I learned a few days back that some folks get their drawers in a wad if a brewery puts rice in their beer. Excuse my ignorance but what is the big deal with this? I like to drink a little AMBERBOCH from time to time mostly because GUINESS tends to put a dent in the budget. Heard recently like I said that Michelob is putting rice in their AMBERBOCH beer now so shame! shame! What's the deal guys? I can't tell any difference in it myself. I'm mor a sourmash whisky guy so clue me in. Popper
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Beers that use rice give me a screaming headache,so I don't drink em.
Gunslinger808
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what arjay said^
some use rice because it is cheaper than using 100% barley. some think that beer should only use barley, water, hops, & yeast. rice is cheaper & doesnt really add much in the way of flavor.
If you like that drink then I wouldnt worry what others say
If you like that drink then I wouldnt worry what others say
UncaGrunny
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Bud and Miller been doing that for aeons, so I'm told.
kwselke
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On the label of the Budweiser I'm sipping on it is stated... King of Beers. Brewed by our original all natural process using the choicest hops, rice, and best barley malt. In my opinion, it is an acceptable beer at a fair price, but is light on depth of taste and character. I admit that I preferred craft beers that use either wheat or barley as the primary ingredients. Rice is a step up from corn grits, but a step down from malted barley. The broccolli threads here should teach us that personal tastes are individual and not right or wrong. The same goes for beer prefences.
nick93
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a/b is a known rice brewer a big reason Bud is laughed at around the planet. I don't defend the brewery since the Flemish purchased it several years ago. Stella is a good beer but I can literally drink 100 better beers in any craft brew bar in America
Thanks for the info guys. While not a Bud fan I do like the Michelob Amberboch. No mention of rice on the label of this one not to say there isn't any. Just states three unique malts roasted and caramel specialty malts. No big deal. I was just curious about the rice deal. Later!!
Marshwheeling
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At least in my son's circles, Bud has supplanted PBR as the ironic retro hipster beer. I won't drink the stuff, except in desperation. There are too many good beers around to have to drink swill.
David R
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German Law says only barley, water, hops and yeast in beer. Wheat is accepted too. I brew beer. Rice is cheaper and makes for that pale light flavorless bland american beer. I prefer Corn to rice, but starch is converted to sugar by enzymes in the malted barley. What starch is less important for production of alcohol although it is a different level of alcohol so possibly the different hangover. The non fermentable in Barley and hops are the flavor in beer.
Yeast converts sugar into alcohol and Co2.
Taste a raw ear of corn. Then boil it. It becomes sweet.
See this
Reinheitsgebot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yeast converts sugar into alcohol and Co2.
Taste a raw ear of corn. Then boil it. It becomes sweet.
See this
Reinheitsgebot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
7shooter
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Not a hipster but I like Bud. It reflects well with my low class roots.
I was at one of the most exclusive private clubs ( JP Morgan Metropolitan Club ) in NYC a few years ago with a snooty and quite wealthy guy. I ordered a Bud as a personal statement about my attitude toward the rich. It bothered me that I was sitting there in opulence while there were hungry people out on the street.
I was at one of the most exclusive private clubs ( JP Morgan Metropolitan Club ) in NYC a few years ago with a snooty and quite wealthy guy. I ordered a Bud as a personal statement about my attitude toward the rich. It bothered me that I was sitting there in opulence while there were hungry people out on the street.
Marshwheeling
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See, you are a hipster. You drink Bud to make a statement. Very Paul Krassnerish.
(I hope you take that as a compliment.)
Back in the day, I was told some brewers used ether to speed up the fermentation process. Those brews would cause the headaches. If you've ever been put under with ether, you know what you wake up with. Don't know if it's true or an urban legend, but it made sense to me.
Comrad
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Here's what their website says:
Rice contributes to a beer’s crisp, clean taste. Although more costly than brewing with all malt, Adolphus Busch added rice to Budweiser to set it apart from other lagers. Anheuser-Busch is the largest buyer of rice in the United States and we even mill some of our supply at a company-owned facility in Jonesboro, Ark.
I drank it for years but can't stand it at all anymore, Coors light is more my sped these days.
The St Louis brewery tour is worth seeing and even though I don't drink it anymore there is nothing like the taste of freshly brewed beer.
Rice contributes to a beer’s crisp, clean taste. Although more costly than brewing with all malt, Adolphus Busch added rice to Budweiser to set it apart from other lagers. Anheuser-Busch is the largest buyer of rice in the United States and we even mill some of our supply at a company-owned facility in Jonesboro, Ark.
I drank it for years but can't stand it at all anymore, Coors light is more my sped these days.
The St Louis brewery tour is worth seeing and even though I don't drink it anymore there is nothing like the taste of freshly brewed beer.
When the first microbreweries sprung up in the early nineties I could no longer drink those awful American pilsners.Left hand brewing had a fantastic ale their first few years that just put that stuff to shame.
7shooter
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See, you are a hipster. You drink Bud to make a statement. Very Paul Krassnerish.
(I hope you take that as a compliment.)
So who is Paul Kassnerish. ( I'll Google it )
Maybe I'm so cool that even I don't know it. I'll try that on my grandkids.
( No offense taken ).
Marshwheeling
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Paul Krassner: One of the original Merry Pranksters, Yippies, and founder and publisher of The Realist; the ur-hipster.
Paul Krassner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No cow too sacred.
Paul Krassner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No cow too sacred.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Hate to tell ya, but Budweiser has been using rice for years-that is what gives it that insipid flavor that it pretty much inoffensive to the masses. Kinda like Coors lite.
Oh and y'all are gonna hate me for this link
http://foodbabe.com/2013/07/17/the-shocking-ingredients-in-beer/
Oh and y'all are gonna hate me for this link
http://foodbabe.com/2013/07/17/the-shocking-ingredients-in-beer/
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