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Labatt Blue
Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.
- From:
- Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #212 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 63
Ranked #28,386 - Avg:
- 2.69 | pDev: 24.54%
- Reviews:
- 738
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 18, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 30, 2001
- Wants:
- 39
- Gots:
- 487
Labatt Blue is the best-selling Canadian beer in the world. Introduced in 1951 as Labatt Pilsener, it was named for the colour of its label by fans of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team. Blue was the first brand in Canada with a twist-off cap and won the silver medal in the International Lager category at the 1998 Brewing Industry International Awards. Labatt Blue, brewed using specially selected aromatic hops, is a well-balanced, fully matured, full-flavoured beer with a fruity character and a slightly sweet aftertaste.
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Rated by BEER-NICK from Pennsylvania
3.13/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.13/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
As good as Modelo as far as a European style Pilsener, and a lot cheaper. Overall, an underated product.
Feb 18, 2024More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Averageperson from Canada (ON)
2.92/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.92/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
not bad I would rate it slightly less then a Corona but for the price you're really getting what you paid for. Foams up as you would expect but lacks any interesting or unique flavours.
Feb 14, 2024Reviewed by Nic2022 from Ohio
4.54/5 rDev +68.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev +68.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
An affordable fruity pilsner. Way too often dismissed as "cheap." An all around good beer, which is perfect to sip while watching a game with friends.
Jan 10, 2024Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
3.18/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.18/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
340ml bottle. No dating information found.
Clear, pale gold colored body. Thin finger of white head reduces to an island and a thin ring. Tiny lacing spots.
Aroma of bready malts and minor fruity hops.
Taste is overall sweet, with malt flavors of bread and biscuit, and fruity hops (citrus and green apple). Slight mineral note.
Medium mouth feel. Crisp and clean finish. Slight tongue sting, but low bitterness. Good carbonation.
The sweetness throughout each sip does not linger, and instead results in a refreshing quencher.
Dec 16, 2023Clear, pale gold colored body. Thin finger of white head reduces to an island and a thin ring. Tiny lacing spots.
Aroma of bready malts and minor fruity hops.
Taste is overall sweet, with malt flavors of bread and biscuit, and fruity hops (citrus and green apple). Slight mineral note.
Medium mouth feel. Crisp and clean finish. Slight tongue sting, but low bitterness. Good carbonation.
The sweetness throughout each sip does not linger, and instead results in a refreshing quencher.
Rated by DaleHolmberg from Ohio
3.34/5 rDev +24.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.34/5 rDev +24.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Good tasting beer. Only beer I drink when fishing in Canada. US import not as good but a good cheap beer.
Dec 10, 2023Reviewed by FreePal88
3/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Canadian corn water. The taste is a tiny bit more "interesting" to me than most other AAL style beers, including PBR (which is similar), although not necessarily much better. Goes down with a solventy twang; bitterness gives way to bready malts/corn/rice. Sometimes I just want cheap beer that has that warm grainy taste, and this delivers on that. I'd rank it alongside PBR and Modelo in terms of macro crap that I know isn't great but I'd still drink any time.
Nov 22, 2023Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
3.43/5 rDev +27.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev +27.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Clear yellow-gold with a short white head clinging in creamy doily lace.
A touch of banana or zucchini bread accents toasted cracker and a surprisingly grassy bitterness in the finish. There's maybe a ricey wax to it, but less so than other AALs.
Not nearly as bad as I thought this would be, having been ages, if ever, since I've had it.
Sep 13, 2023A touch of banana or zucchini bread accents toasted cracker and a surprisingly grassy bitterness in the finish. There's maybe a ricey wax to it, but less so than other AALs.
Not nearly as bad as I thought this would be, having been ages, if ever, since I've had it.
Reviewed by scott451 from Canada (ON)
2.85/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.85/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Poured a 473ml can onto a pint glass. A one finger bubbly white head on a clear pale yellow.the head diminishes to a thin layer.
You can smell the corn from about two feet away.
A bit soapy initially. a bit watery.
Light body and carbonation.
No major faults. Goes down easy.
Aug 25, 2023You can smell the corn from about two feet away.
A bit soapy initially. a bit watery.
Light body and carbonation.
No major faults. Goes down easy.
Labatt Blue from Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.
Beer rating:
63 out of
100 with
2316 ratings
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