Budweiser American Ale - with Taste notes

[Tankard]

I think that not drinking that ale, and not posting your opinion on it immediately should carry an infraction from the mods. Possibly even a short ban!!

I agree. You're the first person that has one of these here, and you post a pic and tell us that you won't be able to try it until SUNDAY?

Cruel.... very very cruel.

 

[Revvy]

I agree. You're the first person that has one of these here, and you post a pic and tell us that you won't be able to try it until SUNDAY?

Cruel.... very very cruel.

+1 on this...

I mean, I would even sleep with ohiobrit's swmbo for a chance at being the first one on here to write up tasting notes on it...

Sheesh

j/k brit! (unless she's hot)

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

j/k brit! (unless she's hot)

Oh my SWMBO is hot alright! Well, in brief flashes anyway.

 

[jeder212]

WOW, if only I knew what I was in for by not drinking it. I will be home around 7am Sunday morning, I will drink it immediately upon walking into the house, and report back ASAP. I'll even take pics if you would like.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

WOW, if only I knew what I was in for by not drinking it. I will be home around 7am Sunday morning, I will drink it immediately upon walking into the house, and report back ASAP. I'll even take pics if you would like.

And a video filmed in smellavision too please.

 

[jeder212]

And a video filmed in smellavision too please.

Yeah, I'll be all over that.

 

[niquejim]

+1 on this...

I mean, I would even sleep with ohiobrit's swmbo for a chance at being the first one on here to write up tasting notes on it...

Sheesh

j/k brit! (unless she's hot)

Hey, I started this thread

I should get first night with SWMBO'ed

 

[Bob]

Its because the American beer market was started by Germans.

Not even close. Nice try, though!

Read this and this and this.

I'll grant you that nationwide distribution was started by lager beer breweries started/owned by German immigrant brewers. Once you really start digging into the history of brewing in North America, you'll figure out what's what.

Cheers,

Bob

 

[z987k]

The only hope I have , is that it won't make me puke, since you know it is going to be in everybar in the country (probably knocking out the 1 craft beer that a bar might have on tap.)

So since it's going to narrow my choices of finding a decent beer in the typical sports bar after a hockey game...I'm not hoping for much, except that it be drinkable....Which personally Bud is not...

Here's anther video I found...this is "The Making Of."

[youtube]wGcqjJootQY[/youtube]

ANd here's some notes I took watching both videos...

Pale and Caramel Malts,

Hopped with Palisades for Bittering, Willamette and Saatz for Flavor, and Cascade for aroma...Dry Hopped with at least Cascade.

Ale yeast, fermented cold, yet warmer than Lager...

14 days fermentation.

It would be interesting to keep nosing around, picking up clues here and there, and then brew a small batch of what I think it might be like, ahead of time...

lol, they did a blind taste test of the beer with all the different hops. wtf? um you can ****ing tell what hops were used by tasting them.

I'm sorry but how does a brewer for BMC hold his head up to the public, when clearly that can not be his background. I'd like to see what's actually in this guy's fridge.

I know I'm bashing but I do hate how they try to take some of the craft market. We need to get people off the swill they call beer.

 

[sterling214]

Can we stop trashing BMC's for one sec, and wait to taste this stuff. If in a year, I am able to go to a ball game and get a beer that isn't a watered down lager (please don't let this beer just be a watered down ale) I will be extremely happy.

 

[jeder212]

Alright guys, I finally tried it. Sorry it took me so long. Like I said, I'm not really the one certified here to be judging this for the first time, but I'll tell you what I think. I was really wanting to have a SNPA to drink also, so I could have something to compare this to, but finished off those last Thursday.

When I first poured it, I could actually smell the hops. It wasn't as strong as some other ale's, but it was there. When I first drank it, it was straight out of the fridge. It actually tasted like an ale. But, like some of you suspected, just not as good as most micros. I think it wasn't as bitter as it should have been, but still way better than a BMC lager. I let it warm up a bit before I continued to drink it. It wasn't all that bad, and had some good flavors. If I went out somewhere and this was the only ale I could get, I would get it. Overall, it had a decent taste, but just not as bitter as most ales. I wouldn't call it "watered down", just not a very good usage of hops maybe?

Like I said, I'm not a beer judge at all. I know what I like, and if I don't like it, I don't drink it. I've had plenty of ales that I would drink over this one, but if this was my only choice, I would def. order it. I'm not going to be buying any from the beer store tho. I do think this may work out to be a good cross-over beer, to possibly get BMC drinkers to come to our side.

**Sorry if the pics are sideways, I'm trying to fix that, but photobucket is giving me fits right now.

 

[BuffaloSabresBrewer]

Is this available now?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Interesting! The head and colour in your pics look a lot better than Bud's own pics!! It actually looks very drinkable.

I will definitely be giving it a try when it comes out.

Thanks!!!

Edit. You only had the one? I guess it's too late to see a half emptied glass to see the lacing porn then.

 

[jeder212]

Is this available now?

Not yet....

Well, I got a little surprise today. My wife's cousin, who works at a restaurant/bar brought me this home today...

The Budweiser salesman brought them a sixer of it, to try to convince them to put it on tap when it comes out next month. I'm not really skilled at tasting beer, besides just knowing if I like something or not, but I will let you know what I think of it once I drink it. Has anyone else had a chance to try it yet, and what did you think?

 

[jeder212]

Interesting! The head and colour in your pics look a lot better than Bud's own pics!! It actually looks very drinkable.

I will definitely be giving it a try when it comes out.

Thanks!!!

Definitely drinkable, but not going to be one of my go-to beers, unless it's all I can get wherever I'm at. I do kinda hope that the restaurants that don't normally carry anything but BMC will carry this.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Definitely drinkable, but not going to be one of my go-to beers, unless it's all I can get wherever I'm at. I do kinda hope that the restaurants that don't normally carry anything but BMC will carry this.

But as you said, this could be a good cross-over beer.......Our evil plan is working!!!

 

[BierMuncher]

Sounds like most folks certainly plan to give it a try.

I think I'll set up an official "Bud American Ale - Critique Thread" (sticky).

The thread will be limited to a critique format where we judge the beer on its:
Aroma
Appearance
Flavor
Mouthfeel
Overall Impression

The beer should be judged according to the BJCP Description of an American Pale Ale.

Off topic banter would be deleted. All posts would need to adhere to this format.

General discussion would remain in this thread.

What do you think. Should we as brewers ourselves, step up and give this beer a fair judging?

 

[billtzk]

I will definitely give it a try. I think this is a smart marketing move by Bud given the growing interest in micro and craft brews, and with AB's clout in the marketplace, it is likely to do well. I, for one, hope that it does, because it could very well be a gateway brew to open up the world of craft/micro brews to a much larger market.

I think it is smart of them to package it in a regular non-twist off bottle with a pry-off cap. SNPA has recently done that too. I wish Full Sail would. Such a seemingly innocuous packaging decision sets the beer apart psychologically from the normal Joe-SixPack swill that comes in the twist-off bottle. The simple label design and the wonderful color of the ale makes a similar statement that this isn't your typical beer. And I think that will be an important element in mass-marketing this brew.

A light American ale offered by the giant of American mass-market brewing, if it sells well, will very likely encourage the other big ones (Miller, Coors) to come out with a competing product. This can't be a bad thing for American beer drinkers.

I'd like to see how this brew stacks up against my favorite go-to light American ale, Samuel Adams Boston Ale. I think the Sam Adams Boston Ale has much the same characteristics that AB is trying to capture in its new ale. It's what I usually buy to offer to friends when I want to give them a gentle introduction to ales to help them develop a taste for something other than horse-piss corn-rice lager. My guess is the uninitiated would be more likely to try an AB product in the same category.

Here's to AB for recognizing that there is a market for something with more flavor than their normal swill. I hope the brew does well and helps to change the taste of American beer drinkers. In the long run that'll be a good thing for all the micro and craft breweries.

 

[olllllo]

Anyone notice that the acronym for this beer is BAA?

 

[billtzk]

Has anyone noticed the unusual bottle shape? It is NOT the standard long-neck shape; it's more pinched in at the bottom of the neck area. Modern long-neck bottles are fatter at the shoulder of the main reservoir where it necks down. It has a very nice retro-look to it. It might make a good home-brew bottle if the glass is heavy enough and if our cappers will work with the rather odd looking crown area just below the lip.

 

[billtzk]

Anyone notice that the acronym for this beer is BAA?

+1 That is priceless! Baa-baaaaaaaaaa It's what the sheeple drink.

 

[billtzk]

Alright guys, I finally tried it. Sorry it took me so long. Like I said, I'm not really the one certified here to be judging this for the first time, but I'll tell you what I think. I was really wanting to have a SNPA to drink also, so I could have something to compare this to, but finished off those last Thursday.
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Thank you for reviewing the beer for us. If you wanted to compare this brew side-by-side with a similar product, I'd suggest Samuel Adam's Boston Ale. It's also a light and mildly hopped ale. The much more highly hopped SNPA would not be good comparison, as the hop aroma and high bitterness is a characteristic of SNPA that AB is specifically trying to avoid.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Sounds like most folks certainly plan to give it a try.

I think I'll set up an official "Bud American Ale - Critique Thread" (sticky).

The thread will be limited to a critique format where we judge the beer on its:
Aroma
Appearance
Flavor
Mouthfeel
Overall Impression

The beer should be judged according to the BJCP Description of an American Pale Ale.

Off topic banter would be deleted. All posts would need to adhere to this format.

General discussion would remain in this thread.

What do you think. Should we as brewers ourselves, step up and give this beer a fair judging?

I think that is a TERRIFIC idea! If it works out OK it could also be extended in other threads to other popular beers. It would be a good idea to have the BJCP criteria at the top of the thread too. (And any subsequent threads) This could even become a new section on the forum if all goes well. Such a section could prove very educational for anyone looking for a new style to brew that they have not tried before.

 

[Donasay]

If anyone is really interested, there is an e-bay auction for the promotional kit.

http://cgi.ebay.com/BUDWEISER-AMERI...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I went to my local bar the other night and they had two of them, both spoken for by the owner and I thought perhaps someone was selling them on the internet. They look cool, but are not worth $25.00 for 4 beers.

 

[olllllo]

I think this question needs to be asked:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=77659

 

[sause]

I received a bottle from my store yesterday and I'm trying it today.

Appearance: Solid amber to slightly Redish. Decent head and stays around longer than expected.

Aroma: You can smell that they used Cascades in this. Not over bearing but quite prevalent.

Flavor: Bitterness upfront and continuing through to after taste. Hop flavor is present and is a welcome addition to this beer. This beer is dry which helps with the bitterness expect of this beer.

Mouth-feel: Thin. Being so dry it has no backbone to build on.

Overall: This is an obvious attempt at marketing against Sam Adam Boston Lager. About the same color and amount of hops but not the mouth feel of it.

 

[billtzk]

Did you drink a Sam Adam's Boston Lager alongside the BAA? I'd expect it to be a closer match to Sam Adam's Boston Ale.

 

[sause]

No I didn't. But there is little to no ale character in this beer besides using a top fermenting yeast.

 

[Malticulous]

I tried the Michelob Pale Ale. I got to say the bottles are nice. Pry-offs (not that many here in the markets) with three labels that just fall off in a Oxy-Clean bath without much glue residue. They look like a Sam Adams. No re-calls I hope.
It tastes like carbonated Cascades.

 

[Bearcat Brewmeister]

From the looks of it, I would think it would be more of an American Amber Ale. The color would fit as would the slightly lower hop profile.