American Ale
Sipped a couple bottles of Budweiser's American Ale over the weekend while camping.
This is a beer that's good to hand a friend who wants to move from the Miller Lites, Bud Lites and Michelobs of the world but is afraid to go with anything that's "too dark" or "too heavy". The American Ale reminds me of a Yuengling in body and color, but with no aftertaste.
In taste, compared to regular ol' Bud (up there with PBR and Miller High Life in the cheap-cold-domestic/lawn mower beer category), the American Ale is a little sweeter, darker and slightly hoppier than Budweiser. But if you're a hop-head, it won't satisfy. And if you like malty stuff, it's less sweet than Yuengling, too.
The best analogy for this beer is to imagine it as the American-born offspring from an Irish red and a red-blooded 'merican.
As an ironic footnote, this beer is unrolled just as A-B is in the process of being bought by InBev.
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My boyfriend came home with a six-pack of these weekend before last - after I had had a couple I was just putty in his hands.
Posted on October 20, 2008 12:44 PM
Well, it ain't too much of a stretch to see the shrink is either going to be his best friend or his worst nightmare once the poo hits the fan, cause everyone is in on this game.
Seems a little predictable, but NBC has a pretty good track record so far with this kind of stuff.
Posted on October 27, 2008 10:46 PM