Bud Light

Name: Bud Light
Style: American Adjunct Lager
Owner: AB-InBev
Slogan: "Up For Whatever."

BeerAdvocate Rating: 47 (Awful)
RateBeer Rating: N/A, 1
ABV: 4.2%

Debuting in 1982 as "Budweiser Light" to a great amount of fanfare, Bud Light has grown to be the most popular beer in the U.S.  Its name was shortened a year later to just "Bud Light," probably because their target demographic had problems stringing more than two syllables together in one word.  Its light taste, low alcohol content, and reduced-calorie formula has been a hit with Americans, particularly those who have no tastebuds.

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Damn, doesn't that commercial make you want to rush out and buy a case?  I remember this commercial from when I was a kid, I always assumed that Bud Light was some kind of magical beverage that tasted like pure liberty.

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Most beers have some phrasing on the can about how awesome the beer is inside the can, but that is conspicuously absent on the Bud Light vessel.  The only thing the can says other than the obligatory stuff is "Thirst for Summer."  I suppose this could be because the beer inside is so awesome that it frankly speaks for itself, but I think it's more likely that there's really nothing they could put on the can that would say much of anything about it.  One out of every four beers served in the USA is a Bud Light.  Think about that for a second.  I'll wait.

Bud Light is brewed with a lot of rice as the adjunct.  Rice adjuncts serve to impart sugars to the wort without adding flavor.  The result is the clean, crisp "drinkability" that people are looking for in a brew of this sort.  Unfortunately, with Bud Light it's gone over the top - with this beer they've completely removed any semblance of flavor.  Hell, even Pellegrino water has more flavor than this dreck.

Serving:
Aggressively poured from a 25oz can into a Wine Enthusiast Steady-Temp Double Wall Beer Glass. The glass was confused.

Appearance:
Pours a clear, pale tinge of a yellowish color with a three-finger snow-white head that disappeared before I reached my chair to write this.  It leaves no hint lacing.

Smell:
Smells like nothing.  Absolutely nothing.  If I were blindfolded and you held this under my nose I wouldn't be able to identify it as beer.

Taste:
I'm finding it difficult to come up with adjectives here.  Mostly I get wet air and fizz.  No malt, no hops, no nothin'.

Mouthfeel:
Light and whispy with very heavy carbonation.  Not the slightest bit of body.

Overall:
It's beer for people who don't like beer, and it's only really beer in the academic sense.

Okay, if I were out mowing the lawn or something and I were extremely thirsty this would hit the spot.  If you're looking to chug something and you don't care what it tastes like, grab one of these.  If you prefer that beer have some bit of flavor to it, you might want to skip Bud Light.