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Anheuser-BuschBudweiserABV 5% • Vol 330 ml • bottle • USA • Mid-price • Flavour 3
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Although the bottles reviewed were brewed in London we have put 'USA' as country of origin - its 'spiritual home'. Rice nose, thick creamy head (a bit like the scum when you wash boiled rice), a little sweet, marginally more 'body' than Bud Ice. Apparently, the rice was first included because it was a cheap adjunct; something to pad out the wort. That was before the marketing people got hold of it, and now it is famous for this addition, and claimed to be the most expensive brewing and ageing process in the world. However little this beer has going for it (and this reviewer thinks it has very little) the fact is that it is probably the best known beer in the States - possibly the world. That has to say something. Whatever that something is, it's pretty depressing. OBBD reviewer: Sparks |
Review updated 09 June 1999
I must agree with Sparks' comments, yes, very depressing. AB should spend less on advertising and world domination, and spend a bit more on their beers.
Paul
Sad to say, many people are buying AB's lackluster products, thus funding AB's almost criminal activities. Look out, Europe, they have firmly set their sights on you. Don't fall for the hype.
St. Inebrius
I love it!
Rupert Smith
I hate this beer with a vengeance.
Al
I don't think I can even respect anyone that drinks this beer freely…
Olle Jansson
#@$%$## ! Czech real Budweiser is 100 times better!
Ivars Krafts
The 'King of Beers', more like the 'King of Bunk.' There is no AB product I would buy, much less drink if it were free! I can't think of a worse beer in the world, other than the stupid American replicas like Coors and Miller.
Dustin Alcorn
This wet beverage should not even be considered a beer. Let the Clydesdales lap it out of their pan and spit it on the brewery tourers.
Darren Dieterich
What makes this beer even more depressing is the fact that AB can make some decent brew and sell it almost as cheaply as this swill. They have a line of brews that sit comfortably at the weaker end of several classic beer styles, including a pale ale, a porter, and a hefeweizen. The pale ale was (is?) the best. It was quite hoppy and had some mild maltiness in the background. I often saw it for $2.99-3.99US, not bad. Unfortunately I only see it these days in some sort of Christmas pack including all the others in this line of beers. Don't be too afraid to try these AB beers if you see them, some brewer there with a conscience insisted on making at least a few beers that we can drink (as opposed to the more traditional use, using for slug bait).
Alan Moum
Anheuser Busch should give it up and quit making (I can't say brewing) these awful drinks (I cannot call them beers). They disgrace all Americans and are the laughing stock of the beer-drinking world. Having said that, I cannot for the life of me understand why so many young Brits were drinking this Anheuser Busch swill when I last visited London and many of its wonderful pubs. Just goes to show that the whole world loves to accept the worst that my country has to offer!! Who is to blame?
Michael
Despite our lack of culture, taste, and arrogance - or maybe because of it - we red-blooded Americans drink Bud. Budweiser is more American than Apple Pie or the Star Spangled Banner. It is one of the few things uncontaminated by political correctness, changing attitudes or even inflation. Regardless of your skin color, background, socioeconomic status or lifestyle choice; sharing a Bud says 'Hey, I'm damn proud to be an American and you should be too.'
D. Woods
Being proud to be an American is one thing, and drinking insipid goat wee wee is another. D. Woods you are just another victim of marketing, plain and simple.
St. Inebrius
Sparks was being generous when giving this a '3'. The only possible scenario during which Bud and its ilk should even be an option is during a hot July baseball game, when it's the only thing available and you don't mind a plastic cup of horse urine. Oh, sorry, CLYDESDALE urine.
Matt Azzara
They sell a lot of beer, so must be clued in beer-wise.
Jaime
Our European brothers may not know of the many ways that these mass produced American beers come packaged over here. They have 12oz bottles and cans, "tall boy cans", king cans, 32oz bottles, wide mouth bottles and cans, 6 packs, 8 packs, 12 packs, 18 packs, 24 packs and various kegs. Over the holidays, I found that the local warehouse club was selling, in decorative tins, Budweiser in 750ml corked bottles. Now that one really takes the prize. All of this for a beer that's not worth the price of a bottle cap.
St. Inebrius
St. Inebrius, you forgot my favorite, the 30-pack! That's right, 30 cans of vile, soapy horse pee!
Matt Azzara
What the f**k is Budwieser even doing in a beer page? Even as a soft drink, it lacks the character of say, maybe, lucozade. It's crap, crap, and more crap.
Trimtrabb
Waaaaasssuuupppp!!!!!! [It was only a matter of time ... - Ed.]
Sue Dinnim
I'd rather drink water, and be hard pushed to tell the difference. I know it's fashionable to knock BUD, but it IS bloody awful.
Gareth Davies
This is probably the world's worst beer. A typically American factory beer - all cosmetics no substance. That anybody drinks this donkey pee is beyond belief. That this product sells at all is all down to the marketing people, nothing to do with the brewmasters. All you have to do is see their latest advert to realise what sort of people drink Bud.
Charles Haydar
Peope who drink Bud have not yet discovered ale. It is the same with lager. Beer is an acquired taste, which takes time and maturity. When I started drinking beer was the only thing available, apart from cider: it was a hard ride - beer is very sour for a teenager, but I persevered and I'm glad I did. Young people today go straight to lager or Bud - I don't blame them. I hate Bud, but I do understand why people drink it.
Steve
As Alan Moum pointed out, Anheuser-Busch *do* brew some worthwhile beers, one of which is AB Black & Tan Porter (I suggest you read Dave Brockington's review at http://brewery.org for more info), a limited-edition beer based on an original recipe by Adolphus Busch. Unfortunately, an e-mail to AB confirmed that they don't export it to the UK.
Martin Brady
Bud drunk directly out of the brown bottle has one advantage, drinkers are spared seeing the colour! I went to Ireland recently, where Bud is commonly available on draught. It looks like anemic urine, and tastes of less than that. I tried Budvar for the first time the other day, what a contrast!
Richard
According to the latest edition of What's Brewing, a disgruntled representative of AB-UK asked Roger Protz why their products haven't featured in the Good Beer Guide (the article makes amusing reading)! Incredible!!!
Martin Brady
To call beer this horrible stuff is a very bad insult to beer. I live in Ireland and agree completely with Richard's comments.
Fabio
Amusing review! I am from Texas, where this piss they call beer is brewed.
Zenjive
This beer makes me gag.
Rosco Metz
Bud's popularity is the result of marketing and peer pressure - plain and simple. Americans are exposed to all the AB ads as they grow up and see everyone else drinking it, and so it just comes naturally to us all to drink the stuff. Most Americans' first experiences with beer involve chugging it ice cold in large quantities. Many continue with that technique throughout much of their lives, and believe that's what beer drinking is all about. And in fact, when Bud is ice cold, the taste isn't too terribly awful (probably since the cold numbs our taste buds). Maybe they should call it Budnumber instead!
Michael
I am an American and am ashamed that this is what people around the world think of when they think of American beer. I was on holiday in London last year mainly to sample the beer and couldn't believe that Brits were drinking this crap with a line of taps of some of the best beer in the world right at the bar. Listen, they could sell horse pee if they market it right. Don't fall for it!
Phatkatt
Yes it IS better than water - but not much.
Sigmund
Larger is not better. I see Bud as an example of what happens when the taste of beer is dictated by accountants, advertising writers and corporate hacks. Back when they were the final word the brewers themselves brewed a very good beer. Too bad they no longer get the chance.
The same thing is happening all over the world. Large companies take over smaller brewers, gut the product line, change those they retain to fit the 'modern' palate, and the dumbing down of beer continues.
Troutwind
I'll tell you whaaaaasssuuupppp, the contents of the bottle, an utter waste of human resources, an insult to beer. Repugnant.
Jamie
See my review under Miller Beer. Subtract some barley, add more hop. Water is from further down stream of the Mississippi River (as opposed to water from Lake Michigan for Miller).
Carl Christensen - Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA
I hear rubbing alcohol is cheaper.
Rosco
Get a life u saddos, it's only a freakin beer. If u don't like it....der...simple....don't drink it !
kUrGaN
I bought Budweiser for the first time. Really thought there was something wrong with the product!! I mean, I really had to struggle to find some 'beer-taste' out of it. And I usually drink lagers.
Maybe there really WAS something wrong with the product..? :-o
junio
There really is a reason AB uses horses for their logo.... ;-)
Peter L. Berghold
This beer is disgusting and just branded very well. Definitely a school boys beer.
Steve
Whassup? The absolute disgust of this revoltingly insipid yet world beating lager. I can't believe it scored 3. It looks like urine. Too much of a coincidence? 'True'!
Murray Henderson
Only prissie son's of b****es would drink any of that imported crap.
Jon Dunbar
3? out of what 3,000,000 perhaps? Another undrinkable US cyber brew, just bad.
Creighton
Yee haw! All American expensive urine in a cup from a toddler that has been given 'Coca Cola.' Why buy this, the pretender must be brought down, restore the true King of Bohemia, and restore the good name of the marque.
Patrick Gray
In response to Jon Dunbar, imported is a relative term, and where I live, I would agree - all American beer is imported. However, I wouldn't be as kind in my description of Bud drinkers! Prissies? Found in the same dictionary as waassup? Well, that says it all - doesn't it!
Champers Charlie
I dont know what everyone is talking about, I have to say that AB's Budweiser's beer is 1000000 better then any other. It is not the marketing or any other crap reasons why it is so great, it's the taste. The fact of the matter is that AB's Budweiser, the true Budweiser, is a great beer no matter what anyone says.
Mike
I think that A-B's beer is hella good...
Sonia G
Sorry Mike, but great beers have bouquet, flavour, body and finish (sorry to be textbook but it's true) AB Bud has none of these - drink water and save yourself the advertising cost, you won't notice the difference..
El Tigre Del Norte
Awful stuff - I do some work at the UK Bud brewery and even the staff think it's cat piss...
Better stay anon as I will be back there next year - at least there is a Youngs pub just outside the brewery for relief!
Beer Boy
An empire built on Advertising and Emesis. 99% of the trailer-trash alchohol sponges who inhale this slop by the gallon in the U.S. would think you were speaking martian if you'd suggest drinking anything else.
Hopalong
To show how much (little) AB know about beer - see the current UK advertising campaign - King of fresh beer - I prefer my beer to HAVE a little age - adds character - I have Chimay in my cupboard waiting for a cold wet day in 2005....
Now that's Beer...
Enrico Pallazzo
No offence intended to Americans visiting this site, but why do you have to send your sh*ttiest beers to England? This stuff and Miller are so bad they even make Carling and Heineken taste good (well taste of something anyhow). Good stuff for getting schoolboys p*ssed after they get tired of alcopops. A triumph of image over substance.
Barry
It's not that bad, I actually like it!
Marsh
This is the Mother of All Beers. No question whatever. Great bouquet, flavour, body and finish.
Long Live America.
S. Hussein.
And the Grandmother of All Hangovers!
Hopalong
What thee be 'bout, lad? This ain't an ale worth linin' ye shoes with. Get down t'field and fin' some proper mudwaatr.
Farmer Giles
Some passionate opinions! Very, very amusing to a first time visitor to the site! Keep 'em coming!
phil
This beer makes me gag, and it tastes kinda like Bananas.
Jon
King of Beer? - Prince of P***
Ricey Acidic - The worst "beer" ever. 0/10
Mike Harradine
Awful. Unless you're buying.
Chris Hutson
Hopalong man you crack me up. You hit the nail right on the head.
stonecrusher
When you say "Butt-Wiper", you've said it all!
stonecrusher
I have to disagree with D. Woods across the board. I am proud to be an American and do not believe that we lack culture or taste. And what country isn't at least somewhat arrogant in its own way?
That being said, I think Budweiser is a terrible product. It may be consistently brewed, (which, as a home brewer, I know is difficult to accomplish), but the taste is awful. Bud has nothing of what makes beer a great drink. Americans, like many in the world, drink Bud because of the hype. I cannot think of a beer that I would rather drink less than a Budweiser.
T Hawk
Budweiser serves a purpose. It makes all the people who get Michelob, Shiner Bock, and Heineken think they are getting a 'premium' product.
jaime
Read the label. "KING OF BEERS".
Mr Busch
Even as a student, I shunned this stuff. Really nasty and primitive taste. Need to get on the Wagon? Drink this poor excuse for a palatable beverage, let alone a 'beer'. I consider Bud to be completely unacceptable on every level. The only beer in the universe that can put me in a bad mood!
Russ
I've just realised why they call it Bud, because you only need one taste bud to drink it, and that won't be overworked. Riddip! burp!
Dave J.
Guys, go stand in a stable and breathe in. Preferably one with a Clydesdale in it. Horse wee smells a whole lot stronger than any Bud product, and given all the straw, hay and herbage they eat it probably has more flavour. I applaud A-B for their aggressive marketing success, but having tried Bud I choose to drink other things. And yes, Budvar is a far superior beer, often at half the price of this impostor!
Rob Wosley
King of Beers? Time for a revolution..as marie Antionette said 'let them drink piss'
Colin D
I beg of everybody who only knows this type of beer as American beer, please do not judge my country so harshly. Budwieser is terrible, but there are so many different beers crafted in micro-brews and brew pubs all across the US that rival the rest of the worlds beers (except Belgian beers, no body does it better.)
Justin H
Don't you hate it when you're in a pub that sells both this excuse for a beverage and the real Czech stuff and it's somebody else's round and you have to either explain to them in implicit detail that you want Budweiser BUDVAR and not the pissy tasting, over-marketed rice drink then risk the bar staff getting it wrong and your mate come back with the watery contents of that over-familiar red and blue labelled brown bottle or just hope that they have some idea of taste.
Horrible horrible stuff. Tastes of water with a little bit of sugar added for "flavour".
Filthy the Dog
The representative symbol for red necks....thats all
a Russian
An utterly dreadful product.
John
Like any mass produced american lager complete and utter crap. As I sit here and drink my Rodenbach Grand Cru... I'm left wondering how something like this can actually be called beer
colt45allstar
I've been informed by a reliable source that AB will only supply its product in draft form to bars that are considered 'hip' enough - the mind boggles!
Martin Brady
This "beer" is so bad that I would even rate it below all the awful UK-brewed lagers like Fosters, Carling, Carlsberg that we have to suffer in the UK. It speaks volumes for the general public's inability to think for themselves that the advertising can completely blind them to the fact that it tastes nothing like beer whatsoever.
You have not experienced true misery until you have tried it served warm in a paper cup at Glastonbury!
heavy_t
Quote "...This "beer" is so bad that I would even rate it below all the awful UK-brewed lagers like Fosters, Carling, Carlsberg that we have to suffer in the UK. ..."
What is not generally known is the A-B Budweiser, in spite of its much-vaunted U S of A origin (no doubt thus vaunted to excuse its high price) is actually brewed in Mortlake, London!
Richard English
Wow, I'm surprised the comments haven't been locked yet! How many different ways can you say this beer is crap? .... oh, by the way, AB Budweiser sucks! This beer is in no way indicitive of American beers, not even beer from Texas... there are plenty of fantastic microbrews in the states. All of the Rogue beers are great, The New Belgium stuff (Fat Tire, Frambozen, etc.) is pretty good. From Texas, I would recommend any of the St. Arnold beers, hell, I would even recommend Shiner over this rice swill.
zenjive
I like Budweiser more now then I used to. Probably because where ever I go, people say "wanna bud?".
How can I refuse? It's funny that as the beer quality goes down, the comments (mostly negative) go up. Those breweries would probably laugh if they saw these reviews knowing that this many people are drinking and hating these beers that someone paid for.
Rosco
What can I add? Bleugh!
Chris
i lose faith in people when they drink bud and i drink draught erdinger - one of the only quality beers on tap around ireland and they tell me they can't drink it cause its too "rich and cloudy". maybe its cause other beers have flavour ah well my mission to conver the bud drinkers of the world continues - has some success changing some to budvar which is good. well what can i say? worse beer i've ever tasted? yes probably. To use an element of trotsky "the outstanding example of mediocrity"
dt
Disgusting
Dan Docmong
Can I say this is the most fantastic beer I have ever tasted. No, I can't!
Glyn B
They even say "Fresh beer tastes better"! This is (a) wrong. No self respecting lager brewer would release their brew until it's matured at least 3-4 weeks in a carefully managed cellar. (b) Proof that they are mass-producing cheap chemical pish. Don't go there.
Hamish
This "beer" and A-B's aggressive marketing has led to such an absurd situation in Finland, that the original Czech stuff can't be called Budweiser. As for the taste (or lack thereof), I find it almost nonexistant: cat piss has a better taste (and I HAVE tasted it, a prank in university a long time ago, don't ask me about it ;) ). Budpiss also has a bad side-effect on the public image of American beers: "American beer is like sex in a canoe: it's f***ing close to water!". Corrs, Budpiss etc. "beers" that use cheap adjuncts in their brewing are very weak in aroma, appearance, finish and palate. 0.5/10
Timo
Other than serving the excuse for frat boys to commit date rape and have hangovers, and helping fat girls get laid, this beer is without merit.
Sir Timothy Mellonig
Truly awful. Should be reported to Trading Standards because no way is this "beer". Have to admire their marketing / advertising though - they built this beer to be the biggest brand in the world and it's complete rubbish!
Frank Bigley
whats with the hate?
american-bohemian
cant we all just get along
american-bohemian
This is definately not the best beer I have ever had...however I am drinking one right now. But you guys are being way to harsh. I consider this to be an average beer...not the greatest but certainly not the worst... all these people talk about belgian beers and stuff...well I dont know about where you live but where I live the beer selection is quite limited. I'll admit I am young (not even of legal drinking age (19)and have been drinking since i was about 16 ) however I have tried just about all beers that you can buy at your regular corner store and this one is not the greatest but certainly not as bad as everyone says. And if your saying you would turn it down if someone offered a free one to you then I either call you a goddamn liar or someone who doesnt like the taste of beer deep down.
Matt Simmons
There is a reason this beverage is called Buttwiper by those with taste.
Dave
No...no...no...You're missing the point. Why wear your hearts on your sleeves over Budweiser? Wasted emotion. Isn't the whole issue about choice? Look at 19 year old Matt above; he'd be better served to spend his money on a dictionary than illegally on Bud. Beer aficionados don’t give Bud, Coors, or Miller a second thought. To Budweiser’s credit, however, it has found its niche with great unwashed, uneducated, passionless palated masses. Good for them. Let those peones continue to swill their Buds, their Coronas, and whatever else tickles their bourgeois taste buds. Simply ignore what does not satisfy you, but don't become hysterical over something that's not really worth wasting too many brain cells over. I, for one, have a Beamish stout waiting in the fridge when this missive has reached its conclusion.
Ken Montgomery
Doesn't even get me properly drunk unless I've had a 6-pack of them on an empty stomach (usually only one Urquell does the job)
El Nacho
I hail from the land of jacked up trucks, NASCAR, and Budweiser. I drive a Mazda RX-7, watch Formula 1, and drink Old Speckled Hen. I wouldn't want to live anywhere but this country, but some things are just plain bad, like Budweiser.
Vote for Bush in November
Vile.
I hate lager.
Oh my god, horse pee tastes better than this!
Frank the Tank
Quote "...And if your saying you would turn it down if someone offered a free one to you then I either call you a goddamn liar or someone who doesnt like the taste of beer deep down..."
I am neither a liar nor am I one who doesn't like beer. I will today be at the Great British Beer Festival where I shall have the choice of around a thousand different beers - each and every one of which will be better than A-B Budweiser.
And I can tell you that, yes, I would turn down a free Budweiser, even if it came wrapped in a buxom serving wench!
You, too, will porobably acquire knowledge and maturity, given time, and you will then be able to appreciate what the true connoisseurs who post here are speaking about.
Richard English
All this vicious snobbery is quite scary. Yes Budweiser is pretty crappy, and yes the marketing behemouth of AB and it's hijacking of the name is sickening. And the huge success of the product makes all this even more infuriating. But it is drinkable, it gets you drunk, and sometimes that's all you want.
I think that to turn down the offer of a Bud, as many here would appear to do, is not a valiant one in the eye for the microbrew/real ale cause. It seems that to do so may be an attempt to show oneself as a person of class and exquisite taste, but by my estimation would come across as being painfully pompous and downright rude. I'm a huge fan of beer, and the many styles that have developed around the world. But one thing that I'm even more enthusiastic about is the opportunity to make a new friend over a beer. And whilst I could proudly say I love my Zwyiec Porter, my Broughton's Old Jock or my RCH Pitchfork, I'd be just as proud, if not more so, to drink a Bud with a mate.
John Osborn
Bud is strictly for partying and passing out face down with a can on your neck.
DJ Ready Cee
Quote "...All this vicious snobbery is quite scary. ..."
Can I assure you that my refusal to drink A-B Budweiser has nothing to do with snobbery. And the fact that the proposition was that I would never refuse a free one does not alter my stance.
I will not drink it - free of at cost. I have tried it in the past (I wouldn't be able to comment were that not the case) and I don't like its taste, its carbonic acid bite, its weakness (despite its supposed 5% abv). And most especially I don't like what it does to my stomach and head.
I never get a hangover drinking good beer; I get a shocker after just a couple of Budweisers (or Budweiser clones)
Richard English
Absolute pishhh - should not be allowed to use the Budweiser monicker.
Man on the Moon
After having a Bud, I'm always grateful for microbrews. I only drink Bud when there's no other choice, and usually not willingly. Possibly drinkable if there's a boil order on, but even then it's a close call. I wouldn't even give it to company. Keep a little Coors Original around for just in case. To me, being given a Bud in a person's home is a pretty good signal for me to find the door. All Hail St. Arnold!
A Jayhawk in Longhorn country
I'm from St. Louis where they 'brew' this toilet water. Marketing is what has keept it afloat, even dating back to the late 19th and early 20th century. You could learn a lot about marketing from studying the history of AB, but not much about beer. I agree, it's pishhh
Muggy McCornStarch
In Australia products such as Budweiser, Coors and Millers are treated as premium beer. The fact that Bud is American VB, seems to have got lost somewhere along the line. Both Bud and the others are tasteless even compared with the majority of tasteless mainstream Australian lagers. In Australia "light" refers to half the alcohol strength, and I thought this would have been the same in the States. It is hard to imagine a beer having less flavour than Bud does.
epicurious
In England too. And it speaks volumes for the gross lack of discernment of all too many British drinkers that A-B swill is the most popular bottled beer in the UK - despite the fact that we now brew over 600 top-quality bottle-conditioned beers. In Australia, sadly, you don't have the same choice (though thank heavens for Coopers)
Richard English
a nice beer i think. not the greatest in the world by any means, but i nice little beer to drink
Ryan IP
Its strange. I think the real answer is one which part of the spectrum you stand as a beer drinker. On one extreme is very strong and full tasting beer. Like Tiger Classic, Carlsberg Special Brew and (heaven forbid) Barrons. On the other extreme is the "as light as water" kind of beer, like Bud, Tsingtao and Caffreys. I personally strongly prefer the "extremely light" beers, so I love Bud, Tsingtao etc. But anyone who prefers something strong will say that these beers taste flat and awful. Its really a matter of preference. I love Bud.
SGbeerlover
Recipe: buy a pint of Czech Budvar. Add 9 pints of water. Call it "King of Beer" and sell with lots of idiotic advertising. Profit assured.
Juraj
I like the taste of beer am broke and, yes, I would refuse a free A-B Dudweiser. However, should someone offer me a glass of meths, I might be tempted.
Ron Pattinson
An American from Oregon, a registered Republican, I have yet to taste a decent American lager. American AB grain beverages are made in a mere 5 days, contain added ethanol, and flagrantly lie. What drives them is profit made by aggresively "mareting" the concept of "sinning innocently", q.v. http://www.budweiser.com/. Instead of bewailling the evils of America, why do Europeans not establish genuine lagering breweries here? I think that the European legacy of aristocratic influence on all aspects of living, including fermented drinks, is a precious treasure which ought to be vigorously defended and shared. A country's beers bewray it's cultural worth or lack of worth. America and the European Union's franco-german concept of universal egalitarian democracy is a daunting challenge to Western Civilisation. Why is there no political movement to meet the challenge, to do or die?! I look to The Bible for consolation, but it does not seem fair simply supinely to die. We ought to fight with vitality and perseverance, for our civilisations and for our beers!
Brooks Arlington Batson
I had seen some of the advertisement here in germany and when I first came to the states in 97 i thought, judged by the advertisement the beer must be something. So I was happy to find my first can in the backstage of a club called The Bank in NY. I was utterly dissapointed and wasn't able to finish the can. The worst beer I drank until now.
Jakob
Its not bad on a summer day when you want to drink 12 or 15 of them. By the way, is there any formaldehyde (sp?) in this stuff? I heard that because of the need to preserve the massive silohs full of grain that they add stuff like this.
Doug K - Newmarket, NH
Occasionally I still see people ordering this in bars and think, "well, perhaps I was mistaken last time..." but no, it really is vile stuff, an incredulous triumph of marketing over substance, like gassy lemonade with the lemon taken out.
Mark F
Quote "...On one extreme is very strong and full tasting beer. Like Tiger Classic, Carlsberg Special Brew ..."
These kinds of comments do say quite a lot about the range of beers that their writers have tried.
If SGbeerlover thinks that Carlsberg is a full-bodied beer heaven knows wht he or she would think about a really full bodied beer!
Richard English
I think Bell's makes the best beer I have tasted, and it is an American brewery. I have never liked BUD but I never disliked it either. It is average, but so is most of American and the World. I like Michelob better but both of them are very bland compared to 'real' beer.
You know my favorite American cheap beer is still Lowenbrau' haha.
brug
I would't even wash my feet in it
Alan Finlayson
If you squeezed a lemon into this it would taste of flat shandy.
Ben
Tell me honestly you don't prefer tepid cola! But let's not judge the good American people for this plagurised product; nor that they have a brain-dead dickhead of a mass-murderer for a president.
Viktor N.
Why would anyone drink this watery P*SS, when their is Budvar out there.
John
Let's put it this way: when visiting someone's house, if they offer me a bud, I make up an excuse why I'm not drinking.
Matt Azzara
If this is the king of beers then Im proud to be a republican. Just glad Im Irish and not a Yank
Steg
hey where can i find the offical mr busch drinking game.... iv looked everywhere where is it
crank
It's beer - drink it up, it'll get you pissed if you drink enough of it. By 8 oclock you should be too drunk to notice what it tastes like. Want a truly foul beer/lager - well try Korean Hite - it is *hite!!!!!
Horatio wilderbeest
Wow, it's amazing how when ever your are the best selling of something, the 2% of the population that dosen't use your product will justify there pathetic lives by bashing you. If drinking a micro brew or somthing from east germany makes you feel like a special person, you need a lot more help than a 12 pack can provide.
Budd fan
Budd fan, just because it is the best selling stuff, doen't make it the best. As many contributors have said, the sales are due to the hype. Why don't you think for yourself once in a while and try one of the many excellent American brews such as Liberty Ale instead of swallowing the hype along with this poor excuse for a beer
John Lees
Has anyone noticed, as have I, that those who who are the greatest apologists for Anheuser Busch's execrable offerings are also those whose spelling and grammar is of a similarly low standard to that of the "beer" they enjoy?
And I second the comment by John Lees - there are now some wonderful American beers brewed of which I have fond memories from my recent visits.
Two Brothers, Shipyard, Goose Island - all can hold their heads high in even the most exhalted company.
Richard English
I think the point is not if we would or would not turn down a free Budweiser, but which other free beers we would turn down to drink it. And the answer is none.
Soon to be Sacked
This is the King of Beers I drink the stuff in bars and Bud ice at home from the frezzer compartment.
nuff said [Indeed - Ed.]
Drunk Bum
How, exactly, did this become more popular than Guinness. And why do they sell this in a glorious and quaint town like Danbury, NC (I'm proud to live in Stokes County) and not Guinness. I don't mind it like some people do, but no comparison to European lager or porter.
Peter Blackthorne
Budweiser is quite possibly the worlds perfect beer. Its made with the best ingredients and it has no flaws that ruin the taste. Brewing schools use Budweiser as a 'control' because its perfect every time.
Justin
Quote, "...Brewing schools use Budweiser as a 'control' because its perfect every time...."
A bit like the fizzy water it so closely resembles, then. And I suppose making a beer from rice can't be all bad - just think of the millions or Chinese who live on the grain.
Richard English
I've found that most Budweiser drinkers can spell "exalted" and rarely use the expression "who who" except when impersonating a train whistle.
Just sayin'.
Glass houses.
That, of course, doesn't make Budweiser taste any better.
Mr. Bean
I'd rather drink coke. At least you have a micro-brewery renaissance going on in the US.
Stan
its overpriced for the dull crap it is. Only worth drinking if it's on offer and there's nothing better about in the club (e.g. tiger, staropramen or budvar)
Essex Dan
Most popular beer in the world (save maybe Bud light).
Stuckey
I figure Bud stands for badly under developed. It shows us that if people spend enough money on advertising, they don't have to spend money on ingredients and people who don't know what they are doing will buy it, thinking they are cool.
Imagine the Busch family spending their entire lives brewing this disgraceful stuff and never accomplishing anything of merit or anything to be proud of in their whole lifetimes.
Dr. Bob
Your point Stuckey? Most popular does not equate to "Best" - Most hyped yes, best NO!!!
PS It still makes me laugh to see the Ad for the Czech Bud at the top of the page - I wonder what Anheuser-Busch make of it - if they ever look at this excellent database!
John Lees
Interestingly, along with other symptoms, the use of rice in A-B 'Bud' started with Prohibition, a wonderful social experiment in which the Land of the Free demonstrated that it wasn't. Anyhow, politics aside, the years of drinking only illegal bootlegged booze that resulted from this step destroyed the average Yankee's palate, and so when brewing recommenced after Repeal, they found this stuff to be superior to their former rotgut (which it probably was), and took to it.
A similar thing happened in the UK, in fact, where the Second World War reduced beer appreciation to the point where Watney could (almost) get away with Red Barrel.
Therefore hate not the American for producing this stuff, but pity them, for they know not what they do....
"Beardy" Mike
Quote "...A similar thing happened in the UK, in fact, where the Second World War reduced beer appreciation to the point where Watney could (almost) get away with Red Barrel...."
Well, almost happened anyway. Thank goodness for CAMRA which, single-handedly, save our brewing heritage - to the extent that CAMRA's ideals are now being discovered in the USA through the emergence of craft brewing.
There are now some really excellent US beers, Goose Island, Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head to name just three out of several thousand.
Sadly, most Americans, like most Britons, drink chemical rubbish simply because they believe the promotional hype of the mega-brewers and many have not the wit to try anything that they've not seen on "the telly".
Richard English
Besides making wretched beer, Anheuser-Busch had the audacity to bad mouth Sam Adams when that good beer was just starting up. A-B also has tried to make the Czech Budvar people stop using their Budvar name. Poor conduct and worse beer.
Dr. Bob
I wonder if Anheuser-Busch thinks
the Reinheitsgebot concerns people who have bought rainhats and that the German Purity Law of 1516 has something to do with protecting virgins.
Dr. Bob
It's a cheap beer we drink in America, don't fall for it, it's just an average beer here. About 20 bucks for a 20 pack (that's about 35 pounds for 20).....Americans buy microbrewed domestics or imports for a good tasting beer
K Man
About 20 bucks for a 20 pack (that's about 35 pounds for 20)...
The dollar has regained some of its strength but it's not THAT strong!
$20 is only about £11.30.
And in the UK, incidentally, A-B rubbish costs more than such wonderful brews as Fuller's 1845. And people buy it, too. Sometimes I despair of my compatriots!
Richard English
I'm all like; "this beer is really dumb"
Albino Fritter the Beer Eater
A great beer to drink if you are driving! No way is this one going to show up on the breathaliser. Dull, lifeless, watery and bland are 4 words that spring to mind. Its only saving grace is that if you do decide to drink one, you can repeat Billy Brights line from the film Football Factory... ''It's the king of beers mate'' knowing full well that it's not, even.
Rob on the Merrie City Boys Run
I love real beer, but I'm not above drinking some good ol' Buttgeyser. A twelve pack of Bud, a bag of pork rinds and some Skynyrd on a hot summer evening helps me get in touch with my inner redneck. A good beer to bring to the beach or a college party, it is perfectly fine when consumed fast and in quantity. Cheap enough to get loaded on, the thirty-pack of cans is the only denomination that this beer needs to be sold in.
Matt from Maryland
A light refreshing beer but one I could not get drunk over, one of my favourites to drink when I want to chill and relax.
Billy, England
Gots to say I plundered through this whole string o' commentary, enjoyed every minute of it! Can't defend Bud (I drink it occasionally) or the US (I'm ashamed of this country at the moment) but I've spoken with many fine brewers who cut their teeth working at AB, and they all say that AB uses the finest ingredients and is dedicated to quality. The beer is what it is, and the masses in this country are more concerned with hip-hop (which they consider to be music) than quality. That being said, New England is a hotbed of craft brewing and real ale. As is the West. Anyways, my two cents. Bottoms up! (Sierra Nevada Porter is tonight's pleasure.)
JB (the Brewer)
Reminiscent of beer.
Dave Morton
Shit "beer"?. Tast like ahhhm... nothing flavoured with piss. Amarican beer sucks. Drink good irish, czech or german beer.
John
Quote "...Drink good irish, czech or german beer...."
I agree with the latter two suggestions but am puzzled by the first. There are a few good Irish beers - but they are few indeed compared with the cornucopia of English cask and bottle-conditioned beers.
Richard English
The town that I live in is known as the "BEERTENT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD". That would be alright but they serve Bud, Bud Light, Miller or Miller Lignt. And they serve it cold. And why do they serve it cold. So you can tell it from warm piss water. My last name is ABEL which is a good German name. And guess what I prefer. Give me a beer that ozzess out of the bottle nice and slow be it German or Irish. America never will and never has made a decent beer.
Stephen Abel
Quote "...America never will and never has made a decent beer. ..."
Although I agree with your comments about the beers whose names you mention, it is unfair and quite wrong to suggest that there are no good US beers.
The USA, after many years of not brewing anything drinkable, now brews some of the world's finest beers. That they only represent a small fraction of the total US beer consumption alters not this fact.
Let's face it, in England only around 20% of the beer drunk is good beer; 80% of drinkers prefer (or more likely are just in the deluded habit of drinking) chemical fizz.
A-B Budweiser is at one and the same time the worst and the most popular bottled beer in England.
Richard English
Recent commercials state that they use premium ingredients in their beer, but I'm sure that most sophisticated beer drinkers wish they would spend more money on putting more of these ingredients in their beer instead of excessive spending on their insincere commercials.
Dr. Bob
so smooth and yummy ahh i love it its my water
nick
Quote, "...so smooth and yummy ahh i love it its my water..."
I see that Budweiser is still helping to improve the standard of written English amongst its afficionadoes...
Richard English
The football World Cup is being held in Germany this year and who are advertising themselves as the "Official Beer" of the World Cup? Yes, you have guessed. What is wrong with this world, most Americans do not care much for real football and now this swill is the Official Beer for the tournament in Germany, the country with the proudest brewing traditions in the world. I really do dispair...
John Lees
This CRAP should be banned from every Country on this Planet, the Marketing people put into a Dark Room and their Brains removed their taste buds given something sent from Heaven ah a Budvar to send them home to think!!! again.
NaeNeck
Umm... okay, obviously we have a strong Anti-American sentiment here. Budweiser is a fine beer. No, it doesn't compare to british beer, but here in the States it is by far the best domestic beer. I think Budweiser puts on a respectable showing for an american mass produced beer anywhere in the world -- though again it is not as good as most British beers I have had.
No other American beer can put on a respectable showing on a worldwide stage.
BuckeyeBob
Sorry BuckeyeBob, it5 isn't anti-Amercan sentiment, just anit-poor product sentiment. I have enjoyed many excellent American beers - notably from the Rogue Brewery, Sierra Nevada, and would love to try some of the other beers, notably some of the Brooklyn beers, all of which are excellent beers. As you read more of the reviews on this brilliant site, you will see that people are equally dismissive of sometish beers, such as Carling Black Label and I don't take this as anti-Brit, I see it as good sense and good taste.
John Lees
Quote "...Umm... okay, obviously we have a strong Anti-American sentiment here..."
There is nothing anti-American about these comments - only anti-Anheuser Busch. It is unfortunate that so many Americans (and I have met and spoken to large numbers) take any negative comment about a US product as anti-Anericanism - you do not see this reaction from other countries and it is, to my mind, one of the less pleasant characteristics of Americans.
So far as beer is concerned - Budweiser is rubbish - as are all American major beers. Not a single one is as good as the most mediocre real British beer. You can't get a 5 thou feeler gauge between them for foulness.
But it is wrong, wrong, wrong to say that there are no American beers that can put on a decent showing on the worldwide stage. There are now some wonderful American beers produced since the CAMRA-inspired revolution of the 1980s and on.
Goose Island, Dogfish Head, Sierra Nevada to name just three of around 10,000 wonderful brews - many of which can be obtained in countries (like the UK) where beer drinkers' palates are sophisticated enough to demand a decent drink.
Richard English
Just found this site. Am nursing a very sore head after 3 cans of this stuff. Practically impossible to find out whats actually in it. Maybe its the formaldahyde that makes my head hurt. Will be giving it a very wide berth from now on. Distilled nuclear waste might be less harmful.
DC
I engage in defense of my country fairly often on sites like The Gaurdian or The Times (London). However, in this case I welcome criticism as AB, Miller, Coors & G. Heilemann represent the four horsemen of the Beer Apocolypse. There's nothing anti-American about hating these beers as they fly in the face of everything the U.S. is supposed to be about: individualism, innovation & even regionalism. When there are so many great American micro-breweries making revolutionary products, why turn to the Starbucks of beer? These breweries embody everything about "the man." However, Americans have some excuse (although not a good one) for consuming these products as they have been ubiquitous here for some time. The real shame is that, despite what some of the UK posters may say, Bud has become extremely popular in Britain with younger generations. Advertisers don't make anyone buy beer & for a country with such a wealth of great brews it's simply inexcusable that this has happened. What is going on over there? It's bad enough that Chelsea has bought the EPL, now this?!?
Kyle Barhamand
Thank you St.Iberius for having me in tears of laughter. Your "goats wee wee" comment had me absolutely creased. Not only that but its so true. As an Englishman i would like to say there ARE some nice American beers but they are not as well-known as Bud and all the other over-marketed piss. You can find them in some world beer bars if you look around.
bully
Quote "...The real shame is that, despite what some of the UK posters may say, Bud has become extremely popular in Britain with younger generations. Advertisers don't make anyone buy beer & for a country with such a wealth of great brews it's simply inexcusable that this has happened. What is going on over there? It's bad enough that Chelsea has bought the EPL, now this?!?..."
Dudweiser is now the most popular bottled beer in the UK - where it costs more than the incomparable Fuller's 1845! The reason is not hard to determine and it is connected with marketing.
Make no mistake about it, clever marketing, while it can't "make" people buy things, can and does alter peoples habits and perceptions very effectively. Just take a look at the bottled water market, where millions of otherwise sane people buy bottled water that costs more money than petrol, when they could get EXACTLY the same water from their taps for around about a thousandth of a penny for the same quantity. And that market has been created ENTIRELY by clever marketing. The water in the UK has been 100% potable for over a century and, when I was a lad, it was not even possible to buy bottled water in the UK (although you could buy it in France, where the water was suspect back in the 1940s and 50s). Ironically, that's now where much of the overpriced bottled water comes from!
A-B and the other mega-brewers spend millions of pounds on marketing (and that's not just advertising, by the way) and through a formidable marketing mix have positioned their foul concoction as a premium product that the gullible youngsters buy. Just like the tobacco companies, part of their strategy is to "hook" the younger drinkers and then, with luck, they've got them for life.
You would be amazed if you knew all the tricks they get up to; I am quite sure that, despite the best efforts of the administrators, many of the euologistic comments about rubbish beers that you read on this and other sites, are written by people working on behalf of the mega-brewers.
One thing we apologists for proper beer can do is to insist, whenever we get the chance, that our drinking companions drink only proper beer - and it's surprising how few fizz-beer drinkers have even tried it. And it's gratifying how many will be converted on the spot.
Richard English
i have had this so called beer a few times when i was a teen, and only to get really drunk, i have grown up now and find it is a tasteless gassy piss coloured liquid(it doesnt deserve to be called beer) just like all american lager i have tried, it is an insult to real czech budweiser.
lager is crap
The lesson to be learned here is this: If you don't have talented brewers, make sure you have a talented marketing and advertising department. This is a perfect example of what is wrong with most American beers. Watered-down, highly-carbonated, tasteless. It must be served ice-cold, so you can distinguish it from urine. But, it has been marketed ingeniously. And as far as there being "Anti-American Sentiment" on this site, that just isn't true. I'm an American, but judge beer on its merits, not where it was brewed. Every time I go into a bar and see someone order this swill or a Bud Light, or Miller Lite, or Coors Light, it makes me cringe. These people don't know what they are missing(taste). They think this crap is "premium", because thats what the commercials say. I guess if you told them dogshit had exquisite health benefits, they would hold their nose and consume that too. If you testified under oath that this pisswater was premium, you would be convicted of perjury. I find it mind-boggling that this stuff has become popular in the UK. At least here in the US it is inexpensive. You people have too many great world-class beers to be wasting your hard-earned pounds on this junk. We do too, but the A-B marketing machine has been hard at work for over 100 years here. If you want to try some good American beers, try Anchor Liberty Ale, Rogue Dead Guy Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, or beers from Goose Island to name a few.
Mike H.-Gulfport, MS, USA
Don't condemn all US beers. There are now some wonderful US brews - both ales and lagers.
You won't see them advertised, though. Just as is the case with British beers and lagers - it's only the rubbish that gets adverised as a rule. I reckon, as a rule of thumb, the better the advert, the worse the beer.
Richard English
I'm with Richard.
FM
The glorification of crap is exemplified by the Bud commercials in Canada, my personal favorite is the one that details all the effort and expense that is put into proiducing Bud. To paraphrase they claim that no other beer in the world costs so much to make.....I guess that the promotional BUDget is included, for the only way to sell such a poor quality, mariginally brewed lager is to take the Coors Light philosophy and brainwash the people. I have often pondered if they use subliminal messaging in the ads or if a nice pair of jugs is really that convincing?
Jonny Vancouver Island Boy
I make a point of trying Budweiser wherever I happen to be in the world. I find the Bud brewed in Wuhan, PR China, by the Anheuser Busch joint venture company to be the best I've had. In contrast when I was in Chile in February 2005 the Bud for sale in supermarkets was imported from AB's brewery in Argentina. The beer was very old, i.e., well past the 110 day limit that AB sets for freshness of bottled and canned beer. I'm disppointed there are such variations in the quality of Budweiser.
Don Kufrin
Sterile beers like Budweiser have no staying power - which is why A-B have recently been promoting the "beer tastes best fresh" line.
Good bottle-conditioned beers will last at least a year.
Richard English
This is not BEER. Warm cow-float is more the feeling one gets upon drinking this clear-beer.
MALCO
I'm am American and Budweiser is horrible.
John Beynon
I dont like this beer. Its got a horrible taste, it gets boring when you drink it, and the after taste isn't that nice either.
Steven Mcivor, East Kilbride
childs drink
black jim
Can you believe it Labatt brews this horse piss in Canada and it is one of the top three selling beers in Canada along with "Blue" and "Canadian"!! Depressing eh!
prussian
earlier richard english said sterile beers have no staying power. personaly i dont go to my pub and ask for a cloudy pint of your best bitter with plenty of muck floating in it please. i mean to say i prefer a clear beer to a yeasty brew.just looks more thirst quenching to me,and most of the time it is.just personal preferance.
unbiased
Quote "...earlier richard english said sterile beers have no staying power..."
I apologise if my comment wasn't clear. I wrote in response to the comment by Don Kufrin who was writing about bottled and canned Budweiser. These are the "sterile" beers I was referring to, not cask-conditioned ales which, as most people know, have a very short cellar life.
Bottle-conditioned beers, such as Fullers 1845, Thomas Hardy's and Hopback Summer Lightning continue to mature in the bottle and will last for year - Thomas Hardy's for at least a quarter of a century. Sterile beers will not last more than a few weeks.
Most beers, - even cask and bottle conditioned - will be clear; they won't have the sparkling brilliance of a Budweiser or one of its clones but hey, are you drinking the stuff or watching it?
Richard English
good point Mr.English,and by the way i went to my supermarket to buy some bottle conditioned ale (like you suggested in the carling discussion) and couldn't find any summer lightning but did pick up the real bud,an organic blonde and of course 1845. all definitely better than commercial brews like bud. i'll definitely be drinking more real beer in the future. thanks
unbiased
A good start. Now you have the rest of your drinking life to try as many of the world's wonderful brews as possible. There are over 2000 in the UK alone - of which over 600 are bottle-conditioned. Get a copy of Camra's Bottled Beer Guide to supplement the information on this site.
Richard English
Total rubbish!!
B_M
I'd rather jab my finger through my eye, into my brain and then swirl it around for a while than drink another drop of this stuff. Absolute piss.
Gammy Leg
listen, I've been drinking real ale for a while now (though not long enough to be an expert) and i'm convinced that this is up there with other quality drinks. its naturally brewed,tastes like beer should (to me) and its refreshing. I further my point by saying how i like both real ale and American lager (like bud),which must say something,i.e that i do indeed have taste buds. in many ways it's not as good as some ales, but certainly drinkable,refreshing and pleasant tasting. please if theres something wrong with me liking the taste of both types of beer (ale and commercial lager) tell me what it is.
unbiased
You have every right to drink whatever you want; be thankful that you still have a choice. What I object to is having choice taken from me and that is the aim of the chemical-fizz manufacturers.
If they have their way, nothing but cold, fizzy, yellow and almost tasteless liquid would be all that is ever sold under the name "beer". That's what has happened in most of the world and would have happened in the UK had it not been for CAMRA. Be thankful for the choice you now have and support the brewers of fine beer by drinking it.
The battle against the fizzy takeover has not been won; indeed, cask-conditioned beer consumption is still falling. Less than 1 in 10 pints sold in the UK is cask beer, down from 7 in 10 when I started drinking.
What's wrong with your liking chemical fizz? Simple, really. Drink it and you are helping to hammer just one more nail into the coffin of real beer. Think about it (and join CAMRA)
Richard English
im sure the direct aim of the brewery giants is to sell their beer,however the scale that they do it will subsequently close breweries of traditional beer. Your point is very true,but on the other hand is it right to refrain from drinking 'chemical fizz' even if one likes it, for the mere sake of saving the breweries of fine ale. that would also count as having the choice taken from me.
unbiased
Quote, "...is it right to refrain from drinking 'chemical fizz' even if one likes it, for the mere sake of saving the breweries of fine ale..."
Yes. Which you prefer? To lose maybe 2500 beers of all kinds and have the choice only of a dozen Dudweiser clones, or to lose a dozen Dudweiser clones and keep 2500 beers of all kinds?
Surely that's a no-brainer.
Richard English
its the king. enough said. are you the king? no you're not. this beer rules and if you can't see the greatness you are a poor lost soul.
snoogans
Quote, "...its the king. enough said. are you the king? no you're not. this beer rules and if you can't see the greatness you are a poor lost soul...."
Well, "snoogans", I fear that your ignorance about beer is equalled by your ignorance of the English language. I suggest you would do well to increase your learning of both.
I suspect that I have drunk far more beers, in far more countries, over far more years than have you and I, furthermore, am able to prove and express competently the knowledge I have acquired about the subject of beer.
When you can do the same then you will have earned the right to voice your opinions and have them respected.
Richard English
snoogans, if you regard Budweiser as the "King" then you, sir, are the court jester and I am glad to be a beer republican. I am not sure if you are American, if you are, then try something different as there are many infinitely better beers to be had in the USA - Brooklyn, Samuel Adams, Anchor, Sierra Nevada to name but a few. Do not be a fool, misled by advertising hype, use your brain (if the "Little grey cells" have not been rotted by this foul product), be a man not a sheep!
John Lees
wouldn't steep my feet in this good
ole' US of A pi$$.
Sadly one of the worlds leaders in sales.
Sam Walton.
I'm an American and I wouldn't wash my dog in this Budweiser swill.
John Beynon
Definitely not for beer lovers.
Kieran
I know I'll get slayed for this, and as I usually only drink English ale, my opinion on lager is probably not that valid. However, to me Budweiser is the epitome of everything lager should be - clean, crisp, light and refreshing, and so much better than the evil Stella! Let's face it, if you want lots of flavour you'll be going for a stout or a bitter instead. Strangely I only like the bottled stuff though - the stuff on tap is far too fizzy and has an odd metallic tang.
wheresthepath
For my taste, Bud is better than a soda because it's not syrupy sweet. That's how I drink it. It's just a fizzy recreational thing.
When I want a "Beer" well.......
Coyote, USA
Not all sodas (we call them "soft drinks" in the UK) are sickly-sweet. Those that are tend to be the products of the mega-manufacturers who, like the mega-brewers, produce nothing but gassy, sickly and non-refreshing drinks. The products of those manufacturers - and I single out Fentimans as one of the best - you'll have to google them or try www.fentimans.com - as this site won't allow me to post a link. Theirs are wonderfully flavoursome drinks that have just the right amount of sweetness. Their sparkling properties are produced in the best way - through bottle-fermentation - and I recommend their products to all.
Richard English
Pure marketing and nothing else.
Dlux
Horse piss!!! If it weren't for the microbreweries the US would have no good beer but they do and they do have good beer. It is odd that they don't have more good beer from the majors when you consider that about 25% of Americans can claim some German heritage. Is it true that the best selling beer in the States is "light beer"?? Well it is no worse than "Bud", "Miller", "Michilob" "Schlitz" et al.
the Prussian
Less than 5% of the beer sold in the USA is from the craft breweries. But it is a share that's growing, thank goodness.
Richard English
One wonders if with InBev taking over Anheuser-Busch, I wonder if we will see any improvement in the product of this firm (won't dignify it with the terms "Beer" and "Brewery")? However, I am not going to hold my breath...
John Lees
Poor; I think that about sums it up. I thought that perhaps it was just the London-brewed stuff which tastes like this, but when I was in the US somebody gave me a sip of the 'genuine' stuff to try, and that was equally bad. This was in Jersey City, so it was probably from the Newark, NJ, brewery.
Interestingly, it seems to be in decline over here, in many supermarkets there's only 25% or so of the space devoted to it than there was a couple of years ago, and many more beers from the smaller brewers are now being stocked.
Stephen Furley
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