Bud Nitro Gold Lager

It was hard to find in my neck of the woods and after I finally found a sixer, I never saw it again. Too bad because it was decent and I’d buy another.

 

According to AB's TAP INTO YOUR BEER site, it's all-malt, so not just the standard Budweiser recipe. Also, 22 more calories at the same ABV.

 

I thought it was pretty good. Definitely something I'd buy again.

 

I don't like Bud at all, and I thought this was pretty good.

 

I've had it a few times and agree the all malt formula adds to the taste. Most here seem not to like Bud or nitro beers soI'm guessing it won't be a BA hit. Bud UK is again making Boddington's Pub Ale which I think delivers more taste and better mouthfeel.

 

I honestly like Bud but i think it makes me nasty if I get drunk from it which does not happen with other things tbh.

i like the nitro a lot and noticed it tastes slightly different it tastes better

 

Yes, Boddingtons still uses the widget which I think is a lot easier that shaking the Bud Nitro. I'm not sure why they went with the shaking to release the nitro as the widget, IMO, works better. I forgot to shake the Bud Nitro once and definitely got a less than desirable result. The Pub Ale reminds me of those great UK cask ales.

 

But it is not an "AAL" - it does not use rice or any other adjunct, it's All Malt according to AB's TAP INTO YOUR BEER website, and the label itself.

Looks like there's a possibility of a "Black" version, as well - that one uses rye as an adjunct.

 

I never thought I see a post in the BeerAdvocate forums in which someone complains about NOT seeing Anheuser-Busch TV and print advertisements.
(I'd guess COVID-19 is to blame in part). Try calling and asking:
1 (800) DIAL BUD / (1-800-342-5283)
They've always been helpful for me but IIRC they do ask for your birthdate ... but then the !@#$% never send you a birthday card or a gift or even a "Cents off" coupon!

Oh, I did get a check one time as a refund for buying a can of their US-brewed Beck's but "we" had to go to court to get it!

Did they stop at some point? It's been an AB-InBev brand for 20 years, since the Interbrew days when they bought the Whitbread brands. A quick glance through the 2000s and it's been advertised in the US for most of that period.

I read once a suggestion that Diageo/Guinness controls a lot of the patents on the various "widget" designs and collects royalties from other brewers and, at some point, tried to limit their use to UK and Irish brewers. Haven't found that info in a while, so it might be inaccurate (faulty memory?), fake news or no longer applicable?

The only US canned product I recall that used the widget was AB's Bare Knuckle Stout - not that I ever saw the cans, only draught - but BA reviews mention the widgets. Have other US brewers used them? I don't buy nitro beers, so haven't kept up with US craft beers that use the process.

 

JK,

Left Hand Brewing has some history as regards using Nitro:

“Left Hand Brewing is a leader in Nitro innovation and experience. In 2011, Left Hand made history, pioneering the way for beer drinkers to enjoy a draft-like experience at home with the release of its flagship Milk Stout Nitro bottles and the hard pour. In 2017, Left Hand performed the first ever U.S. production run of a U.S-made Nitro widget can from Ball Corporation. With the widget inside technology, Nitro fans can now take their beer on-the-go and drink a perfectly smooth and velvety Nitro beer straight from a can.”

https://www.brewbound.com/news/left-hand-brewing-new-beer-release-gettin-tiki-with-it-nitro/

My recollection is that it took quite a bit of effort for Left Hand to perfect the Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout in bottles (a couple of years of development?).

It is interesting that they chose to use their non-widget technology for the bottled Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout but instead utilize a widget for their canned product.

Do you have any further insight on Left Hand Brewing and Nitro? Did they patent their bottle technology? Do they have to pay royalties for the canned Nitro beers? Etc.

Cheers!

 

I thoroughly enjoyed their last black lager, so will definitely give this a go. Rye seals the deal on this

 

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My comment was used on it being listed as retired on BA. I used to buy it occasionally and then couldn't find it. When I checked here it was listed as "retired".

I always enjoy your posts. Always lots of facts, very educational.

 

I haven't seen this Anheuser-Busch inBev beer anywhere around here. I was in three grocery stores (two Jewels, one Tony's) this past Thursday. If it was in wide distribution, these grocery stores are where I would expect to view it. (A Jewel had a mix pack of four cans of three ABiB-owned "craft" breweries' IPAs.) Depending on its price, I might actually buy it. (The beers I did buy at Jewel were Leinenkugel's and Shiner Oktoberfests.)
But I have seen the "master the surge pour" instructions on a can of Firestone Walker Nitro Merlin.

 

Not being an AAL simply means it only uses malted barley. If you choose to draw a line between craft and not there that's fine but that isn't what many people (including the brewers association) mean when they say craft. AAL is just a lager brewed with malt adjuncts like corn or rice