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RATINGS: 139   WEIGHTED AVG: 1.11   EST. CALORIES: 177   ABV: 5.9%
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Busch Ice has a rich, smooth taste with exceptional drinkability and a slightly sweet finish. Busch Ice undergoes Anheuser-Busch’s exclusive ice-brewing process, which takes the beer to a temperature below freezing. This leads to the formation of ice crystals in the finishing process, which help create its rich, smooth taste. Ice beer is rumored to have been developed by accident in Germany during Oktoberfest celebrations. A particularly cold year froze the celebrated bock beers, which are traditionally brewed for spring, and a new taste was noticed by the drinkers.


3.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
ronaldtheriot (362) - Laplace, USA - AUG 4, 2009
UPDATED: JUL 4, 2010 Busch Ice (not available in Louisiana) is a pleasant ice beer. The aroma is rather neutral, and the appearance is a decent straw color; pretty standard. It has a nice, if mild, flavor, and a good, light mouth feel. My overall impression is that Busch Ice holds its own against others of its ilk. The above-average alcohol content gives the drinker that particular feeling after wards (drank a 24 oz. can in a chalice). I have only seen this product sold in St. Louis and Memphis. Good stuff. RJT

0.5
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 1/20
edgallow (171) - nashville, Tennessee, USA - JAN 12, 2012
Had this beer to long ago, just transferring from a app I was using to rate beer. As I drink these again I will add a better review.

0.8
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
nevets4433 (297) - - JAN 12, 2012
24 oz. can from a plastic hotel cup. Pours a light, fizzy yellow beer. Actually has a decent, white head. Aroma is painfully sweet with a sour, stale finish. Taste has huge vegetal notes with a huge stale corn finish. This is among the worst of the sub-premium ice beers...

0.6
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 2/20
bpreo (917) - Eugene, Oregon, USA - JAN 11, 2012
Ghastly, appalling, disgusting beer. Truly, honestly, desperately bad beer.

1.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 4/20
badnewsbeers (2195) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - MAY 5, 2011
Truly something special. Had it back to back with westy 12, and it holds its own....

0.5
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 1/20
ThaJuggernaut (295) - Washington, USA - FEB 1, 2011
Common everyday beer with 0 taste. Horrible after taste. Just good for getting drunk

0.6
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 2/20
cartertr (29) - Ellensburg, Washington, USA - SEP 8, 2010
Terrible beer. I’m hoping once I graduate from college, I will never see this again.

0.5
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 1/20
beernovice39 (1774) - South Carolina, USA - JUL 25, 2010
Just looking over the pale lagers and seeing the ones I missed rating, wish I had not.......

0.8
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
cazort (456) - Newark, Delaware, USA - MAY 21, 2010
This is a competitor for the lowest of the low, but it beats out Natural Light because it doesn’t give me a splitting headache after a single can the way that beer does. Also, less heavy and disgusting than miller high life. Overall, about on par with coors light, but a very different character. This is a heavy beer, strong, high alcohol content. In my opinion, this is the worst I’ve tried, however, among the "ice" beers. I strongly prefer milwaukee’s best ice (if I’m going to be drinking one, honestly they’re not something I’d usually choose on my own. That one has a stronger alcohol character to it...and in this one the alcohol is less noticeable, more masked...but it’s masked by a nasty, sour taste that is, in my opinion, worse than the alcohol. I do not recommend this one.


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