Michelob (Original Lager) | Anheuser-Busch
Brewed by:
Anheuser-Busch
Missouri, United States
anheuser-busch.com
Style: American Lager
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
Michelob Original Lager is brewed with pale, kilned two-row barley malt and noble European hops.
Added by Shiloh on 11-28-2001
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Ratings: 1,088 | Reviews: 382
2.61/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.31/5 rDev -13.5%
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look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.5/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.25/5 rDev -15.7%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
JUENGLING is superior and at a better price!
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look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
JUENGLING is superior and at a better price!
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3.7/5 rDev +38.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
I had never tried this before because 1. I have only seen it maybe two or three times in stores around me, and 2. I figured it would be terrible like it's younger bro, Michelob Ultra. Well, someone gave me a bottle for free and to my surprise it's one of the better American macro lagers. It has a sweet malty flavor that reminds me of a vienna lager, and tastes like probably the "cleanest" AB beer I've ever had. If it's the same price as Yuengling or something, and if I can actually find it in a store, I might actually start buying this. Who knows, maybe Michelob will come roaring back in popularity the same way PBR and High Life did?
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
I had never tried this before because 1. I have only seen it maybe two or three times in stores around me, and 2. I figured it would be terrible like it's younger bro, Michelob Ultra. Well, someone gave me a bottle for free and to my surprise it's one of the better American macro lagers. It has a sweet malty flavor that reminds me of a vienna lager, and tastes like probably the "cleanest" AB beer I've ever had. If it's the same price as Yuengling or something, and if I can actually find it in a store, I might actually start buying this. Who knows, maybe Michelob will come roaring back in popularity the same way PBR and High Life did?
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2.77/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
Bought at Liquor Shed. Part of a mixed 6pack.
Twist off cap, it pours a clear light gold, actually attractive, small but sustaining head of foam. Lacing is decent.
It has a fruity adjunct smell, sweet with a mild bitterness.
The taste is a mixture of malty sweetness, grain and very little bitterness. I remember it being much more malt forward in the past. Another recipe adjustment to simplify and grab drinkers of mass brewed beers? I reckon that it still has too much flavour to appease their palates.
The mouthfeel is spot on for beers of similar ilk.
The negatives outweigh the positives in this current rendition. Too bad.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
Bought at Liquor Shed. Part of a mixed 6pack.
Twist off cap, it pours a clear light gold, actually attractive, small but sustaining head of foam. Lacing is decent.
It has a fruity adjunct smell, sweet with a mild bitterness.
The taste is a mixture of malty sweetness, grain and very little bitterness. I remember it being much more malt forward in the past. Another recipe adjustment to simplify and grab drinkers of mass brewed beers? I reckon that it still has too much flavour to appease their palates.
The mouthfeel is spot on for beers of similar ilk.
The negatives outweigh the positives in this current rendition. Too bad.
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2.42/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.82/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
3.35/5 rDev +25.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Had a yellow color that is darker than your average lager, and that is likely because Michelob is all barley, no corn or other adjunct to save cost and make a lighter/weaker beer. Great clarity, solid 3/4" white head that doesn't have the best retention, but ultimately, it makes for a sexy professional made beer. The aroma is almost all barley with the slightest noble hop contribution.
The taste is a light bodied, highly carbonated, decently appropriate traditional noble hop thing. Its pretty much Budweiser, but without the corn and rice. Or I wish a bitchwould aging. Its a decent palate cleansing beer that is better than its rating here, but you know how ratings go, rare = elevated, macro = diminished standing.
If you know what you're looking for on a hot sticky day, you might grab one of these and be better for it.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Had a yellow color that is darker than your average lager, and that is likely because Michelob is all barley, no corn or other adjunct to save cost and make a lighter/weaker beer. Great clarity, solid 3/4" white head that doesn't have the best retention, but ultimately, it makes for a sexy professional made beer. The aroma is almost all barley with the slightest noble hop contribution.
The taste is a light bodied, highly carbonated, decently appropriate traditional noble hop thing. Its pretty much Budweiser, but without the corn and rice. Or I wish a bitchwould aging. Its a decent palate cleansing beer that is better than its rating here, but you know how ratings go, rare = elevated, macro = diminished standing.
If you know what you're looking for on a hot sticky day, you might grab one of these and be better for it.
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2.96/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3.25
Not sure if this the same recipe that was used in that tear-drop brown bottle with that gold paper that was wrapped around the cap that one needed to peel off with the lid to get to the juice. Don't taste like it is, when it was just good ol' plain 'ol Michelob, this one's not at all bad, though. Drinkable. Enjoyable.
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look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3.25
Not sure if this the same recipe that was used in that tear-drop brown bottle with that gold paper that was wrapped around the cap that one needed to peel off with the lid to get to the juice. Don't taste like it is, when it was just good ol' plain 'ol Michelob, this one's not at all bad, though. Drinkable. Enjoyable.
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4.14/5 rDev +55.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Hands down, the best domestic lager ever created. I don’t understand all the bad reviews... it absolutely blows yuengling traditional out of the water. It’s well bodied, very refreshing, drinkable flavor, with just enough malty sweetness that’s friendly for multiple rounds. In fact, this is my “go to” around the house session beer. I buy very little other domestic beers for personal consumption.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Hands down, the best domestic lager ever created. I don’t understand all the bad reviews... it absolutely blows yuengling traditional out of the water. It’s well bodied, very refreshing, drinkable flavor, with just enough malty sweetness that’s friendly for multiple rounds. In fact, this is my “go to” around the house session beer. I buy very little other domestic beers for personal consumption.
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2.98/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Yes I get it is a macro brew by AB Inbev but it is better than most of their stuff. Nothing stands out as good but nothing stands out as terrible.
I keep it in the refrigerator for inlaws.
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look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Yes I get it is a macro brew by AB Inbev but it is better than most of their stuff. Nothing stands out as good but nothing stands out as terrible.
I keep it in the refrigerator for inlaws.
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5/5 rDev +87.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Tastes like beer would taste when your dad gave you a sip when you were younger. That’s how I remember it. Not a bad beer at all. Finishes dry and refreshing. Wish the price point was a little lower. Cheers.
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look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Tastes like beer would taste when your dad gave you a sip when you were younger. That’s how I remember it. Not a bad beer at all. Finishes dry and refreshing. Wish the price point was a little lower. Cheers.
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2.45/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
I used to like regular Michelob about 30 years ago, but it faded away from my tastes and I have never taken another sip of it. It was a smooth, easy drinking beer and not nearly as nasty as Bud, but there are other beers in its price range today that are definitely better. They used to make a Michelob "Special Dark," that was very good in the time long before today's premium craft beers.
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look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
I used to like regular Michelob about 30 years ago, but it faded away from my tastes and I have never taken another sip of it. It was a smooth, easy drinking beer and not nearly as nasty as Bud, but there are other beers in its price range today that are definitely better. They used to make a Michelob "Special Dark," that was very good in the time long before today's premium craft beers.
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2.43/5 rDev -9%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Much better than Bud heavy or Busch beer.
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look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Much better than Bud heavy or Busch beer.
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2.68/5 rDev +0.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Tastes like a malt forward type of mild lager.Looks like bud sort of. Smells like malts, corn? Tastes well carbonated. Feels like a carbonated malty brew. Not a big beer by any standards. Low ABV, low taste, although not entirely offensive. It at one time was considered "top shelf". How times have changed.
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look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Tastes like a malt forward type of mild lager.Looks like bud sort of. Smells like malts, corn? Tastes well carbonated. Feels like a carbonated malty brew. Not a big beer by any standards. Low ABV, low taste, although not entirely offensive. It at one time was considered "top shelf". How times have changed.
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2.75/5 rDev +3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.9/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Bought a 12-pack $13.88 Times Supermarket
Clear golden color
Light -medium mouthfeel
Medium-high carbonation
Malt flavors with a slight bitterness finish
Overall one of the better beers for a macrobrew.
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look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Bought a 12-pack $13.88 Times Supermarket
Clear golden color
Light -medium mouthfeel
Medium-high carbonation
Malt flavors with a slight bitterness finish
Overall one of the better beers for a macrobrew.
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1.54/5 rDev -42.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.75
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.75
3.75/5 rDev +40.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +43.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Love this beer. Loved it in the old, hourglass-shaped bottles, which used to be available in quarts, back in the day. Nothing exciting, but according to my 1993 standards, which I hold onto with tenacity, it is a classic that deserves respect.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Love this beer. Loved it in the old, hourglass-shaped bottles, which used to be available in quarts, back in the day. Nothing exciting, but according to my 1993 standards, which I hold onto with tenacity, it is a classic that deserves respect.
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3/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I always felt this was a bit underwhelming for a supposed premium beer. Just a bit bland really. Okay enuff I suppose but I wouldn't get jazzed about it.
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look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I always felt this was a bit underwhelming for a supposed premium beer. Just a bit bland really. Okay enuff I suppose but I wouldn't get jazzed about it.
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2.5/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
12 ounce bottle poured into a pint glass
Pours a clear pale straw orange color with lots of carbonation, no retention or lacing, looks very light and clear. Not much on the aroma, subtle honey and biscuit but lots of sweet corn and malt. Tastes a lot better than it smells, subtle honey, biscuit and a touch of spice in the middle, finish has lingering notes of sweet corn and malt. Light bodied with lots of carbonation, slightly dry, crisp, easy finish.
Overall, a beer I could drink during summer but there are plenty of better options out there, surprised by the flavor as there is a slight noble, hoppy spiciness that gives the beer a good flavor.
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look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
12 ounce bottle poured into a pint glass
Pours a clear pale straw orange color with lots of carbonation, no retention or lacing, looks very light and clear. Not much on the aroma, subtle honey and biscuit but lots of sweet corn and malt. Tastes a lot better than it smells, subtle honey, biscuit and a touch of spice in the middle, finish has lingering notes of sweet corn and malt. Light bodied with lots of carbonation, slightly dry, crisp, easy finish.
Overall, a beer I could drink during summer but there are plenty of better options out there, surprised by the flavor as there is a slight noble, hoppy spiciness that gives the beer a good flavor.
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Michelob (Original Lager) from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating:
2.67 out of
5 with
1,088 ratings
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