Budweiser - Anheuser-Busch

Jsteez

New Mexico

2.16/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Poured from a can into a dimpled beer mug.

6th beer in my great American Adjunct lager hunt.

A-the pale yellow classic straw color. Poured a soda water type head that dissipted quickly into a thin white rings around the edges. No lacing. A lot of carbonation was present in the glass.

S-Grainy, a little malt and metallic.

T-Rice, corn, a little malt. Just the basic adjuncts, nothing special.Dry aftertaste.

M-Watery, crisp, and somewhat refreshing.

Overall, this brew gets terrible ratings, which is too bad because it is a classic. So I'll give it mediocre ratings. It has its same flat tastes from a bottle, on-tap, and from a can. When I am in the mood for a cheap crisp beer that tastes like soda water and rice, I'll buy it.

Serving type: can

03-03-2013 04:11:34 | More by Jsteez

StonedTrippin

Colorado

2.86/5  rDev +22.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

this beer has an undue bad name. all their other products are garbage, from shock top to black crown, to bud light and on and on, but, this particular brew, the original, ive always preferred to its competitors, and it does have a useful part to play I think. it pours a yellow straw colored watery soda fizz mess with an average white head. the nose is a lot like the can, even when its from a bottle or on tap. an odd metallic smell, but there is some grain in here, and I can get hops if I focus on it. the flavor has a refreshing mellowness to it, and while this may be all cut up with corn and rice and whatever else, it does retain some nice malt flavors, light as they are, and the hopping is crisp. I mean, im never going to go out and buy this, but in a tiny foreign airport, a concert at some beer wasteland, or a ballpark with no better options, I actually really enjoy a Budweiser. it is also the first beer I ever legally bought in the united states when I was 21 returning from overseas, so it has some sentimental function as well. to me its the classic American working mans beer, nothing special, but far from repulsive too. say what you will about it, but it aint half as bad as a miller or coors, although black crown is unforgivable.

Serving type: can

02-24-2013 20:48:27 | More by StonedTrippin

iman99

Louisiana

4.13/5  rDev +77.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

For a macro beer that is not too pricey 5% abv for what you are buying and drinking the taste is great and goes down smooth every time.

Its probably the best macro beer. I guess Busch is pretty good and the price is better than Bud but I'd rather drink a bud right now than a busch.

I notice a lot of good beers being scored low. Just need to mention that some of them are getting low scores because reviewers aren't weighing their scores.

It's like saying everyone go buy a Ferrari and not a Chevy. Ferrari is top of the line, but take a look around everyone is driving Chevy. For what I have I think a Chevy is pretty good for the value same as Budweiser. Yet the BA on here is telling people its not worth trying. For the price and accessibility it is.

Sure I'd buy a lot more micro brews if I were living back in Colorado, now that I am living in the south I am happy to have a Budweiser, they don't have much of anything else.

Serving type: bottle

02-23-2013 21:28:16 | More by iman99

RyanLaCount03

Wisconsin

3.61/5  rDev +54.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

I thought that Budweiser was actually a decent beer when I tried it. The taste of the beer good. The taste of hops was present throughout. The motuhfeel of this was actually pretty good as well; it seemed pretty smooth to me. Overall, this historic beer is worth trying and isn't a bad beer to have once in awhile.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2013 01:26:43 | More by RyanLaCount03

mooseo

Pennsylvania

2.36/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25

24oz can into pint glass.

A - Clear pale straw yellow with a massive fizzy white head that quickly dissipates.

S - Very subtle aroma. Grass, bready grains, sweet corn.

T - Corn, rice and lightly toasted grains. A light sweetness prevails throughout, with no bitterness present. A hint of grassy hops. Finishes watery with a lingering metallic breadiness.

M - Crisp and smooth. Extremely light bodied, watery with high carbonation.

O - This beer is easy to drink and overall inoffensive. Unfortunately, there's not much here in terms of taste or flavor, and it only gets worse as it warms - eerily similar to a cheap, carbonated soda.

Serving type: can

02-14-2013 04:02:15 | More by mooseo

HankNova

3.23/5  rDev +38.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

OK! I have read the BEER 101 page. I'm ready for my second beer review.

I will keep this short and sweet. This beer must be designated to the class of mass consumed common place lager. With that being said, this is my regular after-work beer of choice.

Appearance- Golden. clear. Very little head, not foamy or frothy at all.
Smell- Although this concept is new to me, I noticed very little odor at all
Taste- Initially no particular ingredient stands out but it becomes more bitter at the end with a tiny hint of hops.
Mouthfeel- Has a sharp carbonation I enjoy. Not frothy or foamy at all. The crisp clean feel of this beer is appealing. Definitely ideal for mass consumption.
Overall- The strength of this beer is that it's average, cheap, and tasty. Nothing special or outstanding, but that's exactly why I like it. It's simply a tasty beer that doesn't overwhelm your mouth or your stomach.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2013 03:28:23 | More by HankNova

Evansbeer

3.23/5  rDev +38.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Its a good beer.
Not very strong, I have always thought it was "milky" in the way that it felt. Very smooth and leaves a good aftertaste in your mouth.

Good caramel color that is missing in Bud Light. Refreshing and tasty.

Not an excellent beer, but good considering it is a mass produced brew.

Serving type: bottle

02-08-2013 15:18:10 | More by Evansbeer

acsprouse

South Carolina

1/5  rDev -57.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Cheap corn grain. No hop presence. Cheap malts. Not a good beer.. image of mass production. Poster child of conforming. For what it is (fake beer). its halfway decent.. people who drink bud i beg you.. try other beers.. the corn is very noticable.. the low quality is in your face. If a Friend at a.pub bought me a.bud i would drink it.. would not wanna disrespect.him but its garbage

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2013 07:46:45 | More by acsprouse

tectactoe

Michigan

1.8/5  rDev -22.7%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Buuuhhh.... What to say about Budweiser that hasn't been said already? Had on tap, bottle, can - take your pick. The beer is a pale straw color, slightly golden with remarkable clarity (hey, at least it has something going for it). Fizzy white head disappears so quickly that you can't even really call it a head. The aroma is almost non-existent - metallic hints, corns, grains, sulfur, maybe some leafiness but nothing that really resembles a hop. Taste is basically the same - corns, pale malts, and some graininess. No really hop flavor or even bitterness for that matter. Astringency and over-carbonation are king of the hill here. Thin, thin body with a super-dry, super crispy finish. Aftertaste has a thin, grain flavor but not much else.

Budweiser is slightly better than Bud Light. But really, what is that saying? I remember after years of drinking Bud Light, I finally had a Budweiser and thought it had so much flavor. Heh, how the times have changed.

Serving type: can

01-25-2013 13:28:14 | More by tectactoe

Winger911

1/5  rDev -57.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

I would have given it a different rating, but 1 was as low as possible.
It looks like piss, no head at all, light urine color.
It taste like old beer mixed with water. A distinct "skunked" flavor like bad beer left to ferment to long with bacteria.
Nothing distinct at all that sets this beer apart. No malted barely flavor, or crisp hop flavor and aroma.
Tastes like this beer is max produced as quickly and cheaply as possible in order to reap as much profit as possible.

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2013 20:23:35 | More by Winger911

undertakerfreak1127

Michigan

1/5  rDev -57.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

You want constructive, BA? How can you be constructive when there's literally nothing to construct upon? OK, I'll give it my best shot:

Appearance: Piss

Smell: Piss

Taste: Piss (or what piss would taste like)

Mouthfeel: Kind of what a mouth full of prostate juice would feel like

Overall: The undisputed kind of cheap, overrated dumpster sludge - Pissweiser.

I tried my best BA, but sometimes a beer is so bad that it's incomprehensible beyond anything but piss. That beer is Budweiser. I would drink the contents of a colostomy bag before imbibing this swill again.

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2013 12:52:47 | More by undertakerfreak1127

Reguydrate

2.43/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured from 12oz can into a pint class.

A: Golden yellow, clear enough to see through. head vanished quick.

S: grassy, stale aroma. Hints of corn/malt

T: Light, grassy, watery. Smooth with a small hint of rice to finish

M: little carbonation, refreshing and crisp if kept cold

Overall- First beer I had ever tried when i was just seven years old. During a family card game my Dad let me take a sip. At the time it tasted of metallic soda. Now i find it to be very easy to drink, even in mass amounts. Not a bad choice for a cheap party beer, it has a higher abv than most in the same criteria. Although i find "King of Beers"False advertising at its finest.

Cheers!

Serving type: can

01-06-2013 03:19:36 | More by Reguydrate

rangerred

Tennessee

2.3/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Surprised I have never reviewed this although this is the first Bud I have had in a very long time. Had on tap in a pint glass.

Pours a clear pale yellow with a one finger white head that fades to a thin cap over the beer. Ok lacing.

Aroma has tons of cooked vegetable/DMS and stale malt/corn. I can barely detect a little cut grass from the hops coming through.

Flavor is much the same. Stale cooked vegetables along with a light touch of grass. Mouthfeel is fairly full but at the same time is slightly sticky and sweet. Not as refreshing as I remebered.

Overall, this is a pretty crappy beer. Bad flavor and too sticky a mouthfeel. There are many cheaper AAL's out there that taste much better.

Serving type: on-tap

12-31-2012 02:17:23 | More by rangerred

kshizzle101

Washington

2.43/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured from 12 oz bottle into pint glass

A - Clear and straw colored. 2 inch white head which dissipates rapidly

S - malty, cereal, corn

T - sweetness at the beginning followed by a corn after taste

M - very light, and very carbonated

Overall - not a bad beer for what it is. but nothing special.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2012 06:08:05 | More by kshizzle101

WanderingFool

Massachusetts

2.4/5  rDev +3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Budweiser pours a clear golden color with a moderate, white creamy head on top. The foam fades away quickly leaving behind a few spots and lines of lace on the glass. Rising from the bottom is a flurry of tiny bubbles. For a lot of people this is the image they have in their head when they think of a beer.

The aroma is light with notes of corn, light cereal and pale malt.

This light bodied beer is watery on the palate with moderate carbonation. The flavor is sweet with a touch of bitterness. Cereal and corn are followed by a touch of grass at the end. Once gone the corn flavor lingers on the palate. There's not a lot of flavor to this beer, but what is there is bland.

I hardly ever drink Bud. This can came from a party I was at recently and got me thinking that I never reviewed it on BA, so I brought one home.

Serving type: can

12-22-2012 18:01:56 | More by WanderingFool

Hip-Hops

1.28/5  rDev -45.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

The only time a bud is good, is when you are feeling a little cheap or short on cash. Not the best tasting American Loggers out there, but it serves its purpose if you only want to get drunk and don't care about a good drinking experience. Some times the first one could taste satisfying after a long day of work. Then it begins to taste syrupy and pissy the more you drink. And if you do have too many, lets not forget about the bud-mud the next day. Injoy! ;)

Serving type: can

12-21-2012 22:18:03 | More by Hip-Hops

Antnego

1/5  rDev -57.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Sometimes I like to throw on a wife beater and actually beat my wife. But only after I've drank Bud. The taste makes me so angry, it fuels the rage needed for domestic violence.

Harvested fresh from the bladders of Clydesdales, it has a piss-poor flavor that doesn't quit. I never enjoyed Budweiser, even when I managed to get my hands on a six pack when I was a teenager... And teenagers are usually happy to drink whatever they can get.

I don't understand when I see people walking out of CVS with 24 packs of this stuff. At least go with Miller or Coors if you're looking for cheap-s*it game day beer.

Serving type: can

12-19-2012 06:59:03 | More by Antnego

dougbassett

Pennsylvania

2.58/5  rDev +10.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

One of the "1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die" -- #10 of the ones I've reviewed here.

Budweiser, of course, remains a very famous beer in America, even though I don't see nearly as many people drinking it nowadays as I did in the Seventies and Eighties, when I was a kid. Arguably time has passed it by.

It's an American adjunct lager, which is a terrible style and one that's particularly hard to review, since even at it's "best" (Pabst) it doesn't taste like much. This shares the same sensibility as most of them: pale yellow in the pour, with a fluffy head that quickly vanishes; light in mouthfeel and rather too gassy/effervescent IMHO; a very crisp finish, so much that it doesn't taste like much of anything at all.

That's Bud's big problem. It isn't exactly "bad" -- it doesn't have odd smells or odd tastes, it's pretty inoffensive in that way -- it just doesn't taste like much of anything at all. At least when cold: once it gets a little warm the weird, off-grain tastes, like a bowl of cereal slowly going bad -- start to come out.

If you must drink a beer in this mileau I'd stick to Pabst.

Serving type: can

12-11-2012 23:32:06 | More by dougbassett

FLima

Brazil

2.33/5  rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Made a very thin head that vanished after a few seconds. Pale yellow color.
Faint non barley cereals aroma.
Good carbonation and a light body.
Sweet taste of cereals with hints of refreshing hops. Though label says rice in the ingredients I can still feel an unpleasant corn addition. A bit dry and watery aftertaste.
Good drinkability until it gets warm, then usual adjunct lager off-flavor hits you with no mercy.

Serving type: can

12-09-2012 00:23:58 | More by FLima

johnchabin

1.88/5  rDev -19.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Appearance - Clear, light gold. Quick to flatten. Course head.

Smell - Wet Wonder bread, nearly no hint of hops.

Taste - Sweet and grassy, with little finish. Skim milk. Almost tasteless.

Mouthfeel - Thin. Head like sea-foam.

Overall - Smooth and drinkable is not an unfair description, but there’s nothing here. Nothing particularly good, and nothing particularly bad. There are far worse (and far better) beers. Extremely consistent.

Serving type: can

12-07-2012 02:58:32 | More by johnchabin

caseys

3.1/5  rDev +33%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

this is a pretty good American adjunct that i find really apealing. My first ever beer was a budweiser, its solid for what it is. Drank out of a bottle this is the 3.2 percent utah version im drinking not the 5.0 like most get, budweiser is a pretty decent American adjunct smelling of bread corn rice and some barley. overall 70 out of 100 pretty decent

Serving type: bottle

12-06-2012 15:41:46 | More by caseys

Alextricity

Michigan

2.38/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

I had my VERY FIRST Budweiser last night at Greektown Casino. A friend bought it for me, so I rolled with it.

I can't speak for the appearance, since it was in a bottle, but I'm rating it with what my overall rating is.

The smell of this screams piss-poor quality. Like you'd expect from an adjunct ... corn. Almost like a rotted corn. Not pleasant.

The taste is about the same. Corn, and I really get nothing else. Essentially alcoholic corn water. It doesn't make me gag, but I was already five beers deep, so I wasn't exactly on top of my game.

Overall, the "King of Beers" isn't even the king of macros. Budweiser is a sorry excuse of a beer. I used to say this before I had ever even had one, but now that I have, I can accurately say that THIS BEER SUCKS.

Serving type: bottle

12-02-2012 17:00:35 | More by Alextricity

SmashPants

Australia

1.68/5  rDev -27.9%
look: 1 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 1.5

Bottle: pretty rubbish bottle. Label is way too busy, looks like little in the way of organisation in the design - just bits and pieces whacked onto the bottle.

Appearance: looks like that solid yellow pee after a day with no water. Despite pouring carefully and reasonably slowly, the head exploded enormously and vanished entirely in about 2 seconds flat (no pun intended).

Aroma: doesn't smell like beer. I don't know what adjuncts they have used, but it actually smells more like... off water and old socks.

Taste: I would rate the 'taste' of this beer to be as bad as Miller. Similarly to cabbage, Budweiser has very little in the way of flavour, and what comes through is supremely unpleasant off-watery badness.

Aftertaste: fortunately does disappear reasonable quickly, but not quickly enough for my liking.

Mouth feel: Budweiser's only redeeming feature. Crisp and clean, with good carbonation and the expected light body.

Overall: no taste, no head, rotten colour, hopeless packaging. Just about the worst beer I have ever had.

Serving type: bottle

12-01-2012 03:36:54 | More by SmashPants

BEERMILER12

Maine

2.95/5  rDev +26.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Don't know why I'm even bothering to review this, but for reasons even unbeknownst to me, I am going to. Here we go.

A: Pours a crystal clear light yellow color with less than a fingers worth of quickly receding head that fizzles away to nothing within seconds. Certainly the average for the style

S: Some very light bready malts and a pleasant rice aroma are the only things to be found here. Again, very average for the style

T: Follows the nose, with a touch of sweetness from the malts and a light breadiness. Sweetness lingers for a bit and eventually dies off

M: Light bodied with high carbonation. Very prickly and bubbly

O: It is what it is. An AAL. For what it is, it's right around average and what you'd expect from the style. It definitely has it's spot in the beer world, but not much love amongst craft lovers. Kind of a shame

Serving type: can

11-29-2012 09:31:30 | More by BEERMILER12

TheSixthRing

California

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

Appearance - Pours a crystal clear, bright yellow with a white, finger width head. Average retention. Sparse lacing with little stick.

Smell - Primarily a sweet malt aroma. Not much else.

Taste - Sweet and grainy, with a touch of bitterness near the finish. Light, simple and boring. Slight metallic twang in the aftertaste, then a light, lingering sweetness.

Mouthfeel - Watery thin with average carbonation. Finishes fairly dry.

Overall - The "King of Beers" is nothing more than a bland, comparatively flavorless brew, even amongst other adjuncts. Nothing too off-putting in the flavor, but there's not much flavor to begin with. Give me a Red Stripe, Tsingtao or Pacifico any day over a Bud.

Serving type: can

11-15-2012 02:21:30 | More by TheSixthRing