Beck's Sapphire
Anheuser-Busch InBev USA in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Premium Regular|
Score
4.53
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German Sapphire Hops. Smooth Taste.
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3.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 8
Overall 1
Black bottle, Golden in the glass. Nose is a bit like a new cupboard. My wife’s first association was mothballs - and I agree...
The beer starts very watery. And - the aroma is exactly like the nose. A beer with the taste of mothballs - very unique! The more I drink, the more I get reminded of my grandmother’s cupboard, where all the old coats were hanging. Taking one out there was a huge cloud of the typical mothball-aroma in the air - and exactly this is this beer. The aftertaste is even more intense. Not bad, but mothballs…. If you associate something positive with this aroma, it is good - but I think if you’ve ever seen clothes-moths (and therefore used the mothballs) I guess you will vomit immediately ;)
Interesting stuff - beside the aroma very watery, slightly sweet with nearly no bitterness. Easy to drink. What about selling it as liquid mothballs?? --> 5/12/2/3
The beer starts very watery. And - the aroma is exactly like the nose. A beer with the taste of mothballs - very unique! The more I drink, the more I get reminded of my grandmother’s cupboard, where all the old coats were hanging. Taking one out there was a huge cloud of the typical mothball-aroma in the air - and exactly this is this beer. The aftertaste is even more intense. Not bad, but mothballs…. If you associate something positive with this aroma, it is good - but I think if you’ve ever seen clothes-moths (and therefore used the mothballs) I guess you will vomit immediately ;)
Interesting stuff - beside the aroma very watery, slightly sweet with nearly no bitterness. Easy to drink. What about selling it as liquid mothballs?? --> 5/12/2/3
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 17:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours a clear copper color with a small white head. The aroma is sweet unpleasant fruit, something like honey. The flavor is sweet malts, apples, honey, some toffee. Hmm. Not terrible. Not good. Drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2014
at 23:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. A- Grains, corn, apple. A- Golden color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Grains, slightly sweet, mild apple tones, mild bitterness. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, crisp smooth finish. O- Surprisingly decent. The sapphire hops in this are used well. A very drinkable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2013
at 10:05
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Part of a mix sixer at Albertsons in Vegas. Pours a very light golden colour with a frothy white head, decent retention and some foamy lacing. The nose is pretty horrible though. Bad veggies, adjuncts, crap water. The taste isn’t much better with fake malts and mild sweetness in the finish. Maybe the normal Beck’s is not the best beer, but it sure is much better than this piece of poo. This is terrible that they want A-B to produce this for them, with their name on it. Beautiful black bottle and label. Thankfully nice to look at.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2013
at 02:28
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Average (well, less than average) lager. Don’t be fooled by the Beck’s name, it’s Bud. This was also brewed in Germany, and probably better. Weak aroma and taste, dull appearance, another weak North American pale lager.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2013
at 21:04
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Bottle. It’s a clear one, golden in color and topped by a diminishing white head. Cooked vegetables, pale malts and a fruity touch in the aroma. Some bitterness in the flavor, but not much. Pale malts, green apples and some cooked vegetables. Rather thin on the palate, pleasant carbonation. Short and sweetish finish. I feel no need to repeat this one either. 130804
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2013
at 17:23
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Bottle 355ml @ Hotel Room, Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco, CA
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, corn and hint of floral. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, corn and hint of floral. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2013
at 17:21
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Beck’s by Bud. Bottle. Pours with a clear golden hued body with a moderately large white head that slowly fades. Aromas are of soggy, bland malt, and a very light fruity and lightly grassy hop note. Extremely clean fermentation. Flavors are lightly toasty, medium malty. On the sweet side and lacking crispness. Hardly any bitterness. Mild fruity hop character, but not much. Really inoffensive, but not a great lager to drink. By no means a drain pour. Lightly slick on the tongue, medium to light body with a neutral to sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2013
at 17:52
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Real Light Yellow, Small Head, Little Lacing. A couple of shockers (at Least to me) right off the bat. I guess, something along the lines of Pavlov’s Conditioning laws, black bottle and black can made me think, that just like Guinness it will be a dark beer. This one looks more like a Corona. Another shocker came upon closer label inspection: Made in St. Louis, MO by Budweiser. There goes Imported German Beer part.... Sweet Corn Taste, barely noticeable hop finish, While my knowledge of Bud products is limited, this one looks like a Bud, tastes like a Bud, but is a little less carbonated, therefore smoother and easier to drink. Knowing what it is and where it is coming from, it is an 0K thirst quencher. Nothing premium , northing really bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2013
at 21:30