Budweiser - Anheuser-Busch

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

1.1/5  rDev -52.8%
look: 1 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

I could not have more than one sip. Makes club soda taste decent. Aggressive carbonation with metallic behind it. Some bitter sweetness hit me and that's it -where's the water. There is some fruity aroma here. Pale colour of some fizz. Definately awful looking.

Serving type: bottle

07-25-2004 03:40:38 | More by northyorksammy

BuckeyeNation

Iowa

1.6/5  rDev -31.3%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Welcome to Macro Smackdown III (I now use Roman numerals because, like the Super Bowl, this has become a major event of interest the world over). This round pits the ubiquitous Budweiser with the Stroh/Pabst product Old Milwaukee. I had originally thought that I was comparing the American macro lager counterparts of the two beers from Macro Smackdown II, but it appears that I've confused Milwaukee's Best with Old Milwaukee. Yeah, like there's a difference.

Clear, pale straw yellow with a few streams of lazily rising bubbles. The head is off-white and is much too soft. It falls fairly quickly and presents a smooth surface; the very definition of a poor, cheap-looking cap of foam. Almost no lace. Obviously inferior to the head on the OM.

Neither nose is much to write home about, but neither is horrible either. The nose on this beer may have the slight edge, but it's not enough to result in a difference in score. The Bud nose is adjuncty (of course) and is a little more sweetly floral than the Old Milwaukee nose.

The flavor isn't that appealing, to say the least. It's grainy and bitter without much, if any, hop flavor. It isn't skunky per se, but there's a definite off-flavor goin' on. The nose didn't translate well to the palate, that's for sure. The finish is fairly clean thanks to the lack of sweetness and the pathetically watery, inadequately carbonated mouthfeel.

Although Budweiser isn't as drain-pourable as Bud Light, it isn't that far off. 'One of the most popular beers in America' just got spanked by a beer named for a city in Wisconsin, but brewed in Texas (or in Wisconsin, who the hell knows?). Neither one of these combatants is good beer, but Budweiser is clearly the worst of the two. The skill it must take to brew a beer this lousy is simply mind-boggling.

Serving type: can

05-08-2005 13:05:25 | More by BuckeyeNation

mikesgroove

South Carolina

1.63/5  rDev -30%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

Ahh the king of beers, everyone needs a Bud right? Poured a clear yellow with a huge white head that just sank into the glass after a few seconds. Lots of visible carbonation left this at least looking halfway decent. Smell was light but what was there was of rice and grain, slightly musty. At least it had a smell, albeit muted. The taste was very bland. Almost like wet paper. Born on date said it was fine, but just did not taste well at all. Very carbonated and light, which seems to be the case with most of these macros. When they are ice cold they go down like water, when they warm its just a mess. Can really not see myself drinking this again anytime soon, if ever at all.

Serving type: bottle

03-06-2007 22:58:46 | More by mikesgroove

womencantsail

California

2.25/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

A: I poured this from the can into my Arrogant Bastard pint glass (which reads: Fizzy Yellow Beer is For Wussies) just for the sake of doing it. Like many other beers of this style, it's about as close to water as you can get.

S: Ah, the all too familiar smell of corn, rice, and a bit of grain. Absolutely no hop aroma.

T: There is a sweet corn and grain taste to this. There is a complete absence of hops. To be honest, it's bad, but it's not as bad as I remembered.

M: This is very bubbly, and light bodied. That's the point, I suppose, however.

D: The drinkability of this beer is in the sense of the ability to drink massive amounts of it. The taste is incredibly bland, and that's the point, unfortunately.

Serving type: can

11-02-2009 05:43:50 | More by womencantsail

Thorpe429

Illinois

1.75/5  rDev -24.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

G: Poured into a pint glass.

A: Pale and straw-colored, with quite a bit of white head. Head retention is not high.

S: Mostly grainy, although my nose tells me that there are some hops in there somewhere.

T: Pretty good tasting for the style. There is some malt; certainly more than is typical of the style. The residual adjunct is there of course.

M: Light mouthfeel, although pretty heavy for an adjunct. Decent amount of carbonation--not severely over-carbonated like Bud Light.

D: As far as I'm concerned, by far the best of the macros, which doesn't say much. Luckily there's Yuengling on the East Coast for desperate situations.

Serving type: on-tap

04-21-2009 02:21:44 | More by Thorpe429

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

1.33/5  rDev -42.9%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

Bottle: Poured a clear golden beer with almost no head. I won’t surprise anybody by saying that there is no aftertaste and general aroma is very weak. Pretty much the only thing I could pick-up was some sweetness. I personally don’t care about this but I got to admit that this the perfect macro beer, i.e. no taste, no head, a little bit sweet for that extra refreshing feeling – everything that people who don’t really like beer but still drink it like to see and taste.

Serving type: bottle

09-23-2004 13:11:16 | More by Phyl21ca

BEERchitect

Kentucky

2.17/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Reveiwed once before on tap at the Anheuser Busch Brewery and had a plesant experience. However, this time from the can. Looks brightly straw with small head retention and small lacing. Smells faint of light malt, corn, rice, and maybe other cereal grains. A bit astringent and metalic. Tastes powdery and malty. Light buttery and corn flavors dominate. A bit of cidery flavors present to the palate and in the finish. Noble hop varieties are nicely balanced but lend no flavor. Finishes scrubbed from over carbonation. Aftertaste is powdery and mildly sweet. Fades quickly. Crisp yet remains slick to the toung and metalic.

Serving type: can

07-24-2005 19:38:34 | More by BEERchitect

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

3.53/5  rDev +51.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Crystal clear. Very light yellowish color topped by a full and foamy bright white head that holds very well. The carbonation is quite fine, leaving thin steady streams of tiny bubbles rising steadily to the surface. Nice appearance! The aroma is quite limited with just vaugue indications of malt, hops, fermentation esters and alcohol. The body is light with a gentle carbonation and a slightly creamy mouthfeel. The flavor is quite one-sided, however, with only a very light malt character ever so gently buoyed by hop bitterness and a light "apple" character from fermentation. The finish is "short and sweet" with only a residual malt and next to non-existant bitterness. Refreshing! This is the best selling beer in the world for a reason. Although limited in character, it displays no flaws whatsoever. There is nothing even remotely objectable about it - a true "beer for the masses".

Serving type: can

08-22-2002 11:05:49 | More by NeroFiddled

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.45/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Served in a Chicago Bears shaker pint glass.

Beer #5 in the Swill Tour 2010. It pours a clear pale jaundice topped by some healthy white suds. The nose is of puffed rice, tears, and crappy wheat. The taste is of orphans' disappointment on the days that potential parents come to browse the selection. It's just corny water. Damn. The body couldn't really be much lighter, with a light carbonation and a watery feel. Overall, this is really just corn-flavored rice-water, not really beer.

Serving type: can

09-27-2010 21:09:26 | More by TMoney2591

feloniousmonk

Minnesota

2.65/5  rDev +13.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Born on October 19, 2005, Happy 2 month anniversary, bottle of Budweiser!

Paley-pale, palest of the pale yellow, and crystal clear, head starts thick, then slides down to a negligible ring, always bone white, until it's a shallow pool of bubbles.

Aroma: bright, sweet, then empty. Far-off echo of hops, but mostly vegetal, with a switch of straw. Corn and rice, you bet.

Taste: Wetness crowds the scene first in here, lots of water in this. Thin bodied, ...and I'm searching and scratching for any real kind of flavor. Water and corn, plus fizz...?

Harsh carbonation, very active on the palate, extraordinarily fizzy all over the tongue, and that's not a good thing. To me, anyway. I'm wincing as I drink, and I have witnessed plenty of people toss it back without trouble. Relax, relax...

Dull, dry finish. Nothing resonates in the memory, or the mind, but neither was anything supposed to...knock 'em back, set up all over again...why worry about taste?

There's nothing really wrong with The King of Beers, but neither is there anything good about it.

Crisp, yes. Refreshing...maybe. The carbonation bugs me too much, I'll take water instead. Smooth? Maybe, but at what cost? I could use a little flavor...hello, malt? Hops? Drinkability? Mmmm...not for this cat, I could drink it, but I'd be so bored, my soul would shudder and thoughts of self-ruination would rumble in my brain.

Good thing there are plenty of other choices.
But, if you dig it, hey, knock yourself out. Don't let me get in your way.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2005 05:44:29 | More by feloniousmonk

WesWes

New York

2.7/5  rDev +15.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

The beer pours an almost clear color with a little gold tint. The head is a thick frothy white which quickly fades to a spotty lace. The aroma is light with little malt or hop scent. The taste is skunky, but refreshing. It has no malt character. I hate the use of brewing adjuncts to create a paler, cleaner beer. The mouthfeel is average. It is a low bodied beer with good carboantion. It drinks rough for me, but there are a lot out there who love it; I can't figure it out.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2004 01:03:45 | More by WesWes

drabmuh

Maryland

2.88/5  rDev +23.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5

Got a FREE can of beer, my choices, Budweiser or Budlight. Light beer is for pussies. I got the king of beers.

Beer is yellow and clear with moderate carbonation but basically no head dynamics at all. You can force a head out but it doesn't stay and there is no lacing on the glass.

Aroma is overall weak with a hint of cereal in the nose. Not much to say, sorry.

Beer is thin and watery. There is some faint alcohol in the front and some grainy bitterness in the back. It has some flavor unlike some of these things but just not enough to care a whole lot. Its not very good. Its not horrible though. Its completely drinkable and it is what it is. It mayonnaise of the beer world. Sure you may love wasabi, but sometime you may want something simple and bland. Here it is.

Serving type: can

05-01-2010 23:53:42 | More by drabmuh

zeff80

Missouri

2.18/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75

Had some at a recent gathering and figured it is time to review it.

A - Poured out a clear, yellow color with a good deal of carbonation and a small, fizzy white head. No lacing.

S - It smelled of grain adjuncts and slightly metallic...even though I poured it into a pint glass.

T - It tasted of corn and some faint malt. It was bitter, but not a good hoppy bitter...a bad bitter.

M - It was crisp and sharp. A light-bodied beer.

D - This was a good reminder of why I don't usually drink this. I remember in years past (i.e. college days) it usually gave me headaches in the morning and not because of overcomsumption.

Serving type: can

02-21-2008 20:49:47 | More by zeff80

TheManiacalOne

Rhode Island

1.75/5  rDev -24.9%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Poured from a 12oz can into a US tumbler pint glass.

A: The beer is a light yellow color, with a medium-sized white head that fades very quickly and leaves very little lace on the glass.

S: The aroma is of adjuncts, light malts and a faint touch of hops.

T: The taste is mostly of grain and adjuncts with a thin malt character. There's a very mild hops presence that provides some balance, but there really isn't much flavor overall to be balanced out in this beer. The after-taste is slightly sweet.

M: Crisp and a little smooth, light body, high carbonation, clean finish.

D: Not flavorful at all, goes down easily since there isn't much to it, likewise not filling at all, mild kick, it certainly is a good representation of its style even though I don't think that's much of a compliment, if at all. I suppose it is drinkable in a sense that you can pound through a lot of them due to its lack of substance. This beer is indeed the King of Fizzy Yellow Beers.

Serving type: can

12-28-2008 02:41:38 | More by TheManiacalOne

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

2.28/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Ah yes the "king" of beers. This was given to me at a family gathering and I accepted even though I wasn't thrilled. The beer pours out as a traditional straw pale yellow with a little white head. Really nothing to rave about. The taste is slightly sweet but doesn't have anything but a malt backbone screaming at you. The mouthfeel is drinkable and light.

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2011 00:44:56 | More by Knapp85

Halcyondays

California

2.48/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz. can,

A: Pours a very pale yellow, with pretty good clarity, the initial head is pretty good and soapy, but dissipates quickly, leaving an insipid looking beer.

S: Very light, some malt is there, but really not much to speak of.

T: Light bready malt and rice flavour, with virtually no hops, a bit of a sweet aftertaste, which is somewhat pleasant.

M: Very light, highly carbonated, a little too fizzy, feels almost like seltzer water.

D: One of the better American mainstream lager beers, at least there's no rancid corn taste, tasted fine warm as well, not my first choice, but would drink a free one for sure.

Serving type: can

10-09-2007 04:06:52 | More by Halcyondays

Gavage

New Jersey

2.48/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2

Appearance: pours a crystal clear pale yellow color with a short white head that falls quickly. No lace develops.

Smell: hints of grain, but overall little aroma here.

Taste: light grainy malt base with some grass and little to no bitterness.

Mouthfeel: light in body. Very crisp throughout. Clean aftertaste.

Drinkability: personally I feel this style is one that has poor flavored beers, and this one may be a bit better than some others out there. I had a hard time finishing the bottle, but I can see why some chug this light flavored beer.

Serving type: bottle

12-04-2009 23:30:02 | More by Gavage

jwc215

New Jersey

2.48/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

16 oz. can into pint glass:

Poured light yellow with a thin white head that soon disappeared.
The smell was of adjuncts - not much else.
The taste - plenty of water - some sweet malt - hops nearly undetectable - too much rice is used. A slight metallic tinge (I assume from the can).
Has somewhat more taste than the light macros or some other macros in general, but is still lacking. For how much they produce, and for what it is, I suppose it's not terrible - but, it's not good either - lacks the taste and smoothness that it should have. It leaves a bit of a raw aftertaste.
It sort of quenches a thirst and I can drink it when only American macros are available, or in a pinch - but, it really lacks character and a good taste.

Serving type: can

08-02-2006 17:07:07 | More by jwc215

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

2.15/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

A word to the wise - don't mock certain things when drinking with certain people, people whose turn it is to buy the round. I'm just saying, but hey, lemons and lemonade...

A pint of this plops down on the bar, in a sparkly clean Bud Light glass. Too much to hope for exact brand consistency, I suppose. The beer appears a crystal clear pale golden, with zero head. It smells of faint white grain, and nothing else. The taste is overpowered by the carbonation at first, which gives way to a rice malt body, cloying yet thin. No hops here folks, the 'Drinkability' hacks probably pushed the IBU rating into the negative range. This does make for a smooth, off-dry finish, but not much of it. This beer is innocuous, watery, but I actually have no problem drinking it, particularly if I'm distracted, which, thankfully, I am...

Serving type: on-tap

02-07-2009 21:05:03 | More by biboergosum

tempest

Pennsylvania

3.1/5  rDev +33%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

I'd call this one a little underrated. Almost as good as PBR for a macro. The color is a little to dark to look like urine, as some people like to say. Th taste has a hint (all the flavors are hints) of grains with a slight tang. The drinkability is decent and the overall experience isn't offensive. Still, this beer is one I'd only drink if given or free.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2007 04:38:03 | More by tempest

akorsak

Pennsylvania

4.1/5  rDev +76%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

On-tap at Champions. At $2 a pint, you really can't go wrong.

A: The lager is a pale straw color, crystal clear with a steady stream of bubbles. A half a finger of white head accompanied the lager and was fast to exit.

S: The nose is malty sweet, pale grains with adjunct sweetness. The nose isn't crisp, light on hops, instead it sticks to the fruity malt notes.

T: Slam it all you like, but this really is the paragon of the adjunct lager style. The malts have a fruity underside that carries rice and corn in it. The flavor is chewy and crisp, refreshing despite its light body. Again the hops are noticeably absent but the beer's no frills package doesn't scream out for them. The adjunct sweetness lingers with each sip.

M: The mouthfeel is pale and inoffensive, fruity sweet at times. Seriously, this is not a bad lager.

D: At 5% I could drink the beer all day long. I'm not inclined to but in a pinch (or at $2 per pint), it's hard to pass up.

Serving type: on-tap

09-26-2010 20:55:00 | More by akorsak

WVbeergeek

Ohio

1.38/5  rDev -40.8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Beechwood???? Where in the hell did anybody get the idea to age their beer in beechwood? Well, I don't know I got this bottle of bud from my step dad's stash. Yep, that's all he will drink, in fact he claims Budweiser is the true King Of Beers. He told me that he has tried more beer than I ever will in my lifetime. You have to picture this guy, he looks just like Dennis Franz from NYPD blue, and he talks like a drunken pirate. Hey now I am feeling American, so close to the superbowl I figure let's rate the pseudo "King of Beers".
The appearance is the classic fizzy yellow highly carbonated beer that America is known for, and the head was light white, which dissipated faster than a fart in the wind.
In the aroma, there are some corn and rice adjuncts along with a faint sweetness from some malt. I really can't detect any hops there, but I will just listen to the commercials and believe they are in there. Nothing but the choicest hops.
This beer tastes like carbonated seltzer water with an artificial beer flavoring. Hey, this is where great commercials will get you, the number one selling beer in the world. Why can't they just settle for producing one continent full of mindless macro swillers, no they are going to label their bottle with beer in five languages. Very faint flavor filled with the corn and rice aftertaste, that is also complemented with sort of an apple tartnes. Could be the beechwood?
Very light in body, not too much to this beer. Consistency of water with some artificial carbonation.
Drinkability, well I don't think it is drinkable for enjoyment. If you would like to put away a number of these, I bet you could it is smooth and practically flavorless.

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2003 14:51:24 | More by WVbeergeek

Wasatch

Utah

2.03/5  rDev -12.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Pours a light yellow color, nice carbonation, small white head, with some sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, with some hops, slight caramel. The taste is slightly sweet, malty, slight hop note. Light body. Not drinkable, would not buy again.

Serving type: bottle

03-13-2010 02:08:36 | More by Wasatch

rhoadsrage

Illinois

1.65/5  rDev -29.2%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

(Served in a half-pint glass)

A- This beer is crystal clear with a very light hue of pale yellow and a strong carbonation of big bubbles racing through the body. The head is a snow white thin film of big bubbles that fades pretty quickly.

S- The smell if very clean in aroma but there is a faint soft salty raw corn note with a faint hint of dry green that could be from hops in the finish.

T- The carbonic acid dominates the taste with a faint salty hint with a finish of tang that might be from hops. The tangy note hangs on the breath for a small bit after each sip.

M- This beer has a light clean mouthfeel with a big fizz that makes it appear more full.

D- This beer is very light and clean with no malt taste and a faint hint of hops but it is not a bitterness. The biggest part of this beer is the bubbles. I'm impressed that they can high the alcohol in a beer this light.

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2007 01:04:06 | More by rhoadsrage

Billolick

New York

2.3/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 4

12 oz can, born on date of jan 22, 2004. ahh the "The King of Beers". I grabbed a can for research purposes out of a cooler that was not gonna be finished after an affair I was at. No noticable aroma/nose. Very minimal malt, no hops ...hmmm whats left? as we all know, this is about as close to water as can be. Pass it by.

Serving type: can

03-29-2004 11:18:26 | More by Billolick