Amazingly I have never had this beer. As I was in need of some cooking beer I picked up a sixer of this one. The 16 oz can read: "It just doesn’t get any better than this." I was rather skeptical for I can imagine many a brewpub and a couple of monasteries that would be better but regardless of that bias I chose to open the can. What greeted my poor glass was a sickeningly pale substance with a huge soapy white head. Unpretty, but to be expected from the style I supposed. I did not have to lift the glass from the counter to detect the odor of the beer though. A skunky stench reminiscent of rotting vegetables wafted to my tender nose and violated my airspace. But I had to taste. My first thought was ’My God!" Indeed this was wretched. Disgusting. Vile beyond words. Almost vile beyond all reason. Words escaped me to describe the "flavor" of the frothy spew that filled my mouth. Skunky and vaguely sugary in a disgusting way with what I can only describe as a flavor of rotting vegetables, though compost is probably more appetizing. To quote from the bloodhound gang " I would rather slurp rancid tuna salad out of my own ass" than drink this wastewater again.

Can. Corn and barley malt aroma. Pale yellow with giant head. Lightly sweet corn and barley malt flavor. Some body but not much. You know, if you’re buying light beer you might as well save some money and buy this. Isn’t that bad for being a cheap light beer - if you’re buying this, you know what you’re in for, but I liked this much better at $5.99 a case in college.

This was a great college beer - $7 a case and fairly smooth. Light corn/barley malt aroma. Pale yellow with small head. Flat light sour corn/barley malt and hops flavor with metallic aftertaste. Weak and what flavor is present is not so great. Better when I was poor.

Can (sampled: Merida, Mexico 24.2.2004)
Color yellow, nice foamy white head. Aroma yeasty, crispy and lightly alcoholic. Taste watery. Copy of basic Old Milwaukee - just water added.

Can, says 4.6% ABV (sampled: Merida, Mexico 19.2.04)
Yellow. Foamy white head. Lots of CO2. Aroma citron and malt. Taste is basic lager, lightly malty, alcohol and very watery.

This beer isn't nearly as bad as most of the cheap beers. In fact, I find this one to be a warm welcome in friends' homes when they usually stock their fridges with Natural Light or Busch. There's nothing to this beer's appearance or smell, but the tatse isn't bad- not good, but not bad.

Oh ya. Had this in bottles. Pretty classy? well it actually wasnt that bad. Not much different than the light version. I dont know, maybe I'm weird, but I thought it was decent for a Standard. It didnt taste BAD per se. It just didnt have much flavor, light watered down, some lightly sweet corn syrup flavor. A touch of staleness and alcohol.

Ugh...you can't do much worse. If you think Beast is bad, or shun the Natty Light, watch out for this one. For that matter, if you derive a strange comforting feeling from Natty Ice, you should still avoid this dreck. This is probably no better than drinking the alumnium can itself.

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