Review: Bud Light Seltzer

Bud Light Seltzer was just released.  Anheuser Busch invested $100 million in developing and launching the brand.  This is not A-B’s first hard seltzer brand as they currently also produce Natty Light Seltzer.  They also acquired SpikedSeltzer and renamed the brand Bon & Viv Spiked Seltzer.  Why such a big investment?  Hard Seltzer sales are expected to exceed $2.5 billion in 2021.  If you watched the NFL Playoffs this weekend I’m sure you saw one of their commercials.  I believe this, and the Bud Light name, shows A-B is betting big, a significant portion of the hard seltzer growth will come from men.  While the initial thought was one would have to turn in their man card if they were seen sipping a hard seltzer, more and more men are openly imbibing in hard seltzers.  The same thought initially applied to light beer.  Bud Light Seltzer is being introduced with four flavor variants including Mango, Black Cherry, Lemon Lime, and Strawberry.  Each is made with natural carbonated sparkling water, cold fermented cane sugar, natural flavors, cane sugar, citric acid, sodium citrate, malted rice.  Yes you did read malted rice.  Bud Light Beer is also brewed with malted rice.  All four Bud Light Seltzers are made with a 5 step filtration process for a clean crisp taste.  Prior to sampling Bud Light Seltzer’s, two things became apparent.  Its been two years since I reviewed a hard seltzer so I needed to review other hard seltzers to contrast the flavors.  Those reviews will follow in the coming weeks.  Secondly I needed to score Hard seltzers on a different scale.  Instead of a point and medal scale we have decided on an A-F scale.

Bud Light Mango Seltzer

The aroma is dried mango and banana taffy.  The sweet mango and green banana entry builds to a citrus, mango, banana custard peak.  It fades with mango and citrus, and finishes with grapefruit peel and roasted mango taste.  There are other hard seltzers with more mango flavor but I do like the banana notes in Bud Light Mango Seltzer. 

Score: B+

Bud Light Black Cherry

The aroma is black cherry and almond.  The sweet Bing cherry entry is joined by almond paste and seltzer building to a tart cherry almond pasty peak.  Bright tart cherry follows creating a second flavor peak before finishing with sour cherry notes and creamy seltzer taste and fizz.

Score: A-

Bud Light Strawberry

The aroma is frozen strawberries.  The freeze dried strawberry entry builds to a muted tart strawberry jam peak.  Fades with seltzer and Strawberry Twizzlers taste.  The finish is semi-dry leaving bittersweet unripe strawberry and seltzer taste.

Score: B+

Bud Light Lemon Lime

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The aroma is lemon lime soda with a rubbery seltzer backing.  The seltzer entry has subtle lemon and lime notes.  The lemon lime flavor builds to a lemon lime soda peak.  It fades with tart lemon and lime.  The finish is bittersweet with lime peel and seltzer taste.  The seltzer presence here is much more obvious than with the other Bud Light Seltzers

Score: C

Made at several A-B locations in the US

5% Alcohol

100 Calories Per 12 Oz. Serving

Less Than 1 Gram of Sugar

2 Total Carbs