Budweiser Select

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Pale Lager
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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Crystal clear and still yellow beer with the standard quickly fizzy head. No aroma whatsoever, and only a light cornstarchy "flavor". I think they made this to compete with the even worse Michelob Ultra. It’s just as bad, so I guess they met their goal.

This beer is pretty much carbonated water with some food coloring and a little piss added for flavoring. My buddy screwed a girl that worked for AB last night after the bar. She was buying him these. Or more than likely swiping her AB credit card violating ABC laws and such. But due to the fact that he fucked her, I will rate this higher.

Strong vegetal aroma. Clear pale colour with thin, white, fully-diminishing head. Plastic flavour is subsumed by vegetable DMS. Very dry. Watery. Low carbonation. Unpleasant in the extreme. Bottle sampled with ClarkVV and muzzlehatch.

What is the goal here? My impression tucking into this was that I was in for the brewers attempt at something respectable (i.e. he "selected" this brew as something special). I’m an idiot for maintaining such lofty expectations. I’d have to try this side-by-side with regular Bud to be certain (and that ain’t gonna happen), but I’m pretty sure this is the same beer with a different label. And I made the grievous error of purchasing a supercan of this stuff!

12 oz bottle, Sultans of Swill tasting with tiggmtl and ClarkVV 5. We took the challenge: to drink, to describe, to rate the very worst beers in the world. We did not limit our search to just America, home of PBR and Natty Light...no, we searched far and wide, looked high and low, from the North country of Ontario to the beaches of Antigua. But in the end, after cascades of foul cardboard, aluminum, asparagus and chemicals, it was there in our own back yard: yes, though I for one did not believe it, good ol’ American A-B came through for us and delivered this, the crowning glory of their empire, a beverage so plasticine, so artificial, so cottony and redolent of the cheapest microwaved vegetables, that it not only one our tasting, but it won my heart. This, I proclaim, sets the new standard...the Worst of the Worst, King of Swill, the most Offensive Beer in the World! Congratulations, now where’s the toilet?

Bottle. Born on date is 07MAR07. Pours blond with a small foamy white head. Nose seems to be pure cereal and soft hay. Very grainy. Taste is just as grainy and cereal laden but there’s some metallic notes in there. Body is very light and crisp while being rather refreshing, especially on a hot day like today. Ends with more grains, lighter hay and big cereal.

This bottled brew poured a large sized head of foamy finely sized mostly diminishing white colored bubbles that left behind a fair lacing. The body contained average carbonation, was transparent and straw yellow in color. Its aroma contained notes of pungent dirty socks and malt. Its mouth feel is initially tingly with a lingering tingly palate. Its flavor contained malt hop notes crisp and thin. Do you know why Budweiser goes through your system so fast? ....... It does not have to stolp to change colors! Come on Anheuser-Busch make a good beer!

UPDATED: SEP 25, 2008 RerateTastes about the same as when I entered this beer about 4 years ago - very dry finish, somewhat refreshing Decent price point at $5.49 a six Original 2.1 This is a low carb Budweiser that is being test marketed around the country. Picked this up at the airport in Austin, Texas. Very light golden appearance, little head, absolutely no aroma. Has a crisp, brisk flavor, similar to all the other low carb offerings. Very dry, leaves you breathless. Slight trace of hoppiness, no malt profile. May be a good companion to hot, spicy food. Interesting to see how this one does in the market.

Aluminum bottle 33 cl. [Served @ Liberty of the seas] I was told that the aluminum bottles are only made for the Cruise liners. But I see other people have had it as an aluminum bottle so I don’t really know if that is true or note. Average white head that mostly lasted. Fair display of lacework. Clear yellow color. Aroma of light grain, hay, grass, mild floral. Light bodied with an average carbonation and light dry texture. Light sweet and bitter flavor in balance. Light bitter dry finish. Not that bad when in the sun on a cruise on the way to Puerto Rico.

Bottle. Pours a clear, light yellow with a fizzy, white head. Mild cereal aroma with faint, floral hops. Sweet, lightly sugary flavor with some grains and faint bitters. Light bodied with fizz carbonation. Crisp, semi-sweet finish. Not offensive.