Genesee Ice Beer
Genesee Brewing Co.
- From:
- Genesee Brewing Co.
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #303 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 63
Ranked #39,758 - Avg:
- 2.61 | pDev: 26.44%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 135
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 14, 2026
- Added:
- Apr 04, 2002
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 26
SCORE
63
Poor
63
Poor
When you're looking for a rich, full-flavored beer, Genesee Ice is the perfect beer for you. Our brewmasters begin with only the purest natural ingredients. Then, ice crystals form in the beer during its aging process before it's filtered for the rich flavor Genesee Ice is known for.
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Ratings by rorjets:
Rated by rorjets from Connecticut
3.57/5 rDev +36.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Mar 18, 2024
3.57/5 rDev +36.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Mar 18, 2024
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by maltybalz from Pennsylvania
3.76/5 rDev +44.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3.76/5 rDev +44.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Crystal clear, yellow/golden straw color. Pure white head dissapates quickly. Beery aroma, but not offensive. Definite alcohol taste with adjunct obvious. Pleasant flavor when you know what to expect. Mouthfeel is "stinging" on the tongue thanks to the higher alcohol. NOT unpleasant. Overall, I like this beer a lot!!
Mar 14, 2026
Reviewed by beerdedking from Pennsylvania
3.51/5 rDev +34.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.51/5 rDev +34.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
24 oz gas station after work purchase. $1.25 for the can. One of the best bang for your buck AALs I've ever had. Pretty nice body, some cracker, and a gentle hop kiss keep this balanced while avoiding that typical cloying gross flavor you'd expect to find. I will absolutely buy this again, probably in bulk.
Dec 17, 2025Reviewed by ChristopherStapleton from Pennsylvania
3.42/5 rDev +31%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev +31%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Bought a 30 pack for around 18 bucks. Great beer. Went home ,put a couple in the freezer along with some frost mugs and I am surprised how smoothly they go down. It's around 55ยข a beer. Carbonation was moderate and taste was not offensive. At 5.5 abv, the price and the smoothness I got highly recommend. Great bbq beer as well. Just get these puppies on ice and they're your friend.
Nov 16, 2025Reviewed by Rising4thOrder from Tennessee
3.04/5 rDev +16.5%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.04/5 rDev +16.5%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Most ice beers are unquaffable garbage (icehouse, keystone ice, etc). This is the most generic American beer tasting ice style I've tried. Nothing impressive, nothing hateable. No bad flavor or aftertaste. Slightly watery, a hint syrupy. Excellent for the style
Nov 13, 2025
Reviewed by micheditbythatmuch from Michigan
3.43/5 rDev +31.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.43/5 rDev +31.4%
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
Reviewed by Danzifer from Ohio
2.5/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -4.2%
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 by Captain69 from Illinois
2.58/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.58/5 rDev -1.1%
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
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