O'Douls
A non-alcoholic offering from A-B
1.1
498 reviews
St. Louis, United States
Community reviews
From bottle it’s clear pale gold with a short head. Aroma impression is dried hay, wild mint, gravel, plastic, acetone. In the mouth it’s light bodied, watery, and fizzy, with sharp and sour green apple notes that persists into a dirty dish water finish. This all sounds horrible but it’s actually too mild to be offensive, instead it’s just pointless.
This is a beer...? Oh I am sorry I mistook this for a higher end water with a grain influence. What a waste of resources.
i drank a lot of non-alchoholic beer when i was working in the middle east. this was by far the worst of the pure-beers. the only thing worse was the flavored nonalcoholic budweisers. skunked aroma, a lot of corn flavor. horrible aftertaste that won’t go away.
Not a fan has some beer like qualities but definitely lacking in every category not that i expected anything else
Pours straw colored, clear. Had it from bottle and poured into pilsner glass. Flavor similar to a typical pilsner, similar to carlsburg or pilsner urquel. Enjoyable.
Bottle shared. Poured into a brandy snifter. The beer is a clear pale yellow with a fizzy head of white foam. Not much head retention. The aroma is fairly skunky. Some grainy sweetness comes through, but the skunk notes are overwhelming the rest of the beer. Lighter in body and high carbonation. I was expecting much worse.
had this at a bar as was driving and wanted to sample it. pours out straw clear color, with foamy head, grassy metallic tasting, grainy, just not much, I did not like.
Pale pale yellow. Pretty much what I would expect. A bad grassy smell. Taste isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Quenches a little bit. Malty grassy flavor. Better than I thought going in.
Well what can one expect from a NA? Beer flavored water is all this really is, reviewing this ’beer’ is tough because its not really beer. Whatever it is it tastes foul and you are better off buying real beer or stick to water.
12 oz. bottle. Found this in the back of my parents garage refrigerator. Pours clear/amber with quickly fading white head. Aroma of very light corn and grains. Taste was grainy, cardboard and watery.
Appearance: clear pale straw with a quickly dissipating white head.
Aroma: lighter than standard macro lagers
Mouthfeel: light and fairly crisp with a dry finish.
Flavor: somewhat like real beer but a definite mineral water aspect.
Overall: I have had it a few times when offered it at a gathering, but not something I would seek out.
Very light apple smell, very smooth beer...guess the lack of alcohol takes some edge off...all malt, no hops...not bad!
I needed to tick off the style, so I purchased this. It would have been more fair for them to pay me to drink this. Two sips and down the ’ol drain it went. Bad Bad Bad...sums it up.
Rating for the tick. Ugh, what’s the point? It tastes like crappy BMC lager and it has no alcohol. I don’t understand.
Straight from can. Light and easy drinking. Grains and light. Not bad for no alcohol.
Aroma: Light Hops, lighter bread
Appearance: Light yellow, dull, a lot of bubbles though
Taste: Super thin, none of the hops, light bread
Palate: Metallic
I don’t see the point of this.
Clar light yellow, no foam left. Barley aroma and taste. As designated driver the best I could do. (Nashville 201505)
Bottle. Pale orange with a thin head. Aroma is sweet bread, flavor is syrupy sweet malt, a little metallic
Awful. Extremely watery and it has an odd off tasting syrupy corn flavour. Pretty much the worst you could ask for.
Old rating…getting the low alcohol tick. Mostly had them at the NA strip club. Pretty much a watered down version of watered down beer. There you have it.
Remember trying this years ago just to see if it had any kind of flavor..none at all.malty water..awful.
Poured from a 12 OZ bottle into a pint glass.
Aroma- non-existent
Appearance- Almost looks like a pale beer
Taste- Water with some barley dipped in it
Palate- mildly carbonated, with a watery feel
Overall- Better than Coors NA, but that is not saying a lot.
Pours pretty much clear with hint to straw color and thin white head that dissolves quickly. Faint grain aroma. Slight corn taste. Light body and moderate carbonation. At least its refreshing. corn and water finish. About as boring and forgettable as they come.
Pale Clear Yellow Color, Medium Small Head, Short Short Lasting, Few Spots Of Lacing. Light Sweet Malt Aroma. Watery, Sweet, Light Malt, Faint Bitter. High Carbonation, Light Watery Body. Malt Aspect Reminds Me Of Watered Down Kvass, It just Is Not as Sugary Sweet. Not The Worst NA But Nothing Too Good Either. OK when right (wrong) occasion Calls For It. Otherwise Pass It...
Bottle. This should get negative points for not actually being beer. Pale yellow with minimal head and no lacing. Rice Krispies aroma. Heavy, fine carbonation. Sweet rice flavor. Better than expected although I didn't expect anything. It's what beer-drinkers drink when they're not drinking beer.
sweet malt aroma. light in color and clear. taste is malty up front, nasty finish
"not as bad as some, but that’s really not saying much. this beer is bad. better than the worst only because it’s not as harsh or strong, but the flavor isn’t good...and is quite boring."
12 oz bottle poured into a hard plastic cup at my sister’s wedding. Clear straw yellow with off-white head. Aromas of skunk, grains, corn. Tastes of big skunk, corn, butter, light grain. Medium body with a dry finish. Medium carbonation. Couldn’t finish this, it’s what I imagine skunked butter would taste like.
(Revised rating from 2007.) 12 oz. bottle. Pale, clear piss yellow with a minimal white head. Everything about it is light to the point of characterlessness. There’s no ’there’ there. Which I guess is the point. It’s something to put in your hand to not look awkward at a social function where others are drinking and you can’t. Mission accomplished.
[ Can ][ 12oz ][ Wedding Reception ][ Free ][ Bourbon Tumbler ][ 8.17.14 ]
>> Clear deep yellow with no head or retention, weak soda bubbles, flat looking. Nose is candy corn and water lemon. Taste is tart lemon seltzer, absent watery body, creamed corn and grainy raw character remind of the lowest functioning form of what can be mentally recognized as "beer". Not offensive but flavorless. Would rather drink lemon seltzer water. To be fair, I used to chug six packs of this in middle school. Maybe that is what got me into beer ¯\_(シ)_/¯