Honey Lager is one of the beers offered by Anheuser- Busch, as part of the Michelob Specialty Beer product lineup. Michelob started these specialty beers in 1995, most likely in response to the growing popularity of craft- brewed beer. After spending much time and money trying to fight the microbrewing industry, through negative advertising, Anheuser- Busch finally decided "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em".
This was a wise decision. However, most of the beers offered in this specialty lineup cannot measure up to the best microbrewed beers. Michelob Honey Lager is one of them. This beer has a sweet, malty aroma, and a deep golden color. There is a good amount of foam at first, but it quickly settles down. The taste is on the sweet side, due to the honey, with malt as a secondary taste characteristic. The only ingredients used in this beer are barley malt, honey, water, and yeast, along with Hallertau, Tettnang, and Willamette hops. Although the hops that they use are high quality, they are used so sparingly that they can barely be detected. The dominant tastes, from start to finish, are malt and honey. The honey lingers around long after you finish the beer. One pleasant surprise here is that they do not use rice! I never thought I would see the day that Anheuser- Busch would abandon its favorite distinguishing ingredient, white rice, in one of its products.
This would make a good beer to serve to people who are not normally beer drinkers, because it is sweeter than average, and it is light bodied. Those who are usually offended by the bitterness of beer will have no problem imbibing a few bottles of Michelob Honey Lager. This would be a good beer to serve with chicken wings, dipped in honey mustard sauce. And it would make a good complement to burgers, hot dogs, and pork ribs. The honey sweetness makes it capable of matching up with many foods.
Michelob Honey Lager is a decent attempt by Anheuser- Busch to enter into the world of craft- brewing. It isn't as good as other craft beers, but at least Anheuser- Busch has taken a step toward brewing better malt beverages. And with a price of only $4.49 per six- pack, it is less expensive than just about any microbrewed beer on the shelf. Cheers!
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