Release the Beast! BEAST ICE

Milwaukee's Best Ice is part of a series of beers that are among the biggest misnomers in the history of beer. None of the "Best" series is anywhere near the best. What it is, is the answer to the Natty family of beers. Well actually Natty was the answer the the Beast series, but I digress.

Since the name "Best" was so ridiculous it wasn't long until this beer picked up the nickname "Beast." The name has been so popular that Miller (who produces Beast) actually had the balls to recently launch an ad campaign with the slogan "Release the Beast!" While I gotta give em credit for having the guts to run ads admitting to it's rather dubious nickname, that doesn't change the fact that natty is better. Now this is just my opinion obviously, as is everythign else on this page. I know many drinkers partial to beast. But I just can't understand why.

Beast Ice, if anything, has an even strong taste than Natty Ice. It has the same basic characteristics as Natty Ice. After all cheap grain is cheap grain. But there is a slight diffenrence in the taste that makes it even more repugnant to the sober tongue. Just like Natty if you drink fast enough then this taste difference is overcome. But that doesn't change the fact that Beast Ice definitely has a nastier more repugnant taste than Natty Ice. Having said that, it definitely is not the worst of the beers out there (see Golden Anniversary Ice for that distinction.) In most cases if the host has bought Beast I'm fine drinking it, though I'd always rather have Natty Ice.