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July 16th, 2008 by Aaron Goldfarb | Filed under Brewer: Anheuser-Busch, Country: America, Grade: D plus, Style: Wheat (Hefeweizen).
5.2% ABV from a bottle
I’m the kind of sicko that upon visiting a friend’s house and being offered a beer, I don’t ask for a fresh bottle of some “normal” stuff just purchased the day before. I’m more interested in digging way in the back of their fridge and finding those oddball beers bought a long time ago yet never drunk because the first beer from the six-pack was so heinous. Thus, when I was at my buddy’s house over the weekend, initially I turned down a few decent but normal beers in favor of some stray Michelobs from their “upscale” sampler. My friend warned me that they were terrible, but that only stoked my fires more. Tell me something is good and I’m intrigued. Tell me something is world-class terrible and I need to have it that second. See, I can believe something could be good or even great, but I’m always astounded by absolutely inferior products that enter the market. How do they slip by quality testing?
First up was the oddly and literally named Bavarian Style Wheat. It’s very malty, very yeasty. Tastes like a fucking loaf of rye bread. If this beer included some corned beef, swiss, and a schmear of spicy mustard then you’d have a great sandwich. More plainly put, this is one of the worst hefes I’ve ever had.
D+
(I had several other offerings from the Michelob sampler, most un-notably the Smoked Porter, but I found them all so forgettably mediocre that I’d just rather never have to revisit them in review.)
D+ is being generous. I actually like Budweiser, so I thought I would give them a shot on their attempt at a wheat beer. It is amazing that someone had the nerve to try to sell this crap.