Busch NA

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

So, for my 2500th rating, I decided to get something special - I was going to rate the the hghest rated beer on this site that I had not had. A quick check of the top 50 reveals that its Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter. Cool. So, armed with this knowledge, a litle resolve, and 5 dollars, I head off to the Food City grocery store. But here’s the thing - they didn’t have it! Really! (For the record, they didn’t have Hair of the Dog Dave, either. I was prepared to rate that, if I had to.). Obviously, I was disappointed, but what’re gonna do? I had to come up with a new plan. Maybe they had the lowest rated beer I had not rated? What luck! They did.! They only had it in six packs of cans, though. I prefer to rate from a 22 oz or 750ml, so, y’know, I can really savor and reflect on the beer. Oh, and they wouldn’t let me break up a sixer, either. But, nevertheless, I got my rating ! Huzzah! Oh, I almost forgot - this beer is like 100% pure sadness, convienently packaged in 12oz can.

Wow it is really true what they say about this beer having no taste or aroma. You really have to try really hard to smell anything and when you do you might get a tiny hint of malt. The appearance is pale gold with a medium head that fades fast. The flavor is closer to water than beer. Much like the aroma you might be able to taste a tiny bit of sweet malt if you try. The palate is like having a glass of water. The only reason this gets any points from me is the lack of offensive tastes. The only real value it has is maybe someone’s first beer.

Lots of that graham cracker maltiness that most domestic NA’s seem to have. Fizzy, moderately sweet, light hopping. Medium-quick biscuity finish. Not too bad -- might make a decent marinade or recipe ingredient.

Pale yellow color with a fizzy white head. Aroma of corn and funk. Very watery flavor, some light corn and some faint hops. The lack of alcohol has a very noticable effect on the flavor, leaving it with a heavier water consistency. Unlike their alcoholic counterparts, this isn’t going to improve with excess drinking.

[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)

Can courtesy of GregClow. Now this is what you follow up Hopslam with! Medium light yellow, big white head that fades quickly. Vegetable, spoiled meat in aroma. Tastes like swallowed toothpaste only carbonated. Awful.

Appearance: Pours a lightly effervescent, crystal clear, golden-hued body with a small, white head. Smell: Sourish, corn-hinted grain nose with some light floral notes. Taste: Thin-tasting blend of boiled corn cobs and grains with a mild, fleeting sweetness. Hint of flowers. No apparent bitterness. Water, water, water on the finish -- gotta replace the flavor and alcohol with *something*, right? Mouthfeel: Remarkably thin in body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Fairly non-offensive, bland, and watery.

# 1900 Can at Bockyhorsey’s Bocky Bash on 7-5-08. Aroma of grain. Yellow body with white head. Just the standard grain flavor you would find in swill. Bought mainly for around the house when my dad visits but someone hadn’t rated a n/a beer so had to bust it out.