Busch Beer - Anheuser-Busch

mrfrancis

Kentucky

1.63/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

A: Pours a clear straw yellow with a thin layer of fizzy white mousse that dies away within seconds.

S: Not much to speak of here. A little bit of corn and dextrin, perhaps some very light biscuit-like malt notes. I'm not picking up on any hops whatsoever. As the beer warms an unpleasant cooked vegetable and grain husk aroma emerges. Not appealing in the least.

T: Not a lot to talk about. Notes of mineral water, grain husks, lemon, corn, corn, and uh, more corn. Corn water is what this is.

M: Feels thin and a touch oily in the mouth. So light-bodied that it is insusbtanial.

O: I don't want to rag on this beer for simply being a style that I generally try to avoid, but I agree with Jason here. This really is crap beer that is good to have once in a while just to remind yourself that there are better beers out there.

Serving type: bottle

10-05-2011 14:23:09 | More by mrfrancis

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

2.2/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

473ml Can

Appearance – Clear light yellow colour with an average size fizzy white coloured head. There is an above average amount of carbonation showing and there is almost no lacing. The head lasted for around 3 minutes before it was gone.

Smell - Malts, bread, corn

Taste & Mouth - The beer has an average amount of carbonation. I can taste bread mixed with malts and some corn. There is also another cooked vegetable type taste going on, but i can't quite put my finger on it. It finishes with a corn/grainy aftertaste.

Overall – Not good. I mean, a lot of the adjunct beers taste similar, so I knew what I was getting.. but this one has a bit of a odd cooked vegetable type taste to it that I really didn't enjoy. It didn't even do the job of being a refreshing after hockey beer - which is what I expect from adjuncts. I wouldn't buy this again.

Serving type: can

09-28-2011 14:57:49 | More by spinrsx

CaptJackHarkness

New York

1.68/5  rDev -15.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Served on tap at SeaWorld Orlando. Thank God, I didn't have to buy it to try it!. It has the color of slightly yellow water. It smells like sweet corn water. It tastes like sweet corn water. And only the mildest hint it may have ever been near barley! Another fine AB-InBev product!

Serving type: on-tap

09-25-2011 21:44:20 | More by CaptJackHarkness

spitInTheOcean

Michigan

2.05/5  rDev +3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

pale pale yellow. like straw. clear as water. thin, thin white head.

no malt aroma. smells sweet, like fermented corn. no hop aroma. there is another aroma present, it may be yeast character. no diacetyl.

sweet. finishes sweet. corn flavor. no malt flavor. no discernible hop bitterness. no hop flavor. crisp, but not dry. balance tends towards sweetness. no diacetyl. no fruitiness.

light body. no real carbonic bite.

oh boy! I cant wait to drink 11 more of these shits.

Serving type: can

09-09-2011 01:31:06 | More by spitInTheOcean

jifigz

Pennsylvania

1.45/5  rDev -27.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

Can poured into a pint glass.

This was a free sample at the distributor the other day when I picked up a case of Victory Festbier. A free beer is never a bad beer...just remember that.

A: Pale watery yellow a head that died fast. The beer has NO lacing.

S: A mild grainy sweetness is noted in the aroma, otherwise not a whole lot of anything.

T: This beer has a very faint flavor. It is very weak and sweet to the palate. There is a slightly off flavor here but I am not really sure how to describe it.

M: This beer seems overly carbed and extremely watery. Pretty much garbage on this one.

O: Okay, so this is a shit beer. We all know that. I find new empties of this, along with lots of Coors Light, littering the road I live on daily. This beer is what it is, and it is drank by a certain class of people (for the most part) I haven't had this beer in a long time and I can say it was worse and more bland than I ever remembered.

Serving type: can

08-30-2011 20:46:35 | More by jifigz

OfTheStripes

North Carolina

1.33/5  rDev -33.2%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

Note: I am new to drinking beer.

Busch Beer: Cold as a mountain stream, smooth as its name.
Yeah right.

A - Poured out from a can into a glass. Very, very pale yellow. No head at all.

S - Little to no smell.

T - It tastes like tonic water with a hint of alcohol.

M - No mouthfeel whatsoever. At the most a slight, stale aftertaste.

O - Not good at all. If this is the only drink available at a party, take your chances.

Serving type: can

08-16-2011 03:40:48 | More by OfTheStripes

Kamuimusackie

Illinois

1.35/5  rDev -32.2%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Just drank this for the first time. I'm an all micro guy and I know Busch is a terrible beer just by reputation. But I bought some to see what it tastes like, and you know what? It tastes like water. It doesn't even resemble the taste of a beer. It's barely refreshing. Extremely drinkable, but that's it. "Smooth as its name". Are you kidding me? It's water, plain and simple.

Serving type: can

08-15-2011 23:57:06 | More by Kamuimusackie

beerandcycling88

Washington

1.63/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 1 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

During my time at central I had the opportunity to have a lot of adjunct lagers, and this might be one of the worst. It has the color of slightly yellow water. It smells like sweet corn water. It tastes like sweet corn water. While there are good adjunct lagers this is not one of them.

Serving type: can

08-07-2011 05:01:40 | More by beerandcycling88

emerge077

Illinois

2.2/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Review from written notes, transcribed from a frozen screen during a live review. D'oh!

Into a mini-pint taster glass it pours a dull straw gold, with a thin layer of fizzy white suds sizzling on the surface. The foam completely evaporates, and soon enough it looks like a glass of urine or apple juice. Some feeble trails of carbonation are visible.

Smells vaguely of wet cardboard and cooked vegetables (DMS), some mild apple sweetness when swirled around. Tastes like cardboard or wet paper, apple juice, cooked veggies again. Mealy, tacky envelope glue texture, fizzy and overcarbonated. Chugged the last bit as there was no sink available at the party... RIP Hard Boiled Records... Thanks for the beer and memories Mark!

Serving type: can

07-29-2011 22:39:04 | More by emerge077

ktrillionaire

Florida

2.2/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

When I poured this beer in late afternoon light, it literally looked like fizzy water with froth. The nose is fairly non-existent, consisting of only the faintest beeriness and a modicum of alcohol. Adjunct sweetness is mildly perceptible in the flavor, but it is quite flavorless overall, even for the style. The feel is prickly. Busch is not very impressive, and seems to be clearly lesser than a number of other widely available AALs.

Serving type: can

07-29-2011 02:33:09 | More by ktrillionaire

BEERME528

Missouri

2.38/5  rDev +19.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Really not that bad. When compared to the other common cheap beers like Ketstone and Natural, this is the best. It is quite inexpensive and does not taste as wattered down as other value brands. It's pretty refreshing when service ice cold at a fun gathering. Great for parties.

Head vanishes quickly, leaving not much to see, smell, or taste.

Serving type: can

07-18-2011 19:26:58 | More by BEERME528

MadTown1000

Virginia

2.3/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

A - Poured into a pint glass, this beer is absolutely indistinguishable from ginger ale. Same color, same fizz, same *everything*.

S - Basically indistinguishable from every other American macro-lager.

T - Also pretty much standard American macro-lager; maybe slightly less intense, if that's possible. Crisp fizzy grain, followed by what I can only describe as old beer. Like Bud if you left it in the garage just slightly too long.

M - Fizzier than most, as was probably evident from the above. Otherwise, not a thing to distinguish it.

O - I bought this beer on a tip that it was identical to other American macros at a substantial discount. PBR's even cheaper and much better, though - if for some reason you're looking to buy an American macro, there's no good reason to pick this up.

Serving type: can

07-18-2011 01:52:50 | More by MadTown1000

ZenAgnostic

Texas

3.13/5  rDev +57.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz can. Taken straight from the can. Lets be real... that's how it's intended to be had.

Appearance - No foam upon opening. Can see bottom of can, which indicates a very clear, pale beer. No visible body carbonation.

Smell - Slight corny malt. Sweet. Typical AAL.

Taste - Corny. No off flavors in the body. Just a slight musky finish. No aftertaste. Watery.

Mouthfeel - Light and watery. Smooth.

Overal Drinkability - Watery with no body. For getting drunk on the cheap without tasting anything resembling alcohol. Great for what its purpose is. Otherwise, boring and not worth while. I probably just described 90% of AALs. Keep in mind I'm rating to style this time. My last Busch review (in bottle) was rated more towards beer in general.

Serving type: can

07-05-2011 19:40:01 | More by ZenAgnostic

soju6

Missouri

2.48/5  rDev +24.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

A: Pours a pale straw yellow with a large white head and no real lacing.

S: Not much here, just a hint of grain.

T: Taste is quite clean with just a mild grain taste with a bit of sweetness and a smooth finish.

F: Light body, crisp and refreshing.

very non-offensive beer. feels like drinking a Bud Light but with a bit more charactor. This is as close to a light beer as I try to go. When ice cold this is a great lawn-mower beer or at a BBQ with a bunch of beer moochers.

Serving type: can

06-27-2011 15:05:26 | More by soju6

LaymanReviews

Illinois

2.78/5  rDev +39.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

This is the beer that you drink when you want some alcohol with your water. It's cheap, goes down easy and doesn't fill you up. This is a beer that can carry you all day while your sitting on your porch or out fishing. If they did a taste test with bottled water and this, you might think Busch is tap water. Really though, this is another solid cheap easy drinking beer that will enable you to cruise a buzz all day.

Serving type: can

06-17-2011 20:51:19 | More by LaymanReviews

LeeryLeprechaun

Colorado

1.73/5  rDev -13.1%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

Poured this beer into my snifter.

The beer was a pale yellow color with an unstable head that soon feel back into the glass.

The beer was lightly carbonated and very few bubbles rose to the surface.

The beer smelled mostly of adjunct corn with a little DMS.

The beer had little taste, no hop flavor at all, and was very watery.

Overall this was not a very good beer and I would not want to have another.

Serving type: bottle

06-10-2011 00:38:08 | More by LeeryLeprechaun

WoodBrew

Illinois

2.3/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

I enjoyed the lighter version more. This beer is golden clear and has much carbonation. The taste and smeel are dominated by grain and barley. The mouthfeel is fine...you can drink alot of this with no issues. I remember the Busch and Busch Light commercials where the hand grabs a six pack of cans out of the icy stream...BBBBUUUSSSCCCCHHHH!

Serving type: can

05-14-2011 23:04:59 | More by WoodBrew

Rddymk

Indiana

3.55/5  rDev +78.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Clean and smooth. Good beer for the price. Cold is key, cold is key. Bought at Meijer for 13.69 a 30 pack. I like this beer with pretzels and/or sardines. Yummy stuff for a basic beer. The hint of hops and barley were very evident and the carbonation was constant from first sip to last.

Serving type: bottle

05-03-2011 21:52:46 | More by Rddymk

ChrisCage

Alberta (Canada)

2.48/5  rDev +24.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 5

Note: In Canada, this is brewed under license by Labatt and is 4.7% alc/vol

A- Whoa, this is gonna be good, lol! It pours a very clear urine color....that is if you're slightly dehydrated! The head I have to say retains well, starting out reasonably thick-ish, and settles to a thin super white colored layer. Lacing is modest at best but there is a little foam that just wants to stay with the glass!

S- This almost smells exactly like the water left behind in a can of kernel corn....sweet yet somewhat grain like. Almost like they added corn syrup to act as the "malt". The finish isn't hopped up at all, but does have some dry prairie grass aroma. Underwhelming is the best descriptive to use here.

T- Like most Adjunct lagers, this doesn't have much taste, and the little that there is, is primarily of bland rice/corn...who knows, maybe even a little prairie grass for good measure! This finishes that way it starts, with little to no value flavor wise.

M- Thin, thin thin! It's really like drinking carbonated water with "flavor" added. Highly carbonated beer and really, there isn't anything else to put here....

D- Easy enough to drink....I only had this to review b/c a buddy brought it over to watch the hockey game, so it did it's job. Won't go looking for this again, as there are better AAL's out there...this one is good when you're done sneezing uncontrollably after cutting the lawn for the first time in the spring, and need something to wet your throat again!

Serving type: can

04-29-2011 00:42:36 | More by ChrisCage

1.6/5  rDev -19.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

You get what you pay for with this one. For $.50 a beer you should know what you're getting yourself into. Very watery, few hops and malt to speak of, just a bad beer overall. This by no means a beer you buy to drink with dinner or even a small gathering of friends. This is a beer you buy because you want to drink a lot for cheap. Pretty much everything other than malt liquor and natty is better than this.

If you drink this expecting to taste the worst thing you've ever drank, you might enjoy it.

Serving type: can

04-07-2011 02:09:35 | More by

ElCommodoro

Texas

1.95/5  rDev -2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

"Mmmm...so watery. And yet there's a smack of can to it."

The Golden Standard:
I consider Busch to be the quintessential water beer, the water beer that all other water beers will be compared to. If I want a can of watery refreshment with little to no beer taste, I grab a Busch. It's so watery, that you can pick out a residual taste of the can it's packaged in, which is conveniently also the preferred serving vessel. This being said, it is not necessarily the wateriest or the best of the water beers. That remains to be seen, but it will be the standard against which all others are judged.

The Review:
This beer tastes like club soda, with a hint of that classic "old man beer breath" taste. However, I would say there isn't ENOUGH of that classic beer breath taste. It says on the side of the can that it has "natural aging" and "natural carbonation." I guess that might be true, but it doesn't taste like it. That club soda taste screams of artificial carbonation. As for aging, I'm not sure what that refers to. I'm not aware of American style lagers undergoing an aging process, nor can I imagine what it could have been aged in. Steel? Whatever it was, it didn't impart any flavour to the beer. That much is clear. I would call the amount of carbonation excessive. It covers up that "old man beer" or "bad beer" taste that I'm looking for in an economy beer. I WILL give it this. It IS refreshing and easy to drink in quite possibly unlimited quantity. Due to the high carbonation, there is a limit to how fast you can drink it as you have to take time to purge the burps. However, at 4.7% alcohol, it WILL eventually get you drunk. One odd thing about it is that my ability to taste its mild flavour seemed to be slightly different with each sip. Sometimes I could taste it as I first sipped it, but it completely lacked a finish. Other times, it tasted like water at first, but I could taste a VERY light bitterness as I swallowed. Whether that was imparted by a tiny amount of hops or by the can taste, I can't be sure.

In summation:
Taste notes: carbonated water and VERY mild cheap beer taste with practically no finish and very little aftertaste.

Serving type: can

03-26-2011 07:03:55 | More by ElCommodoro

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

1.65/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Pretty much the same as the light version. Yellow, Pale, Minimal aromas, no head after the pour. Boring. Mostly corn and very light barley taste and smell. It's hard to even rate this because i don't know what else I can say. I really don't plan on having this brew again.

Serving type: can

03-22-2011 03:50:26 | More by Knapp85

TheSupremeAJ

Pennsylvania

1.9/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

I can barely drink this... and if given the choice I will generally choose water. This beer has a very unmistakable corny effervescence that does not belong in my beer at all. This beer is somewhat chuggable... although it's not something that my stomach holds well.

Serving type: can

03-20-2011 07:06:30 | More by TheSupremeAJ

VelvetExtract

Massachusetts

2.33/5  rDev +17.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5

A-Oh that unmistakeable Macro look. Pale yellow, quickly diminishing head. Small, ugly traces of death on the along the glass.

S-Sweet and corny. Comparable to pretty much every other Macro. Busch Light is Busch, Busch is Busch Light.

T-More offensive than some other adjunct lagers. Do not let this beer warm. Imbibe as fast as possible. Thin tasting, sweet, a bit of grain.

M-Watery. Hard to call it mouthfeel when there is nothing much to feel.

D-Yes, I can drink this beer very easily when I am looking to get drunk for cheap.

I will take High Life, PBR, Gansett, and maybe even a few others before I go in on this beer. Heck I will even take Busch Light before this.

Serving type: bottle

02-24-2011 02:58:45 | More by VelvetExtract

generalnotsew

Tennessee

2.58/5  rDev +29.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I actually got a very thick head out of this. Then again these macros seem to produce fatter heads than most beers. Very faint but still golden yellow straw coloring. I can actually smell it. Pretty potent for an Adjunct Lager. Very sweet malty cereal and corn. Faint hops also present. Has a taint of Noble Pils. Standard lager nose but it is prominent. Taste is pretty weak and watery. Tastes like carbonated water with a dash of Splenda. Mouthfeel is not overly carbonated but a bit thin and even though I like oily in my IPA's, it doesn't fit well here. It isn't hard to get down but the carbonation and tartness I am getting now takes drinkability down a notch. I wanted to try and review one of these with style in mind. I did struggle with the taste a bit. Budweiser and Coors are leaps and bounds better with taste.

Serving type: can

02-23-2011 03:01:29 | More by generalnotsew