Michelob Ultra Amber
Anheuser-Busch

Michelob Ultra AmberMichelob Ultra Amber
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From:
Anheuser-Busch
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
Light Lager
Ranked #145
ABV:
4%
Score:
58
Ranked #28,525
Avg:
2.38 | pDev: 28.57%
Reviews:
177
Ratings:
398
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 11, 2023
Added:
Jan 26, 2006
Wants:
  11
Gots:
  56
Brewed using the finest two-row and dark-roasted specialty malts for color, and a blend of imported and premium United States-grown noble aroma hops for balance and flavor.
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Ratings by Hugh37:
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Rated by Hugh37 from Tennessee

2.25/5  rDev -5.5%

Aug 15, 2013
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Rated by Shaunjr_89 from Florida

3.15/5  rDev +32.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Pretty decent Beer.
Jul 11, 2023
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Reviewed by chum_husk from Minnesota

2.75/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
12oz stubby bottle - review from notes

I had a friend give me this one, thanks Janoy!! This is better than any other Michelob I've had, which isn't saying much, but this is decent. Like a very watered down brown ale, or a slightly watered down amber

it's aight
Jul 31, 2021
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Rated by Chipster60

5/5  rDev +110.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Best tasting beer I've ever drank in my 40 years of being of legal drinking age!
May 11, 2021
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Reviewed by IPAs_for_days_13 from Texas

1.87/5  rDev -21.4%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.75
Pours a slightly darker yellow than the original Michelob, I wouldn't call it Amber. Has a Thin white head that leaves the glass quickly. Smells like the inside of a glass bottle with just the faintest amount of grains on the tail-end. Taste, follows the nose. The only reason I'm giving this beer a 2 on taste is because you know what you're getting into when you buy Ultra, you're looking for a lower calorie brew, Ultra's provide you with one. Light-bodied, high carbonation, smooth, extremely crushable...
Mar 29, 2021
 
Rated: 1.62 by Argail from Louisiana

Aug 22, 2020
 
Rated: 2.38 by bushwack from Alabama

Jun 21, 2020
 
Rated: 3.41 by CisPiece88 from Nebraska

May 15, 2020
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Reviewed by Buckeye55 from North Carolina

2.85/5  rDev +19.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Rates just a touch above halfway between below average and average. For a low calorie brew, it's drinkable. Light brown color with small head. Light smell of malt, which transfers to the taste, which is a bit watered down. Light mouthfeel and light malty aftertaste
Jan 13, 2020
 
Rated: 2.38 by Manta200 from Kentucky

Nov 25, 2019
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Rated by bankboy66 from New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev +36.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Nothing wrong with this. Compared with other light beers it’s fine.
Nov 09, 2019
 
Rated: 2.75 by PvtSnowball from Florida

Oct 04, 2019
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Reviewed by gvickery from Texas

2.61/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Look: Dull brown, no character, it is clear though.
Smell: Mineral water?
Taste: Mineral water, very little of anything. Not sure what the point of making an amber version that tastes the same as the regular ultra. Comical.
Overall: Skip it, just get the regular ultra if that’s what gets you off, this is just a gimmick.
Aug 25, 2019
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Reviewed by bubseymour from Maryland

3.82/5  rDev +60.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
FIrst. I see this beer was added back in 2006. Why have I never seen or heard of Ultra Amber until 2019? So this beer is a watery brown ale basically. Its taste is pleasant and nothing offputting at all. Easy to drink. I have no problems with this beer at all.
Aug 13, 2019
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Rated by Mclusal from Colombia

3.09/5  rDev +29.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
H82
Jul 21, 2019
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Reviewed by Sgt_1991 from Georgia

3.28/5  rDev +37.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Better tasting than regular michelob ultra or some of the other shitty flavors it comes in. Better than pure gold. Very watered down amber beer. About the same mouthfeel as yuengling light. 95 calories is impressive. Definitely can slam back some of these. There better than some but worse than more. If that makes any sense.
Jun 17, 2019
 
Rated: 2.52 by robebo44 from Virginia

May 25, 2019
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

3.78/5  rDev +58.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce bottle into lager glass, bottled on 1/26/2016. Pours crystal clear deep golden amber, light orange color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of cracker, white bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of honey, caramel, roast, wood, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Minimal fruity notes in the aromas. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of pale/roast malts and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of cracker, white bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of honey, caramel, roast, wood, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, honey, caramel, roast, wood, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness, complexity, and balance of pale/roast malts and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with no fruity/yeasty notes present. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4%. Overall this is a very good amber light lager. All around nice robustness, complexity, and balance of pale/roast malts and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Very clean pale/roast malt showcase, with nice earthy hop presence/balance for the style. Mild residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example. One of the best light lagers I have had.
Apr 16, 2019
 
Rated: 3.62 by Gemini6 from Michigan

Apr 13, 2019
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

2.8/5  rDev +17.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.2 carbs. 95 cals. 4% ABV. 12 fl oz. $6.99 USD per sixer.

I bought this because I was pleasantly surprised by Michelob Lager, but this compares unfavorably to that superior lager. This has some toasty amber malt notes but they're buried, leaving only an insipid one-two punch of 2-row barley and muted Noble hop grassiness to satiate.

Shallow and simple but certainly drinkable. Not a beer I'd want to revisit another sixer of, but there's no doubting it'd pair fine with pizza or spicy wings.

Low C (2.80) / AVERAGE
Apr 06, 2019
Michelob Ultra Amber from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating: 58 out of 100 with 398 ratings