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Budweiser American Ale

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bottled
common

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6962.72/5.02.72/5.05.3%19.6English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Carefully brewed with barley from America’s heartland and cascade hops from the pacific northwest, this rich, amber colored ale has robust flavor and a distinctive hoppy finish.
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 gerzm22 (107), , Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 13, 2008  
I really enjoyed this amber ale it had a hop fininsh and a great aroma, plus it looks really cool in a pint glass


 Arayaga2 (947), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Dec 13, 2008  
Beautiful dark clear amber with a dense, thin white head. Aroma is munichy carmael with a bit of wet dog. Taste is mostly clean with a touch of caramel. Finishes dry and biscuity with a touch of astringency. $2/12oz


 robforbes (1085), Bremerton, Washington, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/512/20
Dec 12, 2008  
pours a clear amber with a small off-white head that fades quickly, heavy carbonation, and good lacing. smell is faint, some caramel, few hops, and some malt. taste has lots of carbonation, somewhat watery, caramel, slight metallic, dry leaves, earthy, and some pine in the back, ends slightly bitter. overall i am surprised that AB actually produced this brew.


 Slipstream (746), USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/58/20
Dec 12, 2008  
So big Anheuser Busch tries to horn in on the microbrew phenomenon. They have before with Stone Mill, which was better than this stuff.. Did this replace that? It is a nice looking beer. Amber pour with decent head and sheet lacing. Aroma is malty with some macro skank. The flavor is disappointing, and not very fresh. I thout with all the resources AB has, they could have come up with something better. A fairly average amber ale at best. The hops dont seem like the greatest. I prefer to spend half the money and drink regular Bud if I am in the mood for something the Clydesdale dragged in.


 TheBeerBaron (219), Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Dec 11, 2008  
Clear copper color, frothy tan head that sticks around and a small amount of carbonation. A much better looking beer than Bud lager. Butter and malt blended aroma. Its mainly a sweet honey like aroma with very little hop - entirely pleasant. A mature flavor well balanced between an initial deep malt taste and a fair hopping to keep this ale honest. It contains ale flavor not filler that many associate with Bud. I am impressed an will buy this again. This Bud Ale stands up to Sam Adams Lager and surpasses it on value. When Budweiser lets their brewers flex their creativity results follow.


 craftycarl21 (521), South Hero, Vermont, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/59/20
Dec 11, 2008  
pours a light amber. Aroma is woody, with malt, some sweet molasses, and a hint of dark fruit. Flavor is pretty light with two sides- fruit and heavy caramel. OK, but nothing impresive in the slightest.


 elihapa (1044), Honolulu, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/104/59/20
Dec 9, 2008  
Ah, we meet at last. I have read promising things about this brew from many seasoned ratebeerians. Pours clear orange with a clingy white head. Aroma is softly floral, with grain. Nice crisp mouthfeel that supports mildly sweet flavors. In general, the flavors of this brew are tough to identify individually i.e., they are indistinct. Mid-palate is predictably empty, which is made alarmingly pronounced by the dry, corny finish. Overall, not much going on here. I wanted to give Bud a shot, and I did. However, this still falls WAY short of “craft”, and I really can’t see why the average micro-brew drinker would elect to pay only one dollar less than usual for a sixer of this product.


 markwise (1175), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/54/103/58/20
Dec 9, 2008  
Pours copper red with frothy off-white head. Aroma is malt and some floral hops. Flavor is there somewhere under the water... malt, yep. Minimal hop/malt finish from this minimalist beer. There is very little to it. For beer, bad. For A-B not horrible.



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