Budweiser Select 55

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

The legend, the beast. Finally I was able to snag this brew! Pale as can be with a huge white head that vanished immediately. Smells just a little skunky, but mostly doesn’t smell like anything at all. Tastes unpleasant, but it’s so faint and so quick to go away that I can’t place it. Really, the taste is gone as soon as it appears. At 2.4%, I think I’m actually sobering up as I drink. Thanks to the Kroger on Lamar for having mixed six packs. I only had to buy one of these.

Better than MGD 64 but nothing good at all still. No in-depth review needed.

12 oz. bottle from the refridgerator at work. That’s what you get for leaving it in there for more than 2 weeks, real estate team. In its clear bottle, this beer could easily pass for something a bum picked up and urinated in- surprisingly little visible carbonation, and a flat clear yellow-gold color. A little bit of a white head that doesn’t stick long. Skunky aroma, corny, nasty grain, a little malt- bleh. The flavor is less offensive than the smell, mostly because it’s so watery. But the bad grain and corn taste is there along with cheap maltiness and lingering skunk. Light bodied, watery, with the mouthfeel of a lot of macro swill. This seriously offers nothing in looks, smell, or taste. I’ll give it one extra notch because it isn’t as offensive as anything with "Milwaukee’s Best" on the can.

12 oz clear glass bottle. Only 50¢ at Binny’s DG singles rack. Wow, less than a penny per calorie! That’s the sign of a great beer! Pop the cap and… Skunk Bomb! Lot of bad smells from being so light struck! Folks, I am trying to be nice, but even while pouring it’s armpit. Bubbly with color of a urine sample. Soda pop bubbles make for a thin, low powered head. This is in a Sam Adams glass, I’m giving it every chance I can. Unlike that homeopathic preparation called MGD 64, this actually shows a little body. Slight note of hops, a flavor that suggests it once went to kindergarten with some malts. There is a small ring of foam around the edge of what’s left in the bottle, so it’s at least a step above Zima. But reason they put this under the Bud Select moniker is probably similar to why Coca-Cola called its diet soda Tab: don’t want to taint the flagship Budweiser beer by association. I admit to liking a Bud on draft on a hot day, but this makes O’Doul’s taste like Orval.

12oz bottle 11/18/09 (Single @ Binny’s Naperville)-Pours a light clear golden with a small white head that dissipated into nothing. Aroma of skunk and nothing. Taste of carbonated water. This no bodied brew has no taste. If it is competing with MGD 64 at least that has some flavor.

Received sample 12-oz bottle of Budweiser Select 55 (I’ll call it BS-55 for short). Pours a clear golden straw colored brew with a fast dissolving white head that dissipates clean. BS-55 has an aroma of light corn cereal and a hint of corn husk. BS-55 taste is very light bodied, loaded with carbonation and has a flavor profile almost like drinking seltzer water with a little food coloring. Sorry AB-InBev, I could not finish BS-55 so I had to torture my InSinkErator once again. The only thing I can think of using this so-called colored soda water is, "A little song, a little dance, a little BS-55 down your pants."

Bottle. Thin and pale yellow, almost no activity or head. The aroma is corn-flakey. Surprisingly there actually is SOME flavor here -- primarily light cereal and sweet malt. Not so disgusting for a beer that was created for the distinct purpose of being vapid. (#3738, 11/15/2009)

Pours clear, medium gold with a small, bright white head that is diminishing down to a very thin, white ring. Mild skunk and sweet corn nose, mostly inoffensive. Metallic flavor with some mildly sweet grains. Bland, white bread finish is gone in literally a second. Watery palate with moderate-to-high carbonation. Overall, this is largely inoffensive in flavor and aroma, but severely lacking in flavor. Now, let me get on my soapbox: don’t be a pansy and drink low calorie beer - drink something with flavor and take the stairs instead of the elevator. Thanks to Narnad for giving this to me (it saved me from having to waste my own money on it!)