Michelob (Original Lager) | Anheuser-Busch

3/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I am old enough to remember the times we (meaning my good old high school/college buddies) drank Budweiser as a staple session beer WAY before there was any great craft beers going in the U.S. Our special beer was Michelob... and then we'd go to the classic German or Danish imports for the big special occasions.

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3.1/5  rDev +10.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75

3/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

3.04/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

5/8/17 (Las Vegas, NV). 12 oz bottle, no pour, purchased at Casino Royale, the best $1 beer special on The Las Vegas Strip! Long standing special, Casino Royale is a great center strip casino to pop in for a bottle or two of Michelob. Clear blond, mild hops and malt aroma. Mild taste of malt and hops. Solid carbonation and mouth feel. Overall OK offering and hope the $1 bottles continue at Casino Royale for another 25 years!

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1.75/5  rDev -37.7%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75

3.5/5  rDev +24.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

1/5  rDev -64.4%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

4.18/5  rDev +48.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

3.14/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

2.03/5  rDev -27.8%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

2.5/5  rDev -11%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Bottle from casino royale.

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2.85/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

Pours pale, lemonade yellow with decent head that leaves quickly huddling around the rim. Aroma notes is hard to distinguish. Tastes okay for an American pale. Finishes light. Ultra-light bodied. Warm weather beer.

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1.44/5  rDev -48.8%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.25

2.75/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

4.1/5  rDev +45.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

2.37/5  rDev -15.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2

3.34/5  rDev +18.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

3/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Looks like a Budweiser. However, has more of a malt and hoppy taste. Better and crispier mouthfeel. Overall, it's an improved version of Budweiser. However, only just. Compared to other beers it's mid road.

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2.37/5  rDev -15.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25

3/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

2.41/5  rDev -14.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

This beer is a more expensive Budweiser, it is neither good nor bad. It is pale yellow in color, with some head that resembles soap suds. This is the better of the Anheauser-Busch products, and that isn't saying much.

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3/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

2.5/5  rDev -11%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

3.43/5  rDev +22.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.25

12 fl oz. glass bottle poured into a Libbey's Plisner glass.

A - highly carbonated, very foamy head lingers for a while before settling down with lacing clinging to the side of the glass. Golden green in color, lots of fine small carbonation bubbles that linger.

S - Hint of citrus when first poured but the scent fades quickly.

F - Pleasant and clean mouth feel. No bad aftertaste.

T - Light body, malty American lager flavor, pleasant but not really remarkable in anyway. Clean aftertaste but a bit light on flavor for the super premium American industrial lager from AB.

Overall: One should export more from AB's flagship lager beer, especially one that styles itself as a "Munich-style lager". Its taste is pleasant and okay, but only really okay and that's the problem. If it was bargain-priced, it would be a fine beer to get, but it's not priced low. With so many other better beers available at the same price point as a Michelob Original Lager, it's hard to justify purchasing it on any regular basis.

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2.25/5  rDev -19.9%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25