Bruz: Very good basic & easy flowin beer. Ate some BBQ ribs, mashed potatos, & lima beans with this, while watching Survivor & Apprentice. Yeah, I'm cool. Also pickin on an athlete's foot scab. Easy to drink the whole way down - a quick guzzle fo sho. No buzz. 6/10 swills on a bad beer scale. Thanks out to Dukesplace for the newest variant!

3/31/11 troobie: Another cheap (sorry, "value priced"), low alcohol, mass produced beer. Let's start off with the rating on this one: 1/10. The reason for the one point is because Busch is not Busch Light, and Busch Light is the worst malted beverage I've ever tasted. This stuff is the second worst malted beverage I've ever tasted and tastes absolutely horrible. I can't even understand how they can find enough people that enjoy this to market it nationwide. I guess with a dip of Copenhagen while you're out on the bass boat at Lake Redneck in rural North Carolina this is refreshing? The taste is a combination of uncoated aspirin tablets, corn, and the water out out of a dirty dishrag. After you manage to swallow the garbage it rewards you with a bitter, chemical aftertaste. I don't know how, but this does manage to be better than the Light version. To be honest, the 5.9% ABV Ice version isn't really half bad. I find it comparable to, and maybe even better than, Natty Ice. A good example of the ice process actually improving a beer. How about the label? Well, mine is barely glued on with all four corners falling off. Even though this is for the collection I've already ripped the upper left hand corner of the label because it is so saggy and soggy. The mountains are lame. Someone should tell A-B that Coors has already gone that route and pretty much sewn that market up. I wonder how many garbage bins A-B uses to naturally age and naturally carbonate Busch? How about something positive: my beer is fresh, my beer has good "natural carbonation", and I'll never have to drink this again. Solid 1/10. Oh, and I forgot to mention the buzz. Apparently they forgot to put one in my 40.

3/10/10 BigJandthe40: Cracked this tonight after work while I watched Silver Bullet in honor of Corey Haim, he passed away today RIP

The Fear hooked me up with this 40oz, it tastes pretty fucking smooth to say the least, I can drink this like mineral water, I have done around 100 trade and pretty much gotten every current bottle out there. This was the last on my list cause I knew I was going to be a bland un-exciting 40oz
Taste = 7
Buzz =2
Hangover the next day =0

I recommend taking afew shots with this brew ...boilermaker style

10/24/09 40ozHawaii: Busch beer. Slogan: Cold as a Mountain Stream, Smooth as its name.
I wanted to drink one of these 40s for nostalgia since I remember my dad drinking this when I was a kid. I used to sneak 12oz cans all the time with my friends. This is a trademark "bad beer". The taste is actually clean and smooth; not much to complain about there. The biggest problem is that there is no buzz factor. In my opinion, the taste is better than Coors, Bud, and other traditional American beers with no real kick, or value-added taste.

Notes:
Drink this beer too cold and you won't taste anything.
The 40oz out of glass bottle tastes different to me than out of the can.
I don't recall seeing very many Busch TV commercials anymore.

Taste: 6/10 (not too bad-nothing special)
Buzz: 2/10 (terrible- you would have to drink a case to get some)
Swill: 5/10 (great for cookouts)
Label: 7/10 (I like those snow capped peaks- looks cold and refreshing)

Thanks to 91firebird

9/16/09 sleazye: Busch is one of the perenial "bad beer" 40s that is essential, and way better than AB's flagship brand Budweiser. Anyways, the taste liek I said, is way better than Bud and ironically extremely cheaper. I'd give this a better review if the 40 I got wasn't semi-skunky. Weird change of events happened... after I got through the for-some-reason-bad 1/3 of this classic "bad beer" the classic bad beer flavor that is Busch came through. Anyways, back to a review that almost turned bad, if you're a fan of "bad beer" 40s, this is right up your alley. Especially if you're looking to have a 40 or 2, maybe 3 while hanging out and/or grilling some burgers while not looking to get plastered beyond human comprehension, give this "bad beer" 40 a try over Budweiser.

Taste: 6/10
Buzz: 6.5/10
Swill: 6/10
Label: 7/10

4/15/09 TheFear: Busch is a very clean refreshing beer. I like to drink this when I know I'm gonna be drinkin all day long. I do buy the 40oz version every once in awhile, however normally it's cases of pounders. I would say it's my favorite 'bad beer' although I actually prefer it to many 'good beers.' The taste is crisp and it goes down smooth. The buzz is weak. So weak that it kills my overall rating. The label is cool though, so a point for that. Overall 6/10.

10/06/08 TheSnakeDoctor: Drank this 40 last night with some grilled chicken and baked potatoes. Went down extremely quick and smooth. Yes its a beer 40, no there is no buzz. Thumbs up to the natural carbonation because I really liked the carbonation levels. 6/10

8/23/08 stagedive: Good beer from a 12 oz can or bottle that you could guzzle all day, bad forty. Overall good bad beer taste, great to drink with a burgers or hotdogs.

6/10 swills 0/10 = No buzz

7/08/08 SouthLyon40s: Had a 40 of this yesterday night. Only buy beer 40s that I need for the collection, usually not when I just want a random 40.
I'd just finished a 40 HHG (provided by 91 Firebird) so I can't really comment on the buzz or anything since I was already decently buzzed off the Hurricane. The Busch was easy to chug and pretty refreshing immediately after the HHG.

I always liked Busch beer out of the can. It's what I'll buy when I feel like beer and not malt liquor.
It's not too "light" - I always thought it had decent flavor. And hey if you drink enough of it it'll get you drunk enough I guess.

6.5 / 10 since I'm not a fan of beer 40s in general.

7/07/08 91firebird: Swilled this before I drank a Bud Light 40 on a Monday night. Actually It was not as bad as I expected. Busch is horrible out of a can but for some reason its not bad out of a 40. I was decently surprised at how easy it went down. I've swilled many a 16oz can of Busch and have never been impressed. The 40 however was nice to swill while watching baseball on TV(Astros lost to the Pirates BTW). Provided zero buzz but what can you expect from a 40 of fucking Busch. Overall 6/10 swills for being better than expected. Buzz factor was 2/10.

BrewNovice40: Busch tastes watered down. I can't speak for anyone else who's tried it. That's how it tasted to me. However, I will say that it did yield somewhat of a buzz and has a mild aftertaste. 5/10

Buzzcore: Tastes great, but no buzz. Rather drink P-stock. 3/10 and I won't be buyin' this again.

BWill40s: I had 3 of these last night store was out of colt 45 not really much to say about it for 2 bucks no buzz but if you have 3 all set 5-10

DaHookUp7Mile: I used to pound 12'er bottles of this. Pounded a few 40's of it. But it takes way to many 12'ers or 40's to get a decent buzz off it. Its a great tasting beer. Better then even Budwiser. Im not much of a Miller guy. MBI is good, But otherwise i dont fuck with them. But busch is a real watered down taste so therefore a not real strong beer taste so a good taste to it. But the buzz is not worth it. 2/10 swills.

dj oe 800: i am a massive fan of busch in pounders and twelve ounce cans, and only had the forty once. aside from PBR, it's the only beer forty that i'd drink more than once -- strictly based upon it's taste alone. in a four, it lacks a certain crispness that you'd get in cans, and it gets warm faster. the label looks sweet as hell blown up to forty size, but the bottle itself looks kinda goofy (anheiser-busch longnecks = poose). if your tolerance is kinda low, you've got an empty stomach, and you pound it mad fast you'll probably get a slight buzz.

EastTN40: Found a 40 of this. Drank it after an hour in the freezer. Why bother. It cost $1.49. Watery, bland weak taste. I rate this 2/10 swills. Smooth and light. Would be OK with barbecue or home fries. Not good for anything but a summer lawnmower beer. Slightly better in 12 ounce bottles. Why get this when you can have King Cobra, Steel, OE 800, or Mickey's.

erik: I find Busch 40s to be horrible. They taste bad, they have a weak buzz, and there are other beer 40s around that are cheaper. I would rate Busch as a 1.5/10. I would rather a Miller High Life or hell, even a Bud Light over this. I dont think I know or have met anyone that actually likes a Busch 40 or even Busch in general.

ImissMy64oz: cheap crap but not that bad of a taste
somethin good to pound if youve already had 3 40's and still wanna drink

MarkBlackout: I've been drinking a few 40s of busch lately, and I like them. busch is really one of the more 'dry' tasting 40s available around here, more so than bud and certainly high life. it doesn't get you shitfaced, but it's pleasant to guzzle and good if you're looking for something less sweet and/or heavy as a malt. 7 out of 10 swills for what it is.

rage60oz: If I had three words to describe my Busch 40 they would be: weak, cheap, and crap. 2/10 swillz for no buzz and the various other above criteria.

RTR tm: First visit to the States, I picked up some Busch cuz I wanted to try some yankee-beer. Boys, am I glad I live in Canada! Some types of apple juice get me drunker than this garbage, AND it didn't taste all that great. If, in a war, it came down to beer strength, we'd own you fuckers! Busch receives half a fucking star, aka THANKS FOR COMING OUT.

Tiger Tai: Busch sucks. it tastes like REALLY watered down beer and yields no buzz what so ever. I'll give Busch 4 of 10 Swills...