The Redbridge Lager brewed by Anheuser-Busch is the most accessible gluten free beer in the United States due to its far reaching distribution network. The time has come to review this sorghum-based gluten free lager. This beer is still packaged in 12 ounce bottles and sold in 6-packs, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Redbridge released in cans one of these days.
Redbridge has a 4.8% ABV. It’s hopped with imported Hallertau and domestic Cascade hops. Anheuser-Busch debuted the Redbridge lager in December of 2006, so its been around for some time now. I haven’t noted any noticeable changes in its presentation over the years.
You can purchase Anheuser-Busch Redbridge online here.
The Taste Test
Anheuser-Busch Redbridge
I put this beer off for a long time when I started reviewing them on this blog. The main reason being, I just wasn’t missing Anheuser-Busch since becoming gluten free. What I miss is the variety and quality I would find at my local craft breweries. But hey, I recognize that this is just my taste preference and there’s a lot of you out there who are searching for this beer, so let’s taste it!
Honestly, it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. The Redbridge pours with a golden amber color and its head vanishes immediately upon forming. The color is rich, especially in the sunlight, and the body looks light.
The Redbridge turns out to be very light indeed. It’s also slightly sweet and has a healthy carbonation level. It goes down pretty smooth. That is to say, the sorghum isn’t the predominant taste (thank goodness).
Its body has more weight than I expected. That combined with the color and malt qualities is likely what has people classifying it as an American amber ale in some other online reviews.But Anheuser-Busch themselves classifies it as a lager, so that’s what I’m sticking with.
It smells like a sweet and basic American ale. It has a mild flavor, somewhere in between the NGB and the Coors Peak Lager. In fact, I think I like it better than both of those other brews. It has more substance.
Overall, this gluten free beer is pretty unoffensive to those looking to replace an Anheuser-Busch habit, and it’s 100% gluten free ingredient list means it is safe for anyone with Celiac Disease to drink (assuming their brewing practices are super careful) but do keep in mind this beer is not brewed in a dedicated gluten free brewery, so there is some marginal risk.
Taste wise, it holds up to what I would expect from Anheuser, and I think a lot of you out there will be happy with it, but I wouldn’t personally stock my fridge with it. I myself would probably choose wine over it, but I think Redbridge delivers what its market is expecting.
Long Overdue & Highly Requested
This beer had been heavily requested for review. Readers from all over the States have been naming this beer their go-to, which tells me that people can get their hands on it all over the country. That is the best thing about Redbridge. It may not win any taste wars, but you can find it. You can even buy it online.
Give us back Red Bridge gluten free beer, please. It’s the only gluten free beer that tastes like the real thing! It’s bad enough I have to give up so many of my favorite foods ! Bring back Red Bridge gluten free beer!
Paula
1 month ago
I am so disappointed about Redbridge being discontinued. I don’t understand why.. It always sold out.
John Cassell
1 month ago
my wife has Celiac Disease and I used to buy your Redbridge Beer for her. She said it was the best beer she could ever drink. Now I found out that you are no longer producing her favorite beer. Is there any place I can get a case or two or even three. Please help her.
Cheryl
1 month ago
I am really upset over Redbridge being discontinued! I can’t understand why? All the Total Wine locations in Louisiana told me they sold out all the time and had future orders for it that they can’t fill because the distributors quit providing it! Sad🙁
Julia
2 months ago
I really like this beer I have Celiac Disease I’ve been gluten-free since the since the 2000 this beer is very good. It taste like real beer guys girls. I miss this beer. I wish Anaheim is a bush could have another way of bringing it back. It was an amazing beer for those with Celiac. It tasted like real beer I missed it already.
steve
2 months ago
The only GF beer i liked. I thought it was the #1 selling GF beer. Don’t understand this decision.
Cheri Rice
3 months ago
I’m being told Redbridge was discontinued. Is this true. Nooooooo. That is the only beer I can drink. Please don’t discontinued Redbridge
Ramona
3 months ago
I was told that Red Bridge is going to be discontinued, I am Celiac and its the ONLY beer I have tasted and enjoy, being a beer lover and then having to find out I am Celiac totally devasted me, Until I found Red Bridge, Please tell me this is not so
Mike Miller
4 months ago
So that’s why I haven’t been able to find iit for the past few months! This is a bad business decision! Whenever the store carried it would be gobbled up quickly.
What gluten-free product do you have to replace Red ‘bridge? My wife has been gluten free since 1975 and after years of absence was delighted when offered at PH Chang. The celiac / GF community needs a good replacement.
Steve
4 months ago
I communicated with Anheuser-Busch and was informed that they are no longer brewing Red-Bridge. Also they would not share the formulation with me so I could brew my own. Dag-nab-it!
Lorie
5 months ago
Very hard time finding any in south Louisiana.
Tre' VanDyke
6 months ago
I’m in upstate NY and haven’t been able to find Red Bridge beer for several months now. Anyone know where I can purchase this?
sherri
6 months ago
I am in Maryland and I use to get Redbridge in all my local stores. No one has it anymore. I ask the owners and no one will give me a answer as to why they are not stocking it any more. I really like this gluten free beer. Please bring it back or explain on your website why no one can find it anymore.
John
6 months ago
Im from Nebraska and cannot get it around here anymore. I order it from The Booze Outlet in California and have it shipped to me.
Linda
9 months ago
I am gluten free but not by choice. I cannot have gluten. Love this beer and hard to find. I live in the south Texas and was easy to find for a while but now it is much harder to find. Please bring it back to the south. We have gluten free people here.
Jack
10 months ago
I live in SE Virginia and am gluten intolerant. I buy Red Bridge when I can but the stores have been out of it for the past few months.
Jack Floyd
1 year ago
Where can you buy Red Bridge Beer in Tennessee !
Thanks
Linda
1 year ago
I love Redbridge. I have Celiac and its the best. To me it taste similar to Bud Light which I used to drink before I was diagnosed with Celiac.
However I live in Missouri and I cant find it alot of times.
Walmart and Kroger does not carry it. Can you make it more accessible?
Hysen White
1 year ago
When will this be available in Austin TX again????
Cyril Ignatius
2 years ago
This is a very fine beer for anyone following a gluten-free regimen. The article is right: It does come across as an amber ale, even though it is listed as a lager. Strongly recommended, either way.
Richard Long
2 years ago
Since this is an IN-BEV owned brad I will be boycotting it now. Is there a similar replacement made by some other NON WOKE company?
Chris
2 years ago
Hard to find and I live in Missouri. I have found it in one place and it is very expensive there.
Raymond
3 years ago
Finally I found a gluten free Beer I recently been diagnosed with celiac disease and my eats and drinks have been a real bummer all the crap so called beer I’ve tried none was any good Now I found gold (Redbridge THANK YOU ) 🙂
jose
3 years ago
Please try sell in more stores like publix etc etc
Cheryl
3 years ago
When I found out I had Celiac i was devastated! I loved Bud light and Michelob Ultra. Now since I found Redbridge, I absolutely love it better than Bud light and Michelob Ultra! Thank you so much for making this beer!!
Lanette
3 years ago
My husband loves this GF beer but it’s always out at our local stores.. where else can we purchase it?
Jackie
4 years ago
I wish they would bring this beer back. Having a barley wheat allergies I can’t drink other beers. This allowed me to have a beer each not to fight against uti’s and kid eye stones!
Steve Losie
4 years ago
One thing about RedBridge it is the only grain free beer. If you subscribe to the Gundry Plant Paradox diet, it is the only beer that qualifies.
I like the Redbridge GF Beer a lot – curious, though – how much sugar in each bottle?
David Lee Ketchum
5 years ago
Can someone tell me what is the % of Cholesterol in a bottle of Red Bridge ? I’m finding alot of mixed data online.
Charlene Hooper
6 years ago
WHERE CAN I BUY in Alberta Canada? PLEASE
Dywaine
7 years ago
I have a wheat allergy and I’ve been gluten free for almost 3 years now and It’s hard finding gluten free beer that’s not a cider and one that actually tastes good. This one I found about 4 months ago and I’m hooked. Love it! Great taste and no allergic reactions. Awesome!!
Annette Noelcke
7 years ago
I live in oregon and can’t find Redbridge beer…. it’s the only beer my husband can have….. any help please!
I love this beer! But I cannot find it in Krogers where I have bought it before. No kroger seems to supply it.
Redbridge taste just like regular beer but not as strong tasting which I like.
Barb Smith
9 years ago
I like Redbridge better than any other gluten free beer I’ve tried. I feel like I’m drinking a regular beer when I have it. It’s not a Blue Moon or other wheat beer that I’d prefer but definitely enjoyable.
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Give us back Red Bridge gluten free beer, please. It’s the only gluten free beer that tastes like the real thing! It’s bad enough I have to give up so many of my favorite foods ! Bring back Red Bridge gluten free beer!
I am so disappointed about Redbridge being discontinued. I don’t understand why.. It always sold out.
my wife has Celiac Disease and I used to buy your Redbridge Beer for her. She said it was the best beer she could ever drink. Now I found out that you are no longer producing her favorite beer. Is there any place I can get a case or two or even three. Please help her.
I am really upset over Redbridge being discontinued! I can’t understand why? All the Total Wine locations in Louisiana told me they sold out all the time and had future orders for it that they can’t fill because the distributors quit providing it! Sad🙁
I really like this beer I have Celiac Disease I’ve been gluten-free since the since the 2000 this beer is very good. It taste like real beer guys girls. I miss this beer. I wish Anaheim is a bush could have another way of bringing it back. It was an amazing beer for those with Celiac. It tasted like real beer I missed it already.
The only GF beer i liked. I thought it was the #1 selling GF beer. Don’t understand this decision.
I’m being told Redbridge was discontinued. Is this true. Nooooooo. That is the only beer I can drink. Please don’t discontinued Redbridge
I was told that Red Bridge is going to be discontinued, I am Celiac and its the ONLY beer I have tasted and enjoy, being a beer lover and then having to find out I am Celiac totally devasted me, Until I found Red Bridge, Please tell me this is not so
So that’s why I haven’t been able to find iit for the past few months! This is a bad business decision! Whenever the store carried it would be gobbled up quickly.
What gluten-free product do you have to replace Red ‘bridge? My wife has been gluten free since 1975 and after years of absence was delighted when offered at PH Chang. The celiac / GF community needs a good replacement.
I communicated with Anheuser-Busch and was informed that they are no longer brewing Red-Bridge. Also they would not share the formulation with me so I could brew my own. Dag-nab-it!
Very hard time finding any in south Louisiana.
I’m in upstate NY and haven’t been able to find Red Bridge beer for several months now. Anyone know where I can purchase this?
I am in Maryland and I use to get Redbridge in all my local stores. No one has it anymore. I ask the owners and no one will give me a answer as to why they are not stocking it any more. I really like this gluten free beer. Please bring it back or explain on your website why no one can find it anymore.
Im from Nebraska and cannot get it around here anymore. I order it from The Booze Outlet in California and have it shipped to me.
I am gluten free but not by choice. I cannot have gluten. Love this beer and hard to find. I live in the south Texas and was easy to find for a while but now it is much harder to find. Please bring it back to the south. We have gluten free people here.
I live in SE Virginia and am gluten intolerant. I buy Red Bridge when I can but the stores have been out of it for the past few months.
Where can you buy Red Bridge Beer in Tennessee !
Thanks
I love Redbridge. I have Celiac and its the best. To me it taste similar to Bud Light which I used to drink before I was diagnosed with Celiac.
However I live in Missouri and I cant find it alot of times.
Walmart and Kroger does not carry it. Can you make it more accessible?
When will this be available in Austin TX again????
This is a very fine beer for anyone following a gluten-free regimen. The article is right: It does come across as an amber ale, even though it is listed as a lager. Strongly recommended, either way.
Since this is an IN-BEV owned brad I will be boycotting it now. Is there a similar replacement made by some other NON WOKE company?
Hard to find and I live in Missouri. I have found it in one place and it is very expensive there.
Finally I found a gluten free Beer I recently been diagnosed with celiac disease and my eats and drinks have been a real bummer all the crap so called beer I’ve tried none was any good Now I found gold (Redbridge THANK YOU ) 🙂
Please try sell in more stores like publix etc etc
When I found out I had Celiac i was devastated! I loved Bud light and Michelob Ultra. Now since I found Redbridge, I absolutely love it better than Bud light and Michelob Ultra! Thank you so much for making this beer!!
My husband loves this GF beer but it’s always out at our local stores.. where else can we purchase it?
I wish they would bring this beer back. Having a barley wheat allergies I can’t drink other beers. This allowed me to have a beer each not to fight against uti’s and kid eye stones!
One thing about RedBridge it is the only grain free beer. If you subscribe to the Gundry Plant Paradox diet, it is the only beer that qualifies.
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I like the Redbridge GF Beer a lot – curious, though – how much sugar in each bottle?
Can someone tell me what is the % of Cholesterol in a bottle of Red Bridge ? I’m finding alot of mixed data online.
WHERE CAN I BUY in Alberta Canada? PLEASE
I have a wheat allergy and I’ve been gluten free for almost 3 years now and It’s hard finding gluten free beer that’s not a cider and one that actually tastes good. This one I found about 4 months ago and I’m hooked. Love it! Great taste and no allergic reactions. Awesome!!
I live in oregon and can’t find Redbridge beer…. it’s the only beer my husband can have….. any help please!
I love this beer! But I cannot find it in Krogers where I have bought it before. No kroger seems to supply it.
Redbridge taste just like regular beer but not as strong tasting which I like.
I like Redbridge better than any other gluten free beer I’ve tried. I feel like I’m drinking a regular beer when I have it. It’s not a Blue Moon or other wheat beer that I’d prefer but definitely enjoyable.