is a place and time for Bud Light and it should be judged on that scale not on those of the craft beers, stouts and porters of the world!

Serving type: can

09-20-2012 18:04:15 | More by ACD

TPINC3

Alabama

1.55/5  rDev -16.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Let's be honest. This is just not a good beer. Hands down. Simple as that. I also doubt anyone on a site like Beer Advocate would disagree with me. ANYWAY...

A - I will give them this. The beer is clear. Then again, if you're essentially making alcohol water, how could it not be?

S - Meh... Let's be honest, there's just nothing special going on here.

T - Just bad. Not good. How else can you say it? It's wispy, thin, fizzy yellow alcohol water. There's no complexity. How this has passed for "America's Beer" or what have you is beyond me.

M - It was hard to come up with anything here. I was too busy choking this nonsense down at a party in a beer pong game to even care.

Overall - a completley forgettable product. It's just a bad faith effort at a brew, not to mention the way Anheuser-Busch pushes around the craft/micro brewers just leaves a bad taste in my mouth (almost as bad as the one left behind from their actual product.)

Serving type: can

09-15-2012 19:19:39 | More by TPINC3

Cavanaghty

Maine

2.45/5  rDev +31.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Poured into a pint glass from can.

Appearance: Clear Yellow with a foamy white head that lasted only about thirty seconds. No lacing on the glass.

Smell: Sweet, Sugary, Rice, Malts, and other adjuncts.

Mouthfeel/Taste: Watery light bodied and smooth. Taste sweet with almost a sour taste at the end.

Overall: Not on of my favorites, but I end up drinking this a lot because most of my friends don't drink anything but. Its ok for when you are outside doing some yard work or washing your car, but that is about it.

Serving type: can

08-27-2012 15:17:52 | More by Cavanaghty

jaslesp

1.23/5  rDev -33.9%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

This is a very low quality beer. Of course it is a light lager and that's what we get but it is below average. Still it is not enough even tough it is a light lager. There is no smell almost and no taste. It is a little to watery too. it is alcoholic water.

Serving type: can

08-22-2012 20:21:17 | More by jaslesp

JamesHenjum

Florida

1.33/5  rDev -28.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

A: A very pale yellow with a small soapy head. Lots of bubbles.

S: Default beer smell... Wet grass and grain. Not pleasant at all.

T: Like a watered down Budweiser. It still has the hop bite and bitterness that makes me hate Budweiser when compared to Coors or Miller.

M: Very watery but the nice carbonation and crisp clean feel is refreshing.

O: I would take a Michelob Ultra over this anyday. I find the flavor offensive compared to other light beers. If all you want is to get drunk there are crappier beers.

Serving type: can

08-11-2012 18:35:41 | More by JamesHenjum