Busch NA
Anheuser-Busch

12oz can poured into a pint glass

Appearance - My first NA beer review.. beer taken from my pregnant wife. It pours a pale straw colour with lots of carbonation showing. There was actually a massive white foamy head on the beer. Even some faint lacing, very surprising.

Smell - barley, grains/breads, clean and crisp

Taste & Mouth - Lots of carbonation on the tongue, very light tasting. A nice clean and crisp refreshing flavour, lots of breads/grains and light corn syrup sweetness. It finishes with a very light pale malt aftertaste.

Drink - This reminded me of a (even more) watered down glass of coors light. Not a bad option if you're not allowed to have alcohol for whatever reason.

Gold in color with excellent clarity. There’s a fingernail of off white around the rim. There’s a trace of off white in the middle of the top. There’s plenty of carbonation bubbles rising from the depths of the glass. The aroma is of corn, light malt, and just a suggestion of grassy hops.

For the cost and surprisingly good taste this is the king of Non Alcoholic beer.

I have tried them all and most taste like hop water not beer or too bitter or too much sugar. Heineken zero is probably my second choice. Budweiser zero is nothing like Budweiser but Busch NA tastes as good if not better than Busch.

For those of us that love beer but don't always want to drink alcohol or want to take a break I don't have to drink juice or soda which is either loaded with sugar or artificial sweeteners these NA beers are perfect.

The price is right. Most NA beer costs more than the alcohol variety and this is no different but then it is $8.99 instead of $7.99 for a 12 pack. Everything else costs more and may or may not taste better. NA beer just doesn't taste exactly like real beer no matter the brand so why pay more?

 

 

 

 

Busch NA pours a golden color, with no head. The aroma has notes of fresh grain, very farm-like. The flavor is the same, fresh grain, farm notes. Flat feel. Overall, this is pretty good, very fresh farmy.

 

 

Busch NA pours a golden hue with a thin white head that dissipates very quickly.
The aroma is actually kind of pleasant though. It is somewhat sweet with hints of corn and rice.
Most importantly is how this tastes though. This actually seems somewhat reminiscent of an AAL that has the alcohol still. It is just a bit sweet with hints of malt and added grain like corn. Overall this isn't terrible and is actually a refreshing take on an N/A beer.

 

 

From the can, it pours a clear light yellow golden color with a nice white head that soon diminishes to at thin ring. The nose gets some vegetable stew scent. The mouth gets a light flavor of pretty much unobjectionable flavor.

 

12 oz can into a pint glass

Appearance: You know what this looks like. It looks like cheap beer in every way that exists.

Aroma: Not that pleasant. I’d be annoyed if it was though. Smells like canned corn, somewhat, to be very generous.

Taste: Rather inoffensive. Actually somewhat refreshing. Tastes very much like a U.S. adjunct or light lager. Sort of reminds me of Miller Lite.

Mouthfeel: Watery, chuggable. If a person wants to chug non-alcoholic beer, anyway.

Overall: It’s not good, but it gets the job done if you want to drink cheap beer and not feel it. (Which you probably wouldn’t with cheap alcoholic beer, either, unless you drank too much of it.) Bud Zero is an improvement on this model as far as no-alcohol U.S. lager goes. However, this is also 99 cents a can, and Bud Zero is like $1.50, so maybe head for the mountains if you’re looking to save some coinage.

Non-alcoholic beer has been getting better as a beverage for when you need or want to limit alcohol intake but prefer the beer flavor over soda, waters, tea or any of those other beverages. This one however still lags. Appearance nose palate are all underwhelming compared to others, like Athletic Brewing.

 

I like it because it has virtually no taste or smell, but helps me to replace good real local craft beer when the doctor says I need to give the liver a rest. Good for carrying the tart cherry concentrate to help with that too.