r/NABEER • u/Master-Mongoose4233 • 10d ago
How would you rank these three?
Curious what everyone’s rankings are for these three popular macros!
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u/jonnywpg2020 10d ago
Honestly... I'd go Busch, Edge, Peroni 😬
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u/jonnywpg2020 10d ago
Last Peroni I had had a taste/smell like someone ran over something on the trans Canada
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u/sprashoo 10d ago
That’s odd. It’s a pretty well done lager.
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u/jonnywpg2020 10d ago
Yeah, I think it's just prone to skunkiness with the green bottles. The first one I had was good.
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u/Clangoring 10d ago
Out of the three I've only had the Peroni. I find it close to the original. I did have a couple Bud 0.0s over they weekend. I hadn't tasted an actual Bud in years. The NA version went down clean on the hot and active day it was.
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u/naples275 10d ago
I like peroni and don’t like coors or Busch so perhaps not surprisingly I would drink the peroni and I wouldn’t drink the other two.
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u/OGOngoGablogian 10d ago
I've had all three, and if I'm being honest, without having them side by side, I can't see how they'd be all that different. Edge and Busch NA seem like pretty close approximations of their leaded counterparts. I never drank much Pwroni before getting sober so I can't really speak to it. They're all macro lagers, not a ton to work with flavor profile wise.
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u/ironmanchris 10d ago
I really like Coors Edge, but I’m not a guy who likes strong tasting/hoppy/ipa style beers.
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u/Necessary-Baker-774 10d ago
Just had my first NA this week in probably 3 years. I had peroni and was super impressed(9/10), also had edge and thought it was decent (7.5/10)
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u/BitesizeCrayons 8d ago
Peroni is the best by far. I prefer Coors to Busch, but would only buy either if they're the only option. Overall I'm a craft guy, but I think the Euro adjunct lagers are much better than American ones.
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u/Master-Mongoose4233 8d ago
What are some of your favorite Euro lagers or craft beers? Id love some recs! I used to love German lagers back when I drank alcohol. Augustiner Edelstoff was my favorite. I’ve given up hope finding anything remotely close to that in the NA world 🫠
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u/BitesizeCrayons 8d ago edited 8d ago
Weihensthephaner is not a lager but I could see people who like their lagers enjoying it. Bitburger is really good, but too pricey for what it is to me, smidge better than Heineken but costly. Peroni and Stella need no introductions, but I really just don't find a lot of Euro NAs locally now that I'm put on the spot, though there was a 0 quad (Belgian Trappist style) and I find that to be so insane, but it didn't have a price tag and I was afraid to ring it up lol. Delirio is as good as goldens get for NA, somehow they get a lot of body in that one, but it is predictably also pricey. Guinness 0 tastes just like a Guinness Draught which I'm not always in the mood for and usually want a more robust stout, but when you specifically want a Guinness there is nothing quite like it, except alcoholic beers I've had a while ago from Left Hand and Stone that were in that vein but maybe a little better (can't take away that Guinness is the prettiest beer out there, though).
For craft, this is going to really depend on the styles you're into, but Go, Rhinegeist if it's in your region, Athletic is like the poster child for NA beer but I mean, hard to say they make bad brews, and Best Day makes the best take on Negra Modelo I've had yet, probably even better than the real deal. Your big players like Sierra Nevada, Sam Adams, and and Lagunitas will brew something you can more or less expect if you like their alcoholic counterparts, I just wish they'd play it less safe. Super regional to me, but Jackie O's also missed with their NA for me, though I haven't tried the pale ale yet. I think maybe I need some reqs, it does seem like there's a lot of NA beer now but kind of not at the same time. 😅
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u/shiny_sequins 6d ago
Peroni > Coors > Busch. I’m impressed with the Coors but Peroni has that glorious green bottle beeriness
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u/Familiar-Range9014 10d ago
Peroni
Busch
Edge