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Michelob Black and Tan

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Michelob Black and Tan

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A Porter formerly brewed by
Anheuser-Busch Companies

St. Louis, Missouri USA

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1682.55/5.02.55/5.05%2.3English pint, Stem glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A combination of a porter (dark ale) and lager, this brand was introduced in early 1998. Chocolate, caramel and pale malts produce a rich, roasted flavor with a slight coffee note and a light, clean finish.

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 Ernest (4250), Boulder, Colorado, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/52/102/57/20
Jun 13, 2003  
Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel, grain), lightly hoppy (grapefruit). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter, husky, very unclean. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Works ok in the nose despite some graininess, there's even some grapefruity hops in there to make this one smell like a real American micro. But boy oh boy, when all those grain husks and unidentified dirt-based life forms hit your tongue, you know you made a mistake. For all of the consistency efforts that the big brands sweat over, it's really a shame they're consistently BAD. With all that money behind them, you'd expect this to AT LEAST be clean tasting, but it's absolutely horrible...to the point that you want to use a razor blade to scrape the filth off of your tongue.


 DocLock (4170), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/103/56/20
Apr 9, 2004  
A step in the right direction for the Busch family. This porter is watery, not great, but half decent. I wouldn't drink this again, but I applaud Busch for making this. Maybe in ten years he'll make something that makes it into the 3s overall.


 Braudog (3463), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Dec 14, 2003  
Dark brown beer with quickly dying thin tan head. Quiet roasted nut aroma. Toasty malt flavor with sharp bitter finish. Hey, not bad for A-B.


 thedm (3406), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/511/20
Jun 22, 2003  
This brew poured a creamy head of fine to medium sized light brown bubbles that left a good lacing and a opaque black brown fizzy carbonated body with a roasted malt caramel aroma. It had a slight coffee and caramel flavor.


 hotstuff (3045), Indiana, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/59/20
Jun 23, 2003  
When poured into my glass, this brew had a small creamy tan head that consisted of medium sized bubbles. There was good lacing with this brew and it had a brown body with fizzy carbonation present. It had a mild coffee aroma to it and a medium bitter flavor that wasn't too bad.



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