You have to love cool looking unique bottles, and that is what Lucky Buddha ale comes in, maybe the coolest bottle of all time. But I can talk more about that in the Presentation section. I was perusing beers at the World Market store in Bozeman, Montana a few weeks back when we were there for my nieces wedding and they offer a limited selection of mostly imported beers in single bottles that you could build a 6 pack with. So I did find 6 beers I had not had before, which included 2 Montana beers. Lucky Buddha was one and that is the subject of todays review.
Lucky Drink Company - Lucky Buddha Beer
Stats
Brewery: Lucky Drink Company (Hangzhou Quiandaohu Beer Co./Cheerday Brewery) - Hangzhou, Zhejiang China
Alcohol Content: 4.8% by volume
IBU: Not Listed
Company Description: Brewed and bottled at the Thousand Island Lake in China fusing the finest quality malt, hops, rice and water from this pristine region delivering an Asian style lager that is truly an enlightened brew. In a world a world that's full of change, it's good to know that Lucky Beer offers something consistently good natured. Although the distinctive laughing Buddha bottle is central to our brand, Lucky Beer - and the good fortune it shares - transcends all religions, cultural boundaries and beliefs. In its simplest form, we stand for goodwill for all humanity. "If you think that enlightenment is separate from the drinking of beer you have not yet understood" Ancient Taoist Saying.
Presentation
I've already talked a bit about the container, a buddha shaped green bottle about 11.2 oz in size with a distinctive red cap with the buddha on it also. The bottle has minimal adornment, a gold clear label on the front neck and white lettering on a clear back label with all the required info with a gold buddha above that. All told this is a really cool bottle, love to see this kind of thing still around. Great packaging, likely sells some beer by itself. How many of you have kept a Lucky Buddha bottle?
The Beer
Appearance: A clear light golden beer with a 3 finger white foam head which dissipated rather quickly.
Aroma: I really didn't get much aroma from the beer on the pour.
Taste/Mouthfeel: This is a relatively high carbonated beer with a sweet taste. It is a "standard" lager type beer, common to find in mass production beers, like say Bud Light.
Drinkability: A very drinkable beer, it would be a good weekend, grass cutting, bbqing, etc beer. Easy to drink several at a time.
Rating and Final Thoughts
I rated this at 2.75 on Untappd, where three friends average rating was 3.17 and overall, it has a 2.93 from 71k ratings. It is a world wide distributed beer, and made like a lot of mass produced beers, light and slightly sweet and easy drinking. I didn't mind it and would more than likely drink it again if I had the choice at a party or somewhere like that.
2.75/5
This is going to be my entry into the #beersaturday contest, so do me a solid and head over and vote for me there, which will increase my odds of winning. Thanks much. Let me know if you have had Lucky Buddha before and what you though of it! Cheers!
