Labatt Blue - Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.

wailingwench

New Mexico

1/5  rDev -62.3%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Eye Candy: Transparent straw yellow.

The nose knows: Let Blue warm, then smell it. It smells like vomit in a bottle.

Tongueland: The taste gives me the creeps. I actually have gagged while drinking Blue.

Bender Factor: Blue light is a better alternative, Molson Canadian is the best choice. Everyone here in Buffalo thinks that Blue is the the sheezy, I say it makes me queasy. Labatt Blue is a sad excuse for a beer. It should be put out of it's misery. I feel bad for Canadian citizens who are exposed to Blue on a daily basis.

Serving type: bottle

10-01-2004 23:10:45 | More by wailingwench

yesyouam

New York

1.05/5  rDev -60.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Labatt Blue is a very clear, very pale straw colored lager with a thin white head. The aroma is of cardboard and fusel oil. There may be a dusting of grassy hops in the nose. Very light bodied and watery in the mouth. It's like water except that water isn't a touch gritty. It tastes like chemicals. I would not identify this as beer in a blind taste test. Holy crap! This is worse than I expected it to be! There is a touch of sweetness at the end... then that poison flavor lingers. Did I get a bad bottle? This is intolerable!
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Serving type: bottle

12-14-2008 16:20:09 | More by yesyouam

Jaxxon61

British Columbia (Canada)

1.1/5  rDev -58.5%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

From my brother-in-law's fridge. Offensive and detestable on every level. Carbonated brake fluid with infused mushroom juice -- that just about sums up this putrid macro swill. I can't remember any beer that has ever brought to the point of anger after consuming it. This one nearly has. Labatt Blue...a Canadian icon...a national shame.

Serving type: can

11-04-2010 21:59:00 | More by Jaxxon61

DrunkMcDermott

Illinois

1.25/5  rDev -52.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

If I were a Canadian eager to prove my country is not "the 51st State," I'd be ashamed to see the maple leaf on this product. It's just all the worst aspects of the standard American "beer." Pale, pale colour--but that is what the style calls for, so a few points there. Plenty of adjunct to assure as little actual flavour as possible. Unless the malt and hops are so well balanced they cancel each other out, like matter and antimatter... nah. The company claims this beer has a "fruity character;" since when are corn and rice fruit?

Serving type: on-tap

11-24-2003 14:18:52 | More by DrunkMcDermott

Barraclou

Quebec (Canada)

1.3/5  rDev -50.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Presentation: At the local hockey playoff night, I had it in can and on-tap. Labatt Blue had the reputation of the best-selling beer in Canada a few years ago. Also, that's what you usually got when you order draught pitchers. :(

Appearance: The clear and yellow color is ok. The head was average. A white foamy head lasts on top for a few minutes.

Smell: I didn't smell much. No smell on-tap and a very light one in can. Not exceptionnally good...

Taste: Awful. Pilsner? I would call it an bad adjunct macro.

Mouthfeel: Acid. I felt my tooth feelings melting down. I try to keep it positive, but it is hard to give quality.

Drinkability: I always try to avoid Blue. I rather go with Bud before Blue. Also, Blue is very risky for hangover.

Serving type: on-tap

03-29-2005 19:31:29 | More by Barraclou

TheManiacalOne

Rhode Island

1.3/5  rDev -50.9%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

On-tap 2/23/07 at The Celtic Pub in Pawtucket, RI, served in a US tumbler pint glass.

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

S: The aroma is of skunky corn and other adjuncts, some malt almost no hops.

T: Flavors of grain and corn are the most prevalent with a little bit of macro sweetness. The malt character is very thin and there's not much of a hops presence either. The after-taste is bready and slightly sweet.

M: Not crisp and not smooth, light-to-medium body, medium-to-heavy carbonation, dry and clean finish.

D: Not tasty at all, the fact that it's not filling is about the only good thing I can say about it. I definitely would not drink it again.

Serving type: on-tap

02-24-2007 16:09:21 | More by TheManiacalOne

blackc5

Washington

1.35/5  rDev -49.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

Hmm, what to say that hasn't already been said. I recall a time when I actually liked this, and thought it was better then your standard BMC. Maybe it was that appeal of it being an import and all that ice they use in the marketing. Having it again after all these years, and it is just a standard, terrible American (Canadian) Adjunct lager, and although many would claim it is somehow better than your standard BMC, I just don't taste it... Seriously, why even bother drinking this...

Serving type: bottle

01-16-2010 07:13:09 | More by blackc5

bignick

Massachusetts

1.4/5  rDev -47.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

On tap at a Celtics game 4/20/06. Served in a 16oz plastic cup.

This beer is absolutely atrocious. There is no flavor to it whatsoever. It is like drinking flat, flavorless soda. I would take Bud over this any day of the week. It is truly repulsive due to its absolute lack of flavor.

Serving type: on-tap

04-20-2006 04:11:08 | More by bignick

jneiswender

Massachusetts

1.4/5  rDev -47.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

Poured out of a 12oz bottle into a pint glass.

A--Egg white head that quickly disappears. Straw yellow body.

S--Strong sulfur smell. Watery smell.

T--Faint malt. No perceptible hops. Mineral sulfur taste.

M--thin

D--Just not very good even for this style. Bud of the North.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2008 16:50:03 | More by jneiswender

MoreThanWine

Massachusetts

1.45/5  rDev -45.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 2

Poured a straw yellow with a 1" head composed of very cheap bubbles which quickly dissipated and left no trace of head at all. Mildy sweet with almost no taste at all. Really about as boring a beer as you can get.

Years ago before I was into drinking and beer I asked a bartender for a good beer I should try. He said Labatt Blue, and I didn't notice anything wrong with it at the time. I know now one of several things were going on a) I was being hazed as a new drinker or a newbie to that bar, or b) He had some Labatt Blue he was having trouble getting rid of, or c) He was an idiot. Guess I'll never really know which one it was.

Serving type: bottle

10-17-2010 10:38:42 | More by MoreThanWine

rastaman

United Kingdom (England)

1.5/5  rDev -43.4%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Very light in texture and flavour, slightly sweet, short finish, very watery, and slightly chemically finish, its obvious that they use the cheapest ingredients possible, not good at all.

Serving type: bottle

08-17-2002 18:05:35 | More by rastaman

CortexBomb

Michigan

1.5/5  rDev -43.4%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Standard fare macro brew that many people I know are quite fond of. Pours out light yellow with little to no aroma to speak of.

The mediocre nature continues with the flavour, very light, slightly sweet but watery (though not *quite* as bad as American macros) and completely unremarkable.

I'll take Labatt over American macros, but that's certainly not saying much.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2004 00:39:48 | More by CortexBomb

cyrenaica

Ontario (Canada)

1.5/5  rDev -43.4%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Not a beer that thrills me. First off...I have to admit that of Canada's two mega-breweries, I have generally supported Molson. In fact, I've only tried three Labatt products. Labatt Blue, John Labatt Classic, and Labatt Copper (you all remember Labatt Copper don't you? 1995? National campaign which had Copper X and Copper Y and beer drinkers voted which was their favourite? and the winner lasted all of 5 months in beer stores). Anyway, I digress. Blue is supposedly Canada's beer of choice. The aroma was malty, but dissipated quickly. The colour was a very pale yellow with a slight head. The mouthfeel was very watery suggesting that if you enjoy the flavour, you can probably down these by the case. The flavour was nothing to write home about as it too was watery with only slight malt tones. All in all a forgettable beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-29-2007 22:30:50 | More by cyrenaica

aquatonex

New York

1.53/5  rDev -42.3%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Meh.

I heard a lot about Labatt being better than other macros? Uh...

I don't think it's all that great. Maybe on tap? I dunno I will give it another chance I think. Pours piss golden, light foamy head that quickly dissipates. Smells like skunk. Tastes like a dirty macro, swilly. I'd drink it if I had some nice greasy food with it :).

Serving type: bottle

05-03-2005 01:08:15 | More by aquatonex

bort11

Missouri

1.53/5  rDev -42.3%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

11.5 oz bottle poured into a shaker pint. Solid two finger head that quickly dissipates to nothing. Very pale yellow color with minimum carbonation.

Smell has thin wet grass aroma. Taste is a thin cereal body. You can tell then main ingredient is rice.

Thin watery mouthfeel. Canadian macro at it's worst.

Serving type: bottle

08-10-2008 01:46:30 | More by bort11

CowsCanBark

Pennsylvania

1.55/5  rDev -41.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

Poured from 11.5 oz. bottle into Samuel Adams pint glass.

Appearance: Pours an extremely light golden, borderline clear, with a two-finger white head that dissipates into zero. No lacing on the glass to speak of.

Smell: Metal, adjuncts, water

Taste: This tastes like a light beer, like a low calorie beer. It's insanely light. Are there even hops in this? All I taste is water and light as hell adjuncts, and grass. Lots of grass.

Mlouthfeel: Light as hell in body, high in carbonation. This is the beer you want if you wanna drink a shit load and get sloshed with beer with zero flavor.

Overall: This is almost alcoholic water. I swear, Miller Lite has more flavor than this.

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2012 01:37:19 | More by CowsCanBark

Higravity

Michigan

1.58/5  rDev -40.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

This beer caused an instant gag reflex, but I got it down. It has a darker yellow colr than most macro lagers, but this is still a pathetic beer. While it has a small sweet smell, it comes across as corn beer with the minimum amount of grain used to still label it a beer. Plenty of carbonation in this beer from the north, but not much else.

Serving type: on-tap

05-23-2005 14:44:45 | More by Higravity

jujubeast6000

Texas

1.58/5  rDev -40.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 2

Reviewed 12/2/2005 (12oz bottle):

Has a slight malty aroma, but not much more than that. And the expectant malty taste follows, with a fizzy palate. Body pours the color of a domestic-yellow, with some fizzy bubbles, very reminiscent of Big Brother beer.

Serving type: bottle

11-25-2008 00:52:42 | More by jujubeast6000

CAMRAhardliner

Ontario (Canada)

1.6/5  rDev -39.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

I remember drinking this in high school, along with Export, Molson Canadian, and Colt 45. I have since come to my senses. Unfortunately this was ordered for me recently at a restaraunt.
it is a bland super pale straw color with lots of tiny bubbles. The head was awol, and lacing was also nonexistent. The smell was of cooked vegetables and corn and chemicals. The taste was of corn and water, hello hops? are you there? *no*. It was cold so in a sense I guess you could say it is refreshing, like water is. This beer is awful and Im convinced people only buy it because of the slick multi-million dollar ads.

Serving type: on-tap

05-02-2004 02:21:19 | More by CAMRAhardliner

Padron4KM

Arizona

1.6/5  rDev -39.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

12 oz bottle, no freshnesss date noted.

pours clear straw yellow. fizzy white head that vanishes quickly.

Why even pour this into a glass.

Aroma is skunky, cereal and corn.

mouthfeel is watery and flat.

Flavor is grainy with a dry finish.

kinda boring eh.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2006 06:15:54 | More by Padron4KM

Applesauce1

Virginia

1.63/5  rDev -38.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Had Labatt Blue on tap at the Cat's Eye Saloon in Athens, OH. The beer was poured into a plastic cup with very little head. It smelled a little bit skunky; some of that typical macrobrew smell. The taste is not good. Couldn't find any hops or any other good flavors. Had a slight sweetness. Overall, not a good beer for any purpose.

Serving type: on-tap

01-01-2006 20:44:01 | More by Applesauce1

ommegangpbr

New York

1.65/5  rDev -37.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

Even when it's a 12 pack for $6 this stuff is hard to swallow.
I've done it before, sure, but I probably won't do it again.
Always tastes and smells a little... off; perhaps skunked but I think it tastes and smells that way when fresh. Maybe they're using moldy ingredients.
Not good.
Not even average.
Blah.

Serving type: bottle

05-29-2005 04:11:51 | More by ommegangpbr

shbobdb

Indiana

1.65/5  rDev -37.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

Holy Houseparty, this is one foul beer. I would rather drink Bud Light. Heck, almost any beer I can think of.
The taste is straight-up adjunct. No redeeming qualities, no malt flavours, just a thin-bodied waste of calories.
Even for an American Macro lager this is a foul, foul beer.

Even for the style, just not a good beer. The only reason I can think the Bros would recommend it is as a lesson in pain and appreciation of much better beers.

Serving type: bottle

03-31-2006 02:23:38 | More by shbobdb

onix1agr

Pennsylvania

1.65/5  rDev -37.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

On-Tap at a party, this is a short review because there is not much to write about.

A- Light gold with yellow mixed in. A minimal sparse white head that faded quick like a bunny. No lacing.

S- Sorry, this smells like old corn with old expired knock off malt. These are all extremely light. Nothing more to see here.

T- Labatt is the most "carbonated water" tasting macro that i've ever had. No hops come out at all. Corn and malt. This really does not have a distinguishable taste, it's carbonated water no more no less.

M- Very crisp and light but not refreshing. This is also highly carbonated and it almost hurt my mouth when I attempted to sip it. I expected a smoother ride with the light nature of this style.

D- Not so much, could not finish my glass, I watered the nearby flowers with the rest of my ounces of this, hopefully they dont die.

Serving type: on-tap

07-12-2009 06:01:21 | More by onix1agr

PatrickJR

North Carolina

1.68/5  rDev -36.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Poured from an 11.5 oz bottle into nonic pint glass.

A - Pale yellow. A half-inch of head rises and falls very quickly leaving a thin collar. No lace.

S - Very mild biscuity malt with a hint of grassiness.

T - There is virtually no taste. A vague lemony/grassy notes hits the sides of the tongue near the finish. Otherwise, there is NOTHING going on here.

M - Light bodied and water. A very low carbonation. A beer like this should be crisp, and it isn't. Very similar to water.

D - Bleh. Other American macros serve their purpose better. This is completely devoid of flavor and character, a poor example of the style and a poor beer overall.

Serving type: bottle

10-16-2008 09:15:57 | More by PatrickJR