Bud Light Lime: Beer Review

Bud Light Lime: Beer Review - I am going to preface this article by saying even though I am from Wisconsin, one of the highest states in alcohol consumption (and yes, we are proud of that), I am not a beer professional. I am an avid drinker of domestic beer and tend to do it on a fairly regular basis. This review is based on my first taste of Bud Light Lime, which is Budweiser's attempt at copying Miller's success with Miller Chill.

Let us first look at Bud Light Lime's appearance. The bottle has a very cool and summer type feel about, with a nice youthful Bud Light Lime logo. The beer itself is very yellow and pale, even in comparison with normal Bud Light. As soon as you pop open the bottle, you get a slight hint of lime, leading you to believe that the taste will have a touch of lime to it. Looking closer at the Bud Light Lime packaging, I noticed the alcohol content is lower than the usual, which is around 5% in most normal beers. Bud Light Lime comes in at a whopping 4.2 %.

The low alcohol content in Bud Light Lime probably explains the why the slight lime you smell has a taste that greatly overpowers the beer. If Budweiser gave us a stronger beer, with a stronger taste, then I would not have felt like I was drinking lime juice with a hint of Bud Light. The weakness of the beer itself also explains the pale, yellow coloring of Bud Light Lime. To add insult to injury, Budweiser has also come out with another version of Bud Light Lime, but with only 3.2% alcohol, which I cannot even fathom trying.

Many of the reviews I have read before I even dared to try Bud Light Lime, I almost never drink Budweiser considering I have been born and raised in Wisconsin which is strong Miller territory, compared the taste to 7-Up or Sprite. These accounts are way off base, in my opinion. As I said earlier, I felt like somebody handed me a bottle that was half lime juice and half light beer, which is just too much lime flavor for a domestic light beer.

To sum up this review on Bud Light Lime, the aroma is actually pleasant, and not too overpowering. The bottle and logo have a youthful, fun look, but that is where the compliments end for this bad copy of Miller Chill. The beer is too weak, both in alcohol content and in taste, and the lime completely slaughters any beer taste it may have had. Since this review is based on the 4.2% alcohol version, I would recommend running far, far away from the 3.2% alcohol version. A six-pack of 12-ounce bottles of Bud Light Lime will cost you around $6.49, which is over-priced in this reviewer's mind.