Natural Ice

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American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #462
Ranked #47,973
1.69 | pDev: 47.93%
Missouri, United States
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Reviews: 386 | Ratings: 1,508
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Photo of Cholla
5/5  rDev +195.9%

A very smooth and easy drinking ice beer. Good for after a hot day of yard work. Has that sweet taste you expect from ice beer but not cloying. Wind up picking this one up often. Cheers.

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5/5  rDev +195.9%


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Photo of fretlessslapmore
3.23/5  rDev +91.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

This is the beer you drink at the end of the night. I love craft beer, people assume when you buy these you are a fool with no tastebuds. They are dead wrong. After 3-5 strong IPA's or stouts, you are wasting craft beer. You are drunk and ignore the complexities. You also may need something lighter and less powerful

These beers give less of a hangover than craft beers. Compare a 12 pack of Porter hangover with a 6 nattie tallboy hangover.

I guess I havent talked about the beer itself : Its good *ENOUGH*. The cheapest beer you can find. I like to also buy Budweiser 40oz's because they are around $3.20. Even that is twice as much per volume than these natties (they do taste a lot better though). The metal shines through, which for this beer is a good thing. Kind of has a hay/grassy flavor with a bit of corn sweetness. The mouthweel is kind of gnarly, seems greasy?

This stuff isnt like Steel Reserve levels of cheap nasty hangover juice. It tastes like a 5%er to me. If the last 2 inches of Natty is warm you may not even want to bother with it.

Its bullshit the amount of flack you get for drinking these. Ive been made fun of liqour store employees, random people at the golf course, parties, and all. Often these people have never even tried these natties. I have tried almost any new craft beer my local stores get for years. I know good beer. This is the best beer in its price range for 50 cents per 12 oz.

It is impossible to find 24 ounces of beer for one dollar. It is better than Mickies, Old English, etc. It is not a Malt Liqour that gives you a migraine but it is priced even lower.

I work at a liqour store, there are regulars that come in and buy crates of x15 Natural Ice tallboys, because for 15$ dollars you are getting the cheapest Anheiser Busch beer possible.

TLDR; This beer is hard to compare to any other because its pricepoint and the fact it passes as acceptable means it is the best in its category. People buying 30 cases of budweiser for 25$ are idiots. (sorry). Either drink craft beer for a few bucks more or drink these beers for half the price. Budweiser isn't THAT much better. PBR isnt also, or busch, or coors, or miller..... for 2x the price.

A 12 pack of craft is 15$ + 10 Natty tallboys for 10$ = 32 beers for 25$

vs Budweiser 30 = 25.90$

For a budget drinker who tries to stretch their craft intake, this beer is it.

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1.44/5  rDev -14.8%





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1.06/5  rDev -37.3%


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Photo of Classless_Drinker76
3.51/5  rDev +107.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

For my first review on Beer Advocate, I had to start with one of my go-to cheap beers. I have an interesting relationship with this one. People always make fun of me when I pull one of these babies out at a tailgate or party. "Thats piss beer!" or "You have no taste" they exclaim in horror. Hypocrites! I say as I point out their overpriced Bud or Coors light.
Natty Ice is an exceptional beer for the price. It tastes of sweet/hearty corn and finishes suprisingly well. Very refreshing. The smell is somewhat off-putting, but once you get past that its smooth sailing. As an added benefit, the alcohol content is nearly 6%. Drink a few of these and you're feeling good! If I had to choose between Natty Ice and any other common macro-brew, I would pick Natty all day everyday (the same can't be said for its more popular "light" cousin - gross). However, do not expect it to compete with the likes of more expensive brews. To sum it up, Natty Ice is the best of the worst.

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2.51/5  rDev +48.5%





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Photo of zdust182
2.88/5  rDev +70.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

It isn't this awful, toxic liquid most people say it is. I'm well aware that 'Natty Ice' has a special place in most drinkers' vocab as a beer only the poor or college folk buy. Keep in mind, for an ice beer, it isn't bad.
Look: faint yellow; bubbly; fast dissipating head
Smell: Metallic and corny; sweet
Taste: Sweet 'n smooth
If you're going to try it, try it knowing that you get what you pay for and that it's an ice beer. DRINK IT ICE COLD.

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3.15/5  rDev +86.4%

Hello gang, it's the Kernell again.

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3.6/5  rDev +113%


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Photo of pro45
2.49/5  rDev +47.3%

Not bad for what it is. Payed $5.99 for a 12 pack. Five of them went down easy and smooth. Tasted like a pilsner. A weak pilsner. And I was ready for pizza. A lot of pizza...

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Photo of OldSchoolMike
2.22/5  rDev +31.4%

Not too awful for cheap ice beer, to be as charitable as possible. I had a neighbor at one point whose back yard was littered with crumpled up Natural Ice cans. To cut a long story short, that path is not one I want to follow.

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Photo of skoomd
3.03/5  rDev +79.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25

As far as american adjunct lagers go, this is not bad.

My dad always drinks the stuff, and it sparked my interest in trying it out.

The appearance is typical for shitty ajunct beer, super clear and waterly looking with tons of bubbles and little head.

The aroma is pretty typical for this style of beer, astringent corn and piss.

The taste when ice cold however is pretty neutral. You get sweetness, cripness, corn, and a hint of breadiness/yeastiness. No real off-putting tastes so to speak.

Overall, this beer is what it is. It's extremely cheap (usually 18$ for a 30 pack where i am) and has a moderate ABV of 5.9%. If you're looking for a cheap buzz, this is the way to go. A lot better in my opinion than bud ice or keystone ice. Most reviewers are missing the point of this beer. Usually after 4-5x 12 oz cans of this stuff, im good and it cost about the same as a cheap bottle of vodka for the same effects. When the cheap craft beer is 10$ a 6 pack, this is a good way to go if you need something cheap. Sur it tastes like piss, but when it's ice cold and you take big gulps (or just chugging it) it's easy to get down and definitely doesn't induce worse hangovers than anything else.

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3/5  rDev +77.5%


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1.12/5  rDev -33.7%


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1.76/5  rDev +4.1%



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2.99/5  rDev +76.9%





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2/5  rDev +18.3%


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Photo of superspak
3.41/5  rDev +101.8%

25 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 10/29/2017. Pours crystal clear medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and mild herbal/grassy earthiness. A bit of fruity aromas, but not overwhelming. Okay aromas with pale malt/corn and light earthy hop notes; with poor strength. Taste of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and mild herbal/grassy earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and mild herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness of pale malt/corn and light earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is good. A bit thin, but not watery finish. Mildly increasing warmth of alcohol after the finish. Overall this is a very solid pale adjunct lager style. All around good robustness of pale malt/corn and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and pretty refreshing to drink. Very clean barley/corn flavors and decent earthy hop balance. Not too heavy on adjunct character. An enjoyable offering, and well made style example. Very acceptable for the style expectations.

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1.23/5  rDev -27.2%


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Photo of tp1962
4.73/5  rDev +179.9%

I like this beer! Especially ICE COLD. I always keep it in on hand for all occasions and especially after a long hot day working or after working in yard. I want to emphasize it Tastes GREAT ICE COLD and nice inexpensive beer.
Look- pours a nice head
Smell - malty
Taste- tastes great
Feel- great carbonation
Overall- A good beer. Inexpensive and I have an appreciation for all beers domestic, import, and craft.

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Photo of nooutlet
2.04/5  rDev +20.7%

I always keep this lager along with Yeungling just for those days! I am a a true lager beer drinker who learned and starting appreciating all of the nuance of beer while living in Munich, Germany!

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Photo of tay54321
5/5  rDev +195.9%

It does it's job. I may be an considered an alcoholic but my wife and I drink this to get drunk and it works. No bad taste. We drink right out of the can and it is the best bang for your buck. I'm not a beer snob like some on here, so if you're looking to get drunk for cheap this is the beer to drink. We don't get a hangover from it and it doesn't hurt my wallet.

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Photo of cardfan212
1.75/5  rDev +3.6%


Look - The font looks tacky, the big Anheuser logo is kinda weird, the prominently displayed "5.9% Alc./Vol." really lets you know what this is for, and I'm pretty sure "Ice brewed for a smooth taste" will be a lie. However, I do like the blue/black/silver color scheme, and the cheaply bombastic nature of it all has a slight charm.

Smell - Metal, but that's probably just the can. Other than that, mostly just corn syrup.

Taste - A strong corn sweetness transforms into a weird sour malt flavor. Kinda focuses on the middle of the tongue which is strange, I've never had a taste like this before.

Feel - Thin body with strong carbonation. Also has a weird slimeyness to it that's hard to describe.

Overall - A cheap beer that is very noticeably cheap. I've had worse, but not much is worse.

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Photo of Foyle
2.38/5  rDev +40.8%

Sampled from 25oz can into pint glass.






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Natural Ice from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating: 45 out of 100 with 1508 ratings