Bud Light - Anheuser-Busch

mnrider

Connecticut

1.68/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

12 oz. Brown Bottle. Twist Off. Born on Date. Well at least it's fresh.

A: Pours as clear as water with a faint pale yellow tint. A small ugly white
head forms and turns to nothing before the pour is finished. I didn't expect
any lacing, but did get a little watery lacing run down the side of the glass.

S: Almost nothing here, besides the sweet cereal grains.

T/M: Tastes like carbonated water with the remote inclusion of alcohol.
Dry and crisp and actually very easy to drink. Not sure if any malts were used
or any hops as I can barely even identify them in the taste. The dry sweet grains
dominate and the finish is again dry and pretty clean.

O: One of the worst light lagers I've ever had. Only good for drinking games or
for the person who actually likes bad beer. I've written too much.

Cheers

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2012 21:06:27 | More by mnrider

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

beergoot

Colorado

2.08/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 1 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Born on date: 6/9/12

Very, very pale yellow body with no real head after the pour, only a weak, light ring of white foam on top of the beer body. Thin hint of grain in the aroma. Watered down grain and corn flavor, evenly balanced with a barely perceptible hop bitterness. Body feels like nearly-flat soda water; clean, dry finish.

Barely a step above weak soda water. In fact, I'd rather drink a nice, cold glass of ice water over having this beer. I wonder what the Budweiser marketing folks mean by the "superior drinkability" label on the bottle? Superior to plain water? Perhaps; there is a low alcohol content that may be a draw over plain H2O. Superior to drinking a flavorful beer? No way! One of the primary reasons I try and drink so many beers near and far is for classic beer flavors and new and interesting twists which so many creative, thinking brewers come up with. If low alcohol and barely perceptible taste are what you're looking for, then Bud Light is the beer for you...

Serving type: bottle

11-13-2012 01:23:08 | More by beergoot

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

ThisWangsChung

Maryland

1.53/5  rDev -17.7%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

And because I'm a masochist, here's Bud Light. 18 oz bottle poured into a glass.

A: Pours a light straw color that's clear as sin. Head retention isn't as pitiful as I expected, as there's still a nice film of white head 30 seconds later. There's even a little lacing on the glass, what gives?! WHY ARE YOU SO SEMI-GOOD AESTHETICALLY, BL?!?!

S: What smell?

T: Aside from a little cotton candy/cooked corn sweetness, there's really no flavor to speak of here. At least it's not skunked, I suppose.

M: Light. Watery. Fizzy. Bloaty. Blech.

O: Proof positive that millions of rednecks from the South can be very, very wrong. I was ready to say how it wasn't THAT horrid, right up until it gave me a slight headache. Yeesh.

Score wise, this is as low as I'll ever go without giving this to Drain, because as much as I dislike it, it IS very drinkable (even with all of its pus-filled carbuncles), due to being so similar to carbonated water. And, it's not quite as terribad as BL Platinum. So celebrate those two merits Bud Light, because that's all I'm giving you tonight.

Serving type: bottle

11-02-2012 22:14:04 | More by ThisWangsChung

michiganminer

Michigan

2.8/5  rDev +50.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Fist off if you ding bud light just because don't waste your time reviewing. we all loathe it. It's because it's popular. From it's soda pop inspired label to its "try not to piss any one off" taste. It's truly frustrating that some people won't touch anything else. Case in point is BL Platinum. selling off the charts to the sheep who drink nothing but bud light but if they sold it as any other name it wouldn't. ok.. I've drifted enough,

Poured into a 16 oz mug. light, watery, 2 finger head quickly disappears. fizzy, no smell. watery mouth feel but that Budweiser rice smoothness. Its watered down budweiser . Its drinkable and available everywhere. Don't hate it for what it is. I hate the sheep who will drink nothing but.

Note: I review for the style. I refuse to let my prejudices slant any review. Nothing worse than the typical beer snob reviewing an AAL, same for your AAL drinker reviewing a craft brew.

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2012 03:01:34 | More by michiganminer

Gstarkey

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

What is really funny is that for some years now i have been drinking this beer and within the last year or so i have been getting really into craft beers and visiting local breweries enjoying excellent beer. Having doing this i don't think i can really go back to this beer if i really tried!. It really just seems to taste like carbonated water to me. Having said this i will go ahead and rate this beer.

It pours a bright, clear golden yellow color. Lots of bubbles shooting to the top. The head doesn't really stick around. There is a very very slight malt and hop aroma to it and really isn't too
impressive. The taste is like a mentioned before which is very carbonated and very watery.

It is really hard for me to absolutely hate this beer having pretty much drank it most of my adult life but now having tasted so many excellent and shall i say "real" beers. This one is definitely at the bottom for me.

Serving type: bottle

10-19-2012 19:54:31 | More by Gstarkey

Alextricity

Michigan

2.03/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

This beer is an absolute atrocity. Having it called a "beer" bothers me. Having it advertised the way it does bothers me. There is nothing about this beer to make it worth a drink. As I affectionately call it, it's the beer for people that don't like beer. It's carbonated water. It's entirely unpleasant to drink. I wish I knew why I know so many people that prefer this "beer" to craft. I don't usually look down my nose when I have an opinion, but this is a case of that. Awful. The only reason I'm not giving this beer straight 1's is because I don't think a whole can would put you in your grave... I don't THINK.

Budweiser "King of Beers" my ass.

RE-REVIEW: After having several cans of this (without paying a dime for any of it, of course), I've finally decided what many people already knew ... Bud Light is nothing but a drink to get you drunk. That's its only purpose. There's nothing enjoyable about Bud Light. At the same time though, there's nothing off-putting about it to me, unlike Budweiser.

Appearance: I've only seen it in a glass once ... when I was at a bar and a friend got it on draft. Looks about as bad as it does from a can, I'd presume. It just looks watered down -- basically no head, and there's zero lacing. Awful.

Smell: Corn sweetness. Hops? Very, very faint.

Taste: Inoffensive, so it's not GOD AWFUL. But it drinks like a glass of water ... which is... weird. A beer should never drink like that. Sure, Bud Light has "superior drinkability", but it has inferior everything else. Alcoholic corn water (with a touch of sweetness) is all this is. As I said at the start, this is a "get me drunk for cheap" beer, like any other macro, really. It is what it is. Not good by any means, but it gets the job done.

Serving type: bottle

10-12-2012 19:07:13 | More by Alextricity

johnnnniee

New Hampshire

2.5/5  rDev +34.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Pours a medium golden color with a smallish white head that dissipates rather quickly but never disappears. Smells of light sweet bready malt with a touch of apple and honey and maybe some floral hops. The flavor is sweet grainy with pomme fruits and a hint of bread and hops. Light body with a moderate to high level of carbonation and a sweet watery mouthfeel. Well it could work on a hot summer day, but there is so little flavor in here it's hard for me to want to.

Serving type: bottle

10-09-2012 04:07:03 | More by johnnnniee

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

Jwicker

2.53/5  rDev +36%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Alright I'm from St. Louis, being from the home city, I will always have a love for beers like bud, schlafly, rolling rock, and Budweiser. But this beer in particular, is a great pong beer. I'm a stout and ale guy, but ill definitely drink this at a Cards game. The best part is, the girls will be drinking it too, so that's something else in common ;)
Ill also drink it sometimes when my friends are together, but in all honesty, after you taste a stronger darker beer, you can barely even taste this. Which is good if you're trying to get drunk and have some fun. But if you're a stout or ale guy, or just like them dark beers, you definitely wont want to drink this at home lol.which I'm sure you already know. The beer is bright yellow, super foamy, and has the smaell and taste both, of a bitter faint lime, or wheat. You can taste that yeast. Hell, I can even smell the yeast from the brewery at home. Good work they are doing there. But overall, this beet is supposed to be watery and light. Those giving low ratings because of its water content or faint taste, this is the way bud is supposed to be, this beer just isn't the right type for you :p
Any other day, a prefer my Old Rasputin or Murphy's.

Serving type: on-tap

09-15-2012 04:35:37 | More by Jwicker

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

AllisonWunderland

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

Nobody seems to mention that the way American "light" beers are brewed is that they remove a LOT of the alcohol in order to reduce the caloric content. This is the whole American "point" for a "light" beer. it's American "diet beer" -- And just like diet soda, it has most of the life drained out of it.

"Diet beer" -- with reduced alcohol. Women in pubs realize they can drink this stuff and not end up riding home unconscious with a total stranger. *LMAO*

Serving type: on-tap

08-20-2012 18:36:13 | More by AllisonWunderland

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

Celtics76

Rhode Island

1.75/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Straight out of a plastic bottle at a Pawsox game. My other choice was Heineken..so I decided to alternate. Kicked it off with this and obviously knew what to expect. Watery as hell, and the flavor that is there is somewhat funky/skunky but otherwise inoffensive. I drank two of these without even thinking, as I was chatting it up with some co-workers and eating typical luxury suite food - chicken fingers, hot dogs, etc.

I will end this rambling review with some advice - there are better light beers out there but you will have to spend a little more. Give Sam Adams Light a shot. Cisco also has a good one - Sankaty Light but they are even pricier. Worth it though.

Serving type: bottle

08-09-2012 21:57:42 | More by Celtics76

Mora2000

Texas

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

The beer pours a very clear yellow color with a white head. The aroma has a lot of grain notes, as well as a hint of grass from the hops. The flavor is more of the same. Grain and biscuit malt dominate, with some grass and the slightest hint of bitterness. Thin mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Not a good beer, but nothing offensive. It basically just smells and tastes like nothing.

Serving type: can

08-06-2012 03:43:47 | More by Mora2000