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Budweiser American Ale

Budweiser American Ale - Amber Ale

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 Percentile 
23
overall
Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Amber Ale

St. Louis, Missouri USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6952.72/5.02.72/5.05.3%19.7English pint, Shaker
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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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 tarheels86 (703), Washington DC, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 24, 2008  
I can’t believe the worst national beer is trying to reinvent itself via Belgium’s InBev. Pours a fairly nice amber with high carbonation and a good, creamy, white head. Lacing is minimal. Aroma is distantly hops, water, grass, maybe some nuts and and sweet malt. Taste is watery with a half-ass attempt at dry-hopping. It almost tastes fake from the appearance, nose, and mouthfeel. It is certainly better than Budweiser the ’’American Lager’’ but still sucks in my opinion. Not really worth the glass bottle it is pressurized into. Nice try.


 Narnad (681), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Oct 24, 2008  
Beer pours from the bottle a very nice amber, high carbonation and a thick white head. Aroma is of light caramel malt and much more pronounced citrus aroma. Beer is quite smooth with a low malt flavor and a moderate citrus taste. The mouth feel is a little lite but for a Budweiser product its not bad, compared to other craft brews is very mediocre.


 thejoeshow (232), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/510/20
Oct 24, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Pours a nice amber color with a big frothy off white head that has fairly good retention. Aroma has a slight hop aroma but nothing compared to what I would think of as it’s advertised as dry hopped. There is also a slight hint of DMS. Flavor is very understated. There is a slight maltiness to it but nothing huge. Finish is a bit dry and grainy. Mouthfeel is a bit off too, could be a bit more full. Think red Budweiser. Not terrible like I expected but nothing I am going to make a regular in my fridge.


 mctous (119), Herndon, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 24, 2008  
Bud Ale pours a medium amber with plenty of head retention and a distinctly diacetyl aroma. The diacetyl character also dominates the finish. The malt flavor closely resembles Michelob Amber Bock with its caramel malt, yet departs from it with a more floral hop flavor (the Cascades). Again like Michelob, the mouthfeel lacks body. Overall a near miss which could use a less exaggerated yeast character.


 oteyj (713), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/102/510/20
Oct 24, 2008  
Pours clear copper with excellent head. Aroma is somewhat grainy and astringent with a slight nose of citrus hops, but not much. Flavor is light and somewhat non-existent. Some sweeter malt and grainyness again. Palate is thin and watery.


 KAggie97 (2406), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 24, 2008  
Tap at Draught House.
Pours an average amber with an aroma of slight nut and roasted chocolate. Flavor is subdued candied malt. Average mouthfeel. Not disgusting.


 NeoHippie2 (173), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/515/20
Oct 23, 2008    Updated: Dec 8, 2008
This was decent. A step in the right direction for AB for sure. However It seems to me that they couldnt decide what to make here. A rich malty red ale? Or a drier hoppier ale? It tastes like they poured the two together. Anyways, I cant be too harsh considering how good it was for who makes it. Hopefully, this is the beginning of AB going in a new direction


 Soonah (900), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Oct 23, 2008  
The pour wasn’t bad. Copper colored with a solid off-white head that provided some lacing. The aroma was more malt than anything else. Faint citrus. The flavor was like a malty Budweiser. A bit of citrusy hops slip in at the end. Below average, fizzy mouthfeel. Better than most BMC products, but not by much.



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