Budweiser - Anheuser-Busch

vacax

California

3.38/5  rDev +45.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4

A: Pours a very pale straw yellow with a fizzy soda pop huge pure white head. Head dies down fast but holds a decent amount with minimal lacing.

S: Sweet grain, hay, mild sweet grassy hops. Quite sweet, which I suspect covers up other flaws that are hidden behind it.

T: Malty and sweet grains is the primary flavor with a non-distinct hops bitterness in the background. I find the bitterness quite pleasant in this, but the sweetness is a bit of a turnoff. The packaging claims "perfect" balance but this is too sweet with not enough hops complexity. The balance here is that is has pluses and minuses. The one thing it has going for it is very little off-flavors, and so I call this a good adjunct lager.

M: Light, fizzy and tingly. If drank quickly not a lot of flavor just bubbles.

D: Ah, drinkability. For some reason I saw this in a commercial. While the taste is not perfect, I'll be damned if I didn't just drink a few of these things working on the review. Easy to drink, nothing very strong or flavorful here, but not exactly water either. Nowhere near among my top preferences for a session beer, but easy drinking. I have to say this of course is an adjunct lager and I have to scoff at the BA member overall score of a D+... this is not a "great American" beer but is decent enough. And for the record I am not one of those noveau BMC apologists that populate BA recently. I offer no excuses of "quality control" just an honest opinion that this beer will not kill your children.

Serving type: can

04-02-2009 05:04:07 | More by vacax

Dave7500kl

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +50.2%

05-24-2013 20:49:49 | More by Dave7500kl

MadWolf

Ohio

3/5  rDev +28.8%

05-24-2013 19:52:48 | More by MadWolf

desint

Belgium

2/5  rDev -14.2%

05-24-2013 13:07:35 | More by desint

jkane101

New Jersey

2/5  rDev -14.2%

05-24-2013 01:40:42 | More by jkane101

himynameisping

California

3/5  rDev +28.8%

05-23-2013 05:38:56 | More by himynameisping

JoeStepOner

Michigan

1/5  rDev -57.1%

05-22-2013 22:58:02 | More by JoeStepOner

InfernoBoss

California

2.75/5  rDev +18%

05-22-2013 22:05:23 | More by InfernoBoss

Rdc67

Kentucky

1.5/5  rDev -35.6%

05-22-2013 19:43:54 | More by Rdc67

zacky_U

Michigan

2.5/5  rDev +7.3%

05-22-2013 17:13:46 | More by zacky_U

enelson

Illinois

2/5  rDev -14.2%

05-22-2013 17:12:50 | More by enelson

backbaybrewer

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev +28.8%

05-22-2013 17:05:12 | More by backbaybrewer

Bones10

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev +18%

05-22-2013 16:37:12 | More by Bones10

stella77artois

New York

1.5/5  rDev -35.6%

05-22-2013 15:36:12 | More by stella77artois

scoot64

New Jersey

2.25/5  rDev -3.4%

05-21-2013 23:30:23 | More by scoot64

Chiefmanynames

California

1/5  rDev -57.1%

05-21-2013 06:25:28 | More by Chiefmanynames

Aretis

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +93.1%

05-21-2013 05:43:35 | More by Aretis

bobbyr5

Michigan

3/5  rDev +28.8%

05-21-2013 02:03:59 | More by bobbyr5

Kingcurio

Oklahoma

2.5/5  rDev +7.3%

05-21-2013 01:44:24 | More by Kingcurio

Zizick

Texas

1.49/5  rDev -36.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.75

A: The appearance is typical. A pale straw color with a pop pop fizzy coca-cola head that deteriorates pretty fast.

S: Faint malts, cooked vegetable smell, no hop spiciness/grassy smell. Pretty offensive.

T: Just plain distasteful, all I can get is faint barley malts, some of that beechwood taste... I guess. A LOT of carbonation, and so as the cooked vegetable corn adjunct, pretty nasty.

M: Pretty watery but it's heaviness is from the corn adjuncts I believe. Light mouthfeel as this beer is easy to slam down on a hot day, just make sure it's ice cold. Nonetheless, it has all the traits of Bud light, just more corny/malty taste.

O: Just a typical American adjunct lager that is meant for people to slam on a hot day after maybe some lawn work or whatever. But if you're expecting complexity and enjoyment, turn somewhere else.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 21:52:09 | More by Zizick

ClayO

Arizona

2/5  rDev -14.2%

05-19-2013 21:30:44 | More by ClayO

NessaHilling

West Virginia

1/5  rDev -57.1%

05-19-2013 21:23:52 | More by NessaHilling

aty11b

Texas

2/5  rDev -14.2%

05-19-2013 04:22:02 | More by aty11b

Srive009

Florida

3.5/5  rDev +50.2%

05-18-2013 23:40:32 | More by Srive009

kjmass

Maryland

2.25/5  rDev -3.4%

05-18-2013 22:53:52 | More by kjmass