Bruz: Just got home, early work day. Had an appointment in south Jersey where I signed the guy into a $235,000 loan which I'll wind up making $2500 on. I was turtle-heading so I grabbed this 40 outta the fridge & cracked it while squatting down on the toilet to release my poo. I'm experiencing 2 great feelings at once: the unloading of 3 pounds of unhealthy feces from my ass, and the crisp refreshing taste of this good clean beer. It's only 3:45pm (didn't feel like driving back to the office today - my job rules like that) & this is hitting the spot. Wiped my ass, neglected to wash my hands, and am now eating some pistachios with it. Bustin out the Bravos nacho cheese chips as well. The rest of the 40 was smooth, I actually feel a bit of a buzz happening, and it made me have to piss bad just as I was killin the swill. Dare I say this is the best "bad beer" 40oz ever? I dare. I fucking give this 9/10 swills. I feel like a newbie giving an ignorantly high-ass rating like that to a beer, but I really enjoyed this 40, I got the lil' buzz (c'mon, even tho it's not a malt, it's still 5.9%) and the taste was beautiful. If it was a malt it woulda gotten a 10/10. Thanks out to boston40hunter & MyLiverHurts for these!

2/16/10 40ozHawaii: I have been waiting to try this Ice Beer for some time. This is a good tasting ice beer- easy drinking, ice cold, and would be great in the summertime heat. Much better than standard Busch, and it reminds me of a solid working man's kind of beer. I wish I could get this by me; I would put down a couple of these and not get sick of the taste. I drank this 4 ice cold as it should be, but it can tolerate being a little warmer- no problem.

Thanks to Boston40hunter for the hookup.

Taste: 7/10
Buzz: 5/10
Swill: 7/10
Label: 7/10

11/20/09 SouthLyon40s: Not too big of a mystery what I'm getting myself into here. I've had this 40 before, back when Busch was rocking the older logo. First few chugs go down real easy. Ice cold and it hits the spot after work. Haven't had this in a 40 in around 3 years. I remember it being completely pleasant. Nothing remarkable. But easy to pound with a pretty consistent ice beer flavor. Regular Busch is one of my favorite bad-beers, and I wish Busch Ice would hit become available locally. Got this one from boston40hunter. Thanks for that. Killed this pretty fast while playing Modern Warfare 2. Had a more "bitter" taste than a Beast Ice or Natty Ice, almost had that taste you attribute to Canadian beers, but it vanished once my palate faded into beer-mode.

10/9/09 d07c0m: Thanks to boston40hunter for the new label.

Cracked this at like 4am, my third 40 of the night/morning

I was pretty shittered from the Laser and Four O Ice.

Normally those two mid-grade malts wouldn't hurt me much but I had driven for 8 hours straight and they hit me with just enough strength to get me bombed.

I had Busch Ice once before thanks to RexGibson and I liked it a lot.

It wasn't really cold enough but I was able to swill the new one slowly without problems.

Added to my buzz and stuff.

Not much to say. Had a nice corn-based, bad-beer aftertaste.

6/10

9/12/09 havinafett: Drank the Busch Ice I got thanks to boston40hunter last night.
It was ice cold from sitting in my freezer for about a half hour. Took the initial pull and the first thing I though was "This tastes like Busch, if Busch was an Ice beer." If this 40 could talk it would say, "I speak the truth." I like ice beers a lot, and this did not disappoint. It consistently held that defining ice characteristic that I like. When I got down past the label the taste of the beer was still holding true to its name, but there was an aftertaste that wasn't there at the beginning. I remember thinking its probably not the beer, but my stinking breath from the garlic pretzels I was eating combining with the beer. When I got past the label I actually had a little buzz from this. The swill wasn't that bad, not as tasty or carbonated as the beginning, but still not bad.
I would definitely drink this again and would pick it up regularly if it was available around me.
Great ice beer 40.

8/10

7/14/09 ders0: Ice beers are some of my favorite 40s and Busch Ice continues that trend. Not as good as Millwaukees Best Ice, but still great flavor throughout and it still gives you a little buzz due to its high alcohol content for a beer. Overall awesome beer 40, try this if you can.

7/19/08 BWill40s: Busch Ice first thoughts are in my mind ok 5.9 Natural ice all over again! But I was wrong and well pleased did not have that little bite that Natural ice has when it goes down.

This was crisp from the opening cap all the way to the swill little buzz because I chugged in down in 15 min over all 8-10 very pleased id choose this over Natty ice any day!

fizzmaster: Sure, it ain't much on flavor, but it definitely doesn't taste bad and it goes down mad smoove. I was surprised at how much I liked this 40. Its a perfect 4 to drink in the afternoon, and a good way to start a night of heavy drinking. Gets props from me for being so damn easy to pound. 7.5/10

LMSCRacer: Picked this up at a rural gas station about 30 miles west of Memphis along I-30 in Arkansas on a trip to Dallas and couldn't wait to blast it. Did it while cleaning up my car and truck after returning.

Strong hiss off the crack. The initial sips of this nearly frozen (I stashed in the freezer for about a half hour) were outstanding. As the brew lost it's chill, it started to lose it's flavor. By the swill, I was struggling to get it down. This on a day the high temp was under 70 and I wasn't exactly sipping as opposed to blasting. Still, a nice ice start to a drinking session the included several 2X4's I picked up for my collection.

If you drink this, chill it to a near frozen state and drink it quickly.

MB Ice is a far better choice in the 5.9 class.

Nice, strong looking label, but I can't taste the label, so sadly, 4/10 swills. I expected better and was let down by AB.

MarkBlackout: I found this in Brooklyn right around De Kalb and Broadway. $1.75 stick-on. Despite the attractive label, rest assured this is a bad beer, folks. The 'born-on' date was only a month prior, but it is fairly fucking flat. Luckily, despite the ice-factor, its a pretty light brew, avoiding a syrupy, slippery, nauseous slide down the icy slopes pictured on the label. Still, I think Busch Ice tastes pretty shitty.. a tad metallic, not enough of a 'beer' flavor, somehow. I prefer regular Busch. The poundability remains high. Buy it if you see it. 7 out of 10 swills.

orentha: This 40 had a decent crack to it. I was suprised.
I definately wasn't looking forward to drinking this though

I'm not an ice fan at all, so I always steer clear of it. I've had Busch and Busch Light on many occasions. Thats what poor college students drank... and it always fucked up my stomach the next day.
So I was hoping everything would be fine this time. Granted I was only drinking this ice 40, and not tons.

first sip was pretty decent actually. not the crap I was expecting... come to think of it, it tastes super similiar to the Natty Ice 40 I drank.
went down nice and easy watching a movie. I was in no rush, so the swill was fairly warm by the end, and still wasn't bad.
It kinda impressed me.

i'll say: 6/10

SanJose40Drinker: started drinking this while i was watching UFC 81: Breaking Point

was nearing the half way point when Frank Mir Vs. Brock Lesnar match up started!

looking forward to this brew from others review, i was immensely disappointed. Thought it was going to be a crisp refreshing 40, but it was bland and boring at most. The fact that i was already fucked up when i started it probably didnt help.

The fact that Mir ended up submitting the oh holy Brock Lesnar made my up for the boring flavorless 40

troobie: I am a fan of A-B products. I drink Bud and Bud Ice, and of course Natty Ice. I like all of them. This Bush Ice fucking SUCKS! This is the WORST ice beer I've ever had. According to the born on date it is less than a month old, and I had it in the freezer for an hour, but the taste is shit. It has one of the most bitter, sour tastes I've had in a mass produced bad beer. To be fair, this isn't my first time trying it and I didn't like it the first time either but thought I'd give it another go. It definitely tastes like an A-B beer, but they fucked up on this one. Stick with Natty Ice if you want an A-B ice beer.

Much better buzz than I expected, but fucking horrible taste. 2/10 and that is being generous because it is cheap.