Budweiser Brew Masters Private Reserve

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

Light amber colour. Rather sweet, not especially well-fermented. This makes the body a bit gooey even by malt liquor standards. And this isn’t really trying to be a malt liquor. But then as Yoda said "do or do not do, there is no try." And this does taste like a malt liquor with its apples, alcohol and way too much raw sugar character. Simple flavours, and not pleasant even in the most masochistic malt liquor sense of the word.

Bottled. Pale golden, near no head. Aroma of mashed apples. Sweet and lightly syrupy with clean mouthfeel. Some burning alcohol in a finish without bitterness.

nasty stuff, sampled at a superbowl party. cloying sweet garbagy flavor. would much rather drink regular bud. whats w/ the fancy bottle? its like putting a bow on a turd

This beer smelled of corn and alcohol to me- a very strong, nauseating smell. Taste was of a budweiser, with much more body than regular bud, with a medium to strong alcohol burn in the finish. Had to pour it out after the first 3-4 ounces as I didn’t want to get sick. Luckily, I got this as a present and didn’t spend my money on it. I was hoping it would be decent, but nope.

This malt lager pours a golden blonde that leaves a thick white lace and some stickiness that a "regular" budweiser could only dream of making. Upon opening the bottle the malty sweetness vanilla, baked brown sugar, cooked white sugar, angel food cake all come to mind it is amazingly complex. The body is clear and vibrant, very nice some slight carbonation bubbles can be seen through the lager. The aroma is light and fruity, some mild hop presence is definatly in the nose. The taste on the palate is fresh, clean, as if it was poured right from the tap amazing. Some slight carbonation refreshes the palate, the lager starts smooth with a sweet malt charachter of cake, sugar, and moves to a small bitter hop aspect. This beer is great, fresh and clean. If only they can brew some more like this.

Brew Master’s Private Reserve is Budweiser or Michelob in its purest form. At 8.5% abv, it is a heady brew, and has more body, aroma, and flavor than your standard Budweiser or Michelob. Brew Master’s Private Reserve pours to a beautiful, bright, golden color(no surprise there, this is Bud after all) with a thick, bright, white head, and a good bit of carbonation. The nose on this beer is nice with some good pale malt aroma, some grassy hop aroma, and some peppery alcohol. The palate is firm, but clean with some nice pale malt flavor, and that signature "green apple"(acetaldehyde) flavor of Budweiser. Brew Master’s Reserve finishes with more pale malt up front, then ends with just enough bitterness as to take the pale malt/green apple edge off. Pure Budweiser or Michelob is much more enjoyable to this beer lover than your standard Bud or Mic, and is a beer I feel worth trying, if but once. Bud and Mic drinkers will enjoy this one more so than craft beer drinkers. I enjoyed trying it, but I really was not impressed enough where I would buy it again. Being a lager, it is very smooth and clean, but with a bit more aroma, flavor, and of course alcohol than standard Bud or Mic. This beer is dangerously drinkable, so beware. Don’t make any plans if you decide to polish off a whole bottle of this beer in one sitting. It is nice that AB put this in a swing top, so you don’t have to drink it in one sitting, but if you have friends, it is a beer that can be shared. It makes a nice Christmas gift for the Bud lover.

slighty hazy dark straw body with some nice beads of tiny bubbles, big white and whipped head that dissipates rather quickly, minimal lacing; chalkdust, butter, apple, fuel, grain--primarily; it tastes hot from the fuel, it’s a bit sweet, a bit dry, and a bit cloying; this strong and somewhat decent brew is just the fancy budweiser for you.

Had this at Vail Beer Fest. 2-oz. sample into a snifter. The pours a clear, light-gold color with a small, frothy, white, mostly-diminishing head. The aroma is faint: lightly malty with toasted grain, light hoppy notes of resin / pine and a light miscellaneous note of banana and straw. The flavor begins moderately sweet with a long, heavily bitter finish with an unclean flavor. The body is light, the texture is wastery and the finish is heavily astringent. :P Thank goodness they had bread close by.