Budweiser American Ale

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Amber Ale
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Like the Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale I had the same night, I was pleasantly suprised at what A-B is putting out there lately. In no way does this beer really compete with a quality microbrew but it did offer a distinctly pleasant flavor and palate. Reasonable well matched maltiness and hops presence. The hops lacked a certain clarity of flavor- was a bit muddled- but did give this beer an actual personality.

This is a pretty good beer regardless of my feelings toward macrobrews. Nice hop aroma, not too bitter, clean finish. I was actually quite suprised at how this turned out, you could say pleasantly suprised! I hope this is a continuing trend because most of theses large scale breweries are capable of alot, and its about time they started showing it!

This one is actually a pretty solid beer! Great balance between the malt and the hops. Being that it is similarly priced to other micros I will still stick to those. Might be a great way to introduce your bud-swilling friends to the wonderful world of real beer.

Figured it was worth a try. Amber pour with decent head. Not much depth in aroma, but a lot more than I expected. Solid malt presence here. I feel that this beer will rate better for me because I am predisposed to expect swill from this brewery. That said, this wasn’t all that bad, hopefully a sign of things to come from big brewers. This beer is a good thing.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a nice amber color with a two finger off white head. Weak, malty, hoppy aroma. Citrusy hop and malt taste. Obviously a bit weak, but I am pleasantly surprised considering Budweiser’s other brews.

Sampled 10/24/2008. This amber ale pours a medium amber color from a 12oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. The aroma is caramel and malty, a touch sweet, with some hops. A medium bodied amber. The malts are caramel and sweet. The hops are floral. Decent balance. Good carbonation. A touch sweet and there is some breadiness. A touch of hops as well. Not bad, but I probably have had a 100 ambers that taste close to this one. Not bad, but nothing here that stands out. Decent amber. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

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.

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.