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Busch NA

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1400.88/5.00.96/5.00.4%0.3English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
The company's first subpremium-priced, non-alcohol brew debuted in 1994.
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 jcwattsrugger (5581), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/53/102/53/20
Jun 14, 2008  
12oz can-pours a disappearing white head and yellow color. Aroma is grain with slight sweetness, spice. Taste is grain with slight sweetness, spice, thin/watery. Nothing bad, just not much of anything.


 Slick (1962), Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/102/55/20
Jun 22, 2003  
I have a whole bunch of these NA beers and it's time to rate a few.I guess i'd have to say this one had a nice golden color,malty ,with a watery carbonated feel that left a mild after taste in the mouth that i can't say was real terrible,but then i grew up on NA beer since it was all my grandfather would bring on fishing trips.I wish they still made the brew called Near Beer now that was a decent NA


 hotstuff (3183), Indiana, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/55/20
Aug 9, 2004  
Can. Medium sized white head with fine sized bubbles that quickly dissipated. Carbonated, transparent and a pale yellow hue. Malty and sweet aroma. Flavor was sweet, malty, bland and watery tasting. Smooth and watery palate. Light bodied beer with virtually no lacing.


 oldrtybastrd (1846), Morlautern, Germany/Great Falls, Montana, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/56/20
Dec 28, 2005  
Pours a crisp golden yellow color. Aromas of vegtables, corn, and some minor hopping. Flavor is bitter and kind of bland. Not the best N/A but still better than O’Douls and Sharp’s.


 ChainGangGuy (2613), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/53/103/55/20
May 11, 2008  
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.


 mabel (2626), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/101/56/20
Aug 25, 2008  
[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)


 scooterbub (386), Lander, Wyoming, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/57/20
Dec 1, 2009  
Can. Pours a decent golden-yellow with a thin white head that lasts. Very similar to Busch, but has a little more bitterness to it. A pretty good N/A, since it is comparable to the regular version. That may seem like a bad, but for me it is a good. Refreshing and rather enjoyable, when one wants a beer, but can’t have one.


 cazort (420), Newark, Delaware, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/53/101/59/20
Oct 9, 2005    Updated: Oct 13, 2005
Subpremium priced, subpremium quality. No aroma. Almost no flavour, and thin: mild sweetness, like selzer water with a dash of corn syrup. Extremely foamy head. To its credit, it has no objectionable qualities that stand out: it lacks the unpleasant sourness that characterizes ODoul’s, and I would prefer it to that brew. It’s also less sweet (and overall better) than Coor’s NA, which is much pricier. What I don’t understand is the other reviewers who talk about a skunky smell or stinging quality...are they just disparaging this beer because it’s non-alcoholic? Sure, it’s pretty awful, but because it’s bland, not because it has any real objectionable qualities. In my head, the big question is: why drink this when there’s another NA that is both cheaper (believe it or not) and better--Penn’s Best NA.



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