Bud Light Platinum - Anheuser-Busch

AleWatcher

Illinois

1.7/5  rDev -24.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

Rather spiffy looking blue bottle into pint glass.

Very clear, only slightly golden tinted.... Kinda yellow in color actually. Half finger white head settled quickly. A half dozen spots of lacing hang back, taunting me with their soulless presence.

Smells surprisingly decent-- a little cider-like quality comes across as airy and light. The boiled corn sneaks in as this warms up though.
The "flavor" is virtually nonexistent, sans the abundance of alcohol on the finish. A light grainy sweetness up front. No bitterness.

Feel is about medium, and has a ton of carbonation-- par for the BMC course.

Overall-- not sure exactly what the demographic for this one is meant to be, but I like the reversal of the trend to make "light lagers" come in under 3% ABV.
Calorie to alcohol ratio has to better here than if some one drank 3 of the Bud Select 55s!

Still, not a beer I'll be drinking again. Way too much alcohol and too little flavor. You're better off with some Malt Liquor.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2012 04:05:59 | More by AleWatcher

iman99

Louisiana

1.7/5  rDev -24.4%
look: 5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1

Got a 6 pack of Bud Light Platinum...

Couldn't wait to try it out. I guess should be awesome. Saw some guy downing them left and right at a party. Blue bottle looked cool. 8 bucks plus tax no big deal this stuff has got to be good right...

The taste was horrible tasted worst than most cheap high gravity beers. I cannot even describe how gross the taste was. Gave one to my uncle who drinks cheap beer most of the time... He started laughing at how bad the beer was and didn't even want to finish drinking it.

The smell was below average smelled like some kind of synthetic chemicals.

The appearance was cool in the blue bottle didn't pour it into a glass so I couldn't tell you the color.

Mouthfeel was mostly average kind of seemed like drinking a gelatin liquid if you can imagine.

The taste was so cheap tasting reminded me of camo black ice but worst.

Serving type: bottle

02-23-2013 21:13:25 | More by iman99

Bitterbill

Wyoming

1.71/5  rDev -24%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Cool cobalt blue bottle, it pours like most macros, a straw yellow, with a good head of foam.

The smell is as piss poor as any macro I've had. Huge grainy notes that put the fear in me of what this is going to taste like.

Okay, the taste is as bad, maybe worse, than I expected. Grain and a sickly sweetness plus the added abv make for a disaster, imho.

No need to comment on the mf and drinkability. This bottle is not worthy of my time and down the drain it goes. At least it was only 1 bottle that I bought.

Serving type: bottle

02-23-2013 15:11:58 | More by Bitterbill

kylehay2004

Florida

1.73/5  rDev -23.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

A half finger head forms. The smell is of barely. Taste is sweeter than bud light with a less bitter aftertaste.The beer tastes and looks watered down but really its just lack of hop flavoring. Far more watered down than its non-light version just like bud light.

Serving type: bottle

03-12-2012 12:02:08 | More by kylehay2004

griffinn

Oregon

1.73/5  rDev -23.1%
look: 1.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 1.75

Reminds me less of "platinum" and more of the smelly liquified silver leftover from film development that photo labs pay money to get rid of.

Appearance: The bright blue bottle is pretty enough. The beer itself, once poured, looks just like any other hopless light lager. What little head it had quickly disappeared into the yellow fizz.

Smell: Sour, vaguely grainy and alcoholic. A smell that says, "do not drink this."

Taste: Starts bad, invokes a mental image of drinking a glass of saliva. As it warms, it only gets worse - slightly sour, a sweetness that can only be described as "sickly," like a diet soda. No hop character whatsoever. Slight alien maltiness.

Mouthfeel: Slightly too fizzy, feels like a glass of Sprite. Alcohol leaves no warmth but rather a strange sensation of stark emptiness, like a cheap vodka.

Overall: Crap beer, barely a step up from the typical macro-swill. A good choice if you hate all beers anyway, and liquor is too strong for you, and you don't want to buy coke to make rum-and-cokes, but you want to get drunk as fast as possible. That's about it.

Serving type: bottle

04-12-2013 06:59:43 | More by griffinn

Celtics76

Rhode Island

1.75/5  rDev -22.2%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

Bottle poured into a Crate & Barrel bar glass. No head to speak of. Pale yellow, similar in appearance to a standard Bud Light.

Not sure what the purpose of this beer is, other than to give fans of Bud Light and other macro lagers a quicker path to a buzz. Really doesn't have a pleasant flavor at all. Brought back memories of my days bar hopping on Thames St. Newport when I drank any cheap beer I could get my hands on.

My advice - if you want a decent light beer, spend a couple extra bucks and pick up some Sam Adams Light.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2012 00:25:10 | More by Celtics76

daliandragon

North Carolina

1.75/5  rDev -22.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

I don't know. Temporary insanity. I am so conditioned to buy new singles at the supermarket that I don't think about the implications. Only after pouring that I even realized the bottle is blue glass like it's selling Zima or something. Can you even get Zima anymore? Anyhoo, yeah, this beer looks like apple juice, smells like nasty seltzer, and tastes like rusty carbonated water. It's terrible, but you knew that already. Just another gimmick to keep an old idea fresh for a minute.

Serving type: bottle

11-05-2012 03:03:00 | More by daliandragon

WinoSapien

Texas

1.78/5  rDev -20.9%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

Poured into a pint glass and showed a little head and lacing to my suprise.

APPEARANCE --- Clear, pale yellow

SMELL --- Can barely smell anything at all, sweet alcohol?

TASTE --- This is really hard to describe other than it has virtually no flavor at all. It tastes like sparkling water with a drop of sugary Jack Daniels.

I only paid $5.99 for the sixer but nonetheless I still felt overcharged. This "beer" is only good for people who want to catch a quick buzz and not really savor a good brew.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2012 01:20:09 | More by WinoSapien

JoeSchmoeIsDigital

1.78/5  rDev -20.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

A - light yellowish or golden, very transparent... slight head at the conclusion of the pour but only lasts about 20 seconds... bottle is very cheap looking, poor marketing if you ask me

S - porridge, reminds me of a stale box of Cheerios... not too much going on here

T - very similar to Bud Light, little bitter though, the 6.5% is very unassuming so if you're just looking to get drunk quickly, this is certainly the beer for you... very watery though, not my style whatsoever

M - very smooth but it should be due to its style so don't read much into that... goes down pretty easily

O - good college dorm room beer, I'm sure it'll be a big hit in that age bracket... for beer enthusiasts though, it's probably not even worth trying, honestly...

Serving type: bottle

02-28-2012 02:34:51 | More by JoeSchmoeIsDigital

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

1.78/5  rDev -20.9%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

This poured out looking a lot like ginger ale... yellowish gold in color with a fizzy white head on top. The head vanishes and leaves nothing behind to look at on the glass or on top of the beer. The beer is clear and slightly bubbly. yellow water is what it honestly looks like. The smell of the beer has some aromas of light grains and corn... nothing really stands out. The taste is bland and gives off what I felt like chemical flavors or chlorine. The mouthfeel is water, thin, carbonated but just boring. Overall it's pretty bad... I can't seem to come up with a really good reason to buy this beer.

Serving type: bottle

12-12-2012 03:56:08 | More by Knapp85

nickfl

Florida

1.8/5  rDev -20%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

A - Pours from its classy, premium blue bottle with a small head of white foam that disappears very quickly and leaves no lace. The body is a perfectly clear, golden color.

S - A sweet, grainy note with a hint of green apple.

T - Sweet, thick bready notes up front. Some green apple and grainy character in the middle and a fairly clean finish with just a touch of artificial sweetener.

M - Medium body, moderate carbonation, and a slightly dry finish.

D - So, despite the incredibly upscale packaging this pretty much tastes like Bud Light with some nutrasweet in it. In fact, I am pretty sure I just cracked the secret of Bud Light Platinum, time to stake out the local AB brewery and try to get a picture of the truck delivering loads of fake sugar.

Serving type: bottle

04-17-2012 03:19:14 | More by nickfl

EgadBananas

Louisiana

1.83/5  rDev -18.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

It's been a long time since I've had a beer like this, but I feel like such an American cracking open this bottle. So close to the super bowl, this is appropriate...there will be no shortage of their commercials begging us for it's consumption. It's blue. Really blue. When the liquid is gone, it's REALLY blue. Goddammit, why do they have to be screw tops?! How AWESOME would these bottles be for bottling homebrew?! I still may... Sam @ Dogfish Head seems to be okay with their validity, at least short-term. F*ck it, I'll use a few for humors sake. Blue bottles FTW.

Okay, okay, on to a review.

A- This pours piss yellow, as clear as humanly possible, with a bone white finger of head that dissipates to... well, there's actually some bubbles strewn across the beers surface! Really doesn't help any...

S- Okay, please, don't smell this. It's better to just assume something, anything. The aroma is putrid almost. It's musty. Sweet, but old smelling. I won't throw skunk out there though. How does blue stand up against light, anyway? This was a 12 pack completely encased in cardboard, so I think light isn't of much concern. Still, this sucks as far as my nose is concerned.

T- There's a level of sweetness to the taste and it's corn. That's it.

M- The only way this may differ from regular BL is that it's fairly higher in alcohol and you can get that in the mouthfeel. It's light, and watered down, BUT... there's something there that isn't in regular BL. Minute and admissible just the same though.

O- With 7 less calories than a Budweiser, and a whole % more in ABV, I suppose it is well deserving of the Bud Light title. Still, it's just a boring American swill lager. I'll get drunk tonight either way. Boy, I shouldn't have bought a 12 pack...

Serving type: bottle

02-05-2012 00:12:04 | More by EgadBananas

startreker

North Carolina

1.83/5  rDev -18.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

My neighbor gave me a bottle to try, so being curious about Buds latest endeavor, I was eager to give it a try. Please dont misunderstand me, as I am a craft beer drinker tried and true, and have only liked one of Budweisers offerings, wich was there American Ale. Now that was a good one in my book, considering the source. And wouldnt you know, I no longer see the Budweiser American Ale on the shelves any longer.

So now for Bud Platinum Light. I Have to interject just a wee bit of humor here folks. In addition to being a beer lover, Im also a cat lover. Anytime I crack open a proper craft beer, my cat jumps up onto the kitchen table, to give it a smell after its been poured into a glass. Well, she must`ve been a beer lover in some past life hehe, as she always licks her chops after getting a good smell of what Im about to drink. So of course, I cracked open the Bud Platinum light, and wouldnt you know, she jumped up on the table eager to smell it. Now this was before I did myself. She smelled the beer, as she usualy does, but her face grimaced after she did. She did not lick her chops, and instead trotted away quickly ... That wasnt a good sign right there!!

A. Very pale straw as I anticipated for a light beer, tons of carbonation. The head dissipated very quicky, and zero lacing.

S. I could barely make out anything noticeable, except for maybe burnt corn.

T. After doing my darndest to distinguish, what on earth I was tasting, I finaly decided that it very much reminded me of Perrier mineral water, with lemon. It had cirtus notes, but nothing to balance out whatever Budweiser was trying to acheive.

M. Bland and watery.

O. Not the worst light beer Ive ever had, it must be because of the citrus overtones this one peresents. If I wanted to do nothing but get drunk, this would be akin to a malt liquor minus the malt. I will not purchase this beer, and am glad my neighbor gave me one to come to this conclusion.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2012 01:57:10 | More by startreker

JGargano

Connecticut

1.83/5  rDev -18.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

I found this beer to be absolute garbage. It just feels like anheuser-bush is trying to jump on a market of high octane beers for cheap. I for one don't know why any one would like to get the jersey shore cast drunker then they already are... The beer is tasteless then it finishes with some thing in the realm of vodka. I hated ever bit off it. The only reason i didn't give it a 1 is because I'm sure Budweiser will or has made something worse.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2013 00:40:26 | More by JGargano

greenmonstah

New Hampshire

1.85/5  rDev -17.8%
look: 1 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

A - Fizzy as all hell, but in the way a soda is fizzy. Big carbonation bubbles pour up audibly and make a tiny wisp of a head that dissipates in seconds. Ten seconds after pour there is no head, and the beer looks like a yellow piss soda pop.

S - Like bud light but with a lot more corny sweetness. Very faint malt character and zero hop presence. This is like a beer soda.

T - Tastes extremely sweet, with a finish like buttered corn-on-the-cob, which is a bit surprising considering AB's adjunct of choice being rice. There is even a tiny bit of ethanol, which I've never experienced in a 6% beer. Some hints of actual malt in here, with a very faint caramel flavor present.

M - Light body with some stickiness. Carbonated like a glass of Sprite. Really overstays its welcome by coating the palate so completely.

O - Overall this is terrible. Budweiser is a thousand times better, and Bud Light is even preferable. In fact, I'd take a Bud Light Lime over this garbage. The beer loses that "Crisp clean" aroma and taste that cheap adjunct lagers depend on, which makes the beers immensely less refreshing, which is supposed to be its top selling point.

Serving type: bottle

01-29-2012 18:54:14 | More by greenmonstah

BTFU

Indiana

1.85/5  rDev -17.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

A - Poured with a bubbly head that disappeared immediately. Golden/straw colored

S - Very sharp and pungent compared to regular BL, I can't put a finger on the exact smell but it reminds me of concentrated beer

T - Finishes sweet but there's no malt or hops to speak of

M - Much more bubbly than regular BL and it reminded me more of sparkling grape juice than beer

O - You can't taste the additional alcohol (6% vs 4.5%) but I would take a normal BL over this any day

Serving type: bottle

02-25-2012 01:12:58 | More by BTFU

JackieTH

Minnesota

1.85/5  rDev -17.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Snappy blue bottle. Pours clear pale yellow with a fizzy finger of foam that persists. Smell is breads and grains. Taste reminded me immedately of a sort of lightweight champale. Maybe a low sugar moscato. I only get the faintest hint of 'beer' taste. It's mildly sweet, fizzy, grainy. You can detect the bud light family genes as well. We worked our way through half a twelve pack. After drinking several from the bottle, one from a glass, my brother Chris added half a bottle to some orange juice and stated that it made a passably decent mimosa. I'm sure people that dislike the beer flavor of beer will really go for Platinum.

Serving type: bottle

04-05-2012 15:25:23 | More by JackieTH

jimmah120

Minnesota

1.85/5  rDev -17.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

I'm not going to review this like a 'real' beer. I'm not one of those people who unfairly blast beers like this, but this beer is too simple to spend much time on. If you've had bud light, you've had this. It's the same thing, but with a heavier feel and a metallic tinge (the alcohol showing up, I guess). That said, it's well done for what it is: piss-water.

If you enjoy Bud light and want to pay more, but drink less to get drunk: try this.

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2012 04:54:25 | More by jimmah120

will1129

1.85/5  rDev -17.8%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

This beer is purely a gimmick, the name and the bottle is what sells. To me the taste is not that of a lager... it is more reminiscent of a malt liquor mixed with the dregs off a bud light. It has a slightly sweet taste and any note of hops is left almost entirely in the after taste. The mouth feel is really not that great, again I keep associating it with a malt liquor/beer hybrid. The smell is honestly horrific, it's the smell I would associate with something 1/3 the cost that would come out of a 40oz bottle... even then I have had beer in that category that is way better than this. The color is basically what you would expect from any light American style lager; clear and straw colored. The carbonation goes away quickly.

I would have given this a slightly better overall rating if it were not for the price of this "beer"; it's about $7 for a six pack which is way overpriced for what you are getting. This beer should be much cheaper and come in 24oz cans and 30packs as it is just a "get drunk beer".

AB dropped the ball on this one, I know people who buy this stuff on a regular basis and swear by it... These guys are not open minded beer drinkers; they only drink light clear American beer. To people like them I say save some cash and buy a 12pack of keystone or bud Ice for the same price as a 6er of BLP, better flavor, and the same alcohol content.

Serving type: bottle

11-26-2012 07:25:26 | More by will1129

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

1.86/5  rDev -17.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.75

12oz Bottle from the Ottawa LCBO for 2.55$

Appearance - Clear light yellow colour with an average size fizzy white coloured head. There is an average amount of carbonation showing and there isn't much lacing. The head lasted for around 2 minutes.

Smell - breads/grains, honey(or some sort of fruit?), booze

Taste & Mouth - There is an average amount of carbonation and I can taste breads/grains and a bit of a fruit sweetness. There is also some corn and I can taste the booze. It ends with a corn/bready aftertaste.

Overall – I knew this was going to be bad.. but I still had to give it a try. I don't think beer will be around for much longer, I don't see the need for it.

Serving type: bottle

04-16-2013 18:10:45 | More by spinrsx

Bonis

Ohio

1.88/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1 | overall: 2

A - Watered down light golden (basically piss colored) with lots of active carbonation bubbles. Half inch of white soap-like head fades at the speed of light to a thin ring. Lightest colored beer I have seen in some time... Is there malt in there?

S - Not much here, a very faint sweet malt, some rice/corn/grainy mixture. Some metallic (?) notes.. I'm really not sure. It's pretty bad, not as bad as the look though. I don't think we're supposed to smell Bud Light (Platinum) anyways... That's just weird.

T - Lots of sweet adjuncts in the flavor. Sweet corn is dominant with a faint sweet malt. Extremely bland and one dimensional as I expected, but not AWFUL. No hop bitterness (which I had read in others' descriptions). To me, the carbonation overload has really screwed up what decent flavors could be in this beer.

M - This is where all Bud Light beers piss me off. They claim to be all "less filling" and shit like that. Then I start drinking it, it's so fucking carbonated that it's nearly unbearable to drink. It's basically a mediocre beer with shitloads of bubbles, not to mention the sweetness leaves some grittiness on the teeth. Awful.

O - This was just a bland beer overall. It was so heavily and unnaturally carbonated that it gave me a bit of a stomach ache. A very tough beer to drink, luckily my kitchen drain gladly accepted the final 6 oz. Nice try AB...

Serving type: bottle

02-12-2012 05:24:16 | More by Bonis

jeremy13586

Pennsylvania

1.88/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

12 oz bottle that was given to me by a bar owner which was given to him by his beer rep.

The beer poured a clear piss-yellow with pretty much no head to speak of, just a tiny ring of bubbles. A very sweet aroma with some grain. Sweet corn is the predominant taste with a slight grainy finish. There is also an artificial taste to the sweetness that I can't quite put my finger on. This beer is pretty carbonated as well.

I guess the beer is drinkable because it's pretty unoffensive, and by unoffensive I mean that there isn't much to it. It is basically a sweet carbonated water.

If you're out on the town and bro-ing it up, then I guess this stuff would be perfect. It goes down pretty easy and gets you drunk faster without having to pee as much as you would if you were drinking regular Bud Light. With enough of this beer, you'll be hitting on sorostitutes in no time at all!

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2012 22:50:53 | More by jeremy13586

BenWei

1.88/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Just bought my first pack of this. The 6.0% alcohol caught my attention on the commercials but overall this beer is pretty disappointing. Less taste than Bud Light but more alcohol... interesting. You can really taste the booze in this, it's almost like a weak mixed drink. No real beer taste tho. Disappointing.

Serving type: bottle

03-15-2012 22:48:31 | More by BenWei

BeerMane

North Carolina

1.88/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Pours a pale yellow, very fizzy and settles quick with no head or lacing. The scent of rice, grain and a sweet note come from this beer. I felt it has a very limited flavor, it almost seems to taste like it's high alcohol cousin Bud Ice. It carries a smooth feel with a heavy carbonation. Overall I felt the concept of this beer was to produce a high alcohol Bud Light to get you drunk quicker. I wouldn't recommend this unless you want to get smashed fast without spending a lot.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2012 12:05:23 | More by BeerMane

Cavanaghty

Maine

1.88/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Not at all what I exepected from this beer.

Poured from bottle into a pint glass;

Appearance: Light amber in color, the head was about 1 finger with nothing for lacing on the glass.
Smell: I found it to have a old musky smell, what I would describe as a very old book in a very old house.
Mouthfeel: Definatly a lighter beer, could not detect any real flavors of hops, it had a stale taste to it. After taste was just alcohol.
Overall: I actually thought I might enjoy this beer with all the hype put into it. I was disappointed with it. If I drink any thing like this, I will stick with regular Bud Light.

Serving type: bottle

07-08-2012 20:16:32 | More by Cavanaghty