11.2oz bottle, Buffalo Wild Wings, Douglasville, GA, USA. Now under the simple moniker “Czechvar”; presumably AB won the never ending court battle to use the word Budweiser – frankly I had lost touch.
Light yellow pour with a typical macro lager pour that lacks head, lace, presence or character. Tastes better than it looks with a slight corn nose and taste, but strangely seems quite clean at the same time.
Minor Saaz-like finish and a clean metallic aftertaste. Refreshing, and a better quality product than many similar attempts but still lacks a REALLY distinctive Saaz bite/edge for me.
I dunno, I’ve been drinking this on and off for years (in England we used to get the chunky 500mL? bottles) but for me it’s never really felt as clean as many Pilseners. Still a little disappointing to me and still hovers uncomfortably close to its namesake! I have the suspicion that amongst beer geeks this beer got a lot of sympathy over the AB battle, and perhaps as a result got a better press than it should have.
For me, average all the way.