Budweiser Discovery Reserve
Anheuser-Busch

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Pours light red orange with a tiny white head. Smells of bright fruit, nice and inviting. Tastes of bright fruit and caramelized grain. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a good beer.

 

 

 

I tried this beer at my good friend's house in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It poured a clear amber with fizzy off white head that dissipated quickly and did not leave much lace. The scent had subtle sweet malt notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with caramel malt base and very soft crisp hop finish. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall its a decent beer.

Hoppy Yeaster Sunday (2020) to all of my beer & bread peeps! The dough has risen! I am continuing to purge the Bottle Backlog here at Chez Woody/L'Abbaye de ChANdler while The CANQuest (tm) waits patiently in abeyance. If there was a silver lining to the COVID-19 cloud, it is my quarantine with all of this beer to be drank! This one came from Weis Market on Lititz Pike.

From the Bottle: "This specialty red lager is brewed with Voyager barley grains for a toasted malt taste with a hint of toffee, a light hoppy aroma and a sharp finish. Inspired by archival malt-forward recipe brewed at time of moon missions."; "American Red Lager".

Sadly, they still employ those screwed-up screw-off caps, depriving me of even the opportunity to Pop! the cap. 8=( No matter, I simply took out my frustration in the form of an aggro pour. Not unexpectedly, I got two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head with very good retention, leaving behind nice lacing. Color was Coppery-Brown (SRM = > 17, < 22) with NE-quality clarity. Nose was definitely hop-forward & rich with toffee! Mouthfeel was medium, big for a Lager. The taste was a malt bomb explosion of sweet, sugary toffee and a breadiness, not toastiness. Finish remained sweet. Stylistically, it was fine. Personally, a) it was WAY too sweet & b) their ad copy was VERY misleading. YMMV.

 

 

Used this beer to run The Beer Mile. This is an excellent choice (in bottle form) for the running of The Beer Mile. I've run 5 beer miles now with 4 other beers and this one was by far the easiest to drink/run/drink/run/drink/run/drink/run. If you are running a beer mile here is my order of beers that are worst to run with than this one. Mother Ale (lowest), Budweiser, Sam Adams Lager, Bud Platinum, and now the oh so good Budweiser Discovery Reserve.

12oz bottle poured into 14oz teku. poured a clean, clear, bright reddish-amber color with 3/4 inch of tan head that had low retention and lacing.

The aroma was certainly sweet, loads of caramel, with no real hop presence as a counterpoint.

Pretty similar on the tongue, but with the caramel still dominant, but not as much as in the nose.

The body was light-to-medium, smooth, and had a sweet finish.

Drinkability was fine, but one was enough for me.

Overall, the brewers probably hit what they were aiming for. Not a terrible brew, by any means, but not one I'd seek out again. Maybe a nice middle-of-the-road beer if you want to share with Uncle Carl during the holidays.

Very nice color. Surprisingly good for a Budweiser product. I would drink it again.

Decent for a macrobrew attempt at a red lager, yet missing any real old world taste. I think it is because AB uses Bud yeast which negates the malt/grain profile, toffee?. Not really aromatic hops, ok bitter. Possibly good for getting regular Bud drinkers to explore a wider range of beer styles, yet lacks any warmth required for a true red lager.

 

Always saw this and hesitated because of its Big Brother being so appalling. Picked up a six lets give it a whirl. Popping the top I get a nice waft of malt and biscuit with red licorice. Pours to a deep amber with a creamy tan head. On the taste there is roasted malt and red licorice with a a vey subtle hopping leading into a zestier finish. The mouthfeel is good and the carbonation spot on. This is non-offensive and quite drinkable.

 

 

 

 

Beautiful clear amber gold color with good white cap and lacing.

A clean grain, slightly sweet aroma with a floral touch of hops.

Taste at first is one of rich caramel malt along with a slightly sharp roaty malt edge that offsets the sweetness. From mid palate on malt sorta takes over with hops coming on in a minor note at the finish. Simple flavors if a bit unexciting. This one could easily pass for a Generic Oktoberfest.

Medium texture with balancing carbonation.

The best I can say is this is markedly better than their usual product and the worst I can say is this is better than their usual product.