Budweiser Select 55 - Anheuser-Busch

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277 Ratings

rAvg: 1.66
pDev: 40.96%
Reviews: 115
Hads: 162

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Brewed by:
Anheuser-Busch

Missouri, United States

Style | ABV
Light Lager | 2.40% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (92), can (22), on-tap (1).

Notes:
Select 55 is brewed with specialty malts and a blend of imported and domestic hopping. Select 55 has a light golden color and offers aroma notes of toasted malt and subtle hopping.

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Reviews by puboflyons:

puboflyons

New Hampshire

2.28/5 rDev +37.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

From the 12 fl. oz. can marked 07MAY10-WF09. Sampled on August 8, 2010. The pour is mainly yellow with a slight golden hue and a short-lived fizzy white head. The aroma is full of rice adjuncts but also there is a thin hoppy coating as well as a very fine pine-like scent. The body is not as watered down as many light beers I have had but I would not call it medium by any stretch of the imagination. There is a weak maltiness in the mix and a clean hopped shadow but nothing pounces out. Looking at this beer in an objective fashion it is very typical of light macros but not offensive.

Serving type: can

08-08-2010 23:08:56 | More by puboflyons

More User Reviews:

Kingcurio

Oklahoma

1.75/5 rDev +5.4%

05-21-2013 01:48:33 | More by Kingcurio

touchmeimsac

Pennsylvania

1/5 rDev -39.8%

05-20-2013 13:57:56 | More by touchmeimsac

canders0927

Texas

2/5 rDev +20.5%

05-20-2013 03:03:15 | More by canders0927

Srive009

Florida

3.25/5 rDev +95.8%

05-18-2013 23:41:10 | More by Srive009

HardyA

Michigan

1.75/5 rDev +5.4%

05-18-2013 18:08:47 | More by HardyA

Nolen12

Kentucky

1/5 rDev -39.8%

05-16-2013 20:10:21 | More by Nolen12

lucasj82

Indiana

1/5 rDev -39.8%

05-15-2013 01:25:46 | More by lucasj82

jkball01

Kentucky

1.25/5 rDev -24.7%

05-13-2013 16:17:15 | More by jkball01

teraflx

Arizona

1.5/5 rDev -9.6%

05-13-2013 16:14:33 | More by teraflx

harrymel

Washington

3/5 rDev +80.7%

05-12-2013 20:58:01 | More by harrymel

JamesStreet

Louisiana

2/5 rDev +20.5%

05-12-2013 16:51:59 | More by JamesStreet

Zaphog

Michigan

1/5 rDev -39.8%

05-12-2013 15:46:26 | More by Zaphog

Lare453

Florida

1/5 rDev -39.8%

05-12-2013 15:21:26 | More by Lare453

jucifer1818

Florida

1.5/5 rDev -9.6%

04-16-2013 20:28:41 | More by jucifer1818

Chucker17

South Dakota

1/5 rDev -39.8%

04-13-2013 21:29:51 | More by Chucker17

Arsenal0328

Indiana

1.5/5 rDev -9.6%

04-11-2013 02:09:24 | More by Arsenal0328

David1492

Iowa

1/5 rDev -39.8%

04-04-2013 02:30:26 | More by David1492

Celtics76

Rhode Island

1/5 rDev -39.8%

03-30-2013 21:23:32 | More by Celtics76

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

1.55/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Very light yellow beer, tons of clarity and filtering going on. White head that is fizzy and disappears into the nether realms of diet beer.

Smell is faintly recognizable as a AAL. A little bit sweet, like that kind of canned corn they seem to add sugar to (creamed corn?).

Taste? Like Mr. Tekagi: "WHAT taste?" Slightly sweet, very watery, very thin. No hopping, just comes off as seltzer water. Really feels like they thought Bud Light was too thick and strong, so they added some club soda or 7up to it.

They should ship this stuff out next time there is a hurricane or no running/safe water, this will probably hydrate you moreso than give you a buzz. Actually, this might be good for when you have to stop drinking, but you don't want a headache from your body wanting more, this might satiate it in like a methodone/heroin kind of way.

I guess the upside is also that it has no off flavors. But then again, its hard to have off flavors when you don't have "flavors".

This beer made Jon Spencer Blues Explosion "Flava" pop in my head "Who gots tha flava?" Not bud 55.

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2013 20:30:46 | More by Beerandraiderfan

Lee17

Texas

3.88/5 rDev +133.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

Howdy from Texas, where this beer is excellent in the heat down at our ranch. I enjoy micros when traveling to Portland, IPAs in San Diego, good lagers in the east.
I rate this highly as it hits the spot when I need a few ice cold beers in the afternoon, and want to keep things in check with responsibilities on the land.
There is no need to seek the aroma, or any such nonsense. Obviously that is not the point; if you are buying this you know what you are getting, and this is a great ultra light beer.

Serving type: can

03-17-2013 03:13:21 | More by Lee17