Genesee Ice Beer
Genesee Brewing Co. / Dundee Brewing Co.

Genesee Ice BeerGenesee Ice Beer
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From:
Genesee Brewing Co. / Dundee Brewing Co.
 
New York, United States
Style:
American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #240
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
62
Ranked #28,458
Avg:
2.58 | pDev: 26.36%
Reviews:
131
Ratings:
219
Status:
Active
Rated:
Yesterday at 07:10 PM
Added:
Apr 04, 2002
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  24
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Rated: 3.57 by rorjets from Connecticut

Yesterday at 07:10 PM
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Reviewed by micheditbythatmuch from Michigan

3.43/5  rDev +32.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Bought cheap in a 15 can pack, drank ice cold right out of the can. Decent inoffensive lager taste, more yeasty than malty, slight wateriness but good carbonation and mouthfeel. Actually some interesting complexity with a slight fruitiness and a very subtle hint of olive in the aftertaste, but overall has the same generic but agreeable character of any cheap lager like Bud, Labatts, or Coors. Most redeeming quality though, is it's slightly higher ABV hits fast and moderately hard compared to other low cost beers. Wouldn't go out of my way for it but wouldn't turn it down either if free or close to it
Oct 27, 2023
 
Rated: 2.5 by jaxon53 from Connecticut

Aug 05, 2023
 
Rated: 2.55 by eluvah from New York

Jul 06, 2022
 
Rated: 2.93 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Dec 04, 2021
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Reviewed by Danzifer from Ohio

2.5/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
I bought a 24oz can for 1.29$ because I was on a budget. It doesn't have much in the sense of appearance or smell. Hell, even the can art is bland. It's not bad taste-wise. I was kind of expecting it to be kind of appalling like many "Ice" beers but I have to admit, this is one of the better ones. Having said that, it's still way down there in comparison to the 1,000+ beers I've had.
Aug 25, 2021
 
Rated: 3.25 by Jjmj51 from Rhode Island

Apr 04, 2021
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Rated by Captain69 from Illinois

2.58/5  rDev 0%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
average ice beer - refreshing on a hot summer day
Dec 21, 2020
 
Rated: 3.17 by Spluger from Massachusetts

Jul 22, 2020
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Reviewed by rudiecantfail from Pennsylvania

2.96/5  rDev +14.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12 ounce can poured into a nonic tumbler.

L---Medium white head with minimal retention. Left decent lacing, though. The beer is a crystal clear medium gold color.

S---Sweet maltiness. Corn is the primary aroma.

T---Taste follows the nose...sweet maltiness and corn. No real hop bite/snap. More flavorful than the top selling AALs like Coors Light/Bud Light/Budweiser.

F---A little bit syrupy. Well carbonated.

O---This one is a bargain at $14.95 for a 30 pack in PA.
Feb 12, 2020
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

1.96/5  rDev -24%
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.75
Giant poor alcoholic's edition can, 24 oz, poured into a rather inappropriate Dogfish Head nonic glass.

Has a relatively clear straw blonde body with a surprisingly abiding head of 2 fingers. Nice lacing, too.

Aroma of lottery tickets and wet towels, urinal cakes, corn, general maltiness.

Flavor is full of flaws, I mean wow, I haven't had an unclean beer like this in awhile. Corn flakes doused in bleach, followed by oysters, saltines, and wet leaves.

Feel is crisp but not clean, rather starchy on the palate, with some actual alcohol heat for 5.5%.

Overall, "ice" beers are a joke, but I was really surprised that at 5.5% this beer made absolutely no effort to disguise its alcohol content. This is a truly horribly made beer, and I'm being completely objective. A warming furnace to your throat and stomach at a measly 5.5% ABV.
Feb 08, 2020
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Reviewed by xolectic from Ohio

1.8/5  rDev -30.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 2
L: Pours typical golden amber color with a reasonably large head and some lacing.

S: Corn, malt, cracker and slight grassy hops.

T: Tastes way too alcoholic for the ABV. The only ice beer with noticable fusel alcohol, tastes worse than Steel Reserve with slightly less burn. Other than that, it does taste like corn and more malt than some beers. Doesn't taste anything like regular Genesee Beer, the cream ale, or even its high gravity cousin, Genesee Black.

F: Goes down smooth, a little syrupy but not too much body.

Overall: The worst ice beer. Even at 99 cents for a 24 ounce can, there are plenty of better options, including all of the other Genesee products which are pretty good.
Dec 30, 2019
 
Rated: 3.52 by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut

Oct 22, 2019
 
Rated: 3.13 by ronniebruner from Arizona

Jul 05, 2019
 
Rated: 2 by bdlusa from Texas

Jun 02, 2019
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Reviewed by ChicagoJ from Illinois

2.76/5  rDev +7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
4/24/19 (Chicago): $1.16 24 oz can including tax purchased at Shop and Save on 4/19/19, no canning date noted, multiple pours into a pint glass. Light straw clear colour pour, light white head quickly disappates leaving thin white lacing. Sweet corn grain aroma. Light corn and malt taste, too sweet, very thin mouthfeel, slight fizzy carbonation, light drinking. Overall ok offering.
Apr 25, 2019
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Reviewed by jkblr from Indiana

3.02/5  rDev +17.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
24oz can stamped A249 poured into a bow tie glass at fridge temp 5.5% ABV. The beer pours bright pale straw yellow with abundant bone white head. The head recedes to a thin cap and leaves plenty of lacing. The aroma is faint with some corny sweetness and maybe sulfur. The taste is barely sweet with a little tang. Minimal grain presence and no bitterness. The mouthfeel is thin bodied, adequately carbonated and semi dry in the finish. There is a little slick feel after the swallow but no aftertaste. Overall, ok. This is an extremely cheap and non-offensive way to deliver alcohol to folks who happen to hate bitterness or grain presence in a beer. I would advise to drink this one ice cold. It does get better as it warms.
Apr 17, 2019
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Reviewed by Heronesque from Rhode Island

3.5/5  rDev +35.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
A very pleasant surprise! I rate Genesee Ice highly not so much for being an exceptional beer in itself, but for its price-value ratio. At 5.5% ABV and as low as $8 for a 15 pack here in RI, its body, flavour and strength beat out all other popular cheap beers, many of which cost significantly more. Its little brother Genesee Light falls (and tastes) flat however. And unlike the other low-end beer brands, Genesee Ice doesn't wreak the same havoc in your stomach if you're drinking a lot, which you probably will be with it. Due to an ongoing sale, it's been my cheap beer of choice for months, but even if similarly priced with Bud, Rolling Rock or Narragansett, (my prior go-to's,) I would argue it's better in about every way.
Feb 28, 2019
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

3.55/5  rDev +37.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
24 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 12/21/2017. Pours crystal clear golden amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey/pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with pale malt/corn and mild earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey/pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Mild herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey/pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness of pale malt/corn and mild earthy hop flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying flavors after the finish. A bit of fruity corn aromas/flavors, but not overwhelming. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Nicely clean on lager flavors, not too fruity/yeasty. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is good iced pale adjunct lager. All around good robustness of pale malt/corn and mild earthy hop flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/clean/refreshing to drink. Nicely clean and rich pils malt/grains, and mild earthy hop presence/balance. Not too overdone on adjuncts, and not overly sweet. A nicely enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
Dec 20, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by Skywave from Oklahoma

Nov 07, 2018
Genesee Ice Beer from Genesee Brewing Co. / Dundee Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 62 out of 100 with 219 ratings