Busch NA

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Low Alcohol
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Pale gold, no head, very light color. The aroma flew out of the glass too fast to smell it, Aaron's fan was moving too quick. Watery and corn, cleaned out my mouth for the next beer.

No aroma. Clear gold with thin white head that recedes to ring. Mildly sweet flavour. Some mild sweetness in the flavour. Decent carbonation and mouthfeel. While this is by no means a good substitute for beer, it is inoffensive and, against expectations, was not the worst of the tasting session and actually was well worth it to see Barry pound it back through a funnel for number 2000. Way to go Barry! Can enjoyed with beerhugger, CapFlu, DumDum, muzzlehatch, radiomgb and Rastacouere.

Well me an’ Dwayne, he’s my best buddy an’ all since we wuz in high school an’ burn down th’ science lab, tho’ I’m still a’pissed at his hide fer stealin that fine piecea a** tammy sue away, tho’ she did blow up like a state fair heffer I think that’s Dwayne whut did that not treatin’ her right an’ all....well, anyway, we wuz so mad at alla them fellas at th’ plant, theyuz all like hatin’ on th’ President an’ stuff cuzza they must like them Arabs...so anyways, we decides to go up ta Canadia ta Dwayne’s dad’s cousin’s friend’s cabin, an’ I know them Canucks hates the prez too but hell we figgered we’d be all alone an’ hunting’ us some nice bucks an’ just puttin’ back some cold ones an’ we’d show them damn Canucks I tell you whut by takin’ theys bestes’ bucks. Well we wuz all set to do it up fine with a coupla cases a the ol’ Red White an Blue, thats Bud an’ anywone drinks anythin’ differnt is a goddamn Commie bastard fairy. But somehow it gots lef’ behind and affer we finish hollerin’ and rippin’ into t’other one fer being sucha idiot we decides shit we gotta go buy some brew at one’a these here Canuck stores and allas they gots Busch, an’a bunch Canajun shit, an’ so we gets the Busch cuz you know its American anyways, an’ its not so bad an’ this funny Canuck money’s cheap anyways, an’ then we gets back ta camp an’ we fin’ out thet halfa it (cuz we bought two twelves) is thet stuff fer alkyhawlics an’ people whuts get sick on the real stuff, an’ so we jes’ pour sum Jim Beam innit cuz it tase like ginger ale otherwise, an’ you know whut? It ain’t so bad. I’m shore lookin’ forrard to me an’ Dwayne doin’ it up right at Bobbie Jo’s cousin’s (thats my cousin-in-laws you know) nex’ week, gonna have a half of MGD you know, don’t get that lucky ever’ week.

Can -- courtesy of biegaman. Fourth beer of the "Not-Very-Good-Beers-Tasting" - Day 1. Pours a clear gold with an average size crazy-bright white head -- looks a little unnatural. Aroma: Oh god, how does one describe this? Garbage for sure, some sewage, lots of vegetal notes, grain and burnt stuff -- best I can do really. Flavour’s a little better, thank goodness: Watery, grainy and vegetal. Light bitter-like finish that is awful and quite unpleasant. Light bodied. The aroma is downright offensive and the flavour is bad -- why would someone drink this regularly? It boggles the mind.

[1630-20080824] 12floz can. Grassy mud clods, mild dandelion petals and wheat aroma. Clear, light brown yellow body with a big medium-lasting foamy white head and a channel of tiny centralized bubbles. Cold flavoured water has notes of grass and light yeast. Light body. Not great but it’s notable Not to be skunky, so it must be good (ahem, unique) in its class for that reason.
(c/o biegaman, w/ jerc)

This canned brew poured a medium sized head of fine to medium sized white colored mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a transparent weakly carbonated weak yellow orange colored body. The aroma was mild and smooth with malt and dough like scents. The mouth feel was tingly and bubbly initially and lasted well into the finish. The flavor was surprisingly good for an NA and I even found myself drinking another with I would have never thought I’d do with an NA beer. It is much like a regular Busch beer. This is by far one of the better NA’s I have had.

UPDATED: APR 25, 2004 Thanks to argo0, I think, for bringing this to When Continents Collide 2! I had rated this before, but I'll give it a more detailed rating now. Clear yellow. Small white head. Corny iced tea aroma. Soggy corn flakes make up the brunt of the taste. Sweetened corn swill is an accurate description. Thanks Aaron, for reminding me how bad this is!

Okay, I know this is the punching bag for RB but I’m going to go into this one objectively. Pours a very pale golden with a light white head that actually has some lacing. Aroma is atypical wet paper bag with some rancid water in the background. What little flavor there is reminds me of a light apple cider. Does not have that carbonation that one usually finds in an NA that I dislike. Not much of a mouthfeel. To be honest, this is not that bad as far as NAs go - I would sooner drink this than something that has that twang that some poorly done micros can have when not brewed properly or substandard ingredients are used.