Budweiser American Ale

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

12oz Bottle poured into glass. Deep amber color with a thick head that lasts and laces the glass. Aroma of light hops and malts. Flavor starts out with some citrusy hops and finishes with a smooth malt taste. Nice carbonation and a long finish on this beer. What a surprise from Anheuser-Busch guess it’s a good thing they got bought out by the Belgians. I like the question that Maddog raised about who this beer is for. I enjoy it definitely and am glad I got it.

12 oz. Clear copper with red tints. Lasting half-inch head leaves sticky lace behind. Aroma of spicy toffee, apple, root vegetables and maybe some toasted nut. Flavor is similar, with more nut and a hint of citrus. Has a fruity twang to it similar to some British beers I don’t like such as Bass; must be the yeast. Light-medium body is smoothish, lightly tingly and finishes slightly dry.